Rob Dyson
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"Rob Dyson" is a retired United States/American sports car racing driver and current team owner.

Dyson began competing in amateur SCCA competition in 1974 and began racing professionally in IMSA GTO and the Trans-Am Series in 1982. In 1985 be purchased a Porsche 962 from Bruce Leven and began racing in IMSA GTP. In 1995 his team was the first to run the new Riley & Scott Mk III, refusing to run the Ferrari 333 SP, as he felt it would make the World Sportscar Championship a "spec series" if all major teams were running the car. Rob and his team with its R&S Mk III won the 1997 24 Hours of Daytona with an "all star" squad of seven drivers including sports car legends James Weaver (racing driver)/James Weaver, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, and Butch Leitzinger. The Dyson team again won the race in 1999, this time without Rob Dyson as one of the drivers. The team later purchased Lola Racing Cars/Lola chassis and began racing in the American Le Mans Series, where it currently competes. Dyson retired from full-time racing in 2003 but continued to drive part-time until 2007. Rob's son Chris Dyson currently drives for the team.

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Our objective is to win the (ALMS) championship. It's the way we take each race and the way we run the team.

Points are important toward the championship, but it would be nice to win this one. All of the guys would be really happy if we were able to draw the car across the line first. It would be a great achievement. This is the only race track in North America where we've raced and haven't won on.

In Europe, the smart card is huge.