Duncan Dayton

Duncan Dayton (born April 28, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an entrepreneur, former racing driver and racing team owner. Dayton raced in various formula racing and sportscar racing series. Currently, Dayton is the owner of Highcroft Racing.

Racing career
Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
YearCarFinish
1997Lola Mk41st
2000Brabham BT111st
2002Lotus 161st
2004Brabham BT111st
2006Brabham BT331st
2008Brabham BT331st
2010Brabham BT331st
2012Brabham BT331st
2014Brabham BT332nd
2016Brabham BT331st

Dayton started racing in Formula Continental in 1990.[1] The Minnesota born driver made his debut in the SCCA sanctioned American Continental Championship in 1994. Throughout his F2000 Dayton made a record breaking 53 race starts between 1994 and 1998, a record broken in 2004 by Scott Rubenzer.[2] The 1997 season was his most successful. The driver won his only race during the Desert Star Classic weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. With another two podium finishes Dayton placed his Highcroft Racing entered Van Diemen in third place in the championship.[3] For 1998 Dayton returned for the full 1998 season in a Bowman BC5 with only one top ten finish.

Highcroft Racing
See also: Highcroft Racing

Dayton founded Highcroft Racing as a team to compete and maintain historic racing cars. Dayton won the first Historic Grand Prix of Monaco in a Climax powered Lola Mk4.[4] Dayton won the race again in 2000, in a Brabham BT11.[5] He later won the race in 2002 and 2004.[6] He won a total of ten Monaco Grand Prix in different historic classes between 1997 and 2010.[7]

In 2006 Dayton expanded into the American Le Mans Series entering a MG-Lola EX257. The owner/driver competed at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring with Gregor Fisken and Rick Knoop. The team did not finish after a mechanical failure. The team competed the full 2006 American Le Mans Series season with a third place at Petit Le Mans as highlight.

In 2012 Dayton, and Highcroft Racing, stepped into the Nissan-NISMO backed DeltaWing project.[8]

Personal

Dayton is a graduate of Connecticut College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. While at Connecticut College Duncan, and his brother Judson, put forward the idea of putting an icehockey rink on campus. The building was possible, in part, of donations through his family's trust.[9]

Family

Dayton was born in a wealthy and philanthropic family. His father, Ken Dayton, was the director of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation. His great-grandfather, George Dayton, was the founder of the company that would evolve into Target Corporation. First cousin of Duncan Dayton is Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota.

Motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

American Continental Championship results
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Points
1994 MOS1
4		 WGI
15		 IOW
17		 TRR
14		 MOS2
6		 ROA DAL

USAC FF2000 National Championship results
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
1994 IRP1
41		 IRP2
DNS		 IRP3
18		 WGI BFR TOP NHS SHA1 SHA2 LRP
16

USF2000 National Championship
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
1995 PIR1
7		 PIR2
6		 IRP
3		 RIR
7		 WGI
14		 MDO1
8		 NHS
7		 ATL1
12		 ATL2
DNS		 MDO1 7th ???
1996 WDW
17		 STP
27		 PIR
12		 DSC1
15		 MOS
10		 IRP
10		 RIR
DNQ		 WGI1
7		 WGI2
2		 MDO
37		 NHS
9		 LVS
8		 9th ???
1997 Highcroft Racing WDW
4		 STP
12		 PIR
2		 DSC1
1		 DSC2
5		 SAV
36		 PPI
29		 CHA1
20		 CHA2
9		 MDO
5		 WGI
17		 WGI
3		 3rd 162
1998 Highcroft Racing WDW
23		 PIR
33		 HMS1
11		 HMS2
14		 WGI
30		 WGI
6		 MDO1
25		 MIN
18		 CHA1
21		 CHA2
25		 MDO2
44		 ATL
28		 PPI
12		 PPI
11		 23rd 89
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References
  1. "Duncan Dayton - Career and Success:". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "DUNCAN DAYTON - OVERALL START/FINISH POSITIONS (CLASS POSITIONS NOT SHOWN)". USF2000. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. "Phoenix Race Results (Race #4)". USFF2000. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Liste des Engagés dans la Série F". ACM. Archived from the original on 15 October 1997. Retrieved 31 August 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  5. "Liste des Engagés dans la Série F". ACM. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 31 August 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. "Highcroft Racing". Main Page. Archived from the original on 12 August 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. "Dayton makes it a Grand Prix de Monaco Historique perfect 10". Racecar. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. "DUNCAN DAYTON, President, Highcroft Racing, DeltaWing Entrant". Nissan Europe. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "A History of the Camel Dome". The Collega Voice. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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