Darryl O'Young
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Darryl O'Young Yeuk-Hay (chinese: 歐陽若曦) is a Canadian born Hong Kong racing driver also known as "Downtown" in his native city Vancouver, Canada.
Darryl O'Young began racing in 1988 at the tender age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight of his karting career was becoming Canadian National Champion and USA National Champion in the same year.
After Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 Darryl progressed into Formula Renault 1600 and 2000 in the United States. Currently in his 18th consecutive year in competitive motorsport the 25-year old now competes in the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia driving for Jebsen & Co, the Hong Kong Porsche dealer team.
Darryl was invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team by Matthew Marsh in 2005. The pair raced a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the Le Mans Endurance Series.
Darryl also took part in the 2005 FIA GT Championship - China Round race at the Zhuhai International Circuit, since the Hong Kong Le Mans Team entered the race as part of its 2005 programme. The pair finished fourth in the GT2 class.
In 2006 Darryl joined Renauer Motorsport for the Spa 24 Hours race, successfully finishing the race with the team.
He has raced for Team Jebsen since 2004 and on 22nd October 2006 became series champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at the Zhuhai International Circuit.
