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Steven Kane

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Above: Steven Kane at Rockingham, 2008.		Nationality: British Date of birth: 5 June 1980 Place of birth: Newtownards, Co. Down, Northern Ireland Status: Single Website: www.steven-kane.com BTCC Debut: Brands Hatch, 30 March 2008, Motorbase Performance, BMW 320si BTCC Races: 30* BTCC Wins: 0* BTCC Points: 86* * after Round 30 2008
Steven Kane has always had racing in his blood, having been competing in motocross as early as 14. He grew up in County Down, Northern Ireland around the family farm and after Motocross went on to take championships in karting in Northern Ireland and being named as the Northern Ireland Race Driver of the Year. Going from success to success, Kane was nominated for the 2001 McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award, a prestigous trophy previously held by David Coulthard and Jenson Button, which he went on to win, in the process earning himself a test drive with the McLaren F1 team. After this his career began to gather pace as Kane entered higher profile championships.
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Whilst Kane only contested two races in the 2002 Formula Renault UK Championship, 2003 saw him complete a full season in the Scholarship class of the British Formula Three Championship, in which he took 2nd in the championship. The same year he tested a Formula 1 car for McLaren at Silverstone. Contesting the Formula 3 Championships in Spain and England in 2004 and 2005, Kane showed promise in both years and moved on to the even bigger World Series by Renault for 2006, where he managed to take a season-best result of 2nd. Joining Motorbase Performance in 2007 as a stepping stone to the BTCC, Steven raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB and very nearly took the title, instead managing third overall with an impressive 7 outright wins.
In 2008 Kane made his debut in the British Touring Car Championship with Motorbase Performance, racing the rear-wheel drive BMW 320si. The season began slowly, with Kane creeping into the lower reaches of the top ten. As the team and driver got used to the car though the performances improved and during the second half of the season Kane managed three visits to the podium and the team became one of the highest scoring since the summer.

Career Rundown

2008:	British Touring Car Championship, Motorbase Performance, BMW 320si 11th overall (86 points)
2007:	Porsche Carrera Cup GB, Motorbase Performance 3rd overall, 8 wins Belgian Touring Car Championship (Belcar), Zolder, Peugeot 406
2006:	World Series By Renault, Team Epsilon Best result: 2nd
2005:	British Formula Three Championship, Promatecme Lola 1 win
2004:	Spanish Formula Three Championship, Racing Engineering Dallara 2nd overall
2003:	British Formula Three Scholarship Class, T-Sport Dallara 2nd overall
2002:	Formula Renault UK Championship Selected races
2001:	Junior Formula Ford Zetec Championship Champion McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year
2000:	Northern Ireland Formula Ford Zetec Championship Champion Juniour Formula Ford Zetec Championship
1999:	Irish & Ulster Kart Championships (ICA Category) Champion Northern Ireland Race Driver of the Year
1995-8:	Irish 125 Motocross Championship

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