Derek Daly
![]() Derek Daly at Zandvoort in 1982 | |
Born | Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland | 11 March 1953
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
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 Patrick Daly (born 11 March 1953) is an Irish-American former racing driver. 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, and also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. After F1, Daly raced in CART and IMSA, where he achieved much success with Nissan.
Racing career[]
After honing his skills in the Irish Formula Ford Championship, Daly had his first drive in the European Formula Two Championship in 1977. In 1978 and 1979, he competed in both Formula Two and Formula One, finishing third in the Formula Two championship in both seasons. From 1980 to 1982, he focussed on Formula One, his best year being 1980, when he scored two fourth-place finishes and finished 11th in the Drivers' Championship. His two most memorable moments in F1 both came in the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1980 he crashed spectacularly at the first corner after vaulting three other cars. In 1982 he suddenly found himself in contention for the win when the four cars ahead of him ran into problems with under two laps to go, but ended up on the sidelines himself when his gearbox seized moments later.
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.
Daly won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1990 and 1991 driving a Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo. In 1990, he had the unusual distinction of driving both the first and second-placed cars.[1][2]
Broadcast and business career[]
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]
In 2018, Daly was fired from a racing analyst position he had at WISH-TV when WISH-TV erroneously attributed a racial slur that was uttered by Indianapolis Colts announcer, Bob Lamey, to him. Daly filed a $25M law suit as a result. WISH TV offered to retract its story, but only if Daly would agree not to take any legal action against them.[4] In the aftermath, his son Conor had his sponsor, Lilly Diabetes, pull their support as he was set to make his NASCAR debut at Road America on August 25, 2018 due to the comments, even though Conor was not born for another 8 years after the fact.[5][6]
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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1977 | Super Visco British Formula Three | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 1st | |
Vandervell British Formula Three | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5th | ||
FIA European Formula 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9th | ||
European Formula Two | Chevron Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th | |
1978 | European Formula Two | Chevron Racing | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 3rd |
Formula One | Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | |
Team Tissot Ensign | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1979 | European Formula Two | Project Four Racing | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 3rd |
Formula One | Team Ensign | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Candy Tyrrell Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1980 | Formula One | Candy Tyrrell Team | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11th |
BMW M1 Procar Championship | BMW Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1981 | Formula One | March Grand Prix Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
1982 | Formula One | TAG Williams Team | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th |
Theodore Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1982 World Sportscar Championship | Ford Motor Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 117th | |
PPG Indy Car World Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
1983 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27th | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
European Formula Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
World Sportscar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
1984 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19th | |
1985 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40th | |
1986 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Curb Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23rd |
1987 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 15th | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1988 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4th | |
1989 | PPG Indy Car World Series | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Silk Cut Jaguar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
1990 | IMSA GT Championship | Nissan Performance | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | N/A | NC |
24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
1991 | IMSA GT Championship | Nissan Performance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | NC |
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 |
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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 | 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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1981 | March Grand Prix Team | March | 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 | Ford V8 | RSA 14 |
13th | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Theodore | 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 |
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1982 | March 82C | Ford Cosworth DFX | PHX | ATL | MIL | CLE | MIS | MIL | POC | RIV | ROA | MIS2 | PHX2 25 |
NC | 0 | |||||||
1983 | March 82C | Ford Cosworth DFX | ATL 22 |
27th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
March 83C | INDY 19 |
MIL | CLE | MIS | ||||||||||||||||||
March 82/83C | Ford Cosworth DFX | ROA 9 |
POC | RIV | MDO 22 |
MIS2 | LVG 18 |
LS 23 |
PHX 22 |
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1984 | 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 | 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 | March 87C | Buick V6 (t/c) | LBH | PHX | INDY 15 |
15th | 27 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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1988 | 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 | 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. |
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1988 | ![]() ![]() |
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Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 383 | 4th | 4th |
1989 | ![]() ![]() |
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Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 85 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | ![]() |
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Nissan R90CK | C1 | 251 | DNF | DNF |
Personal life[]
Daly became a US citizen and now resides in Carmel, Indiana.[7] He has three sons, Conor, Colin and Christian.
Daly's son, Conor Daly, is also a racing driver, starting in GP3 driving for the Lotus GP team in 2012,[8] and then continuing on to GP2 in 2014 driving for Venezuela GP Lazarus,[9] and then IndyCar, starting part-time in 2013 and full-time in 2016.[10]
Daly's niece, Nicola Daly, is an Ireland women's field hockey international and was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. She also works as a data engineer for Juncos Racing.[11][12][13][14][15]
References[]
- ^ "Sebring 12 Hours". racingsportscars.com. 17 March 1990. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Top 5 - Sebring wins by manufacturer". ALMS. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Performance in the Fast Lane by The Master of Fast". National Speakers Bureau. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ Drohan, Freya (28 August 2018). "Irish racing US pundit fired for using "N word" 35 yrs ago". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ King, Alanis (24 August 2018). "Conor Daly Loses Weekend NASCAR Sponsorship After Dad's Reported Use of the N-Word". Jalopnik. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Lilly Diabetes pulls Conor Daly's sponsorship for NASCAR race over father's comment". 13 WTHR Indianapolis. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "RACER CONOR DALY TO FOLLOW IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS ALL THE WAY TO INDY 500".
- ^ "Lotus GP sign American ace Daly". GP3 Series. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Tony DiZinno (5 May 2014). "Conor Daly confirmed for full season of GP2 with Lazarus". GP2 Series. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Conor Daly gets full-time Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar deal for 2016". Autosport.
- ^ "Hockey In The Fast Lane". www.thesportschronicle.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Q & A With Nicci Daly: From Hockey Star To Motor-Sports". www.chicmoto.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Meet Ireland's Nicci Daly, Hockey Player & Motor Racing Engineer". www.wispsports.com. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Nicci Daly: "There has never been a better time for women to get in motorsport"". fast-and-fearless.com. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "'I feel like I'm doing something for him that I never got the chance to do when he was around'". www.the42.ie. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
External links[]
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