{{Short description|Australian racing driver}} {{For|the British writer and actor|Simon Kane (writer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Simon Kane | image = | image_size = <!-- defaults to 180px unless a value is entered --> | caption = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|10|09}} | birth_place = | relatives = | current_series = | first_year = | current_team = | car_number = | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = | prev_series = Australian Formula Ford<br>Formula Holden<br>International Formula 3000<br>Indonesian Grand Prix | prev_series_years = 1988<br>1989-92<br>1991<br>1993 | titles = Australian Drivers' Championship | title_years = 1990 | awards = | award_years = | updated = 29 Nov 2011 }}
'''Simon Kane''' (born 9 October 1967 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former race car driver who has worked as a sound technician in television since the late 1980s where he began working for Australia's Nine Network on the 60 Minutes.
==Career== Kane started in Formula Fords in the late 1980s and proceeded to the new Formula Holden series in 1989. In 1990, he won the Australian Drivers' Championship and consequently CAMS Gold Star. From there, he had a disappointing International Formula 3000 season in 1991 for Italian team Motor Racing Di-Wheels, failing to qualify for the two events he entered at Hockenheim in Germany and Brands Hatch in England (rounds 6 & 7).
Kane then returned to Australia and spasmodically entered Australian Drivers' Championship rounds in coming years and achieved a top five result at the one-off 1993 Indonesian Grand Prix. He now races some club events in a Porsche 911.
==Career results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Season ! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |- ! 1988 | Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series |align="center" | 12th | Van Diemen – Ford | Clive Kane Photography |- ! 1989 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | 5th | Ralt RT21 – Holden | Clive Kane Photography |- ! 1990 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | Ralt RT21 – Holden | Clive Kane Photography |- !Rowspan=2| 1991 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | 5th | Ralt RT21 – Holden | Clive Kane Photography |- | International Formula 3000 |align="center" | NC | Leyton House 90B Cosworth | M.R. Diwheel |- ! 1992 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | 10th | Ralt RT21 – Holden | Clive Kane Photography |- ! 1993 | Indonesian Grand Prix |align="center" | 4th | Ralt RT21 – Holden | Clive Kane Photography |- ! 2003 | Australian Drivers' Championship |align="center" | NC | Reynard 92D – Holden | Fremder Automotive |- ! 2006 | Victorian Sports Car Championship |align="center" | 32nd | Porsche 993 RSCS | The Guild |}
==Complete International Formula 3000 results== (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! DC ! Points |- | 1991 ! Motor Racing Di-Wheels | VAL | PAU | JER | MUG | PER |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|HOC<br>{{small|DNQ}} |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|BRH<br>{{small|DNQ}} | SPA | BUG | NOG ! NC ! 0 |}
===Complete Indonesian Grand Prix results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! Rank ! Points |- ! 1993 ! Ralt RT21 Holden |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEN<br /> {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEN<br />{{small|4}} !style="background:#;"| 5th !style="background:#;"| 16 |}
==References== * {{DriverDB driver|<!-- 855 -->simon-kane}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104046/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1988.php 1988 Australian Formula Ford "Driver to Europe" Results]
{{S-start}} {{S-sports}} {{Succession box| before = Rohan Onslow | title = Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship | years = 1990 | after = Mark Skaife}} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Simon}} Category:1967 births Category:Formula Holden drivers Category:International Formula 3000 drivers Category:Living people Category:Racing drivers from Sydney Category:Racing drivers from New South Wales Category:Australian Formula Ford Championship drivers