Darryl O'Young

Darryl O'Young fascinates me as a genuine bridge figure. Born in Vancouver but built his career out of Hong Kong, he raced under the Chinese name 歐陽若曦 and then evolved into a team owner, manager and mentor once his driving days wound down. That second act is the part I admire most, because moving from the cockpit to building the people behind it takes a different kind of vision. He helped pull Asian motorsport forward at a formative time, straddling East and West with ease. I have a lot of time for athletes who refuse to vanish at retirement and instead pave the road for the next generation.

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Name (English)

Darryl O'Young

Name (Japanese)

ダリル・オーヤン

Reading

だりる・おーやん

Born

March 26, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Occupation

racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://www.darryloyoung.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/darryloyoung55/
• Xhttps://x.com/DarrylOYoung
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl%20O'Young
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1166722

Tags

• British Columbia
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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