Chris Dyson

Christopher Dyson (born February 24, 1978) is an American professional racing driver who competed in the American Le Mans Series for Dyson Racing from 2002 to 2013. The son of team owner Rob Dyson, Chris is a two-time ALMS champion, having taken the LMP675 Drivers title in 2003 and earning the LMP1 Championship in 2011. He is the Vice President and Sporting Director of Dyson Racing.

For the architect, see Chris Dyson (architect).
Chris Dyson
Dyson in 2013
BornChristopher Dyson
(1978-02-24) February 24, 1978
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
American Le Mans Series career
Current teamDyson Racing
Former teamsRML
Racing For Holland
Starts95
Wins7
Poles2
Previous series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Atlantic Championship
Championship titles
2003
2011		ALMS LMP675 Championship
ALMS LMP1 Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2004, 2009, 2014
TeamsRacing for Holland, RML, Caterham Racing
Best finish7th (2004)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2019 position104th
Best finish104th (2019)
First race2019 B&L Transport 170 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2020.

Racing career

Early career

Dyson began his racing career at the age of 17, competing in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge championship at Lime Rock Park.

Dyson drove in seven Atlantic Championship races in 2004 and 2005, earning a best finish of 4th at Long Beach in 2005.[1]

Grand-Am

Dyson made his professional racing debut in the 2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship season, driving a Riley & Scott Mk III in the final two races of the season. In 2002, he finished second in the Grand-Am SRP1 points, winning five races.[2]

He has since made sporadic starts in the Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

American Le Mans Series
Dyson with his 2011 LMP1 championship trophy

Having made his American Le Mans Series debut at the 2002 12 Hours of Sebring, Dyson went on to drive full-time in the series one year later, teaming with Andy Wallace in their MG-Lola EX257. Dyson took four wins and the drivers championship in the LMP 675 class.[3]

The 2004 season saw the MG-Lola reclassified into the LMP1 category against the Audi R8s; Dyson and Wallace scored 6 podiums in 8 races together. In 2005, he finished 2nd in the LMP1 drivers' championship, scoring 6 runner-up finishes.[3]

Dyson finished 5th in driver points in 2006, with a best finish of 2nd at Mosport. Dyson also finished 4th at Laguna Seca with James Weaver, in Weaver's final race. 2007 saw Dyson team with Guy Smith in a Porsche RS Spyder; the pair finished 4th in points.

He finished 6th in points in 2008 and 5th in 2009. In 2010, he finished 4th in LMP1 points and won one race with Guy Smith.[3]

In 2011, despite winning only one race, Dyson and Guy Smith won the LMP1 drivers' championship.[3] In 2012, Dyson kicked off the season with a class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring, debuting the new Lola B12/60 Mazda with Guy Smith and Steven Kane.

24 Hours of Le Mans

Dyson's first start came in the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans for Jan Lammers' Racing for Holland team with Lammers and Katsutomo Kaneishi, finishing 7th overall and 6th in the LMP1 class.[4] Dyson returned to La Sarthe in the Le Mans for Ray Mallock, retiring after 19 hours.[5]

NASCAR

In August 2019, Dyson joined DGM Racing to drive their No. 90 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series' race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as a road course ringer.[6] He would start 27th and finish 34th after crashing out of the race. This was his first and to-date only stock car start.

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 Racing for Holland Jan Lammers
Katsutomo Kaneishi		 Dome S101-Judd LMP1 341 7th 6th
2009 RML Thomas Erdos
Mike Newton		 Lola B08/86-Mazda LMP2 273 DNF DNF
2014 Caterham Racing Tom Kimber-Smith
Matt McMurry		 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 329 25th 11th

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2019 DGM Racing 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH
34		 BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 104th 01 [7]

1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "Chris Dyson". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. "Driver Bio". Grand-Am Road Racing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. "Chris Dyson". American Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. "Le Mans 24 Hours 2004 - Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. "Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 - Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  6. "Dyson to pull Xfinity/Trans Am double-duty at Mid-Ohio". Racer. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. "Chris Dyson – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jon Field		 American Le Mans Series LMP675 champion
2003		 Succeeded by
Ian James (LMP2)
Preceded by
David Brabham
Simon Pagenaud		 American Le Mans Series LMP1 champion
2011
with Guy Smith		 Succeeded by
Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr
(P1)
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