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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
(key)
| North American Touring Car Championship results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  Viper Team Oreca |  Justin Bell Luca Drudi | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GT2 | 317 | 11th | 1st |
| 1999 | Viper Team Oreca | Jean-Philippe Belloc Soheil Ayari | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 271 | DNF | DNF |
| 2000 | Viper Team Oreca |  Ni Amorim Anthony Beltoise | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 328 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2002 |  Panoz Motor Sports | Bill Auberlen Gunnar Jeannette | Panoz LMP01 Evo | LMP900 | 230 | DNF | DNF |
Pike's Peak International Hill Climb
Donohue continues to race in the annual Pike's 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 | 09:37.152[4] | 1st | 6th |
References
- ^ "2009 Rolex 24 Becomes Closest in History of International 24-Hour Motorsports Races". grand-am.com. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "Report: Daytona 24 Hours". Autosport. Vol. 195 no. 5. 29 January 2009. pp. 56–59.
- ^ "PPIHC 2017 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "PPIHC 2018 results" (PDF).
External links
- David Donohue driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Grand-Am biographical sketch and career highlights
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Randy Pobst | North American Touring Car Championship Champion 1997 | Succeeded by Final |