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Derek Daly

For the Irish football player, see Derek Daly (footballer).

Derek Patrick Daly (born 11 March 1953) is an Irish former racing driver, businessman and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982.

Derek Daly
Daly at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix
Born
Derek Patrick Daly

(1953-03-11) 11 March 1953 (age 71)
Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland
Children3, including Conor
RelativesNicola Daly (niece)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
Active years1978–1982
TeamsHesketh, Ensign, Tyrrell, March, Theodore, Williams
Entries64 (49 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points15
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1978 United States Grand Prix West
Last entry1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Champ Car career
67 races run over 8 years
Years active1982–1989
Team(s)Wysard, Provimi, Hess, Menard, Curb, Pace, Raynor
Best finish9th (1988)
First race1982 Miller High Life 150 (Phoenix)
Last race1989 Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1988–1990
TeamsJaguar, Nissan
Best finish4th (1988)
Class wins0

Born and raised in Dublin, Daly won the British Formula Three Championship in 1977, before participating in 64 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting at the 1978 United States Grand Prix West. His 15 championship points made him the first Irish driver to score in Formula One, and remains the highest scoring; he also participated in several non-championship races. After Formula One, Daly moved to the United States to compete in CART and IMSA, where he led Nissan to the IMSA GTP Championship in 1990.

Racing career

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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.

 
Daly qualifying for the 1987 Indianapolis 500

In 1982, Daly began driving in the CART series and continued through 1989. He started 66 CART races, including each Indianapolis 500 from 1983 to 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 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

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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 attributed a racial slur that was uttered by Indianapolis Colts announcer Bob Lamey in 1983 to him. While not disputing saying the slur, Daly contends that he did not use the offending language in the context Lamey alleged (Lamey claimed that Daly had once stated "... there aren't any (racial slur) in this race"), but instead used the word as part of a common Irish colloquialism during a 1983 radio interview.[4] Daly filed a $25M lawsuit as a result.[5] Later that year, U.S. district court judge Richard L. Young ruled in favor of WISH-TV and the station's former parent company, Nexstar Media Group, in all claims in Daly’s lawsuit and ordered him to pay Nexstar's legal costs.[6]

Personal life

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Daly became a US citizen[when?] and now resides in Carmel, Indiana.[7] He has three sons, Conor, Colin and Christian.

Daly's son Conor is also a racing driver. He made his debut in full-time open-wheel racing in 2012, driving for the Lotus GP team in GP3,[8] before moving GP2 in 2014 driving for Venezuela GP Lazarus.[9] Conor made his IndyCar Series debut in 2013 and was a full-time driver from 2016 to 2023.[10] He also competed in the Daytona 500 in 2023, finishing 29th.

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]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1977 Super Visco British Formula Three Derek McMahon Racing 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
World Sportscar Championship Ford Motor Company 1 0 0 0 0 1 117th
PPG Indy Car World Series Wysard Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1983 PPG Indy Car World Series Provimi Racing 5 0 0 0 0 4 27th
Wysard Racing 2 0 0 0 0
European Formula Two McMahon Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
World Sportscar Team Ikuzawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1984 PPG Indy Car World Series Provimi Racing 11 0 0 0 0 26 19th
1985 PPG Indy Car World Series Tom Hess Racing 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 Raynor Motorsports 12 0 0 0 1 27 15th
Pace Racing 1 0 0 0 0
1988 PPG Indy Car World Series Raynor Motorsports 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 Raynor Motorsports 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

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(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
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 McMahon Racing March/822 Hart SIL THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU JAR DON
9 		MIS PER ZOL MUG - 0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts.
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
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
1981 March Grand Prix Team March 811 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 TY01 Ford V8 RSA
14 		13th 8
Theodore TY02 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
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CART results

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Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1982 Wysard Racing March 82C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX ATL MIL CLE MIS MIL POC RIV ROA MIS2 PHX2
25 		NC 0 [16]
1983 Wysard Racing March 82C Ford Cosworth DFX ATL
22 		27th 4 [17]
March 83C INDY
19 		MIL CLE MIS
Provimi Racing March 82/83C Ford Cosworth DFX ROA
9 		POC RIV MDO
22 		MIS2 LVG
18 		LS
23 		PHX
22
1984 Provimi Racing 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 [18]
1985 Tom Hess Racing Lola T900 Ford Cosworth DFX LBH INDY
12 		MIL POR MEA CLE MIS ROA POC MDO SAN MIS2 LS PHX MIA 40th 1 [19]
1986 Team Menard March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX LBH INDY
DNQ 		MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIS POC 23rd 11 [20]
Curb Motorsports MDO
6 		SAN
10 		MIS2 ROA
13 		LS PHX2 MIA
1987 Pace Racing March 87C Buick V6 (t/c) LBH PHX INDY
15 		15th 27 [21]
Raynor Motorsports 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
1988 Raynor Motorsports 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 [22]
1989 Raynor Motorsports 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 [23]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1988   Silk Cut Jaguar
  Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		  Kevin Cogan
  Larry Perkins 		Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 383 4th 4th
1989   Silk Cut Jaguar
  Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		  Davy Jones
  Jeff Kline 		Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 85 DNF DNF
1990   Nissan Performance Technology Inc.   Geoff Brabham
  Chip Robinson 		Nissan R90CK C1 251 DNF DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Sebring 12 Hours". racingsportscars.com. 17 March 1990. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Top 5 – Sebring wins by manufacturer". ALMS. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Ayello, Jim (26 June 2000). "Derek Daly secretly records Bob Lamey in effort to support Daly's lawsuits over use of a racial slur". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. ^ Drohan, Freya (28 August 2018). "Irish racing US pundit fired for using "N word" 35 yrs ago". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. ^ Gibson, Brady (2 June 2021). "Federal judge rules for WISH-TV in Derek Daly lawsuit". WISH-TV. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  7. ^ "RACER CONOR DALY TO FOLLOW IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS ALL THE WAY TO INDY 500". 28 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Lotus GP sign American ace Daly". GP3 Series. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ^ Tony DiZinno (5 May 2014). "Conor Daly confirmed for full season of GP2 with Lazarus". GP2 Series. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Conor Daly gets full-time Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar deal for 2016". Autosport.
  11. ^ "Hockey in the Fast Lane". thesportschronicle.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Q & A With Nicci Daly: From Hockey Star To Motor-Sports". chicmoto.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Meet Ireland's Nicci Daly, Hockey Player & Motor Racing Engineer". wispsports.com. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "'I feel like I'm doing something for him that I never got the chance to do when he was around'". the42.ie. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Derek Daly – 1982 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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  18. ^ "Derek Daly – 1984 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Derek Daly – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Derek Daly – 1986 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Derek Daly – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Derek Daly – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Derek Daly – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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