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Ryan Dalziel Wants Debut with ESM Win at Sebring

 Perfect tribute to father-in-law who passed away
Launches merchandise deal to raise cash for Retts Syndrome

dalziel presebringEndurance star Ryan Dalziel is planning to bounce back from a disappointing Daytona to be on the top step for the 62nd running of the Mobil1 12 Hours of Sebring (March 15-16).

The proud Scot — who is originally from Airdrie in Lanarkshire but now lives in Windermere, Florida  — wants to turn the iconic Sebring track into a home from home in the Patron Tequila-backed Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD.

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Rollercoaster Rolex for ESM Patrón

recap edit015185No. 2 finishes seventh; No. 1 finishes 15th

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. –  The new era of sports car racing began this weekend at the 52nd Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, the inaugural race of the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the first round of the four-race Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup (NAEC).

For 24 hours, Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) battled against some of the best racers from around the world.  At the end of the endurance race, the team finished seventh and 15th in the highly-competitive prototype class that was comprised of former American Le Mans Series (ALMS) P2s and former GRAND-AM Daytona Prototypes.

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ESM Patrón Team Hour 12 of Rolex 24

THAW  335362fc1983.jpegESM Tequila Patrón HPDs Show Improvement

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., – At the midpoint of the 52nd Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, the Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03b race cars proved consistent and strong as Scott Sharp and Simon Pagenaud met the 12-hour mark of the season opening TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

As the clock struck 2:10 a.m., the No. 1 Tequila Patrón machine was running 13th and the No. 2 Tequila Patrón was ninth in class.

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Opening Hours of Rolex 24 Unkind to ESM Patrón Team

 THAW  335811d606fdDAYTONA BEACH, Fla., –  In the first quarter of the 52nd Rolex At Daytona, Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) experienced the traditional highs and lows of a twice-around-the-clock race.  At the six hour race mark, the No. 1 Tequila Patrón race car was 16th and the No. 2 Tequila Patrón machine was 14th in the prototype class.

All seven drivers completed their first stints in the race cars with mixed results.

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Ryan Dalziel continues to support West of Scotland Kart Club

awardEndurance racing king Ryan Dalziel made it a very special 2014 for teenage Scottish kart star Tommy Leckie – by giving him an all-expenses trip to the Rolex 24 at Daytona, January 25-26, 2014.

The proud Scot – speed.com’s Sports Car driver of the year for 2012 – is keen to give something back to the karting scene where he started, and has made his West of Scotland Kart Club ambassadorial prize an annual award.

Tommy, 17, will follow the inaugural winner Ciaran Haggerty, who was inspired after his trip to Daytona, to make the jump to Formula Ford single-seater racing with the Scottish Motor Racing Club last year.

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DALZIEL SIGNS WITH ESM PATRON FOR 2014 SEASON

 

Picture courtesy of ESMEndurance race ace Ryan Dalziel has agreed a sensational move to Extreme Speed Motorsports and will tackle the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in the Prototype class in 2014.

Proud Scot Ryan – who now lives in Windermere, Florida – will race alongside American Le Mans Series P2 Runner-up Scott Sharp.

The Florida-based team will have a second Tequila Patrón Honda Performance Development ARX-03b (HPD) car, with Johannes van Overbeek and Ed Brown on driving duties.

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RYAN DALZIEL STORMS TO INDY WIN AND TAKES LEAD IN ROLEX GRAND-AM SERIES

Endurance racing star Ryan Dalziel proved he was the right man in the right place at the right time as he powered Starworks Motorsports to victory in the Brickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis on Friday.

Proud Scot Ryan – who lives in Windermere, Florida – led for just 12 laps of the three-hour race, but still scooped a dramatic win by 3.4 seconds from Ganassi Racing rival Scott Pruett.

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RYAN DALZIEL HELPS BRING VIPER HOME ON LE MANS RETURN

SRT RETURN TO LA SARTHE AND FINISH FAMOUS 24-HOUR RACE

Determined endurance racer Ryan Dalziel helped get the iconic SRT Viper over the finish line on its return to the famous Le Mans 24-Hour race for the first time since 2000.

Proud Scot Ryan – who lives in Windermere, Florida – joined Dominik Farnbacher and Marc Goossens to take on some of the strongest GT teams in the world.

And they responded with a string of battling shifts to make sure that the Viper made it to the end.

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RYAN DALZIEL CLOSES TITLE GAP AFTER PODIUM

Starworks team happy with third place
Ryan Dalziel ready for return to Le Mans

Delighted Ryan Dalziel helped Starworks Motorsport beat the odds and get their Ford Riley on to the podium in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in the Diamond Cellar Classic at Mid-Ohio.

Proud Scot Ryan – from Windermere, Florida – and Venezuelan team-mate Alex Popow took a gamble with the race strategy and set-up of the car as they bid to take points off their championship rivals.

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RYAN DALZIEL MISSES OUT ON MOTOWN HIT

Starworks forced to settle for third place at Detroit
Ryan Dalziel now focusing on Le Mans test day

Frustrated endurance star Ryan Dalziel was left ruing the victory that got away in a dramatic Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200 at Belle Isle.

Scottish star Ryan and Venezuelan team-mate Alex Popow proved they had a car that could win the race, when Ryan topped the timesheets in practice.

Then Alex produced a battling stint to move the Fort Lauderdale-based Starworks Motorsport #2 Ford Riley from third at the start into the lead.

Alex brought the car in for a pitstop under a full yellow flag caution just after the hour mark.

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RYAN DALZIEL AIMING TO BE A DETROIT WINNER

Fired-up endurance star Ryan Dalziel is aiming to build on his hard-fought second place in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Cars Series at Road Atlanta by finding Victory Lane in the Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200 at Belle Isle .

The proud Scot was in determined mood as he left his home in Windermere, Florida, to fire up Starworks Motorsport’s title charge in Detroit this weekend.

The Fort Lauderdale- based outfit is fully focused on closing the gap at the top of rankings and Ryan and Venezuelan team-mate Alex Popow believe they have the car and the strategy to succeed at Belle Isle.

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DALZIEL TAKES HARD-FOUGHT SECOND PLACE AT ROAD ATLANTA

NARROWS THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS BATTLE

On-form endurance star Ryan Dalziel mixed a stunning pit strategy with awesome speed to fire Starworks Motorsport right back into the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series title mix.

The proud Scot – who lives in Windermere, Florida – had the Saltire flying high after a mega two-hour stint brought the #2 Ford/Riley home in a sensational second place in the Grand-Am  Rolex Sports Car Series Visual Studio Ultimate Grand Prix of Atlanta.

It had been a tough weekend for the Fort Lauderdale-based team as rain hampered their preparations at the Road Atlanta course.

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RYAN DALZIEL TO GET TITLE CHARGE ON RIGHT ROAD AT ATLANTA

Endurance star Ryan Dalziel is hoping to bounce back from Barber and get his Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series title charge back on track at Road Atlanta.

2012 Speed.com Sports Car Driver of the Year Ryan — from Windermere in Florida - is eyeing up a podium in Georgia after their sixth-place finish last time out in Alabama.

And proud Scot Ryan - originally from Airdrie in Lanarkshire — is determined to make sure his national Saltire flag is flying high on Saturday night.

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RYAN DALZIEL TO MAKE WORLD CHALLENGE DEBUT FOR TRUSPEED

2012 Speed.com Sports Car driver of the year Ryan Dalziel has signed a stunning deal to make his Pirelli World Challenge debut with TruSpeed Motorsports.

It promises to be a baptism of fire for the proud Scot – who lives in Windermere, Florida  - as he will be out in the car this weekend for the double-header at St Petersburg in Florida.

Ryan will drive the #46 Privacy Star/Entrust Porsche for the California-based team as they return to Pirelli World Challenge action.

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RYAN DALZIEL SHOWS FIGHTING QUALITIES IN SEBRING FINISH

Pictures courtesy of Richard Prince

2012 Speed.com Sports Car driver of the year Ryan Dalziel battled the bumps of the iconic Sebring International Raceway to give SRT Motorsports a fighting fifth place finish in the Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Ryan – originally from Airdrie in Lanarkshire – showed he has maintained the form that took him the FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 team title and second place in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Cars Series with two flawless stints in Florida.

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Ryan Dalziel Takes Stunning Second in Texas

2012 Speed.com Sports Car driver of the year Ryan Dalziel produced a driving masterclass to help Starworks Motorsport to second place at the Grand-Am Of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

The proud Scot - who now lives in Windermere, Florida – needed all his battling qualities to fight his way up the field in the #2 Ford Riley. He had an excellent crowd on its feet as he started the last lap in third place, but finished just four tenths of a second down in second place.

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DALZIEL JOINS SRT MOTORSPORTS FOR THE ENDUROS

·         Endurance ace joins factory backed SRT Viper GTS-R program for 12 hours of Sebring, 24 hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans
·         Will compete in all non-conflicting FIA World Endurance Championship races with Starworks Motorsport in the LMP2 class

2012 Speed.com Sports Car driver of the year Ryan Dalziel has agreed to a dream deal to join factory-backed SRT Motorsports to tackle three of the biggest sportscar races in the world.

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RYAN DALZIEL IN TITLE VOW TO EASE ROLEX 24 PAIN

SPEED.COM Driver of the Year Ryan Dalziel’s bid to start the year with a Rolex watch ended in frustration at Daytona International Speedway.

The proud Scot - one of the pre-race favorites – had to settle for sixth place after a string of mishaps hit the Fort Lauderdale-based Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley.

But Ryan - who lives in Windermere, Florida, but is originally from Airdrie in Lanarkshire, Scotland – has promised to use the pain of the performance to boost his Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series title bid with Venezuelan ace Alex Popow.

The Starworks team had defied sleep to get the car ready for the race, and Ryan was in the seat for qualifying. He had the Ford/Riley on the limit, but could only manage seventh place.

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RIGHT TIME FOR RYAN DALZIEL TO GRAB ANOTHER ROLEX

Scots star is after victory at Daytona in series opener
Special guest as he flies Scots kart champ in for race


SPEED.COM 2012 Sports Car Driver of the Year Ryan Dalziel launches his new website and his 2013 season at Daytona International Speedway this weekend with a determined bid to banish the one blackspot on his 2012 campaign.

Proud Scot Ryan — who now lives in Windermere, Florida — enjoyed a dream season with Fort Lauderdale-based Starworks Motorsport as they won the World Endurance Championship LMP2 title and came second in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series as he enjoyed a staggering 21 podiums in 27 races.

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WILLIAM LYONS TROPHY AS SMRC HONOURS RYAN DALZIEL

 World endurance champion Ryan Dalziel had even more reasons to celebrate 2012 after the Scottish Motor Racing Club honoured his achievements at their annual dinner and awards.

Proud Scot Ryan - who lives in Windermere, Florida – was given a standing ovation by more than 400 SMRC racers and guests as he was led into the room by a piper along with Indy500 winner Dario Franchitti at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh on Saturday night.

Ryan, originally from Lanarkshire, Scotland, was already celebrating his LMP2 title win in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Starworks Motorsport, and his career-best runner-up in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

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  1. RYAN DALZIEL TO FLY SCOTTISH KART STAR TO DAYTONA 24
  2. Ryan Dalziel and Starworks Clinch FIA World Endurance Title
  3. Unfinished Business For Ryan Dalziel In Japan
  4. Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining for Ryan Dalziel
  5. Ryan Dalziel's Looking For Silver Service
  6. Ryan Dalziel happy to make a point at Watkins Glen
  7. Ryan Dalziel Has Double Vision In Living The Indy Dream
  8. Seconds out as Le Mans winner Ryan Dalziel hits the Road
  9. Ryan Dalziel lives Le Mans dream but gets back to real world
  10. Le Mans Winner
  11. Season Starts Again For Table-Topper Ryan Dalziel
  12. Ryan Dalziel Won't Be A Detroit Spinner
  13. Ryan Dalziel Storms To The Top Of The Charts Despite A Hit
  14. Ryan Dalziel Aims To Turn Up The Heat After Pain In The Rain
  15. Ryan Dalziel is Homing in on Championship Points at Homestead
  16. Life's A Beach for Birthday Boy Ryan Dalziel After ALMS Class Win
  17. Ryan Dalziel joins CORE for Long Beach
  18. Ryan Dalziel Cuts Proud Figure at Head of Queue at Barber
  19. No Short Cuts as Ryan Dalziel Heads for Barber
  20. Ryan Dalziel is on Top of the World
  21. Ryan Dalziel Ready to take on the World
  22. Ryan's Ready For The Biggest Year Of His Career
  23. Inspired Show From Ryan Dalziel End With Stunning Second At Daytona 24
  24. Ryan's Keeping Watch Out For A Rolex
  25. Rocking Ryan Leads United Autosoports to Podium Glory
  26. Ryan Aims For High In Dubai
  27. Dalziel Teams Up With United Autosports For Winter GT Races
  28. Grand-Am Series announcement
  29. CORE values to the fore as Ryan suffers
  30. Ryan aims to be man of Atlanta
  31. Tears and cheers as Ryan wins at Mid-Ohio
  32. Ryan's ready to rumble at Mid-Ohio
  33. Double vision's a sore one for Ryan Dalziel
  34. Ryan Dalziel Montreal Preview
  35. Ryan Dalziel grabs Watkins Glen podium
  36. Watkins Glen Preview
  37. Dalziel Podiums at Barber Motorsport Park
  38. Dalziel Podiums in Second at Sebring 12 Hours
  39. Dalziel Denied Homestead Grand-Am Victory
  40. Dalziel Targeting Homestead Bounce Back
  41. Early Set-Back Dashes Dalziel’s Daytona Hopes
  42. A Lap Around Daytona, With Ryan Dalziel
  43. Dalziel Takes Aim at Daytona Double
  44. Dalziel Unofficially Shatters Daytona DP Track Record
  45. Dalziel Back to Defend ‘Daytona 24’ Crown
  46. JaguarRSR STATEMENT OF EARLY RETIREMENT IN PETIT LE MANS
  47. Video: Petit Le Mans Qualfiying Report
  48. JaguarRSR READY FOR PETIT LE MANS DOUBLE ASSAULT
  49. Forest And Dalziel Finish Fifth In Final 2010 Race!
  50. Bad Luck Struck Starworks Drivers In Canada!
  51. A PROMISING WEEKEND FOR JaguarRSR AT ROAD AMERICA
  52. LAP AROUND ROAD AMERICA by Ryan Dalziel
  53. JaguarRSR ON A COMPETITIVE PATH FOR ROAD AMERICA
  54. STARWORKS MOTORSPORT BACK AT WATKINS GLEN!
  55. JaguarRSR EARNS FIRST TOP TEN FINISH AND POINTS AT LIME ROCK
  56. JaguarRSR GEARED UP FOR NEXT CHALLENGE: LIME ROCK PARK
  57. Another Top Five for Starworks Motorsport!
  58. JaguarRSR RECOVERS FROM FIRST LAP MISHAP TO TAKE THE CHECKERED IN UTAH
  59. JaguarRSR BACK ON TRACK IN UTAH
  60. Will The 100th DP Race Be Synonymous With 1st Win for Starworks?
  61. Starworks Motorsport Mid-Ohio Race Review
  62. Objective Redemption For Dalziel & Forest At Mid-Ohio!
  63. JaguarRSR LE MANS 24 HOURS UPDATE
  64. JaguarRSR XKR GT2 SECURES GRID POSITION FOR THE 78TH RUNNING OF THE LE MANS 24 HOURS
  65. JaguarRSR's FIRST TAKE FROM LE MANS
  66. Video; Lime Rock Park Race Report
  67. Ryan Dalziel Set for Le Mans ‘Big Cat’ Experience
  68. JaguarRSR confirms driver line-up for Le Mans 24 Hours
  69. JaguarRSR XKR GT GOES THE DISTANCE AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
  70. INCREASED TIMES FOR JaguarRSR AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA; TEAM QUALIFIES 11TH
  71. LAP AROUND MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA by Ryan Dalziel
  72. JaguarRSR ON THE PROWL FOR ENDURANCE FIGHT AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
  73. JaguarRSR TAKES FIRST CHECKERED FLAG; FINISHES 11TH IN CLASS AT LONG BEACH
  74. JaguarRSR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH XKR GT IN LONG BEACH
  75. Video: Porsche 250 Race Report
  76. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WTH RYAN DALZIEL BEFORE BARBER
  77. JaguarRSR TAKES GREEN FLAG IN SEBRING, COOLING ISSUE ENDS RACE EARLY
  78. JaguarRSR OVERCOMING OBSTACLES FOR A SUCCESSFUL QUALIFYING RUN IN SEBRING
  79. Sebring Qualifying Report Video
  80. JaguarRSR'S Cat Ready to Attack in Sebring ALMS Opener
  81. Ryan Dalziel Joins The Driver Line Up At JaguarRSR For 2010 ALMS Season
  82. Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel Wins ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’
  83. Rolex 24 Videos
  84. Dalziel and Starworks Launch race4haiti.com
  85. Ryan Dalziel 2010 Preview Q&A
  86. Dalziel Set for Grand-Am Season Finale
  87. Dalziel Scores Daytona Podium on Grand-Am Return
  88. Dalziel Back To Daytona Prototypes with Orbit Racing
  89. Motorsport Technology Group Signs Dalziel
  90. Dalziel Returns to Grand-Am to Defend Laguna Seca Victory
  91. Alegra Motorsports' StrategicAir Riley BMW Shows Its Muscle at Rolex 24
  92. Rolex 24 Qualifying Has Its Ups and Downs
  93. Dalziel Relishing ‘09 Season Start with ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’
  94. Dalziel Confirms 2009 Season with Alegra
  95. Dalziel Steers Rangers to Top-Five Superleague Finish
  96. Dalziel Invited to Charity Event; Rolex Tickets to be Auctioned Off
  97. Dalziel Back to Grand-Am for Finale with Michael Shank Racing
  98. Dalziel Confirmed as Rangers Superleague Formula Driver
  99. Dalziel and SAMAX to Miss Barber
  100. Dalziel Denied Daytona Podium

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