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 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. The Minnesota born driver made his debut in the SCCA sanctioned American Continental Championship in 1994. Throughout his F2000 career, Dayton made a record breaking 53 race starts between 1994 and 1998, a record broken in 2004 by Scott Rubenzer. 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. For 1998, Dayton returned for the full 1998 season in a Bowman BC5 with only one top ten finish.

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. Dayton won the race again in 2000, in a Brabham BT11. He later won the race in 2002 and 2004. He won a total of ten Monaco Grand Prix in different historic classes between 1997 and 2010.

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.

Personal life 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.

Family 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

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 MOS14 WGI15 IOW17 TRR14 MOS26 ROA DAL

USAC FF2000 National Championship results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 1994 IRP141 IRP2DNS IRP318 WGI BFR TOP NHS SHA1 SHA2 LRP16

USF2000 National Championship Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 1995 PIR17 PIR26 IRP3 RIR7 WGI14 MOH18 NHS7 ATL112 ATL2DNS MOH1 7th ??? 1996 WDW17 STP27 PIR12 DSC115 MOS10 IRP10 RIRDNQ WGI17 WGI22 MOH37 NHS9 LVS8 9th ??? 1997 Highcroft Racing WDW4 STP12 PIR2 DSC11 DSC25 SAV36 PPI29 CHA120 CHA29 MOH5 WGI17 WGI3 3rd 162 1998 Highcroft Racing WDW23 PIR33 HMS111 HMS214 WGI30 WGI6 MOH125 MIN18 CHA121 CHA225 MOH244 ATL28 PPI12 PPI11 23rd 89