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

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Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
Year Car Finish
1997 Lola Mk4 1st
2000 Brabham BT11 1st
2002 Lotus 16 1st
2004 Brabham BT11 1st
2006 Brabham BT33 1st
2008 Brabham BT33 1st
2010 Brabham BT33 1st
2012 Brabham BT33 1st
2014 Brabham BT33 2nd
2016 Brabham BT33 1st

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

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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

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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

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Dayton was born to 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, a former Governor of Minnesota.

Motorsports results

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American Open-Wheel racing results

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

American Continental Championship results

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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

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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

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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

References

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  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.{{cite web}}: 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.{{cite web}}: 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.{{cite web}}: 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.{{cite web}}: 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. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.