Ryan Dalziel

Ryan Dalziel
Born	(1982-04-12) April 12, 1982 Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	1999–present
Known for	Achievements in American motorsports, including GT1 category of American Le Mans Series, Champ Car World Series, winner of 2010 24 Hours of Daytona

Ryan Dalziel (born 12 April 1982) is a professional racing driver from Scotland, recognized for his achievements in American motorsports, notably in the GT1 category of the American Le Mans Series, the Champ Car World Series, and as a winner of the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona.

Career

Hailing from Glasgow, Dalziel launched his racing journey in 1999, starting with Formula Vauxhall. He then competed in both the British Formula Renault and British Formula 3 before relocating to the United States. Between 2002 and 2004, he participated in the Toyota Atlantic Championship for three seasons, finishing as runner-up twice. In 2005, he transitioned to the American Le Mans Series. That same year, he made a single appearance in the Champ Car series with Dale Coyne Racing at Toronto, securing a ninth-place finish. The following year, Dalziel piloted a Daytona Prototype vehicle in the Rolex Sports Car Series. From 2007 through 2009, he competed part-time across various teams within the Daytona Prototype division before committing to full-time competition again in 2010.

Dalziel made a return to Champ Car competition in 2007 driving for Pacific Coast Motorsports, though he was replaced prior to season’s end. His top Champ Car result was seventh place at Toronto. In 2008, he drove SAMAX Motorsport’s Riley-BMW Daytona Prototype alongside teammate Henri Zogaib and also took part in the inaugural season of Superleague Formula.

In 2009, an investigation into Zogaib revealed a Ponzi scheme that affected Dalziel and his father, who suffered losses amounting to US$550,000. Dalziel subsequently obtained a judgment for US$608,000 and continues efforts to recoup the funds. That year, he competed with Orbit Racing in the Grand American Sports Car Series, achieving one podium finish and several top-ten results.

Together with Terry Borcheller, João Barbosa, and Mike Rockenfeller, Dalziel claimed victory at the 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona driving a Porsche Riley for Action Express Racing. Subsequently, he signed on full-time with Starworks Motorsports alongside Mike Forest.

On 26 January 2012, Dalziel secured his first pole position in the Rolex Sports Car Series during the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, driving the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype. He concluded the race in second place with co-drivers Allan McNish, Lucas Luhr, Enzo Potolicchio, and Alex Popow. That season included a win at Watkins Glen and six podium finishes overall, culminating in a runner-up position in the Rolex DP drivers’ championship. Additionally, Dalziel earned three LMPC class victories with Core Autosport in the American Le Mans Series, including triumph at Petit Le Mans.

At the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, Dalziel finished third overall and topped the WEC LMP2 category alongside Enzo Potolicchio and Stéphane Sarrazin. Later that year, he won the LMP2 class at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with Potolicchio and Tom Kimber-Smith behind the wheel of the Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b, securing the LMP2 teams’ title.

Continuing with Starworks Motorsports in 2013 within the Rolex DP class alongside Alex Popow, Dalziel achieved one victory and five podiums while also participating in four rounds of ALMS across various categories.

In 2014, Dalziel joined Extreme Speed Motorsports for the inaugural IMSA United SportsCar Championship season, sharing an HPD LMP2 car with Scott Sharp. Despite two overall podium finishes, missed rounds and four DNFs led to a tenth-place finish in the Prototype teams’ standings. Later that year, he competed in three final rounds of the Pirelli World Challenge driving an Effort Porsche 911 GT3, securing two wins and three second-place finishes across six races.

Dalziel remained with Extreme Speed Motorsports for the FIA World Endurance Championship campaign in 2015 alongside David Heinemeier Hansson, finishing seventh overall. Concurrently, he continued contesting Pirelli World Challenge events with Effort Porsche, recording two wins and ten podiums over seventeen starts to finish third despite missing two rounds.

For 2016, Dalziel planned to maintain his role with ESM in WEC while competing full-time (except Long Beach) in IMSA SportsCar Championship events behind the wheel of a VisitFlorida Racing Corvette DP due to scheduling conflicts with WEC commitments.

American Open-Wheel Racing Results

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Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Position	Points
2002	Shank Racing	MTY 2nd	LBH Retired	MIL 10th	LS 4th	POR 7th	CHI 15th	TOR 18th	CLE 9th	TRR Retired	ROA 9th	MTL 3rd		8th	89
	Hylton Motorsports												DEN 2nd
2003	Sierra Sierra Racing	MTY 4th	LBH Retired	MIL 1st	LS 2nd	POR 1st	CLE 3rd	TOR 5th	TRR 2nd	MOH 2nd	MTL 2nd	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver 3rd	MIA 3rd		2nd	175
2004	Sierra Sierra Racing	LBH < br > 1st	MTY < br > 8th	MIL < br > Retired	POR1 < br > 5th	POR2 < br > 2nd	CLE < br > 1st	TOR < br > 6th	VAN < br > 1st	ROA < br > 1st	DEN < br > 2nd	MTL < br > 2nd

Champ Car

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points Earned
2005	Dale Coyne Racing	19	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR 9	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	LVS	SRF	MXC		23rd	13
2007	Pacific Coast Motorsports	28	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 highlighted in bold denote pole position) (Races shown in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	Operator	1st Race		2nd Race		3rd Race		4th Race		5th Race		6th Race		Overall Standing	Total Points
2008	Rangers F.C.	Alan Docking Racing	DON		NÜR		ZOL		EST		VAL		JER		13th	227

Sports car racing results

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Full FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Overall position	Points earned
2012	Starworks Motorsport	LMP2	HPD ARX-03b	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbocharged V6	SEB 3rd	SPA 29th	LMS 7th	SIL 9th	SÃO 7th	BHR	FUJ 9th	SHA 8th		12th place	48.5 points
2015	Extreme Speed Motorsports	LMP2	HPD ARX-03b Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbocharged V6	SIL Disqualified	SPA 8th	LMS 5th	NÜR 6th	COA 4th	FUJ 4th	SHA Retired	BHR 7th		Finished 9th overall	Total points: 62
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 2nd	SPA 2nd	LMS 8th	NÜR 3rd	MEX 3rd	COA 5th	FUJ 5th	SHA 5th	BHR 4th	Ranked 4th in championship	Accumulated points: 116

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position; Results are overall/class)

Year	Team	Category	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Standing	Points
2014	Extreme Speed Motorsports	P	HPD ARX-03b	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbocharged	DAY 15th	SIR 2nd	LBH 6th	LAG 11th	DET 5th	WAT 10th	MSP 8th	IMS 5th	ELK 3rd	COA	PET	9th	228
	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY	SIR	LGA	KAN 7th	WGI	IMS	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL		41st	25
2015	Extreme Speed Motorsports	P	HPD ARX-04b 1 HPD ARX-03b 2	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbocharged	<style="background:#EFCFFF;">2015 24 Hours of Daytona#DAY 10th	<style="background:#EFCFFF;">2015 12 Hours of Sebring#SIR 9th	2015 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase#LBH	2015 Monterey Grand Prix#LAG	2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic#DET	2015 6 Hours of The Glen#WAT	2015 SportsCar Grand Prix#MSP	2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase#ELK	2015 Lone Star Le Mans#COA	2015 Petit Le Mans#PET		21st	45

Year !! Team !! Category !! Car !! Engine !! Results !! Standing !! Points
rowspan=9 |IMSA SportsCar Championship results	rowspan=2 |Extreme Speed Motorsports	rowspan=2 |P | rowspan=2 |HPD ARX-03 | rowspan=2 |Honda HR28TT V6 Turbocharged | style="background:#ffdf9f;" |DAY 3rd | style="background:#dfffdf;" |SIR 5th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |LAG 2nd | style="background:#efcfff;" |DET 7th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |WAT 6th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |MSP 4th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |ELK 6th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |COA 7th | style="background:#efcfff;" |PET 7th |	9th !247
		style="background:#dfffdf;" |DAY 4th | style="background:#efcfff;" |SIR 11th | style="background:#dfdfdf;" |LBH 2nd | style="background:#efcfff;" |COA 6th | style="background:#efcfff;" |DET 8th | style="background:#efcfff;" |WAT 7th | style="background:#ffdf9f;" |MSP 3rd | style="background:#ffdf9f;" |ELK 3rd | style="background:#dfffdf;" |LAG 6th | style="background:#ffffbf;" |PET 1st |	5th !273
rowspan=3 |Era Motorsport with IDEC Sport (2021–present) | rowspan=3 |LMP2 | rowspan=3 |Oreca 07 | rowspan=3 |Gibson GK428 V8 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |DAY 1st† | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |SIR 2nd | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |WGI 5th | - | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |ELK 1st | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LGA 4th | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ATL 5th | - |-			- |-				4th !1620
Era Motorsport (2022–present) | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | style="background:#dfffdf;" |DAY 10† | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |SEB 3rd | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |LGA 2nd | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MOH 5th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |WGL 7th | style="background:#ffffbf;" |ELK 1st | style="background:#efcfff;" |PET 5th |	2nd !1892
Era Motorsport (2023–present) | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |DAY 9† | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |SEB 3rd | style="background:#dfffdf;" |LGA 7th | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |WGL 2nd | style="background:#dfffdf;" |ELK 6th | style="background:#dfffdf;" |IMS 6th | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |PET 5th |	5th !1740
Era Motorsport (2024) *	LMP2 *	Oreca 07 *	Gibson GK428 V8 *	style="background:#FFFFBF;" |DAY 1st *	style="background:#FFFFBF;" |SEB 1st *	style="background:#EFCFFF;" |WGL 12th *	style="background:#dfffdf;" |MOS 11th *	style="background:#dfffdf;" |ELK 4th *	style="background:#ffdf9f;" |IMS 3rd *	style="background:#ffdf9f;" |ATL 3rd *	3rd ! 2118 *

^† Points apply exclusively to WeatherTech Sprint or Michelin Endurance Cups, not the overall season standings.

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Pirelli World Challenge outcomes

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Model	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final Standing	Total Points
2017	CRP Racing	Mercedes-Benz	AMG GT3	GT class	STP1 16	STP2 7	LBH 6	VIR1 5	VIR2 1	MOS1 6	LRP1 6	LRP2 9	ELK1 Ret	ELK2 9	MOH1 7	MOH2 9	UTA1 9	UTA2 8	COA1 3	COA2 5	COA3 1	SON1 6	SON2 5	5th place	276 points

24 Hours of Le Mans outcomes

Year	Team Name	Co-Drivers	Vehicle Model	Category Class	Completed Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2010	Jaguar Rocketsports Racing RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marc Goossens	Jaguar XKR GT2	GT2 category	4 laps	Did Not Finish (DNF)	DNF
2012	Starworks Motorsport	Template:Country data VENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Enzo Potolicchio Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tom Kimber-Smith	HPD ARX-03b	LMP2 class	354 laps	Seventh overall	First in class
2013	SRT Motorsports	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marc Goossens Template:Flagicon:DEU Dominik Farnbacher	SRT Viper GTS-R	GTE Pro division	306 laps	24th overall	8th in class
2015	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P2-Honda	LMP2 category	329 laps completed	28th overall finish	10th in class position
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Chris Cumming Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pipo Derani	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2 division	291 laps completed	42nd overall standing	16th in class ranking
2021	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport Racing	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Thomas Laurent Dwight Merriman	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am category	0 laps completed	Withdrawn (WD)	WD

External links

• Official Website