Darren Law (born April 4, 1968) is a

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-born

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racing driver. At age 14 Law was the International Kart Federation national champion, and shortly thereafter began racing cars in various amateur classes on the west coast of the United States. In 1991 he was a factory driver for

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' factory team in

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competition. In 1996 and 1997 he competed in the

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for the privateer Hartong Motorsports BMW outfit and finished 8th in points in the series' two years of operation. In 1999 he made a

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start at

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, but crashed 34 laps in. He joined the

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in 2000 and finished 2nd in GTU class points. The following year he was the GT class champion. In 2002 he moved from production cars to prototypes and raced in the Rolex Series' SRPII class and was second in points. In 2003 he finished 4th in the new Daytona Prototype class, the series top category. In 2004 he competed in both the Daytona Prototypes where he finished 14th and the

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GT2 class where he finished runner up in the GT2 class driver's championship. 2005 saw Law continue to split his time between DP, where he finished 12th for the Brumos Porsche team, and ALMS GT2 where he finished 13th in points for

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and

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. He continued with the same teams and series in 2006 and finished 14th in Grand Am DP and 10th in ALMS GT2. Driving for the same teams again in 2007, he improved to 6th in points in both series. In 2008, still with the same teams, he improved to 4th in the Daytona Prototype championship but dropped back to 7th in ALMS GT2. DP5 David Donohue Darren Law 2011 Road America

DP5 David Donohue Darren Law 2011 Road America

Law was a part of the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona-winning crew driving a Brumos Racing-run Riley-

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, along with David Donohue, Antonio García and

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. He currently resides in

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Motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

USAC FF2000 Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

References

External links

Official websitegrand-am.com bioInterview with Darren Law on the Road Racers Podcast
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