Chris Dyson

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Chris Dyson
Chris Dyson Driver of Greaves Motorsport's Zytek Z11SN Nissan (8667950869).jpg
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornChristopher Dyson
(1978-02-24) February 24, 1978 (age 46)
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Related to Rob Dyson (father)
Trans Am Series career
Current team CD Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number16
Starts58
Wins22
Poles15
Previous series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Atlantic Championship
Championship titles
2003
2011
2021, 2022, 2023
ALMS LMP675
ALMS LMP1
Trans Am Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2004, 2009, 2014
Teams Racing for Holland, RML, Caterham Racing
Best finish7th (2004)
Class
Pos.
2004 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing for Holland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers
Flag of Japan.svg Katsutomo Kaneishi
Dome S101-Judd LMP13417th6th
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RML Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Lola B08/86-Mazda LMP2273DNFDNF
2014 Flag of Malaysia.svg Caterham Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP232925th11th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
2013 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5
SPA
DNS
LMS
SÃO
COA
5
FUJ
SHA
BHR
18th20
2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
FUJ
SHA
BHR
Ret
COA SPA LMS BHR 25th0

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2019 DGM Racing 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH
34
BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 104th01 [8]
2022 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA
28
ATL NHA POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO 67th9

1 Ineligible for series points

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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by American Le Mans Series LMP675 champion
2003
Succeeded by
Ian James (LMP2)
Preceded by American Le Mans Series LMP1 champion
2011
with Guy Smith
Succeeded by