Darryl O'Young

Darryl O'Young
Darryl O'Young in October 2010.
Nationality	Hong Kong
Born	March 26, 1980 (1980-03-26) (age 31) Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)
2011 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2010
Current team	Bamboo Engineering
Car no.	20
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15 in 2010
Previous series
2009	FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
2006 and 2008	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Last updated on: 24 October 2011.

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2009
Teams	Endurance Asia Team
Best finish	NC
Class wins	0

Darryl O'Young Yeuk-Hay (Chinese: 歐陽若曦; pinyin: Ouyáng Ruoxi) is a Canadian-born^[1] Chinese racing driver. He currently resides in Hong Kong.

Career

Early career

O'Young began racing in 1988 at the age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight of his karting career was becoming Canadian National Champion and USA National Champion in the same year.

After Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 Darryl progressed into Fran Am Pro 1600 and 2000 in the United States.

Sportscars

O'Young then 25-year old competed in the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia driving for Jebsen & Co, the Hong Kong Porsche dealer team.

Darry'l shares the Porsche 996 GT3-RSR with Matthew Marsh in Zhuhai.

Darryl was also invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team setup by Matthew Marsh in 2005. The pair raced a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Darryl also took part in the 2005 FIA GT Championship - China Round race at the Zhuhai International Circuit, since the Hong Kong Le Mans Team entered the race as part of its 2005 programme. The pair finished fourth in the GT2 class.

In 2006 Darryl joined Renauer Motorsport for the Spa 24 Hours race, successfully finishing the race with the team.

He has raced for Team Jebsen since 2004 and on 22 October 2006 became series champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at the Zhuhai International Circuit.

For 2007, O'Young joined Schnabl Engineering - LKM - Team Jebsen to take part in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He was the first Hong Kong driver to take part in the series. [1]

In October and November, O'Young was back in Asia for Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, racing in Shanghai, Zhuhai and the Macau Grand Prix. He won the Macau race despite finishing second on the road, as his opponent, Danny Watts violated the rule by overtaking him under a yellow flag caution period and was given a 30-second penalty.

For 2008, Darryl is competing in both Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. O'Young was crowned series champion after the final race at Bahrain International Circuit. He has 196 points and 4 wins in the season. He became the first-ever double Class A champion in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.^[2]

Darryl also competed in the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race in Malaysia. Driving for Porsche Club Singapore, he won the race with Mok Wing Sun and Alexander Nicholas Davison. The trio completed 308 laps in 12 hours in their Porsche 997 RSR.^[3]

Darryl completed a motor racing hat-trick on 16 November, 2008 when he took top honors at the Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup. He beats Danny Watts by more than two seconds. This was the third time he has won in a Porsche in Macau.^[4]

In 2009, Darryl announced that he would compete the entire 2009 FIA GT Championship season. He drove in the GT2 category in a Porsche GT3 RSR partnered with Porsche Junior Driver, Marco Holzer, with Belgium based,Prospeed Competition, the official Porsche factory supported team in the FIA GT championship. In doing so, the 29-year-old was the first Chinese race driver to compete a full championship in the FIA GT.^[5]

In 2009, Darryl also competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team Jebsen, his 6th and final season for the team, where he finished 3rd overall in the championship standings at the end of the year.

In addition, in 2009, Darryl entered the 24 hours of Le Mans for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 RSR. The Chinese driver spearheaded the driver line up made up of Phillip Hesnault of France and Plamen Kralev of Bulgaria. He drove for the first ever Hong Kong team entry, Endurance Asia Team which was managed by Thierry Perrier. The team was the first ever Hong Kong/Chinese team entry in the race's 77 year history. The car broke down after 16 hours and was unclassified.

At the end of 2009, Darryl was invited for his first ARCA Stock Car Test on the Daytona International Speedway. He completed a successful test for Starbeast Motorsport while sharing a car that day with ex-Formula 1 driver, Narain Karthikeyan.

In 2010, Darryl entered the 24 hours of Daytona for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 Cup for Vancouver based, Bullet Racing managed by Steve Paquette. The driver line-up included Ross Bentley, Sean McIntosh, and ex-Porsche factory driver Kees Nierop. They ran as high as 3rd place in class and 14th overall near the 13th hour mark of the race, but an incident during the night after an off track excursion by one of the drivers ended all hopes of race victory for the team. They completed the race 20th overall and 13th in the GT class.

On 6 February 2011 O'Young drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2011 Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. Driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3, O'Young, along with Marc Basseng and Christopher Mies led home team mates Mark Eddy, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in a 1-2 finish. The winning margin only 0.7141 at the end of 12 hours or racing on the 6.213km mountain circuit.

2010 World Touring Car Championship

Darryl O'Young's Chevrolet Lacetti in Macau.

In 2010, O'Young came across an opportunity to compete at the top level of touring cars, and is driving for Bamboo Engineering in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season, as teammate to Harry Vaulkhard. His long time sponsors LKM and A-Ha Coffee have joined O'Young on his switch to touring cars, and additional support has come from Chevrolet Motorsport. He drives a 2008 spec, Chevrolet Lacetti in the Independents Championship of the WTCC. In doing so, he has also become the first Chinese full time driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. In race 10 at Portimao, Darryl scores his first win in the Independents Championship and also his first world championship point by finishing 10th overall. He arrived in Macau for the final round with a chance of winning the Independents Championship, but was hit by Tom Coronel from behind in race 1, thus failing to finish and ending his championship hope.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

Darryl also entered the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai, a race of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. He teamed up with Prospeed Competition and Richard Westbrook for the race but the car stopped after 119 laps.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Darryl has been drafted into Audi's line-up for the 2010 DTM season finale in Shanghai to replace Alexandre Premat, who was dismissed by the manufacturer.^[6]

2011 World Touring Car Championship

Darryl O'Young remains with Bamboo Engineering for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season. He started from pole position in race 2 at Suzuka Circuit in Japan, but he made a slow start and was hit from the back by Gabriele Tarquini. He ran into the sand trap and retired from the race.^[7]

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2010	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	BRA 1 15	BRA 2 16	MAR 1 17	MAR 2 13	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 12	BEL 1 20	BEL 2 12	POR 1 10	POR 2 9	GBR 1 21	GBR 2 Ret	CZE 1 17	CZE 2 7	GER 1 NC	GER 2 12	ESP 1 14	ESP 2 17	JPN 1 10	JPN 2 9	MAC 1 Ret	MAC 2 Ret			15th	15
2011	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	BRA 1 Ret	BRA 2 11																							14th	43
		Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T			BEL 1 10	BEL 2 4	edit] Complete DTM results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)  Year  Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points 2010 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC1 VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC2 ADR SHA DNS NC 0 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class Pos. 2009 GT2 75 D Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 Endurance Asia Team Perspective Racing Philippe Hesnault Plamen Kralev 186 NC NC References ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2008 – Team BetterLife". Porsche. http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf/PCCA2008_team_en.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-31.  ^ O’Young, Hammam Crowned 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Champions in Bahrain ^ Porsche Club Singapore Wins Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race ^ O'Young scorches to treble glory ^ http://www.darryloyoung.com/news.php?id=70&lang=1 ^ O'Young optimistic about DTM debut By Glenn Freeman Autosport.com Friday, November 19th 2010, 10:51 GMT ^ First win of season for Coronel in final race at Suzuka Mark Glendenning. Autosport. Sunday, October 23rd 2011, 07:36 GMT External links Official website Would Touring Car Championship Driver Profile Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup official website Official Hong Kong Le Mans Team driver page Darryl O'Young driver bio on official FIA GT Championship website Porsche Carrera Cup Asia driver bio Persondata Name Oyoung, Darryl Alternative names Short description Date of birth 26 March 1980 Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) Date of death Place of death Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? Lincoln County Courthouse Redden Look at other dictionaries: Darryl O’Young — im Oktober 2010 Darryl O’Young Yeuk Hay (chinesisch 歐陽若曦; * 26. März 1980 in Vancouver) ist ein chinesischer Automobilrennfahrer. Er lebt in Hong Kong …   Deutsch Wikipedia Darryl O'Young — Octobre 2010 Date de naissance 26 mars 1980 (1980 03 26) (31 ans) Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français Darryl Read — live at the White Trash Club, Berlin 2009 Background information Birth name Darryl Michael Roy Read Born …   Wikipedia Young Wizards — is a series of novels by Diane Duane.The Young Wizards series presently consists of eight books, with a ninth expected in autumn of 2008, focusing on the adventures of two young wizards named Nita and Kit. Each novel pits Nita and Kit against the …   Wikipedia Darryl Stingley — No. 84      Wide Receiver Personal information Date of birth: September 18, 1951(1951 09 18) Chicago, Illinois Date of death …   Wikipedia Darryl Strawberry — Right fielder Born: March 12, 1962 (1962 03 12) (age 49) …   Wikipedia Darryl Kile — Pitcher Born: December 2, 1968(1968 12 02) Garden Grove, California Died: June 22, 2002(2002 06 22) (aged 33) Chicago, Illinois …   Wikipedia Darryl Hickman — Born Darryl Gerard Hickman July 28, 1931 (1931 07 28) (age 80) Hollywood, California Years active 1938–99 Spouse Pamela Lincoln (1959–1982) divorced, 2 sons Lynda Farmer (? present) …   Wikipedia Darryl Philbin — First appearance The Alliance Created by Greg Daniels Portrayed by …   Wikipedia Darryl Pollard — Date of birth: May 11, 1964 (1964 05 11) (age 47) Place of birth: Ellsworth, Maine Career information Position(s) …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”