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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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| Dane Cameron | |
|---|---|
 Cameron at the 2025 SportsCar Grand Prix | |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | Dane Richard Cameron October 18, 1988 |
| WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | AO Racing |
| Categorisation |  FIA Gold (until 2022) FIA Platinum (2023–) |
| Car number | 99 |
| Former teams | Porsche Penske Motorsport Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian |
| Starts | 105 |
| Championships | 2 |
| Wins | 18 |
| Poles | 10 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2014, 2019, 2024 |
Finished last season | 1st (2024) |
| Previous series | |
| 2006-2013 2011-2013 2008 2007 2006 | Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series Atlantic Championship Star Mazda Championship U.S. F2000 National Championship |
| Statistics up to date as of February 2, 2021. | |
Dane Richard Cameron[1] (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016, 2019 and 2024. Additionally, he also won the GTD and LMP2 class championships in 2014 and 2025, respectively.
After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship.[2] In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship[3] and finished runner-up to J. R. Hildebrand. That fall Cameron won a Team USA Scholarship to participate in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in Europe,[4] which he won.[2]
In 2007, Cameron competed in the Star Mazda Championship and won the title over James Davison on the back of three race wins and only one finish outside the top-ten.[5] With his championship he won a scholarship to race in the Atlantic Championship in 2008. Cameron finished seventh in points[2] with a best performance of finishing second from the pole in the first race at Road America.[6]
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Cameron turned to sports car racing in 2009 where he drove a Mazda RX-8 in the 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series for Racers Edge Motorsports. He finished 17th in GT class drivers' points with a best finish of third at Watkins Glen International.[7] Cameron had ten different co-drivers in the Racers Edge #30 car throughout the season. In 2010 Cameron made only two Rolex Sports Car Series starts but both were in the top-flight Daytona Prototype class. He drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Beyer Racing and the New Jersey Motorsports Park race for Starworks Motorsport.[8] He also made one American Le Mans Series start (the 12 Hours of Sebring) in the LMPC class with Genoa Racing and his team won their class.[citation needed]
In 2011, Cameron competed with Dempsey Racing/Team Seattle in their Rolex GT class Mazda RX-8 with teammate James Gué.[7] They finished fourth in the championship with three third-place finishes and six top-fives. In 2012, he drove Team Sahlen's RX-8 in the same series with Wayne Nonnamaker. He ranked sixth in points with a class win at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and three podiums.[9]
Cameron moved up to the Rolex Daytona Prototype class full-time with Team Sahlen in 2013, again sharing ride with Wayne Nonnamaker.[2] With two fourth-place finishes, he finished tenth in the drivers standings.[10] Also, he partnered with eventual LMPC drivers champion Mike Guasch in four rounds of the American Le Mans Series.[11]
In the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, Cameron moved to the GTD class to drive a Turner BMW Z4 with Markus Palttala. He claimed four class wins and two third-place finishes in 11 rounds, winning the GTD drivers championship.[12]
Cameron moved to the Prototype class for the 2015 IMSA season, sharing an Action Express Racing Corvette with Eric Curran.[13] He claimed two wins, four podiums and top-five finishes in every race. As a result, he ended third in the drivers standings. Cameron was renewed with the team for 2016 and 2017.[14][15]
For the 2018 season, Cameron picked up Juan Pablo Montoya as a co-driver at Team Penske.[16] In the second year of the partnership, Cameron, Montoya and Penske claimed the DPi championship.[17] He also earned the highest number of Pro-Am points in the GT World Challenge America, but was excluded from the championship due to an injury-forced co-driver change.[18]
In 2020, Cameron joined Honda Racing Team JAS for Intercontinental GT Challenge events.[19]
Cameron became a member of the Porsche Penske Motorsport outfit in 2023, where he would drive a Porsche 963 alongside Michael Christensen and Frédéric Makowiecki in the World Endurance Championship.[20]
Cameron's father was a racing engineer. Dane is married with two children.[15]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Finlay Motorsports | ATL1 2 |
ATL2 2 |
MOH1 26 |
MOH2 3 |
PIR1 8 |
PIR2 9 |
CLE1 2 |
CLE2 1 |
TOR1 2 |
TOR2 2 |
MOH3 2 |
MOH4 17 |
ROA1 1 |
ROA2 11 |
2nd | 272 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | JDC MotorSports | SEB 4 |
HOU 1 |
VIR 1 |
MMP 4 |
POR 17 |
CLE 2 |
TOR 1 |
RAM 2 |
TRO 2 |
MOS 3 |
RAT 8 |
LAG 2 |
1st | 450 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lynx Racing | LBH 11 |
LS 17 |
MTT 5 |
EDM1 4 |
EDM2 5 |
ROA1 2 |
ROA2 17 |
TRR 5 |
NJ 19 |
UTA 3 |
ATL 13 |
7th | 169 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Genoa Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB 1 |
LBH | LRP | MOS | MOH | ELK | BAL | LAG | PET | 14th | 30 | [21] | |
| 2012 | Dempsey Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB Ret |
LBH | LAG | LRP | MOS | NC | 0 | [22] | |||||
| LMP2 | Lola B12/87 | Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 | MOH 4 |
ELK | BAL | VIR | PET Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||||
| 2013 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | SEB | LBH | LAG | LRP | MOS | ELK | BAL 3 |
COA 2 |
VIR 5 |
PET 5 |
12th | 51 | [23] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Team Penske | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 8 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 4 |
MNZ |
FUJ |
BHR |
10th | 42 | |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | SEB 5 |
PRT 10 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 16 |
MNZ 4 |
FUJ 36 |
BHR 7 |
7th | 61 |
| Source:[35] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Team Penske
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 Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 368 | 9th | 5th |
| 2023 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport
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 Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki
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Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 325 | 16th | 9th |
| 2025 | AO by TF
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 Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | 20th | 3rd |
| LMP2 Pro-Am | 1st | ||||||
| 2026 | AO by TF
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 James Allen P. J. Hyett
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 356 | 24th | 10th |
| LMP2 Pro-Am | 3rd | ||||||
| Source:[35] | |||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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| 2025 | AO by TF | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 8 |
LEC 2 |
IMO 1 |
SPA 3 |
SIL 2 |
ALG 2 |
1st | 100 |
| 2026 | AO by TF | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 10 |
LEC 2 |
IMO 9 |
SPA 3 |
SIL 6 |
ALG Ret |
8th | 45 |
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Dane Richard Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016, 2019 and 2024. Additionally, he also won the GTD and LMP2 class championships in 2014 and 2025, respectively.
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam ˈpaβlo monˈtoʝa rolˈdan]; born 20 September 1975) is a Colombian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2001 to 2006, IndyCar between 1999 and 2022, and the NASCAR Cup Series between 2006 and 2024. Montoya won seven Formula One Grands Prix across six seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Montoya won the CART Championship Series in 1999 with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. In endurance racing, Montoya won the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2019 with Team Penske and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with CGR. Montoya began kart racing at the age of five, progressing to car racing in Colombia and Mexico at age 17, finishing runner-up in the Copa Formula Renault and winning the Nationale Tournement Swift GTI Championship. He also competed in the Barber Saab Pro Series, the Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. In 1997 and 1998, Montoya raced in the International Formula 3000 for RSM Marko and then Super Nova Racing, winning seven races and the 1998 Drivers' Championship. He debuted in CART in 1999 with CGR, winning the series championship as a rookie in 1999. During the 2000 CART season, Montoya's car suffered from unreliability, but he still won three races for ninth in the Drivers' Championship. That year also saw him win the Indianapolis 500 in his first attempt. Montoya first drove in Formula One with the Williams team in the 2001 season and won his first race in that year's Italian Grand Prix. Montoya qualified on pole position seven times in the 2002 championship and won two races in the 2003 season that put him third in the World Drivers' Championship in both years. He fell to fifth in the 2004 World Drivers' Championship, but won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. At the start of the 2005 season, Montoya moved to McLaren and finished fourth with three victories. Montoya subsequently left F1 in the 2006 season, after that year's United States Grand Prix, and began competing in NASCAR for CGR in late 2006. During his seven-year NASCAR career, Montoya won the 2007 Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200, the 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 and the 2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen. He qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2009 and finished a career-high eighth in that season's points standings. Montoya would later make one-off NASCAR appearances: twice in 2014 for Team Penske and once in 2024 for 23XI Racing. For the 2014 season, Montoya moved to the IndyCar Series with Team Penske, winning once. In 2015. he won two races (including the Indianapolis 500) and finished second in the championship to Scott Dixon. His final series victory came in 2016. He made his IMSA debut for Team Penske at the 2017 Petit Le Mans, competing full-time from 2018 to 2020. Paired with Dane Cameron, Montoya won the IMSA championship in the Prototype class in 2019. Montoya has also won the 6 Hours of Bogotá three times as well as the individual event of the Race of Champions in 2017.
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It is a result of a merger between two existing North American sports car racing series, the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. At its inception, the name was United SportsCar Championship, which subsequently changed to IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016. IMSA awards championships and trophies to the most successful drivers and teams in each of the series' categories over the course of a season. Since 2021, points are awarded for individual race results as well as qualifying, with the highest tally of points winning the respective championship or trophy. Other unique championships include the Michelin Endurance Cup, WeatherTech Sprint Cup, Jim Trueman Award, Bob Akin Award, and the VP Fuels Front Runner Award. The Drivers', Teams', and Manufacturers' Championships have awarded since the series began in 2014, while the Tire Manufacturers' Championships was discontinued after the 2015 season. At the conclusion of the season, three champions receive an automatic invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The champions are not formally crowned until the IMSA awards ceremony after the season's final race. There were four classes when the series was founded in 2014: Prototype (P), Prototype Challenge (PC), Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD). In 2017, the PC class was discontinued when the season ended. The Prototype category was replaced by the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) and Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) classes in 2019. In 2021, the Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) category was introduced. The following year, Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) replaced the GTLM class. GTP replaced DPi as IMSA's top class and the LMP3 category was discontinued following the 2023 season. As of the 2024 season, 53 drivers and 20 teams have won an IMSA title. Dane Cameron and Antonio García are the most successful IMSA drivers with four championships and Action Express Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and Corvette Racing are the series' most successful team with five titles. There have been 28 drivers and 10 teams who have won a title in the Prototype classes. Jon Bennett, Colin Braun, Dane Cameron, and Felipe Nasr have earned the most Prototype drivers' titles with three each and Action Express Racing, and PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports have achieved the most Prototype teams' championships with four. Of the 28 drivers and 12 teams to have achieved a GT championship, García's four championship wins are the most in the GT classes and Corvette Racing have claimed all five of their teams' titles in the GT categories.
Dane Gagai (; born 3 January 1991) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, the Queensland Maroons in the State of Origin series and the Māori All Stars. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, Newcastle Knights, and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. He played as a winger for Australia at International level from 2017-18, winning the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. He previously represented the Indigenous All Stars and the Prime Minister's XIII. In 2017 he won the Wally Lewis Medal as State of Origin Player of the Series. Earlier in his career he played as a fullback.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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