David Donohue (born January 5, 1967, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver formerly active in the Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class for Action Express Racing and participant in the Pikes Peak races.
David Donohue (born January 5, 1967, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver formerly active in the Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class for Action Express Racing and participant in the Pikes Peak races.
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. [1] [2] In 2013, David Donohue drove in the first GX class race at the 24 hour of Daytona. His car, the #16 Napleton Porsche Cayman S, won by a 9 lap lead.
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
Donohue continues to race in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado.
| Year | Car | Class | Time | Class pos. | Overall pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.954 [6] | 2nd | 6th |
| 2018 | 2017 Porsche GT3 R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:37.152 [7] | 1st | 6th |
| 2019 | 2016 Porsche 911 | Pikes Peak Open | 9:33.404 [8] | 2nd | 4th |
| 2020 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | DNF [9] | 9th | 43rd |
| 2021 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 6:45.893 [10] [note 1] | 3rd | 8th |
| 2022 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 10:35.830 [12] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2023 | 2019 Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:18.053 [13] | 1st | 4th |
| 2024 | 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo R | Time Attack-Time Attack 1 | 9:49.429 [14] | 1st | 7th |
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