page_title: Dion von Moltke
section_title: Sports Car Racing
hierarchical_section_title: Dion von Moltke / Racing career / Sports Car Racing
caption_attribution_description: English: Dion von Moltke and the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche at Circuit of the Americas in 2013
context_page_description: Dion von Moltke is an American-born race car driver who has participated under a South African racing license for the majority of his career. Von Moltke currently competes in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship GTD class with Paul Miller Racing in the #48 Audi R8 LMS with co-driver Christopher Haase. His early career involved an upbringing in karts and the Skip Barber National Championship.
context_section_description: Von Moltke signed with APR Motorsports to drive a Volkswagen GTI in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in 2008.  He also made his Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series debut at New Jersey Motorsports Park with Racers Edge Motorsports.
  In 2009, von Moltke remained with APR in the Challenge Series, while also competing in Rolex with MCM Racing Porsche.  He earned his first victory in Challenge at Watkins Glen International co-driving with Mike Sweeney, followed by victories at Mid-Ohio and Miller Motorsports Park.  In 2010, von Moltke participated in the Daytona Prototype class of the Rolex Series with Doran Racing for the full season and earned the Rookie of the Year title.
  Von Moltke returned to the GT category in 2011, driving for the German Mühlner Motorsport Porsche team at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, backed by PR Newswire and South African Airways.  He also began racing in the American Le Mans Series' GTC category for Porsches with The Racer's Group.  He completed the American Le Mans Series season with a win at Lime Rock Park and was fifth in the championship standings.
  For 2012, von Moltke returned to APR Motorsport as the team moved into the Rolex GT category with an Audi R8 LMS, partnered with Jim Norman.  A switch to the Alex Job Racing team in the American Le Mans GTC category earned von Moltke a class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring with co-drivers Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler.
  In 2013, Dion von Moltke took the GT-class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona then a GTC class win at Sebring and followed it up with another GTC class win at the Grand Prix of Baltimore.
  In 2014, Dion von Moltke signed  with the Flying Lizard Motorsports team for the full 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season behind the wheel of the No. 35 Audi R8 LMS. Although the #35 kicked off the season with three top five finishes, bad luck and Balance of Performance issues plagued the team, finishing 9th in the GTD championship standings.
  In January 2015, it was announced von Molkte would join Paul Miller Racing for the entirety of the race season, again competing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's GTD class. Von Moltke earned his first career TUDOR United SportsCar Championship pole position at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, where he and co-driver Christopher Haase finished 3rd in the GTD class. He earned his second pole position three races later at Lime Rock Park. Von Moltke led his entire stint, but the car was later taken out by another competitor, ending their race.  The Paul Miller Racing duo finished 3rd in the GTD class championship, with von Moltke earning a total of four pole positions.
caption: von Moltke in the Flying Lizard Porsche in 2013
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