Dane Richard Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from

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. He won the

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overall in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

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, and also in the GTD class in

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Early career

After

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, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship.Dane Cameron – Career Detail
''Driver Database'', Retrieved 2011-08-10 In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished runner-up to J. R. Hildebrand. That fall Cameron won a Team USA Scholarship to participate in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in Europe, which he won. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Cameron competed in the Star Mazda Championship and won the title over

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on the back of three race wins and only one finish outside the top-ten.Krefting, Kevin
STAR MAZDA: Mandarino Wins, Cameron is Champ
, ''Speed'', October 4, 2007, Retrieved 2011-07-25 With his championship he won a scholarship to race in the

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in 2008. Cameron finished seventh in points with a best performance of finishing second from the pole in the first race at

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Sportscar career

Cameron turned to

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in 2009 where he drove a

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in the

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for Racers Edge Motorsports. He finished 17th in GT class drivers' points with a best finish of third at

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.Dane Cameron – Bio
''Grand-Am'', Retrieved 2011-08-10 Cameron had ten different co-drivers in the Racers Edge #30 car throughout the season. In

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Cameron made only two Rolex Sports Car Series starts but both were in the top-flight

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class. He drove in the

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for Beyer Racing and the

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race for Starworks Motorsport. He also made one

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start (the

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) in the LMPC class with Genoa Racing and his team won their class. In 2011 he competed with Dempsey Racing/ Team Seattle in their Rolex GT class Mazda RX-8 with teammate James Gué. They finished fourth in the championship with three third-place finishes and six top 5s. In 2012 he drove Team Sahlen's RX-8 in the same series with Wayne Nonnamaker. He ranked 6th in points with a class win at

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and three podiums. Cameron moved up to the Rolex Daytona Prototype class full-time with Team Sahlen in 2013, again sharing ride with Wayne Nonnamaker. With two fourth-place finishes, he finished tenth in the drivers standings. Also, he partnered with eventual LMPC drivers champion Mike Guasch in four rounds of the American Le Mans Series. In the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, Cameron moved to the GTD class to drive a Turner BMW Z4 with Markus Palttala. He claimed four class wins and two third-place finishes in 11 rounds, winning the GTD drivers championship. The driver moved to the Prototype class for the 2015 IMSA season, sharing an Action Express Racing Corvette with Eric Curran. He claimed two wins, four podiums and top 5 finishes in every race. As a result, he ended third in the drivers standings. Cameron was renewed with the team for 2016 and 2017. For the 2018 IMSA season, Cameron picked up

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as a co-driver at

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. In the second year of the partnership, Cameron, Montoya and Penske claimed the Dpi championship. He also earned the highest number of Pro-Am points in the SRO Americas Challenge, but was excluded from the championship due to an injury-forced co-driver change. In 2020, Cameron joined Honda Racing Team JAS for Intercontinental Challenge GT events.

Hypercar career

Cameron became a member of the Porsche Penske Motorsport outfit in 2023, where he would drive a

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alongside Michael Christensen and

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in the World Endurance Championship.

Personal life

Cameron's father was a racing engineer. Dane is married with two children.

Complete motorsports results

Career Summary

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Star Mazda Championship

Atlantic Championship

American Le Mans Series results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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