Kevin McGarrity

Kevin McGarrity (born August 3, 1973 in Belfast , Northern Ireland ) is a retired British racing driver .

Career

Kevin McGarrity began his career in Formula Ford . In 1995 he finished second overall in the British championship and won the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch at the end of the season . He entered Formula 3000 in 1998 through Formula Opel and the British Formula 3 Championship . His best place in three seasons in this racing formula was second place in the 1999 Imola race .

In 2001 he switched to sports cars and became a works driver at MG . For the British sportscar team he left in 2001 and 2002 at the 24-hour race at Le Mans at the start. Both times he failed with the MG-Lola EX257 due to technical defects. In 2002 he was even briefly in the lead with the lightweight LMP675 racing car. After another appearance in Le Mans in 2004 and a few starts in the Le Mans Series in 2006 , he retired from racing at the end of this year.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	MG Sports & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	Mark Blundell	Julian Bailey	failure	Oil leak
2002	MG Sports & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	Mark Blundell	Julian Bailey	failure	malfunction
2004	Team Nasamax	Nasamax DM139	Robbie Stirling	Werner Lupberger	Rank 17

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2003	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Marino Franchitti	failure	accident

Web links

• Kevin McGarrity at Racing Sports Cars