David Hikes

“So I have three. The first one is the win at Long Beach in 2023, because it was the first win for this car, for this programme. It was rough, because we had a huge crash at Sebring the race before, so we only had a few weeks to build a new car. We did and we won the race. The next one would be the same year, building and running the 75 car at Le Mans for the 75th anniversary of Porsche and the 100th anniversary of Le Mans. The last one would be Laguna Seca last year - it was the 100th win for Penske, 600th win for Porsche, so it’s kinda hard to top any of those.”

“It’s pretty unique. If you go out in public and you’re wearing a shirt, everyone wants to stop and talk to you. They want to know about Penske, they want to know about Porsche. There’s a real sense of pride in it. It’s a special group, a special team, a special programme. Hard to top it.”

“For me, being that I’m a bigger individual, I don’t fit in a lot of cars. So a trophy truck would probably be fun, because I’d probably fit. But if I had the opportunity, I would love to race an original 190E DTM car. Just something I grew up with, kinda got me into racing as a kid. That would be it.”

“My dad took me to the Rose Cup in Portland, where I grew up, and that was the first real motorsport experience I had. I was six.”

“It would have to be something with my hands. I’ve always done work with my hands, whether it’s mechanical, building things, so I would find myself building houses or working on a farm or something doing physical labour.”