David Donohue

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2011 Rolex Sports Car

David Donohue (born January 5, 1967 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver formerly active in the Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class for Action Express Racing and participant in the Pikes Peak races.

Career[]

The son of racing legend Mark Donohue, David Donohue has accomplished much in a wide variety of auto racing series and classes, including NASCAR's Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, as well as winning the GT2 class at the 1998 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Almost exactly 40 years after his father won the 24 Hours of Daytona, David won the 2009 event driving a Brumos-entered Riley-Porsche teamed with Antonio García, Darren Law and Buddy Rice. After starting the race from pole position, Donohue's 0.167-second margin of victory over Juan Pablo Montoya was 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[]

North American Touring Car Championship[]

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North American Touring Car Championship results
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

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 France Viper Team Oreca United Kingdom Justin Bell
Italy Luca Drudi 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 317 11th 1st
1999 France Viper Team Oreca France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Soheil Ayari 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 271 DNF DNF
2000 France Viper Team Oreca Portugal Ni Amorim
France Anthony Beltoise 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 328 9th 2nd
2002 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bill Auberlen
United States Gunnar Jeannette 		Panoz LMP01 Evo LMP900 230 DNF DNF

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb[]

Donohue continues to race in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado.

Year Car Class Time Class pos. Overall pos.
2017 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S Time Attack-Time Attack 1 9:49.954[3] 2nd 6th
2018 2017 Porsche GT3 R Time Attack-Time Attack 1 9:37.152[4] 1st 6th
2019 2016 Porsche 911 Pikes Peak Open 9:33.404[5] 2nd 4th
2020 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport Time Attack-Time Attack 1 DNF[6] 9th 43rd
2021 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport Time Attack-Time Attack 1 6:45.893[7][note 1] 3rd 8th
  1. ^ The distance raced in the 2021 event was shortened as a result of inclement weather. The lap was completed at Devil's Playground.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "2009 Rolex 24 Becomes Closest in History of International 24-Hour Motorsports Races". grand-am.com. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  2. ^ "Report: Daytona 24 Hours". Autosport. Vol. 195, no. 5. 29 January 2009. pp. 56–59.
  3. ^ "PPIHC 2017 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. ^ "PPIHC 2018 results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "PPIHC 2019 results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-02.
  6. ^ "PPIHC 2020 results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-16.
  7. ^ "PPIHC 2021 results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-28.
  8. ^ "2021 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Official Results". Archived from the original on 2021-06-29.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by North American Touring Car Championship Champion
1997 		Succeeded by
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