SCOTT SHARP

Scott Sharp, a second-generation racing star and team owner began racing karts at the early age of eight. Early in his career, Sharp went on to take nine IndyCar wins, 35 top-five finishes and 14 Indianapolis 500 starts. Sharp went on to have a successful career in sports cars, earning ten ALMS wins and three IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship wins to date. In 2016, the team won the 24 Hours of Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring; the first team to do so in more than a decade.

Personal/Family
Sharp is the son of six-time SCCA national champion Bob Sharp, founder of Bob Sharp Racing and known as the single most successful Datsun racing team of all time.

Wife: Bethany
Children: Briana, Jackson, Hudson, Selah, London

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Sharp by the Numbers

Started racing karts at age 8, winning 50 of 75 starts.
1984 – Won the first SCCA race he entered (New Hampshire)
1986 – Won SCCA National Championship in GT-2
1987 – Won SCCA National Championship in GT-1
1988 – Won SCCA National Championship in GT-1.
Made Trans-Am debut with four races
1988-1992 – Competed in Trans-Am, collected nine victories
1990 - Won first race at Detroit. Teamed with Paul Newman in SCCA competition.
Became youngest Trans-Am champion by winning six races and eight poles in Chevy Camaro;
Set seven track records.
1992 – Trans-Am Championship runner-up with two wins and seven poles in 11 starts.
1993 – Won second Trans-Am Championship with six wins. CART debut.
1994 – Earned second place in CART rookie championship; placed 16th in first Indianapolis 500.
Won Daytona 24 Hours in Riley & Scott-Oldsmobile with Wayne Taylor/Jim Pace;
Shared inaugural IndyCar Series championship with Buzz Calkins with best finish of second at Phoenix.
1996-2007 – Only driver to compete in each IndyCar Series season and currently holds the series record for most starts. (146)
1996-1997 – Head injury prevented Sharp from racing.
1998 – Returned to racing; won at Phoenix and Dover en route to a fourth-place championship finish.
1998-2003 – Recorded at least one victory per year.
1999 – Made two starts in ALMS inaugural season.
2001 – Indianapolis 500 pole winner and finished third in championship; career best finish in IndyCar
2007 – Took second place in American Le Mans Series (ALMS) P2 driver championship with David Brabham and named Series Rookie of the Year.
2008 – First full season in ALMS.
2009 – ALMS LMP1 Champion with Patrón Highcroft Racing; Won three times with Brabham.
Placed 14th in Indianapolis 500 in Patrón-sponsored Panther Racing entry.
2010 – Founded Tequila Patrón ESM; first ALMS season with Johannes van Overbeek.
2012 – First ALMS GT win: Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Class victory at Petit Le Mans.
Runner-up in ALMS GT championship.
2013 – Won Grand Prix of Long Beach; Runner-up at Petit Le Mans.
Runner-up in ALMS P2 championship.
2014 – Competed in his first FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) race and finished third.
2016—Won the Rolex 24 at Daytona with co-drivers Ed Brown, Johannes van Overbeek and Pipo Derani. The team returned to the podium for the next round for the Twelve Hours of Sebring, with Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek and Pipo Derani behind the wheel.
2017 – Finished second at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park; Won Petit Le Mans with co-drivers Ryan Dalziel and Brendan Hartley

Ryan Dalziel

2018 will mark Ryan’s fifth season with Tequila Patrón ESM. A world-class championship driver, Dalziel won the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and GRAND-AM North American Endurance Championship titles. In addition, he raced to victory at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b LMP2 machine. Dalziel was honored in 2012 with the William Lyons Trophy from the Scottish Motor Racing Club and was recognized in 1999 with the Ecurie Ecosse Trophy winner, presented to most impressive Scottish racer of season. Most recently, he won the 2017 Petit Le Mans with co-drivers Scott Sharp and Brendan Hartley.

Dalziel started his racing career in 1999, and earned series runner-up honors in the British Formula Vauxhall Championship. He raced in the British Formula Renault Championship, British Formula Three Championship, Toyota Atlantic Series, Formula Atlantic Series, Champ Car World Series and World Endurance Championship.

Personal/Family
Wife: Jessica

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RYAN by the Numbers

1999 – British Formula Vauxhall Championship Runner-Up;
Finalist in McLaren Autosport Young Driver Award; Awarded Ecurie Ecosse Trophy.
2000 – British Formula Renault Championship Runner-Up;
Rookie of the Year Winner; Finalist in McLaren Autosport Young Driver Award.
2001 – British Formula Three Championship: 17 top-10 finishes,
fourth place at British Grand Prix International Invitation Race.
2002 – Toyota Atlantic Series driver .
2003 – Toyota Atlantic Series Championship Runner-Up.
2004 – Formula Atlantic Series Championship Runner-Up; Awarded Gilles Villeneuve Trophy.
2005 – American Le Mans Series driver;
GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver: 1 GT Class podium, 1 Daytona Prototype start – 6th place.
2006 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver, scored five top-10 finishes, one podium.
2007 – Champ Car World Series (CART) driver: six top-10 finishes;
GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver with four top-5 finishes including runner-up finishes.
(Rolex 24 and Sunchaser 1000)
2008 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver with one win and one podium finish.
Test driver for ProDrive Racing for its Aston Martin GT1 LeMans 24 hour effort.
Formula SuperLeague Championship with Rangers FC Team
and earned five top-10 finishes with a best result of fourth.
2009 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver earning three podiums.
2010 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sport Car Series: Winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona
and finished fifth in Daytona Prototype championship. Inaugural LeMans 24 hours race.
2011 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver: Lap record holder for a Daytona Prototype
around Daytona International Speedway - January 9, 2011 - 1.39.973s.
Winner of season finale at Mid-Ohio Road Course, four podium finishes.
American Le Mans Series: Runner-up at 12 Hours of Sebring.
2012 – World Endurance Championship (WEC):
Winner of the WEC World Championship in LMP2 with three victories and seven podiums.
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring.
GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver: pole position for the 50th Running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona,
winner of the North American Endurance Championship,
runner-up in driver championship with one victory and eight podiums.
Most laps led during the season of any driver.
American Le Mans Series LMPC driver with three wins including Petit Le Mans, Long Beach and Baltimore.
Gulf 12 Hours of Abu Dhabi driver of the #11 AF Corse Ferrari 458GT3,
finished second and third overall (January 2012 & December 2012 races).
6 Hours of Bogota Colombia driver: Overall Winner. Winner of the SMRC William Lyons Trophy.
2013 – GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series driver: finished fourth at 12 Hours of Sebring,
24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans.
2014 – 2nd place finish at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai with Scott Sharp and Ed Brown.
3rd place finish at the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase
at Road America with Scott Sharp. Joins EFFORT Racing for a partial season, starts the relationship off with a double win at Mid-Ohio.
2015 – Finished 3rd in Pirelli World Challenge Championship, despite missing three races.
Earned nine podiums and two wins. Ran a full season in WEC with Tequila Patrón ESM.
Winner of the Porsche Cup, the trophy for the most successful Porsche privateer.
2016 – Finished 3rd at Rolex 24 at Daytona with Visit Florida.
Finished in the top five for every FIA WEC race of the season with the exception of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2017 – Finished second at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park; Won Petit Le Mans with co-drivers Scott Sharp and Brendan Hartley

JOHANNES VAN OVERBEEK

Johannes van Overbeek began his racing career at age 23, purely as a hobby. He went on to become one of the world’s top-ranked Porsche drivers, before switching to Ferrari and joining Tequila Patrón ESM. When Tequila Patrón ESM switched to the LMP2 chassis, it was van Overbeek’s first season in a prototype racing machine. He has more than 160 sports car racing starts with 14 wins, 64 podium finishes and ten pole positions. He is also one of the co-founders of Flying Lizard Motorsports, with Seth Neiman and Lonnie Pechnik.

Personal/Family
Wife: Sarah
Children: Brody, Taylor

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van Overbeek by the Numbers

1999 – Contested all eight GT class races in inaugural season of ALMS; earned first ALMS win. (Road Atlanta)
2000 – Competed in all 11 ALMS races for BMW Team PTG; best finish of season was second in GT at Portland with co-driver Boris Said.
2004 – Posted one victory and seven podiums in Flying Lizard rookie effort; earned second career ALMS win. (Mid-Ohio)
2005 – Finished third in ALMS championship with Fogarty after 10-race season with five podiums.
2006 – Earned third career ALMS victory; finished second in driver championship.
2007 – Earned three wins and seven podiums in 12 starts with Flying Lizard co-driver Jörg Bergmeister; finished second in championship.
2007 – Awarded Porsche Cup as world’s top independent Porsche pilot.
2008 – Teamed with rookie Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet for full season.
2009 – Started six events in Flying Lizard Porsche. Claimed first MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge win in season.
At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, tied season-best effort with fifth-place showing;
Porsche entry ran on E85 and captured MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge GT trophy for the race
and also leap-frogged sister car for season-long championship.
2010 – Transitioned to Ferraris and joined Tequila Patrón ESM for season-long effort.
Made first start in another marque other than Porsche in 10 years.
2012 – Earned first ALMS pole position; earned first Tequila Patrón ESM victory; Achieved 100 ALMS starts.
2013 – Runner-up at Long Beach Grand Prix.
2014 – First TUDOR United SportsCar Championship win and first overall win (Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
2015 – Competed in ESM’s first WEC full season. Won the 25 Hours of Thunderhill overall with Flying Lizard Motorsports
2016 – Started the season with an overall win at the Rolex 24 at Daytona with Tequila Patrón ESM,
then again scored victory at the Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Scored a record setting lap time to earn pole position at the Six Hours of the Glen.
Won the 25 Hours of Thunderhill overall with Flying Lizard Motorsports for the second year in a row.

At Le Mans – Four starts with one podium, all with Flying Lizards.
2005 – Debuted with third-place run in Porsche.
2006 – Finished fourth at Le Mans.
2008 – Finished sixth in GT2 despite losing nearly three hours with crash-related damage in second hour.
2016 – Finished 11th

2017 – Earned the Nissan Onroak DPi its first win at Road America with co-driver Pipo Derani; Won in class at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill

LUIS FELIPE "PIPO" DERANI

After a successful career in karts in South America, Pipo Derani made a name for himself on the European single-seater scene, enjoying success in Formula Renault 2-litre and in the ultra-competitive British Formula Three Championship, as well as the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Pipo took two race wins in the 2012 British F3 Championship before scoring a fine podium position at the 2013 Macau Grand Prix. For 2014 Pipo switched to endurance racing, making his debut at the Paul Ricard ELMS race where he sensationally led after starting from pole position in a Murphy run ORECA 03. The following year saw a first full season in the FIA WEC where he took LMP2 pole on his debut and then went on to score six podium positions in an exceptional first campaign where he enjoyed a third placed finish in the standings with the G-Drive Racing team. In 2016, he and his ESM teammates Ryan Dalziel and Chris Cumming finished in the top five for eight of the nine races of the 2016 schedule. Derani and co-driver Johannes van Overbeek earned Nissan its first DPi win at Road America in 2017.

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DERANI BY THE NUMBERS

2009 – 7th (2 podiums) NEC Formula Renault 2.0
2010 – 10th German Formula 3 Cup
2011 – 15th (1 Podium) British F3, 6th Pau Grand Prix F3
2012 – 8th (5 Podiums, 1 wins, 2 fastest laps) British F3, 11th RTL Masters of F3, 5th F3 Brazil Open
2013 – 7th (1 win, 3 podiums) Toyota Racing Series, 4th New Zealand Grand Prix TRS,
8th (3 podiums) FIA F3 Europe, 8th RTL Masters of F3, 3rd Macau Grand Prix F3
2014 – ELMS LMP2 Debut at Paul Ricard with a podium finish
2015 – 3rd (6 podiums, 1 pole) WEC LMP2
2016 – 1st place overall at the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Finished in the top five for eight of the nine races in the FIA WEC schedule.
2017 – Earned the Nissan Onroak DPi its first win at Road America with co-driver Johannes van Overbeek

NICOLAS LAPIERRE

An experienced racer in Europe, Nicolas Lapierre boats an impressive sports car racing resume, with 12 wins and an additional 13 podiums in the FIA World Endurance Championship, including two wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since 2012. Lapierre will join Johannes Van Overbeek and Pipo Derani in the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi.

“I’m delighted to join Tequila Patrón ESM. I have already taken part in a few IMSA races and I’ve always loved it. In a few occasions I raced against Tequila Patrón ESM and I know how competitive the team is. We will have a strong package this year.”

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LAPIERRE BY THE NUMBERS

2000-2002: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and French Formula Renault 2000
2003: Earned four top five finishes and one podium in the Formula 3 Euro Series
2004: Finished third in the Formula 3 Euro Series with three wins and four additional podiums.
2005-2006: 1 Grand Prix Champion with six wins in ten races.
2007: Competed in first 24 Hours of Le Mans, finished ninth.
2009: Earned a top five finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2011: Earned a top five finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2012: Finished third in the FIA WEC Championship with three wins and one second place result.
2013: Finished fourth at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota Racing;
Won at the Six Hours of Fuji with Toyota Racing.
2014: Finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota Racing;
Earned two wins and two additional podiums with Toyota Racing in the FIA WEC.
2015: Won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with KCMG;
finished third at Spa.
2016: Won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Signatech Alpine;
Won the FIA WEC Championship with four wins and three additional podiums;
Never finished outside the top five in the FIA WEC.
Earned one win and three additional podiums in the European Le Mans Series 2017:
Earned one FIA WEC win and four additional podiums;
Finished second at Monza in the European Le Mans Series

OLIVIER PLA

With notable experience in both the FIA World Endurance Championship as well as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Olivier Pla will also prove to be a strong asset to the team. The Onroak Development Driver turned Ford GT Racing driver won Petit Le Mans in 2016, finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, and has earned four wins and an additional 12 podiums in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

“I’m delighted to join the Tequila Patrón ESM team for the endurance races in the NAEC. Racing against ESM in the past I know what they are capable of and I think we will have everything to perform at the very best.”

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PLA BY THE NUMBERS

2000 – Finished third in the Formula Renault Campus France Championship
2001 – Earned one podium in the French Formula Three Championship
2002 – Won the Korea Super Prix;
Finished second in the Masters of Formula Three;
Finished third in the French Formula Three Championship
2003 – Finished third in the Formula 3 Euro Series
2004 – Earned one win in the World Series by Nissan
2005 – Earned two wins in the GP2 Series with David Price Racing
2008 – Participated in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished fourth
2009 – Le Mans Series LMP2 Championship
2013 – Finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with OAK Racing and second in the LMP2 Championship with six podiums in eight races
2014 – Won at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with Oak Racing in the IMSA United SportsCar Championship
2016 – Won Petit Le Mans with Michael Shank Racing
2017 – Raced in his tenth 24 Hours of Le Mans