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The Daly Word -------------------- Order Race to Win Dereks book is now available. Order here-
Order it online HERE --------------- Derek Indy 500 History Derek raced in the Indy 500 six times between 1983-1989. He finished one time in 1985. His best qualifying position was in 1989 when he started on the third row of the grid. Unfortunately he went out early with a gearbox failure. ----------------
When the Derek Daly Design/Riverside announcement was made it doubled the Riverside website hits for the day....... --------------
The Bluegrass property, where Derek Daly Design will build a new race track, was originally slated to be a golf course-then it was partially cleared to have a landing strip for home owners...but it's true calling will be when it becomes one of the most unique road courses in America... ----------------
During the initial visit to Velopark in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Derek and Paxton were chauffeured in bullet proof trucks. ------------------------- |
News Flash - Derek's first book "Race to Win"- How to become a Complete Champion, is now available. It is about the building of a Motorsports Champion. It has been a 5 year passion for him. Best of all......The legend himself, Mario Andretti wrote an awesome foreword.To order the book, see link to the left ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dancing with Indy's Stars
Derek joined Dancing with the Stars Champion, Helio Castroneves, as celebrity judges at the invitation-only Dancing with Indy's Stars event held May 15th at the Villagio at Page Point in Indianapolis. Local celebrities and their professional dancing partners performed for the judges in front of an enthuastic audience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book Signing - Hamilton Town Center
Derek with Kelly Mumm-District Marketing Manager, Borders Bookstores Derek did the first of three book signings in the month of May in Indy at the newly opened Borders Bookstores at the new Hamilton Town Center. Derek's book, Race to Win was published in late February. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Indianapolis 500 Derek and Sports anchor, Anthony Calhoun, interview Former Indy 500 Champion, Dan Wheldon on the set at WISH-TV Indianapolis Derek will put his television hat back on for the upcoming Indianapolis 500. He will report from the Motor Speedway pit lane every day for CBS WISH-TV8 in Indianapolis. It will be Derek's 19th year reporting for WISH -TV. Derek's credentials gives him access to all the star names at the 500 and some of the4 great teams that he models his presentations on will be active every day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Czech Republic
Lets practice our language skills Derek just had a whirlwind three weeks of speeches. A woman cried in Indianapolis, a business owner reported getting "chills down his spine" and another woman in Prague said the Derek "changed her way of thinking forever". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mecum Muscle Car Auction Indianapolis
Derek was back doing live television on Saturday April 12th 2008 when he coverd the auction floor for Discovery Home Theatres presentation of the Mecum muscle car auction. More than fifty cars rolled through during the three hour telecast. Derek will also appear on the April 19th telecast at 8:00pm EST. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Daly on the podium in Sebring
Derek's 16 year old son, Conor, smiled broadly as he accepted his third place trophy after a superb display of controlled driving during a very wet Skip Barber National race on Friday March 14th. Derek was on the same podium in 1990 and 1991 after winning the 12 hours of Sebring endurance race ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computerworld IT Leaders Conference Book signing
As a special guest of iRise, Derek signed 90 Race to Win books at the Computerworld IT Leaders Conference on Monday March 10th. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek hosts Sebring Hall of Fame Induction ceremony
For the second time, Derek hosted the Sebring Hall of Fame induction ceremony during the weekend of the historic Sebring 12 hour endurance race. Inducted were, (L to R) Former World Sports car champion, Derek Bell, former driver and now team owner, Roger Penske, multiple time Sebring winner, Hans Stuck, former promoter, David Cowart and Audi (represented by team owner, Reinhold Joest and Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich). Sebring will always be somewhat special for Derek as he was a two time winner of the 12 hour classic (1990 & 1991) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book signing in Indianapolis
Derek addressed the Lyn St James driver development program in Indianapolis on Friday, February 29th. Each attendee got a copy of Derek's new book, Race to Win. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter in Brazil Derek and his partner, Paxton Waters, spent mid February in Brazil, reviewing the site where they will design and build a new FIA Category 2 road course race track at Velopark, Porto Alegre. Porto Alegre is known for its sunshine and beautiful women, however, when Velopark is finished, Derek and Paxton believe, it will also become known as the finest race facility in Brazil.
Jhonny, Derek, Paxton Waters & Sergio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race to Win Book Promotions Since Derek's new book, Race to Win, hit the bookstores he has been involved in many promotional interviews. Below is a photo of Derek being interviewed by Bill Benner for Inside Indiana Business.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek opens Latin-American Sales conference in Argentina
On December 4th, Derek flew to Buenos Aires and then across Argentina to Bariloche (their finest ski resort which is close to the Chilean border) to open the genzyme Latin-American sales conference. The theme was "Driving into the future". Derek's powerful analogies from his motorsports background really brough the message home on how true high performang teams really operate. The attendees were from six different countries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Daly Design announces agreement to design Riverside Motorsports Park in California.
Riverside Chairman, John Condren, Derek & Paxton It was announced today that Derek Daly and Paxton Waters would be the designer and architect for the new Riverside Motorsports Park planned in Merced, California. Riverside is a multi purpose facility that will encompass a road course, drag strip, oval track, kart track, off road track and motorcross track. Riverside is the brainchild of former racer, John Condren. John is the owner of Altamont Motorsports Park in Alameda County, CA. It will also house a variety of commercial and retail outlets. More information to follow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated October 30th 2007 Bluegrass design site visit
Andy Vertrees (Project manager), Derek, Paxton Waters (Architect), Brad Poppell (President Bluegrass) Derek's design team made an on site visit to the location of the Bluegrass Country Club and road course race track on Monday October 29th, 2007. It is a magnificent piece of property that has the potential to be one of America's finest road courses. Monday's visit was for the purpose of actually laying out some of the corners and deciding how best to use the undulating topography. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Undated October 18th 2007 National Sales Conference, Chicago
Derek with Suzanne Lee, Ditector, Global Training Genzyme is one of the world’s foremost biotechnology companies, dedicated to making a major positive impact on the lives of people with serious diseases. Derek's powerful analogies provided a stirring end to their three day conference in Chicago "I have heard nothing but very positive and heartfelt comments... Your message was clear and did resonate with our state of business and overall philosophy of the company... I hope to encourage my group to take the principles and message you delivered to the next level every day"....Suzanne Lee, Director, Global Training ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated October 11th 2007 Celebrity Cook Off on behalf of Childrens Bureau
Celebrity cooks - Indianapolis Colts star Dallas Clark and Derek
In Indianapolis, Derek participated for the 6th time in a celebrity Cook off on behalf of the Childrens Bureau. The cook off attracted many local cleebrities from television and radio in addition to tace car drivers and Indianapolis Colts players. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated October 3rd 2007 Abbott Laboratories 2007 Investigation Symposium
Derek with Yvonne Burke, Program Manager, Management Controls Derek was the keynote speaker for the Abbott Labs Investigation Symposium in Chicago on Wednesday , October 3rd. The theme was "Drive to Excellence". Abbott has 65,000 employees worldwide in 110 worldwide facilities with revenues of $22.5BN. The symposium had approximately 200 attendees from seven countries in attendance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated Sept 26th 2007 Kimball Office When Kimbell Office CEO, JIm Thyen, used words such as speed. preparation, execution and change while addressing their select dealers at the West Baden Springs hotel, French Lick, Indiana, Keynote speaker Derek Daly knew that he was perfectly positioned to deliver his powerful analogies and messages. Kimbell Office hosted their select dealers at the recently restored Indiana landmark Hotel . Derek walked the select dealers through the motorsports "model" to demonstrate how they could become a high performance team ready for the "corporate race" of the next decade.
Derek with Bob Theodore, Director of Dealer Development for Kimbell Office
"I received many great comments from our dealers. They got your message of the importance of developing speed as a core competency with flawless execution. I had no idea that there were so many racing analogies that applied to business. Your presentation was energetic, positive and inspiring...Bob Theodore. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek drives "The Amazing Race" How does the world of motorsports fit with the Agri-business? Well very well as it happens.
In Minneapolis, MN., Derek used his powerful analogies when brought in as the Keynote Speaker to demonstrate to Agriculture company, Syngenta, how they can win “The Amazing Race”. Syngenta used a motorsports theme to highlight their new product, Halex GT, and drove the point home that they are in a long race with lots of horsepower and reliability. "The Amazing Race"...... will be won with Speed & Flawless Execution
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keynote at Bluegrass Founders Meeting Derek was the keynote speaker on Sept 4th in Cincinnati at the Bluegrass Motorsports Club event. The event thrown by President, Brad Poppell targeted their exclusive Founder’s Club in developing their $16M Motorsports Country Club. The event was held in a garage that restores antique race cars. One of the cars in there was Andy Granatellis 1935 Miller.
With the 1935 Miller Race car What a place for a meeting ... you were a great success last week ...Brad Poppel, Bluegrass Founders Meeting ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Daly, Gary Pietruszewski (Piaggio) and Tom Kehner My company, MotorVation, recently did a strategic planning event in Atlanta for Paiggio. The event was held at the Andretti Indoor Karting center. We are using more and more motorsports arenas to deliver our events because it helps greatly with the engagement of the client. Engagement is a MAJOR key to getting peoole to understand at a greater level. Engagement might just be the new corporate buzz word ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leaders lead people....Great leaders do not tell people how to do their jobs....Norman Schwarzkopf |
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