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- The Premier Sports Car Team in North America
- Seventeen Championships
- Sixty-One Victories
- Fifty-Six Poles
- One Hundred Seventy Podiums
- Rob Dyson started racing in 1974 with a Datsun 510. Thirty-fifth year in racing.
- Ran a Firebird GTO in IMSA in 1983. Twenty-sixth year in professional sports cars.
- 2008 - Fifth and sixth in the ALMS LMP2 Driver's Championship
- 2008 - Third in the ALMS LMP2 Team Championship
- 2008 - Team's points ensured Porsche's Manufacturers Championship
Facts and Figures:
- Mazda, long recognized as one of the worldwide leaders in motorsports participation, has partnered with one of the most respected names in sports car racing - Dyson Racing - to lead its expanded two-car LMP2 effort in 2009 and beyond. Sponsored by the BP energy company, the team will campaign two Lola LMP2 coupes in the ten-race American Le Mans Series for the 2009 season. The BP Dyson Racing Mazda coupes will be powered by the 2.0 liter turbo Mazda MZR-R engines prepared by Advanced Engine Research (AER).
- In a sport known for high turn-over, Dyson Racing has a tradition of longevity: John Pultz, mechanic/fabricator - 29 years; Lou Murasso, mechanic - 24 years; Matt Charland, composites – 22 years; and Michael White, team manager – 14 years.
- In LMP2 and LMP1, Dyson Racing has a total of nine class wins. There have been four overall ALMS wins including a one, two at Mid-Ohio in 2005. There have been 35 overall podiums and 57 class podiums.
- Dyson Racing drivers have won 16 overall poles led by James Weaver with eight, Andy Wallace with four, Butch Leitzinger with three and Chris Dyson with one. The team has 25 class poles led by Weaver with 15, Leitzinger with five, Wallace with four and Dyson with one.
- Dyson drivers have set nine overall fastest laps led by Weaver with five, Guy Smith with two, and Leitzinger and Wallace with one apiece. The drivers set fastest lap in class 19 times led by Weaver with 11, Leitzinger with five, Smith with two and Wallace with one.
- Dyson Racing drivers led the first lap of an ALMS race 19 times. Weaver accomplished the feat 10 times, Leitzinger six times, Wallace twice and Smith once.
- Since 1999, there have been 15,488 laps completed by the winning cars in ALMS events and 40,896.426 miles completed. Seven drivers have led race laps for Dyson Racing during this period:
James Weaver - 17 races, 602 laps, for 1,360.056 miles
Butch Leitzinger - 15 races, 378 laps, for 997.783 miles
Andy Wallace - six races, 91 laps, for 233.142 miles
Chris Dyson - five races, 94 laps, for 188.438 miles
Guy Smith – three races, 60 laps, for 124.012 miles
Elliott Forbes-Robinson - two races, 23 laps, for 83.94 miles
Jan Lammers – one race, two laps, for 5.08 miles
Total: 1,251 laps, for 3,011.28 miles
- First Dyson driver to lead an ALMS race overall? Leitzinger in the 1999 Sebring 12 Hours in the No. 20 Riley & Scott-Ford.
- First Dyson driver to win an ALMS overall pole? Andy Wallace in the 1999 Road Atlanta spring race in the No. 16 Riley & Scott.
Drivers Championships:
2008:
5th – American Le Mans Series LMP2, Marino Franchitti, Butch Leitzinger
6th – American Le Mans Series LMP2, Chris Dyson, Guy Smith
3rd – American Le Mans Series LMP2 Team Championship
2007:
3rd – American Le Mans Series LMP2, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace
4th – American Le Mans Series LMP2, Chris Dyson, Guy Smith
2nd – American Le Mans Series LMP2 Team Championship
2006:
2nd – American Le Mans Series LMP1, James Weaver
3th – American Le Mans Series LMP1, Butch Leitzinger
5th – American Le Mans Series LMP1, Chris Dyson
6th - American Le Mans Series LMP1, Guy Smith
2005:
2nd – American Le Mans Series LMP1, Chris Dyson
4th – American Le Mans Series LMP1, Andy Wallace
5th – American Le Mans Series LMP1, James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger
2004:
2nd - American Le Mans Series LMP1, James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger
3rd - American Le Mans Series LMP1, Andy Wallace
4th – American Le Mans Series LMP1, Chris Dyson
2003:
1st - American Le Mans Series LMP2, Chris Dyson
2002:
2nd - Grand American Road Racing Association, Chris Dyson
3rd - Grand American Road Racing Association, James Weaver
2001:
1st - Grand American Road Racing Association, James Weaver
2nd - Grand American Road Racing Association, Butch Leitzinger
2000:
1st - Grand American Road Racing Association, James Weaver
1999:
1st - American Le Mans Series Prototype, Elliott Forbes-Robinson
1st - Can Am Championship, Elliott Forbes Robinson, Butch Leitzinger