October 19, 1956
Didier Theys
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Born in Nivelles, Belgium.
Theys won the Belgium Karting championship in 1977. He won several Formula Ford championships in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the U.S. Bosch Super Vee championship in 1986, and the American Racing Series championship in 1987. He was also successful in the European Formula Three Championship and Formula 2 in the 1980s. He finished third in the Monaco Formula 3 Grand Prix in 1985.
Theys competed in the CART Indy Car Series from 1987 to 1993 with 47 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 three times. He finished in the top ten 10 times in CART events, with a career best finish of third at Miami in 1988.
Theys is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, 1998 and 2002. He won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1998. He was the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the Grand-American Road Racing Association in 2002 and the winner of the 24 Hours of Spa in 1987, driving a factory BMW. He was also the polesitter 1996 and a podium finisher at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997, 1998 and 1999. The podium finish in 1999 was a third overall in the factory Audi R8R with co-drivers Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela. Theys’ first appearance at Le Mans was in 1982, while his last start in the world’s most famous endurance sports car race came 20 years later in 2002.
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