# Dane Cameron

Dane Richard Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016 and 2019, and also in the GTD class in 2014.

## Early career

After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. 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 Cameron competed in the Star Mazda Championship and won the title over James Davison on the back of three race wins and only one finish outside the top-ten. With his championship he won a scholarship to race in the Atlantic Championship in 2008. Cameron finished seventh in points with a best performance of finishing second from the pole in the first race at Road America.

## Sportscar career

Cameron turned to sports car racing in 2009 where he drove a Mazda RX-8 in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Racers Edge Motorsports. He finished 17th in GT class drivers' points with a best finish of third at Watkins Glen International. Cameron had ten different co-drivers in the Racers Edge #30 car throughout the season. In 2010 Cameron made only two Rolex Sports Car Series starts but both were in the top-flight Daytona Prototype class. He drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Beyer Racing and the New Jersey Motorsports Park race for Starworks Motorsport. He also made one American Le Mans Series start (the 12 Hours of Sebring) 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 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 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 Juan Pablo Montoya as a co-driver at Team Penske. 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 Porsche 963 alongside Michael Christensen and Frédéric Makowiecki 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

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2006 | Formula Ford 2000 Championship Series | Finlay Motorsports | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 272 | 2nd |
| 2006 | Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy | Team USA Scholarship | 6 | 4 | 1 | ? | 6 | 136 | 1st |
| 2007 | Star Mazda Championship | JDC MotorSports | 12 | 3 | 6 | ? | 8 | 450 | 1st |
| 2008 | Atlantic Championship | Lynx Racing | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 7th |
| 2009 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Racers Edge Motorsports | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 14th |
| 2010 | Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | Beyer Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 37th |
| 2010 | Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - ST | Freedom Autosport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 89th |
| 2011 | American Le Mans Series - PC | Genoa Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14th |
| 2011 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Dempsey Racing | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 306 | 4th |
| 2012 | American Le Mans Series - PC | Dempsey Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2012 | American Le Mans Series - P2 | Dempsey Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2012 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Team Sahlen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 324 | 6th |
| 2013 | American Le Mans Series - PC | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 12th |
| 2013 | Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | Team Sahlen | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 10th |
| 2014 | United SportsCar Championship - GTD | Turner Motorsport | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 304 | 1st |
| 2014 | United SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 35th |
| 2014 | Pirelli World Challenge - GT | Turner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 36th |
| 2014 | Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - GS | Tim Bell Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 30th |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Action Express Racing | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 304 | 3rd |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship - GTD | Turner Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 30th |
| 2016 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Action Express Racing | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 314 | 1st |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Whelen Engineering Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 291 | 2nd |
| 2017 | Pirelli World Challenge - GT | Magnus Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 39th |
| 2017 | Pirelli World Challenge - TC | Turner Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 21st |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | RealTime Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10th |
| 2018 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Acura Team Penske | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 251 | 5th |
| 2019 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Acura Team Penske | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 302 | 1st |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge America | RealTime Racing | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 6th |
| 2019 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Honda Team Motul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2020 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Acura Team Penske | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 247 | 6th |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Team Honda Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26th |
| 2020 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Team Honda Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12th |
| 2021 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2946 | 5th |
| 2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | Team Penske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10th |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 580 | 17th |
| 2023 | FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7th |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2982 | 1st |
| 2024 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver |

### American Open-Wheel racing results

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

#### U.S. F2000 National Championship

| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2006 | Finlay Motorsports | ATL1 2 | ATL2 2 | MDO1 26 | MDO2 3 | PIR1 8 | PIR2 9 | CLE1 2 | CLE2 1 | TOR1 2 | TOR2 2 | MDO3 2 | MDO4 17 | ROA1 1 | ROA2 11 | 2nd | 272 |

#### Star Mazda Championship

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2007 | JDC MotorSports | SEB 4 | HOU 1 | VIR 1 | MMP 4 | POR 17 | CLE 2 | TOR 1 | RAM 2 | TRO 2 | MOS 3 | RAT 8 | LAG 2 | 1st | 450 |

#### Atlantic Championship

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2008 | Lynx Racing | LBH 11 | LS 17 | MTT 5 | EDM1 4 | EDM2 5 | ROA1 2 | ROA2 17 | TRR 5 | NJ 19 | UTA 3 | ATL 13 | 7th | 169 |

### American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2011 | Genoa Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB 1 | LBH | LRP | MOS | MDO | ELK | BAL | LAG | PET | | 14th | 30 |
| 2012 | Dempsey Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB DNF | LBH | LAG | LRP | MOS | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2012 | Dempsey Racing | LMP2 | Lola B12/87 | Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 | | | | | | MDO 4 | ELK | BAL | VIR | PET DNF | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB | LBH | LAG | LRP | MOS | ELK | BAL 3 | COA 2 | VIR 5 | PET 5 | 12th | 51 |

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | Turner Motorsport | GTD | BMW Z4 GT3 | BMW 4.4 L V8 V8 | DAY 7 | SEB 7 | LGA 1 | BEL 6 | WGL 1 | MOS 3 | IMS 15 | ELK 1 | VIR 1 | AUS 3 | ATL 4 | 1st | 304 |
| 2014 | Risi Competizione | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA 9 | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | AUS | ATL | 35th | 23 |
| 2015 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 5 | LBH 4 | LGA 5 | BEL 1 | WGL 4 | MOS 2 | ELK 1 | AUS 5 | ATL 3 | | 3rd | 304 |
| 2015 | Turner Motorsport | GTD | BMW Z4 GT3 | BMW 4.4 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LGA | BEL | WGL | LIM 1 | ELK | VIR | AUS | ATL | | 30th | 36 |
| 2016 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 2 | LBH 3 | LGA 3 | BEL 6 | WGL 2 | MOS 1 | ELK 1 | AUS 2 | ATL 4 | | 1st | 314 |
| 2017 | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DAY 6 | SEB 3 | LBH 8 | AUS 2 | BEL 2 | WGL 10 | MOS 1 | ELK 4 | LGA 2 | ATL 2 | | 2nd | 291 |
| 2018 | Acura Team Penske | P | Acura ARX-05 | Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 10 | SEB 14 | LBH 5 | MOH 2 | BEL 3 | WGL 3 | MOS 10 | ELK 5 | LGA 3 | ATL 13 | | 5th | 251 |
| 2019 | Acura Team Penske | DPi | Acura ARX-05 | Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 6 | SEB 9 | LBH 3 | MOH 1 | BEL 1 | WGL 3 | MOS 3 | ELK 2 | LGA 1 | ATL 4 | | 1st | 302 |
| 2020 | Acura Team Penske | DPi | Acura ARX-05 | Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 4 | DAY 4 | SEB 6 | ELK 8 | ATL 6 | MDO 7 | PET 3 | LGA 2 | SEB 2 | | | 6th | 247 |
| 2021 | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | DPi | Acura ARX-05 | Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 4 | SEB 3 | MDO 6 | DET 6 | WGL 2 | WGL 6 | ELK 5 | LGA 4 | LBH 6 | PET 6 | | 5th | 2946 |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY 8 | SEB 3 | LBH | MON | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | PET | | | 17th | 580 |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 3 | LBH 3 | LGA 3 | DET 4 | WGL 1 | ELK 2 | IMS 9 | ATL 3 | | | 1st | 2982 |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | Team Penske | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 8 | SPA 4 | LMS 4 | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | | 10th | 42 |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | SEB 5 | PRT 10 | SPA 4 | LMS 16 | MNZ 4 | FUJ 36 | BHR 7 | 7th | 61 |
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### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2022 | Team Penske | Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 368 | 9th | 5th |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 325 | 16th | 9th |
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