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Kerry Madsen

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Kerry Madsen (3 December 1971) is an Australian sprintcar driver who has achieved success in both Australia and the United States, notably winning the Australian Sprintcar Championship in 2016, 2017, and 2018. He also secured a victory at the Kings Royal in 2014, earning a $50,000 prize, and in 2019, he won the 360 Knoxville Nationals. Madsen currently drives a 410 winged sprintcar.

Madsen was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, but is from St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney. He began racing sprintcars in the 1990–91 season, winning his first race at Parramatta City Raceway in his opening season. In 1991, he also raced a Non-Wing sprintcar at Eldora Speedway in the $10,000 to win Four Crown Nationals, finishing 10th in the A-Main.

In 1993, Madsen achieved his first race win on American soil at KC-Raceway in July. He raced at the $50,000 to Win Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway in 1992, finishing 11th in the B-Main. During the 1995 season, he made all A-Features at the Ohio Speedweek except for the final night at Attica Raceway Park.

Madsen’s career progressed with a second-place finish in the 1997 Australian Sprintcar Championship at Bunbury Speedway in Western Australia. In 1998, he won his first feature race at Knoxville Raceway in the #99 car. The following year, 1999, saw him finish 2nd in the Australian Sprintcar Championship at Premier Speedway in Warrnambool and win the $4000 to win Danny Young Memorial at Iowa State Fair Speedway in May. He also secured another race win at Knoxville Raceway, but finished 23rd in the D-Main of the $100,000 to win Knoxville Nationals in the 2a car.

In 2001, Madsen won his first World Series Sprintcars A-Main at Brisbane International Raceway in January. He also won at Knoxville Raceway the weekend before the Nationals and made his first Knoxville Nationals A-Feature, finishing 19th in the #82 Gunder car. He finished the year with 3 feature wins at Parramatta City Raceway in five starts, and won the 22nd Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix at Parramatta City Raceway in December.

Madsen won the Australian Sprintcar Championship at Premier Speedway Warrnambool in January 2003 in his own #29 car, and finished 2nd in the Knoxville Raceway Track Championship. He finished 17th in the Knoxville Nationals A-Feature in the #82 Gunder car, rounding out the year with 10 Feature race wins, including 5 late season wins at Parramatta City Raceway.

In 2004, Madsen won the World of Outlaws Down Under Preliminary at Parramatta City Raceway and opened the year with two race victories at the same track. He finished 2nd to Max Dumesny at the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic. He finished the year with three more race wins at Parramatta City Raceway in the A1 car. He followed this up in 2005 by winning the World of Outlaws Down Under Preliminary at Parramatta City Raceway and the $30,000 to Win Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway Warrnambool. He also won 5 races at Knoxville Raceway and the Knoxville Raceway Track Championship.

In 2007, Madsen won his second Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway Warrnambool, and his first World of Outlaws A-Feature at Volusia Speedway Park in the Helm #11H car. He also won his second World of Outlaws A-Feature at Perris Auto Speedway in October, and his second World Series Sprintcars A-Main at the Perth Motorplex in the Leisk #29 car. He was awarded the World of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht 'Rookie of the Year' Award.

Madsen won his third straight Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic in 2008, and the $10,000 to win World Challenge race at the Knoxville Nationals. He finished 6th in the World of Outlaws Championship points standings, a career high at the time. In 2009, he won his third World Series Sprintcars A-Main at Parramatta City Raceway in the Vermeer #55 car, and finished 3rd in the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway Warrnambool. He won the All Stars A-Feature at the Belleville High Banks, and his first race for Kendrick Racing at the Manjimup Speedway in the #92 Kendrick car.

In 2014, Madsen won his first Kings Royal at Eldora speedway in Ohio, earning a $50,000 prize, and also won his first Iron Man at I55 speedway. He achieved a world record for the closest win, separated by 5000s of a second. In 2015, he won the $10,000 to win Kings Challenge at the Borderline Speedway in Mount Gambier in January.

Currently, Madsen is involved with the Keneric Racing team, owned by Bob Gavranich, running the World of Outlaws circuit in America, although they are not competing for points. They plan on attending at least 60 Outlaw races. In 2026, Madsen won his first High Limit Racing feature at Lucas Oil Speedway.