DALE SIEVWRIGHT
DRIVER BIOGRAPHY
- Born: October 10, 1973 in Jamaica
- Height: 5' 7"
- Weight: 170lbs.
- Marital Status: Single
- Hometown: Valencia, CA
- Parents: Cecil & Merle Sievwright
- Education: CSU Sacramento, B.S. Communications
- Occupation: Suspension Engineer, Evosport
FUN FACTS
- Driving Goals: Race more and work less! Compete in Grand AM, World Challenge, ALMS and other Pro sports car series.
- Favorite Race: 24 Hours of LeMans
- Favorite Driver: Hans Stück & the late Ayrton Senna
- Favorite Car Ever Owned: Corvette ZO6
- Favorite Food: Anything Mom makes
- Favorite Singer/Band: Bob Marley
- Hobbies: Karting, Mountain Biking
- Street Cars: '04 ZO6 & '67 Camaro SS
BACKGROUND
- A southern california native, Dale works for the well known BMW tuner and race team Evosport.
- Dale got his start in racing at 8 years old. Born into a racing family, he found success early in karting. This would eventually lead him into open-wheel racing and then onto sports cars. Over the years Dale has tested and/or raced a Lola Prototype, Trans Am Mustang, CMC Camaro, and an AS Mustang.
- In addition to being a up and coming sports car driver, Dale works for one of the leaders in performance suspension development and sales. His extensive knowledge of suspensions development has proven invaluable to his racing efforts as he knows how to communicate effectively with team race engineers and crew chief's. In 2003 he joined MPACT Motorsports as a the primary team driver for their suspension development and racing programs.
DRIVING HISTORY
- 2008
- Venturing into the NASCAR ranks. Right now Dale is testing for Chevrolet. He hopes to make the jump to either ARCA or the Craftsman Truck series in the near future.
- 2007
- Test driver for Evosport (BMW)
- J-Stock victory in BMWCCA at Willow Springs (BMW)
- 2nd place in CMOD in June at Buttonwillow (BMW)
- Co-Driver for Charity Motorsports Group for 3hr Endurance at Laguna Seca (BMW E46)
- 2006
- 2nd at Miller Motorsports Park (BMW E36)
- 2nd at Portland International Raceway as a support race for ALMS (BMW E46)
- 3rd at Infineon Raceway (BMW E46)
- 3rd overall in the US Touring Car Championship (BMW E36/E46)
- 2005
- US Touring Car Championship: In his rookie season with a new team, Dale scored 3 top 5 finishes in 4 races with a best result of 2nd at the Inaugural San Jose Grand Prix street race.
- NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill: 3rd Place overall at the NASA 25Hrs of Thunderhill. As part of the ART/ESX/C&D/TC Design/JustRacing.com Subaru STi, Dale joined a team of professional racers and veterans to an outstanding finish. Driver Team Included: Csaba Csere (Editor-in-Chief, Car and Driver magazine), Gary Sheehan (Grand Am, USTCC), Dave McEntee (ALMS LMP2, ALMS GT), Dale Sievwright (USTCC), Auston Harris (Formula TR), and Marco Romani (BMW CCA Club Racing). Press Release: http://www.justracing.com/25Hour
- 2004-03
- MPACT Motorsports Test Driver: Primary test driver for MPACT/Ground Control product and race development program.
