Derek Daly

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

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

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.

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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, third 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 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

Daly became a US citizen on September 28, 1993,[7] and he now resides in Carmel, Indiana.[8] He has three sons, Conor, Colin and Christian.

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,[9] before moving GP2 in 2014 driving for Venezuela GP Lazarus.[10] Conor made his IndyCar Series debut in 2013 and was a full-time driver from 2016 to 2023.[11] He also competed in the 2023 Daytona 500, 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.[12][13][14][15][16]

Racing record

Career summary

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 with 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

Guinness RIzla+. March

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

(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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DON 18th 2
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HOC
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NÜR
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PAU
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MUG
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VLL
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ROU
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DON
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NOG
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PER
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MIS
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HOC
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3rd 27
Template:F2 Project Four Racing March/792 BMW SIL
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HOC THR
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NÜR VLL MUG
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PAU
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HOC
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ZAN
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PER
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MIS
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DON
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3rd 33
Template:F2 McMahon Racing March/822 Hart SIL THR HOC NÜR VLL PAU JAR DON
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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 with Hesketh Racing Hesketh 308E Ford V8 ARG BRA RSA USW
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MON
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BEL
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ESP SWE 19th 1
Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 Ford V8 FRA
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GBR
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GER AUT
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NED
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ITA
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
USA
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CAN
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1979 Team Ensign Ensign N177 Ford V8 ARG
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
BRA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ESP
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BEL
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NC 0
Ensign N179 Ford V8 RSA
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USW
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MON
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FRA GBR GER
Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 Ford V8 AUT
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NED ITA CAN
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USA
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1980 Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 009 Ford V8 ARG
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BRA
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RSA
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11th 6
Tyrrell 010 Ford V8 USW
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BEL
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MON
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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NED
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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1981 March Grand Prix Team March 811 Ford V8 USW
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BRA
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ARG
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SMR
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BEL
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MON
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NC 0
Guinness RIzla+. March ESP
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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NED
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ITA
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CAN
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CPL
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1982 Theodore Racing Team Theodore TY01 Ford V8 RSA
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13th 8
Theodore TY02 Ford V8 BRA
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USW
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SMR
TAG Williams Team Williams FW08 Ford V8 BEL
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MON
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DET
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CAN
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NED
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GBR
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FRA
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GER
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AUT
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SUI
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ITA
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CPL
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CART results

Year Team No. 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 34 March 82C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX ATL MIL CLE MIS MIL POC RIV ROA MIS2 PHX2
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NC 0 [17]
1983 Wysard Racing March 82C Ford Cosworth DFX ATL
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27th 4 [18]
March 83C INDY
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIL CLE MIS
Provimi Racing 90 March 82/83C Ford Cosworth DFX ROA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POC RIV MDO
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS2 LVG
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LS
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PHX
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1984 Provimi Racing 17 March 84C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH
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PHX
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INDY
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIL POR
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MEA
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CLE
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MIS
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ROA
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POC MDO
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SAN
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS2
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
PHX2 LS LVG 19th 26 [19]
1985 Tom Hess Racing 29 Lola T900 Ford Cosworth DFX LBH INDY
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIL POR MEA CLE MIS ROA POC MDO SAN MIS2 LS PHX MIA 40th 1 [20]
1986 Team Menard March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX LBH INDY
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MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIS POC 23rd 11 [21]
Curb Motorsports 66 MDO
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
SAN
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS2 ROA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LS PHX2 MIA
1987 Pace Racing 10 March 87C Buick V6 (t/c) LBH PHX INDY
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15th 27 [22]
Raynor Motorsports Lola T87/00 Ford Cosworth DFX MIL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MEA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLE
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TOR
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POC
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROA
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MDO
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NAZ
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LS
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIA
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1988 Raynor Motorsports Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX PHX
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LBH
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
INDY
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIL
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POR
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLE
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TOR
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MEA
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POC
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MDO
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NAZ
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LS
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIA
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9th 53 [23]
1989 Raynor Motorsports Lola T89/00 Judd AV PHX
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LBH
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
INDY
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIL
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DET
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
CLE
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MEA
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
TOR
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MIS
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
POC
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MDO
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
ROA
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NAZ
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LS
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12th 25 [24]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1988 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan
Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 383 4th 4th
1989 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Davy Jones
Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 85 DNF DNF
1990 Template:Flagicon Nissan Performance Technology Inc. Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham
Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson
Nissan R90CK C1 251 DNF DNF

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Sporting positions
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