David Donohue(born January 5, 1967, inMorristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver formerly active in theGrand-Am's Rolex Sports Car SeriesDaytona Prototypeclass forAction Express Racingand participant in thePikes Peakraces.
Career
editThe son of racing legendMark Donohue,David Donohue has accomplished much in a wide variety of auto racing series and classes, includingNASCAR'sBusch SeriesandCraftsman Truck Series,as well as winning the GT2 class at the 1998 running of the24 Hours of Le Mans.Almost exactly 40 years after his father won the24 Hours of Daytona,David won the 2009 event driving a Brumos-enteredRiley-Porscheteamed withAntonio García,Darren LawandBuddy Rice.After starting the race from pole position, Donohue's 0.167-second margin of victory overJuan Pablo Montoyawas the closest in the race's history by over a minute, and the closest finish in the history of major international 24-hour motorsports events.[1][2]In 2013, David Donohue drove in the first GX class race at the 24 hour of Daytona. His car, the #16 Napleton Porsche Cayman S, won by a 9 lap lead.
Motorsports career results
editNorth American Touring Car Championship
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| North American Touring Car Championshipresults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | NATCC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | PacWest Racing | 8 | Dodge Stratus | LRP 1 |
LRP 2 |
DET 2 |
DET 4 |
PIR 2 |
PIR 4 |
TOR 3 |
TOR 4 |
TRV 7 |
TRV 8 |
MOH 2 |
MOH 6 |
VAN 4 |
VAN 2 |
LS 5 |
LS 4 |
3rd | 221 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | LBH 4 |
LBH 4 |
SAV 2 |
SAV 3 |
DET 1* |
DET 5 |
PIR 1* |
PIR 7* |
CLE 1 |
CLE 3 |
TOR 4 |
TOR 4 |
MOH 1 |
MOH 1 |
VAN 2 |
VAN 5 |
LS 3 |
LS 3 |
1st | 304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  ViperTeam Oreca
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 Justin Bell Luca Drudi
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GT2 | 317 | 11th | 1st |
| 1999 | ViperTeam Oreca
|
Jean-Philippe BellocSoheil Ayari
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 271 | DNF | DNF |
| 2000 | ViperTeam Oreca
|
 Ni AmorimAnthony Beltoise
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 328 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2002 |  PanozMotor Sports
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Bill AuberlenGunnar Jeannette
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Panoz LMP01 Evo | LMP900 | 230 | DNF | DNF |
Donohue continues to race in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado.
| Year | Car | Class | Time | Class pos. | Overall pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2014Porsche911 Turbo S | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.954[6] | 2nd | 6th |
| 2018 | 2017 Porsche GT3 R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:37.152[7] | 1st | 6th |
| 2019 | 2016 Porsche 911 | Pikes Peak Open | 9:33.404[8] | 2nd | 4th |
| 2020 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | DNF[9] | 9th | 43rd |
| 2021 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 6:45.893[10][note 1] | 3rd | 8th |
| 2022 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 10:35.830[12] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2023 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:18.053[13] | 1st | 4th |
| 2024 | 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.429[14] | 1st | 7th |
References
edit- ^"2009 Rolex 24 Becomes Closest in History of International 24-Hour Motorsports Races".grand-am. 2009-01-26.Retrieved2009-01-29.
- ^"Report: Daytona 24 Hours".Autosport.Vol. 195, no. 5. 29 January 2009. pp. 56–59.
- ^"David Donohue race results".TouringCars.net.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"David Donohue Results".Motorsport Stats.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"David Donohue".Automobile Club de l'Ouest.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"PPIHC 2017 results"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2018-04-13.Retrieved2018-06-28.
- ^"PPIHC 2018 results"(PDF).
- ^"PPIHC 2019 results"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 2019-07-02.
- ^"PPIHC 2020 results"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 2020-09-16.
- ^"PPIHC 2021 results"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 2021-06-28.
- ^"2021 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Official Results".28 June 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-06-29.
- ^"PPIHC 2022 Results"(PDF).PPIHC.org.June 26, 2022.RetrievedNovember 5,2022.
- ^"PPIHC 2023 Results"(PDF).PPIHC.org.June 25, 2023.RetrievedJune 27,2023.
- ^"2024 PPIHC Overall Results"(PDF).PPIHC.org.June 23, 2024.RetrievedSeptember 11,2024.
External links
edit- David Donohuedriver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Grand-Am biographical sketch and career highlights
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