Ryan Dalziel

Ryan Dalziel (/diˈɛl/ (listen) DEE-el; born 12 April 1982), is a British professional racing driver. Dalziel has seen the most success in his career in the United States, racing in the American Le Mans Series GT1 class and the Champ Car World Series, and winning the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona.

Ryan Dalziel
NationalityBritish
Born (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982
Glasgow, Scotland
Rolex Sports Car Series career
Debut season2005
Current teamStarworks Motorsport
Car number8
Former teamsAction Express Racing, Orbit Racing, SAMAX Motorsport, Pacific Coast Motorsports
Starts60
Wins3
Best finish7th in 2010
Previous series
1999
2000
2001
2002–2004
2005
2005, 2007
Formula Vauxhall
Formula Renault 2.0 UK
British Formula 3
Atlantic Championship
American Le Mans Series
Champ Car World Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2010, 2012 - 2013, 2015 -
TeamsJaguar RSR, Starworks Motorsport
Best finish7th (2012)
Class wins1 (2012)

Career

Born in Glasgow, Dalziel began his car racing career in 1999 in Formula Vauxhall. He drove in British Formula Renault and British Formula 3, before moving to the United States. From 2002 until 2004, he spent three years in the Toyota Atlantic Championship, finishing runner-up twice, before moving to the American Le Mans Series in 2005. He also contested one Champ Car race for Dale Coyne Racing at Toronto, finishing 9th. In 2006, he drove a Daytona Prototype in the Rolex Sports Car Series. From 2007-2009, he drove part-time with various teams in the Daytona Prototype class, then returned full-time in 2010.

Dalziel's Champ Car at the 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto

Dalziel returned to the Champ Car World Series in 2007 as driver of one of the two Pacific Coast Motorsports cars. He was dropped by the team and replaced by Mario Domínguez in September 2007, with two races of the season remaining. His best Champ Car finish was 7th place in the Toronto Grand Prix, at the only track he raced a Champ Car at more than once. In 2008 he piloted SAMAX Motorsport's Riley-BMW Daytona Prototype alongside teammate Henri Zogaib. He also competed in the inaugural season of Superleague Formula.

In 2009 Zogaib became under investigation for operating a Ponzi scheme in which he reportedly conned Dalziel and his father out of US$550,000. In May 2009, Dalziel won his judgement over Zogaib in the amount of US$608,000 and continues to legally battle to retrieve his money. In 2009 Dalziel competed for Orbit Racing in the Grand American Sports Car Series recording one podium finish and numerous top tens.

Dalziel and teammates Terry Borcheller, João Barbosa, and Mike Rockenfeller won the 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona driving a Porsche Riley for Action Express Racing. Following this, he began driving full-time for Starworks Motorsports alongside Mike Forest.[1]

#8 2011 Daytona Prototype with Mike Forest

On 26 January 2012, Dalziel scored his first career Rolex Sports Car Series pole position in the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona in the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype. He went on to finish second in the race with teammates Allan McNish, Lucas Luhr, Enzo Potolicchio and Alex Popow.[2] He won the Watkins Glen 200 and six podiums, finishing runner-up in the Rolex DP drivers championship. Also, Dalziel got three LMPC class wins at the American Le mans Series with Core, including Petit Le Mans.

At the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, Dalziel scored a surprise 3rd-overall finish with co-drivers Enzo Potolicchio and Stéphane Sarrazin, also taking 1st place in the WEC LMP2 class. He also won the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with Enzo Potolicchio and Tom Kimber-Smith, driving the Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b in LMP2. As a result, he claimed the LMP2 teams championship.

The Brit continued Starworks in the 2013 Rolex DP class. Partnering with Alex Popow, he got one win and five podiums. He also competed in four ALMS rounds in different classes.

In 2014, Dalziel was signed by Extreme Speed Motorsports to drive an HPD LMP2 at the new IMSA United SportsCar Championship, with Scott Sharp as co-driver. He got two overall podiums, but missed two rounds and collected four DNFs, ending 10th in the Prototype teams championship. LAter he drove in the final three rounds of the Pirelli World Challenge with an Effort Porsche 911 GT3, collecting two wins and three second place finishesin six races.

Dalziel continued with Extreme Speed Motorsports in 2015 but at the FIA World Endurance Championship. With David Heinemeier Hansson as third driver, he finished seventh in the standings. Also, he remained driving an Effort Porsche 911 GT3 in the Pirelli World Challenge. He claimed two wins and ten podiums in 17 races, finithing third in the standings despite missing two rounds.

In 2016, Dalziel will continue with ESM in the WEC, and will enter the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a VisitFlorida Racing Corvette DP at all rounds except Long Beach, due to a conflict with the WEC.

Motorsports Career Results

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2002 Shank Racing MTY
2
LBH
Ret
MIL
10
LS
4
POR
7
CHI
15
TOR
18
CLE
9
TRR
Ret
ROA
9
MTL
3
8th 89
Hylton Motorsports DEN
2
2003 Sierra Sierra Racing MTY
4
LBH
Ret
MIL
1
LS
2
POR
1
CLE
3
TOR
5
TRR
2
MDO
2
MTL
2
DEN
3
MIA
3
2nd 175
2004 Sierra Sierra Racing LBH
1
MTY
8
MIL
Ret
POR1
5
POR2
2
CLE
1
TOR
6
VAN
1
ROA
1
DEN
2
MTL
2
LS
6
2nd 309

Champ Car

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2005 Dale Coyne Racing LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR
9
EDM SJO DEN MTL LVS SRF MXC 23rd 13
2007 Pacific Coast Motorsports LVS
11
LBH
9
HOU
8
POR
14
CLE
9
MTT
10
TOR
7
EDM
12
SJO
Inj
ROA
17
ZOL
15
ASN
10
SRF MXC 14th 116

Superleague Formula

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 Position Points
2008 Rangers F.C. Alan Docking Racing DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 13th 227
8 14 8 17 13 15 5 7 15 6

Sports Car Racing Results

(key)

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Extreme Speed Motorsports P HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY
15
SIR
2
LBH
6
LAG
11
DET
5
WAT
10
MSP
8
IMS
5
ELK
3
COA PET 9th 228
Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
SIR
LGA
KAN
7
WGI
IMS
ELK
VIR
AUS
ATL
? ?
2015 Tequila Patrón ESM P HPD ARX-04b 1
HPD ARX-03b 2
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY
10
SIR
9
LBH LAG DET WAT MSP ELK COA PET 21st 45
2016 VisitFlorida Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
3
SIR
5
LBH LAG
2
DET
7
WAT
6
MSP
4
ELK
6
COA
7
PET
7
9th 247
2017 Tequila Patrón ESM P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY
4
SIR
11
LBH
2
COA
6
DET
8
WAT
7
MSP
3
ELK
3
LAG
6
PET
1
5th 273
2018 Tequila Patrón ESM P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY
19
SEB
16
LBH
2
MDO
10
DET
4
WGL
15
MOS
12
ELK
9
LGA
11
PET
11
14th 205
2019 Starworks Motorsport GTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
13
SEB
14
MDO
9
DET
6
WGL
12
MOS
LIM
ELK
10
VIR
LGA
PET
24th 97

* Season still in progress

Pirelli World Challenge results

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2017 CRP Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 GT STP1
16
STP2
7
LBH
6
VIR1
5
VIR2
1
MOS1
6
LRP1
6
LRP2
9
ELK1
Ret
ELK2
9
MDO1
7
MDO2
9
UTA1
9
UTA2
8
COA1
3
COA2
5
COA3
1
SON1 SON2 6th* 244*

* Season is still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2010 Jaguar RSR Paul Gentilozzi
Marc Goossens
Jaguar XKR GT2 GT2 4 DNF DNF
2012 Starworks Motorsport Enzo Potolicchio
Tom Kimber-Smith
HPD ARX-03b LMP2 354 7th 1st
2013 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens
Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
306 24th 8th
2015 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 329 28th 10th
2016 Extreme Speed Motorsports Chris Cumming
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 291 42nd 16th

References

  1. Ganguli, Tania & Willoughby Mariano. Investors: Racer said to keep things quiet Archived 25 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2009
  2. Dagys, John. "Michael Shank Racing Wins Gripping 50th Rolex 24". SPEEDtv.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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