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Chris Dyson

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Christopher Dyson (born February 24, 1978) is an American professional racing driver who competed in the American Le Mans Series for Dyson Racing from 2002 to 2013. He is currently competing in the Trans-Am Series in the TA class under the CD Racing banner where he just clinched his third consecutive TA championship (2021-2023). The son of team owner Rob Dyson, Chris is a two-time ALMS champion, having taken the LMP675 Drivers title in 2003 and earning the LMP1 Championship in 2011. He is the Vice President and Sporting Director of Dyson Racing.

Chris Dyson
NationalityUnited States American
BornChristopher Dyson
(1978-02-24) February 24, 1978 (age 46)
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Related toRob Dyson (father)
Trans Am Series career
Current teamCD Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number16
Starts70
Wins24
Poles18
Best finish1 in (2021, 2022, 2023)
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
Years2004, 2009, 2014
TeamsRacing for Holland, RML, Caterham Racing
Best finish7th (2004)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2022 position67th
Best finish67th (2022)
First race2019 B&L Transport 170 (Mid-Ohio)
Last race2022 Henry 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2020.

Racing career

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Early career

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Dyson began his racing career at the age of 17, competing in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge championship at Lime Rock Park.

Dyson drove in seven Atlantic Championship races in 2004 and 2005, earning a best finish of 4th at Long Beach in 2005.[1]

Grand-Am

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Dyson made his professional racing debut in the 2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship season, driving a Riley & Scott Mk III in the final two races of the season. In 2002, he finished second in the Grand-Am SRP1 points, winning five races.[2]

He has since made sporadic starts in the Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

American Le Mans Series

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Dyson with his 2011 LMP1 championship trophy

Having made his American Le Mans Series debut at the 2002 12 Hours of Sebring, Dyson went on to drive full-time in the series one year later, teaming with Andy Wallace in their MG-Lola EX257. Dyson took four wins and the drivers championship in the LMP 675 class.[3]

The 2004 season saw the MG-Lola reclassified into the LMP1 category against the Audi R8s; Dyson and Wallace scored 6 podiums in 8 races together. In 2005, he finished 2nd in the LMP1 drivers' championship, scoring 6 runner-up finishes.[3]

Dyson finished 5th in driver points in 2006, with a best finish of 2nd at Mosport. Dyson also finished 4th at Laguna Seca with James Weaver, in Weaver's final race. 2007 saw Dyson team with Guy Smith in a Porsche RS Spyder; the pair finished 4th in points.

He finished 6th in points in 2008 and 5th in 2009. In 2010, he finished 4th in LMP1 points and won one race with Guy Smith.[3]

In 2011, despite winning only one race, Dyson and Guy Smith won the LMP1 drivers' championship.[3] In 2012, Dyson kicked off the season with a class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring, debuting the new Lola B12/60 Mazda with Guy Smith and Steven Kane.

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Dyson's first start came in the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans for Jan Lammers' Racing for Holland team with Lammers and Katsutomo Kaneishi, finishing 7th overall and 6th in the LMP1 class.[4] Dyson returned to La Sarthe in the Le Mans for Ray Mallock, retiring after 19 hours.[5]

NASCAR

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In August 2019, Dyson joined DGM Racing to drive their No. 90 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series' race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as a road course ringer.[6] He would start 27th and finish 34th after crashing out of the race. Dyson returned to NASCAR in 2022, driving for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the Xfinity Series event at Road America.[7]

Motorsports career results

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Complete American Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2002 Dyson Racing Team LMP900 Riley & Scott Mk III Lincoln (Élan) 6.0 L V8 SEB
8 		SON
4 		MID
 AME
 WAS
7 		TRO
6 		MOS
 MON
 MIA
 PET
 [8]
2003 Dyson Racing LMP675 MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
1 		ATL
3 		SON
2 		TRO
Ret 		MOS
1 		AME
1 		MON
Ret 		MIA
1 		PET
2 		[9]
2004 Dyson Racing LMP1 MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
Ret 		MID
2 		LIM
3 		SON
2 		POR
3 		MOS
3 		AME
Ret 		PET
3 		MON
Ret 		[10]
2005 Dyson Racing LMP1 MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
4† 		ATL
2 		MID
2 		LIM
4† 		SON
2 		POR
2 		AME
2 		MOS
4 		PET
2 		MON
3 		[11]
2006 Dyson Racing LMP1 Lola B06/10 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
Ret 		TEX
3 		MID
Ret 		LIM
Ret 		UTA
4 		POR
3 		AME
5 		MOS
2 		PET
Ret 		MON
5 		7th 73 [12]
2007 Dyson Racing LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB
6 		STP
6† 		LNB
5 		TEX
5 		UTA
4 		LIM
4 		MID
5 		AME
4 		MOS
5 		DET
5 		PET
2 		MON
5 		7th 124 [13]
2008 Dyson Racing LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB
3 		STP
4 		LNB
7 		UTA
6 		LIM
Ret 		MID
5 		AME
6 		MOS
7 		DET
6 		PET
6 		MON
5 		9th 101 [14]
2009 Dyson Racing Team LMP2 Lola B09/86 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
Ret 		STP
2 		LBH
2 		UTA
3 		LRP
Ret 		MDO
Ret 		ELK
4† 		MOS
Ret 		6th 55 [15]
UNC PET
1 		LAG
1 		NC -
2010 Dyson Racing Team LMP2 Lola B09/86 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
3 		PET
Ret 		4th 98 [16]
LMP LNB
4 		MON
3 		UTA
6† 		LIM
Ret 		MID
1 		AME
4 		MOS
5
2011 Dyson Racing Team LMP1 Lola B09/86 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 SEB
6 		LNB
2 		LIM
1 		MOS
2 		MID
2 		AME
2 		BAL
2 		MON
2 		PET
8† 		1st 186 [17]
2012 Dyson Racing Team P1 Lola B12/60 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4

(Isobutanol)

SEB
4 		LBH
2 		LAG
2 		LRP
2 		MOS
2 		MDO
2 		ELK
1 		BAL
2 		VIR
2 		PET
2 		2nd 186 [18]
2013 Dyson Racing Team P1 Lola B12/60 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4

(Isobutanol)

SEB
Ret 		LBH
Ret 		LAG
Ret 		LRP
2 		MOS
 ELK
 BAL
2 		COA
 VIR
 PET
2† 		4th 52 [19]

† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004   Racing for Holland   Jan Lammers
  Katsutomo Kaneishi 		Dome S101-Judd LMP1 341 7th 6th
2009   RML   Thomas Erdos
  Mike Newton 		Lola B08/86-Mazda LMP2 273 DNF DNF
2014   Caterham Racing   Tom Kimber-Smith
  Matt McMurry 		Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 329 25th 11th
Sources:[20][21]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2013 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5 		SPA
DNS 		LMS
SÃO
 COA
5 		FUJ
 SHA
 BHR
 18th 20
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 25th 0
Sources:[20][22]

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 NXSC Pts Ref
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 104th 01 [23]
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 67th 9 [24]

1 Ineligible for series points

References

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  2. ^ "Driver Bio". Grand-Am Road Racing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
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  4. ^ "Le Mans 24 Hours 2004 - Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 - Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Dyson to pull Xfinity/Trans Am double-duty at Mid-Ohio". Racer. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Nguyen, Justin (June 29, 2022). "Trans-Am star Chris Dyson returning to NASCAR at Road America in double". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
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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
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