Racing Driver × Software Engineer
Every lap is a dataset. Every mistake, an experiment. From the simulator to an FIA international licence in six months, and in 2026, the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge.
- Sim Racing Champion
- 2025
- International Licence
- FIA
- Praga Class Wins
- P1
- IMSA VP Challenge
- 2026
The driver
No pedigree.
No excuses.
Daniel Oliver didn't inherit racing. He engineered his way into it. From a sim rig and a software career to an FIA international licence in around six months, with multiple Praga class wins along the way.
Two years from that sim rig to a Le Mans Prototype — making his debut in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge.
Read the full storyMethodology
SIM → REAL
"Every lap is a dataset, every mistake an experiment." The engineering mindset isn't a gimmick, it's the whole operating system.
Measure
Telemetry over feel. Braking points, throttle traces, minimum speeds: the data decides where the lap time lives.
Simulate
Hypotheses get tested in the sim first, where experiments are cheap and repeatable, then validated on track.
Execute
Consistency on demand. Not one hero lap, but the same correct lap, every lap, when it counts.
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Media
On track
IMSA AEC — Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Sebring Test — 2026 IMSA
Sebring International Raceway, FL
Brands Hatch — UK Tour Finale
Brands Hatch, UK
Silverstone GP — Praga Cup
Silverstone GP Circuit, UK
Silverstone National — Equipe Sports
Silverstone Circuit, UK
Praga at Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch, UK
Newsroom
Latest news
Road America: Daniel Oliver and Travis Hill leave the endurance finale with the Bronze Cup tied
Sixth overall and fourth in the Bronze Cup at the IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge finale — and, decisively, ahead of the car they had to beat. The championship goes to the final round level on points.
Daniel Oliver joins Shopify Racing for the Airbnb Endurance Challenge finale at Road America
Daniel Oliver has been announced as a driver for Shopify Racing, powered by TWOth Autosport, contesting the final round of the IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge in LMP3 at Road America — co-driving with Travis Hill.
Daniel Oliver makes his IMSA debut at Circuit of the Americas
Daniel Oliver makes his IMSA debut in the Airbnb Endurance Challenge at Circuit of the Americas — sharing Performance Tech Motorsports' No. 38 Ligier LMP3 with co-driver Martin Bruhat.
Daniel Oliver to contest the 2026 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
The next chapter is endurance racing on the biggest sports car stage in North America — sharing the car, sharing the strategy, and bringing students trackside along the way.
From sim to grid in six months
No karting childhood, no family team. Just an engineer who took sim racing seriously — and earned an FIA international licence in half a year.
Why Daniel Oliver treats every lap as a dataset
Every lap is a dataset, every mistake an experiment. Here's what a data-driven, sim-to-real methodology actually looks like from inside the car.
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