David Neary Donohue (born January 5, 1967, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver.

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.

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. 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.

Motorsports career results

North American Touring Car Championship (key) North American Touring Car Championship results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts 1996 PacWest Racing 8 Dodge Stratus LRP LRP DET DET PIR PIR TOR TOR TRV TRV MOH MOH VAN VAN LS LS 3rd 221 1997 LBH LBH SAV SAV DET1 DET PIR1 PIR7 CLE CLE TOR TOR MOH MOH VAN VAN LS LS 1st 304

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Viper Team Oreca Justin Bell Luca Drudi Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 317 11th 1st Viper Team Oreca Jean-Philippe Belloc Soheil Ayari Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 271 DNF DNF Viper Team Oreca Ni Amorim Anthony Beltoise Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 328 9th 2nd 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 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 Pts Ref 1992 N/A 67 Olds DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR 59th 325 Mark Thomas 96 Olds RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 1993 DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 79th 143 2001 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 43rd 935

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 Pts Ref 2001 Team Rensi Motorsports 16 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 68th 237

Busch North Series NASCAR Busch North 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 Pts Ref 1992 N/A 67 Olds DAY CAR RCH NHA NZH MND OXF DOV LEE JEN OXF NHA OXF HOL EPP NHA RPS OXF NHA EPP 30th 613

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.) ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 Pts Ref 2000 Team Rensi Motorsports 83 Pontiac DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 147th 30

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Donohue continues to race in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado. +YearCarClassTimeClass pos.Overall pos.20172014 Porsche 911 Turbo STime Attack-Time Attack 19:49.9542nd6th20182017 Porsche GT3 RTime Attack-Time Attack 19:37.1521st6th20192016 Porsche 911Pikes Peak Open9:33.4042nd4th20202019 Porsche GT2 RS ClubsportTime Attack-Time Attack 1DNF9th43rd20212019 Porsche GT2 RS ClubsportTime Attack-Time Attack 16:45.8933rd8th20222019 Porsche GT2 RS ClubsportTime Attack-Time Attack 110:35.8301st3rd20232019 Porsche GT2 RS ClubsportTime Attack-Time Attack 19:18.0531st4th20242014 Porsche 911 Turbo R Time Attack-Time Attack 19:49.4291st7th

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Grand-Am biographical sketch and career highlights