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Jackie Chan DC Racing, formerly known as DC Racing, is a racing team that competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series, with plans to make a return to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023. The team is co-owned by Asian Le Mans champion and actor . Partnering with in WEC, the team fields Oreca 07: the No. 37 for , Gabriel Aubry and .


History
In 2015, two-time Asian Le Mans Series champion formed DC Racing. Based in , the team hired personnel , for whom Cheng raced, as team principal. DC Racing also established a partnership with Eurasia Motorsport, fielding a Ligier JS P3 in the LMP3 class for Cheng, former OAK Racing teammate and fellow Chinese driver and Frenchman . The team ended the season with the Team Championship and a spot in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.


Jackie Chan
In March 2015, Cheng met actor and martial artist , who discussed his enjoyment of 's movie Le Mans as well as his interest in racing. After Cheng finished ninth in the LMP2 class at Le Mans that year, Chan raised the possibility of owning a team together for 2016, to which Cheng agreed. Together, the two entered DC Racing into the FIA World Endurance Championship under the Baxi DC Racing Alpine banner, partnering with Alpine and fielding rebadged Oreca 05 cars as Alpine A460s in the LMP2 class. The team is the first mainland China-based operation in WEC; Cheng and Tung joined the new program, along with French drivers Nelson Panciatici and .


Asian Le Mans Series
In October, leading into the 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series season, the team was rebranded to Jackie Chan DC Racing and raced with liveries promoting Chan's movie Kung Fu Yoga. DC Racing fielded cars in both the LMP2 and LMP3 classes; Tung, Laurent and raced in the former, while Cheng, and Pu Jun Jin drove in the latter.


FIA World Endurance Championship
For the 2017 WEC season, the team partnered with to run the No. 37 for Cheng, and , along with the No. 38 for Tung, Laurent and . At Le Mans, the No. 38 took advantage of a small LMP1 grid and problems striking the LMP1s to lead overall laps, becoming the first LMP2 team to do so at Le Mans. With one hour remaining, the No. 2 Porsche of passed Tung and went on to win the overall, although the No. 38's second-place overall finish was still impressive nonetheless and won DC Racing the LMP2 class. DC's No. 37 car finished fourth overall, but 's No. 13 was disqualified after failing post-race inspection and the No. 37 was promoted onto the podium. The No. 38's effort marked the first time a Chinese team won its class at Le Mans. Chan, who was not present at the race, congratulated the team on its performance.


Departure from motorsport
The team pulled out of all motorsports in 2020 at the beginning for the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason for the departure as said in a statement was mostly due to personal and financial issues as quoted in by team owner on March 18, 2022, "The world situation meant we had to step back from racing, because I had to focus on the family business, which is based in Wuhan".


Results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
38

3662nd1st
34David Heinemeier Hansson
Côme Ledogar
195DNFDNF
37Oreca 07-Gibson

3618th4th
38Gabriel Aubry
Stephane Richelmi
35610th6th
38Gabriel Aubry
Stephane Richelmi
3677th2nd


Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2016Baxi DC Racing Alpine

Nelson Panciatici
35SIL
6
SPA
Ret
LMN
Ret
NÜR
7
MEX
5
COA
8
FUJ
9
SHA
8
BHR
6
429th
2017Jackie Chan DC Racing

37SIL
8
SPA
10
LMN
2
NÜR
5
MEX
6
COA
5
FUJ
Ret
SHA
8
BHR
8
777th


38SIL
1
SPA
3
LMN
1
NÜR
1
MEX
9
COA
4
FUJ
3
SHA
4
BHR
2
1752nd
2018–19Jackie Chan DC Racing


David Heinemeier Hansson


37SPA
3
LMN
2
SIL
2
FUJ
1
SHA
4
SEB
1
SPA
6
LMN
Ret
1383rd

Gabriel Aubry
Stéphane Richelmi
38SPA
1
LMN
4
SIL
1
FUJ
2
SHA
1
SEB
6
SPA
3
LMN
2
1662nd
2019–20Jackie Chan DC Racing
Gabriel Aubry

37| style="background:#DFFFDF;" SIL
4
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
3
COA
2
SPA
6

DSQ
BHR
1
1363rd


Asian Le Mans Series results
2015–16DC Racing Ligier JS P3

1FUJ
SEP
THA
MAL
! style="background:#FFFFBF;"
103 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;"1st
2016–17Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R

35ZHU
FUJ
THA
SEP
! style="background:#dfdfdf;"
69 ! style="background:#dfdfdf;"2nd
Ligier JS P3

Pu Jun Jin
1ZHU
FUJ
THA
SEP
!style="background:#ffdf9f;"
63 !style="background:#ffdf9f;"3rd
2017–18Jackie Chan DC Racing X Oreca 05



7ZHU
FUJ
THA
SEP
!50 !4th


Stéphane Richelmi
8ZHU
FUJ
THA
SEP
! style="background:#FFFFBF;"
95 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;"1st
Ligier JS P3Patrick Byrne

Gabriel Aubry
6ZHU
FUJ
THA
SEP
! style="background:#FFFFBF;"
77 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;"1st
2018–19Jackie Chan DC Racing X Oreca 05

1SHA
FUJTHASEP ! 0 ! 8th
Ligier JS P3

37
Hugo de Sadeleer


38SHA
FUJTHASEP
! 3 ! 9th


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