Derek Patrick Daly was born on 11 March 1953 and is an Irish former racing driver.
16 Facts About Derek Daly
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Derek Daly 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.
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Derek Daly scored a total of 15 championship points, and participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.
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In 1982, Derek Daly began driving in the CART series and continued through 1989.
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Derek Daly started 66 CART races, including each Indianapolis 500 from 1983 to 1989, except for 1986.
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Derek Daly finished in the top ten a total of 21 times, including one podium finish, 3rd position, at Milwaukee in 1987.
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Derek Daly won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1990 and 1991 driving a Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo.
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Derek Daly is known in motor sports circles around the world as a driver, writer, broadcaster, racing advisor, and businessman.
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In 2018, it was revealed that Derek Daly had used a racist phrase in a radio interview in May 1983.
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Derek Daly's comment caused an immediate uproar from people listening in Gasoline Alley as they warned him of the volatility of that phrase.
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Derek Daly apologized and said the phrase had been an Irish colloquialism and was not intended as a racial slur.
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Once it was revealed, Derek Daly lost his commentator job with WISH-TV.
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Derek Daly became a US citizen and now resides in Carmel, Indiana.
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Derek Daly made his debut in full-time open-wheel racing in 2012, driving for the Lotus GP team in GP3, before moving GP2 in 2014 driving for Venezuela GP Lazarus.
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Derek Daly competed in the Daytona 500 in 2023, finishing 29th.
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Derek Daly's niece, Nicola Derek 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.