Derek Daly

Derek Daly

Derek Daly at Zandvoort in 1982
Born	11 March 1953 Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Irish
Active years	1978–1982
Teams	Hesketh, Ensign, Tyrrell, March, Theodore, Williams
Entries	64 (49 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	15
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1978 United States Grand Prix West
Last entry	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Derek Daly (born 11 March 1953 in Ballinteer, Dublin) is a former racing driver from Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula 3 Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 2 April 1978. He scored a total of 15 championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. Daly later became a US citizen and now resides in Noblesville, Indiana with his third wife, Rhonda, and three children from his second marriage.

Racing history

In 1982, Daly began driving in the CART series and continued through 1989. He started 66 CART races, including each Indianapolis 500 from 1983–1989, except for 1986. He finished in the top ten a total of 21 times, including one podium finish, 3rd position, at Milwaukee in 1987. In September 1984 he was nearly killed in a horrible crash in the CART PPG Detroit News Grand Prix 200 at Michigan International Speedway. The front end of his car was sheared off and he suffered multiple injuries including a crushed left ankle, double compound fracture to the left tibia and fibula, fractured left hip socket, severely fractured pelvis, several broken left side ribs, broken left hand, 3rd degree burns to the left arm, dislocated right foot and ankle, deep abrasions and soft tissue to right heel, and internal bleeding.

In 1990, Daly had the unusual result of finish both first and second at the 12 Hours of Sebring, driving for Nissan.^[1][2]

Daly is known in motor sports circles around the world as a driver, writer, broadcaster, racing advisor, and businessman. He runs a professional services company called MotorVation, and had been a commentator for American broadcasts of the Champ Car series, as well as a public speaker. One of the agencies that represents him is the National Speakers Bureau.^[3]

He was also part of the ESPN Speedworld Coverage of the Grand Prix of San Marino in 1994, and therefore called the race in which Ayrton Senna was killed.

Daly's son, Conor Daly, is also a racing driver, starting in GP3 driving for the Lotus GP team in 2012,^[4] and then continuing on to GP2 in 2014 driving for Venezuela GP Lazarus,^[5] and then IndyCar, starting part-time in 2013 and full-time in 2016.^[6]

Racing results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
1977	Chevron Racing	Chevron/B40	Hart	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST 5	DON	18th	2
1978	Chevron Racing	Chevron/B42	Hart	THR 6	HOC 9	NÜR Ret	PAU 9	MUG 1	VAL 1	ROU 11	DON Ret	NOG 3	PER 3	MIS 9	HOC Ret		3rd	27
1979	Project Four Racing	March/792	BMW	SIL 2	HOC	THR 2	NÜR	VAL	MUG Ret	PAU Ret	HOC 2	ZAN 11	PER 2	MIS Ret	DON 1		3rd	33
1983	McMahon Racing	March/822	Hart	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	JAR	DON 9	MIS	PER	ZOL	MUG		-	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts.
1978	Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308E	Ford V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW DNPQ	MON DNPQ	BEL DNQ	ESP	SWE									19th	1
	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford V8									FRA DNQ	GBR Ret	GER	AUT DSQ	NED Ret	ITA 10	USA 8	CAN 6
1979	Team Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford V8	ARG 11	BRA 13			ESP DNQ	BEL DNQ											NC	0
		Ensign N179	Ford V8			RSA DNQ	USW Ret			MON DNQ	FRA	GBR	GER
	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford V8											AUT 8	NED	ITA	CAN Ret	USA Ret
1980	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford V8	ARG 4	BRA 14	RSA Ret														11th	6
		Tyrrell 010	Ford V8				USW 8	BEL 9	MON Ret	FRA 11	GBR 4	GER 10	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret
1981	March Grand Prix Team	March 811	Ford V8	USW DNQ	BRA DNQ	ARG DNQ	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNPQ	ESP 16	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER Ret	AUT 11	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN 8	CPL DNQ		NC	0
1982	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY01	Ford V8	RSA 14																13th	8
		Theodore TY02	Ford V8		BRA Ret	USW Ret	SMR
	TAG Williams Team	Williams FW08	Ford V8					BEL Ret	MON 6	DET 5	CAN 7	NED 5	GBR 5	FRA 7	GER Ret	AUT Ret	SUI 9	ITA Ret	CPL 6

CART results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1982	Wysard Racing	March 82C	Ford Cosworth DFX	PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MIS	MIL	POC	RIV	ROA	MIS2	PHX2 25							NC	0
1983	Wysard Racing	March 82C	Ford Cosworth DFX	ATL 22																	27th	4
		March 83C			INDY 19	MIL	CLE	MIS
	Provimi Racing	March 82/83C	Ford Cosworth DFX						ROA 9	POC	RIV	MDO 22	MIS2	LVG 18	LS 23	PHX 22
1984	Provimi Racing	March 84C	Ford Cosworth DFX	LBH 7	PHX 15	INDY 27	MIL	POR 4	MEA 19	CLE 6	MIS 17	ROA 18	POC	MDO 18	SAN 21	MIS2 21	PHX2	LS	LVG		19th	26
1985	Tom Hess Racing	Lola T900	Ford Cosworth DFX	LBH	INDY 12	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MIS2	LS	PHX	MIA			40th	1
1986	Team Menard	March 86C	Ford Cosworth DFX	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS	POC								23rd	11
	Curb Motorsports													MDO 6	SAN 10	MIS2	ROA 13	LS	PHX2	MIA
1987	Pace Racing	March 87C	Buick V6 (t/c)	LBH	PHX	INDY 15															15th	27
	Raynor Motorsports	Lola T87/00	Ford Cosworth DFX				MIL 3	POR 15	MEA 9	CLE 11	TOR 16	MIS 24	POC 10	ROA 26	MDO 9	NAZ 16	LS 14	MIA 22
1988	Raynor Motorsports	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	PHX 13	LBH 5	INDY 29	MIL 11	POR 19	CLE 6	TOR 23	MEA 24	MIS 16	POC 4	MDO 9	ROA 6	NAZ 10	LS 7	MIA 23			9th	53
1989	Raynor Motorsports	Lola T89/00	Judd AV	PHX 12	LBH 9	INDY 15	MIL 21	DET 25	POR 11	CLE 22	MEA 25	TOR 16	MIS 5	POC 24	MDO 9	ROA 27	NAZ 9	LS 18			12th	25

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Kevin Cogan Larry Perkins	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	383	4th	4th
1989	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	85	DNF	DNF
1990	Nissan Performance Technology Inc.	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson	Nissan R90CK	C1	251	DNF	DNF

References

1. "Sebring 12 Hours". racingsportscars.com. 17 March 1990. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
2. "Top 5 - Sebring wins by manufacturer". ALMS. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
3. "Performance in the Fast Lane by The Master of Fast". National Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
4. "Lotus GP sign American ace Daly". GP3 Series. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
5. Tony DiZinno (5 May 2014). "Conor Daly confirmed for full season of GP2 with Lazarus". GP2 Series. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
6. "Conor Daly gets full-time Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar deal for 2016". Autosport.

External links

• Official site
• Derek Daly Designs (course design business)
• Profile at grandprix.com