Derek Higgins

Derek Higgins (Irish: Ruaridh Ó hUiginn; born June 12, 1964) is an Irish former race car driver.

Born in Dublin, he was a two-time winner of the Mexican Formula 3 championship in 1995 and 1997 before moving to the American Indy Lights series in 1998. After two successful seasons where he racked up four wins and finished 5th and 7th in series points, he completed his Indy Racing League rookie test at Walt Disney World Speedway with McCormack Motorsports, expecting to find a ride in the series. However, he was unable sign a deal with a team and returned to Indy Lights for a partial season in 2000 and a complete season in 2001, the series' last. After Indy Lights he competed in a few Toyota Atlantic races in 2002 and has not competed in a notable professional race since. Derek then became the Assistant Team Manager to Conquest Racing which races in the Indy Racing League. He then moved on to work for Panther Racing. Higgins has also worked as a spotter, notably spotting for driver Townsend Bell in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and driver Juan Pablo Montoya in the 2014 Indianapolis 500.

Racing record

Complete American Open Wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1998	Quaker State Team Go	HMS 7	LBH 21	NAZ 15	GAT 6	MIL 1	DET 12	POR 10	CLE 2	TOR 17	MIS 13	TRO 10	VAN 2	LAG 3	FON 7	5th	94
1999	Team México Quaker State	HMS DNS	LBH 19	NAZ 11	MIL 1	POR 16	CLE 1	TOR 12	MIS 11	DET 1	CHI 6	LAG 19	FON 15			7th	76
2000	Dorricott Racing	LBH	MIL	DET	POR	MIS	CHI 13									18th	12
	Mexpro Racing							MDO 7	VAN 7	LAG 14	GAT	HOU 14	FON 17
2001	Mexpro Racing	MTY 1	LBH 3	TXS 2	MIL DNS	POR 3	KAN 11	TOR 9	MDO 12	GAT 4	ATL 6	LAG 6	FON 4			5th	113