Ryan Dalziel is a Scottish professional racing driver.
20 Facts About Ryan Dalziel
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Ryan Dalziel drove in British Formula Renault and British Formula 3, before moving to the United States.
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Ryan Dalziel contested one Champ Car race for Dale Coyne Racing at Toronto, finishing 9th.
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Ryan Dalziel returned to the Champ Car World Series in 2007 as driver of one of the two Pacific Coast Motorsports cars.
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Ryan Dalziel was dropped by the team and replaced by Mario Dominguez in September 2007, with two races of the season remaining.
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Ryan Dalziel competed in the inaugural season of Superleague Formula.
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In May 2009, Ryan Dalziel won his judgement over Zogaib in the amount of US$608,000 and continues to legally battle to retrieve his money.
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In 2009 Ryan Dalziel competed for Orbit Racing in the Grand American Sports Car Series recording one podium finish and numerous top tens.
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On 26 January 2012, Ryan Dalziel scored his first career Rolex Sports Car Series pole position in the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona in the No 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype.
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Ryan Dalziel went on to finish second in the race with teammates Allan McNish, Lucas Luhr, Enzo Potolicchio and Alex Popow.
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Ryan Dalziel won the Watkins Glen 200 and six podiums, finishing runner-up in the Rolex DP drivers championship.
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Also, Ryan Dalziel got three LMPC class wins at the American Le mans Series with Core, including Petit Le Mans.
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At the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, Ryan Dalziel scored a surprise 3rd-overall finish with co-drivers Enzo Potolicchio and Stephane Sarrazin, taking 1st place in the WEC LMP2 class.
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Ryan Dalziel won the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with Enzo Potolicchio and Tom Kimber-Smith, driving the Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b in LMP2.
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Ryan Dalziel competed in four ALMS rounds in different classes.
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In 2014, Ryan Dalziel was signed by Extreme Speed Motorsports to drive an HPD LMP2 at the new IMSA United SportsCar Championship, with Scott Sharp as co-driver.
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Ryan Dalziel got two overall podiums, but missed two rounds and collected four DNFs, ending 10th in the Prototype teams championship.
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Ryan Dalziel continued with Extreme Speed Motorsports in 2015 but at the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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Ryan Dalziel claimed two wins and ten podiums in 17 races, finishing third in the standings despite missing two rounds.
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In 2016, Ryan Dalziel will continue with ESM in the WEC, and will enter the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a VisitFlorida Racing Corvette DP at all rounds except Long Beach, due to a conflict with the WEC.