Darryl O'Young

Darryl Hayden O'Young (Chinese: 歐陽若曦; pinyin: Ōuyáng Ruòxī; Jyutping: Ngau1joeng4 Joek6hei1) is a Canadian-born[1] Hong Kong racing driver.

In 2005, Darryl was invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team set up by Matthew Marsh.

On 22 October 2006, Darryl took his 1st championship title in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at the Zhuhai International Circuit.

For 2007, O'Young joined Schnabl Engineering - LKM - Team Jebsen to take part in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.

Driving for Porsche Club Singapore, he won the race with Mok Wing Sun and Alexander Nicholas Davison.

In addition, in 2009, Darryl entered the 24 hours of Le Mans for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 RSR.

He completed a successful test for Starbeast Motorsport while sharing a car that day with ex-Formula 1 driver, Narain Karthikeyan.

In 2010, Darryl made his first out of six appearances at the 24 hours of Daytona in his career, driving a Porsche GT3 Cup for Vancouver-based, Bullet Racing owned by Steve Paquette.

Driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3, O'Young, along with Marc Basseng and Christopher Mies led home teammates Mark Eddy, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in a 1-2 finish.

Darryl O'Young took on the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race starting on 22 June 2013, his 2nd appearance at the event.

He drove the no.55 INTERUSH AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia, partnered by Italian drivers Lorenzo Case and Piergiuseppe Perazzini.

O'Young was competing at Le Mans for the second time in his career and scored a 2nd place podium finish in the Pro-Am class.

[10] Darryl O'Young returned to the Asian racing scene by entering an Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3 in 2014 Macau GT Cup, partnering a new major sponsor, Vitasoy.

Sharing the #99 car with Australian Jonathan Venter and Daniel Lloyd and claimed a total of 4 wins en route to the Drivers' Championship title.

His longtime sponsors LKM and A-Ha Coffee joined O'Young on his switch to touring cars, and additional support came from Chevrolet Motorsport.

Darryl has been drafted into Audi's line-up for the 2010 DTM season finale in Shanghai to replace Alexandre Premat, who was dismissed by the manufacturer.

Darryl O'Young claimed third place in the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race at Sepang, Malaysia.

Driving a Porsche 911 GT3R for LKM Racing, Darryl, team owner Alan Siu, and Japan's Keita Sawa completed 309 laps of the 12 hour event to finish in third place overall and first in the Pro-Am class.

Darryl shares the Porsche 996 GT3 -RSR with Matthew Marsh in Zhuhai.
Darryl O'Young's Chevrolet Lacetti in Macau.