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Derek Daly
Formula 1 and Indy Driver, Master of Fast, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Professional Speaker, International Racing Champion
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Fee Range
$14,500Travels From
Indianapolis, IN and AZ in winter, US
Derek Daly
Biography
From Victory Circle to the Announcer's Desk, Hall of Fame Race Car Driver and Network Television Color Analyst Derek Daly has spent nearly three decades as the face of the motorsport world. He counts Sylvester Stallone, David Letterman and Jay Leno amongst his friends.
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland to a middle class working family. On the way to his dream, he worked as a laborer in the iron ore mines of Australia and, while traveling the race tracks of England, even took up residence in a school bus.
He competed in the Formula One World Championship, being ranked 10th in the world. He made six starts in the Indianapolis 500 before winning the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race, two years in a row.
In 1984, Derek suffered one of the hardest crash impacts that a driver had ever survived when he hit the wall at Michigan International Speedway at 212 MPH. After fourteen surgeries and three years in therapy, he returned to full-time racing.
When he retired from racing, Derek started a 24-year association with ESPN, NBC, CBS, and Fox Sports. USA Today called him as "the best new face on sports television" and IndyCar Racing magazine voted him "the most popular motorsports television announcer."
Moet & Chandon awarded Derek the Joules Goux Award for his outstanding contributions to motorsports television. He was nominated by ESPN for an Ace Award and was inducted into the 2000 Motorsports Ireland Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame.
Derek literally wrote the book on motorsports success; Race To Win: How to Become a Complete Champion. He was honored to have international auto racing superstar Mario Andretti write the foreword. His second book, A Champions Path: Be Extraordinary was published in 2017.
Derek has three sons, Conor, Colin and Christian and resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. Derek became an American Citizen on September 28, 1993.
Derek Daly
Featured Keynote Programs
Culture of Extraordinary
How to shift from Good2Great2Extraordinary
This topics deals with High Performance Thinkers. A Culture of Extraordinary is not an abstract concept but must be encoded into the DNA of teams. Imagine your team learning how to think and act differently as they push themselves to the edge of what might be possible. They will embrace what it means to go beyond their best in the restless pursuit of marginal gains. Your team will understand why the Zone of Peak Performance is not a crowded place. Derek uses powerful, real-life sports analogies in a unique and compelling manner, that leaves audiences in awe. Even the US Government DoD embraced this topic.
The Speed of How
How Fast Can You Get Fast?
This topic deals with High Performance Behaviors. If the needs of your business continues to get faster, ask yourself; How Fast can you get Fast? You will understand the critical difference between going fast and being fast. Your teams will grasp how Trust and Preparation become the cornerstones of teams who push against boundaries. Your front-line employees will understand how to be Highly Aligned but Loosely Coupled, therefore being positioned to make quick decisions, with limited information. They will learn how to achieve trailblazing performance and understand why corporations sometimes struggle to emulate these valuable traits. This topic has energized both male and female audiences from California to the Czech Republic.
S.A.F.E.
The Crucial balance between Safety and Speed
Having survived the hardest crash impact a driver had ever lived through, Derek shares his near-death experience that led to a safety initiative in racing that continues today. Your team will learn how his sport developed the safest high performance work environments in history. When attitudes changed, lives were saved because Compliance did not replace Responsibility. Learn how your team can make critical performance gains by turning ever present Risk, into Intelligent Risks. You will understand activate your own S.A.F.E. model - (Speed, Agility, Flawless, Execution). No one remains emotionally neutral as they grasp his breathtaking personal experiences.
Derek Daly
Featured Book
A Champion's Path
by Derek Daly
Derek Daly
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