David Donohue
American race car driver
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David Neary Donohue[4] (born January 5, 1967, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver.
AmericanJanuary 5, 1967
FIA Gold (until 2017)[1]
FIA Silver (2018)[2]
FIA Bronze (2019–)[3]| David Donohue | |||||||||||
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Donohue in 2011 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||
| Born | David Neary Donohue January 5, 1967 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Mark Donohue (father) | ||||||||||
| Categorisation | FIA Gold (until 2017)[1] FIA Silver (2018)[2] FIA Bronze (2019–)[3] | ||||||||||
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The son of Mark Donohue, he was formerly active at Le Mans as a Viper Team Oreca factory driver, and in Grand-Am's DP class, where he won the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona for Brumos Racing. More recently, Donohue has participated in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where he holds the Time Attack 1 division record.
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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.[5][6] In 2013, Donohue drove in the first GX class race at the 24 hour of Daytona. His car, the No. 16 Napleton Porsche Cayman S, won by a nine lap lead.[7]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 1992 | N/A | 67 | Olds | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | MAR | DAR | BRI | HCY | LAN | DUB | NZH 16 |
CLT | DOV | ROU | MYB | GLN 31 |
VOL | NHA | TAL | IRP | ROU | MCH | NHA | BRI | DAR | 59th | 325 | [11] | ||||||||||
| Mark Thomas | 96 | Olds | RCH DNQ |
DOV 24 |
CLT | MAR | CAR 38 |
HCY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | DAY | CAR | RCH | DAR | BRI | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH 31 |
CLT | DOV | MYB | GLN 30 |
MLW | TAL | IRP | MCH | NHA | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | ROU | CLT | MAR | CAR | HCY | ATL | 79th | 143 | [12] | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Team Rensi Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH 32 |
TAL 33 |
CAL 27 |
RCH 36 |
NHA 33 |
NZH 27 |
CLT 20 |
DOV 32 |
KEN 32 |
MLW 21 |
GLN 15 |
CHI 34 |
GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM | 43rd | 935 | [13] | ||
Craftsman Truck Series
Busch North Series
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Donohue continues to race in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado.
| Year | Car | Class | Time | Class pos. | Overall pos. |
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| 2017 | 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.954[17] | 2nd | 6th |
| 2018 | 2017 Porsche GT3 R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:37.152[18] | 1st | 6th |
| 2019 | 2016 Porsche 911 | Pikes Peak Open | 9:33.404[19] | 2nd | 4th |
| 2020 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | DNF[20] | 9th | 43rd |
| 2021 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 6:45.893[21][note 1] | 3rd | 8th |
| 2022 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 10:35.830[23] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2023 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:18.053[24] | 1st | 4th |
| 2024 | 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.429[25] | 1st | 7th |
