Background
He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran.
He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran.
In 2000 he competed in a junior Mini in the sport of rallycross. Doran progressed through the stages rapidly and continued in rallycross, driving a Citroën Saxo stockhatch and then a rear-wheel drive Ford Fiesta in 2007. 2009 In 2009 Doran ran among the quickest drivers in Europe in a Ford Fiesta System Technologies Supercar and beat them, managing in the process to come second in the Modern Sciences and Arts British Rallycross Championship.
He managed to get to grips with the new Citroën very quickly and soon managed to get some outstanding results, being the driver to score the most points in the second half of the season, all this taking into consideration it was his first year at European level
2011 In 2011 Doran had built up a reputation within the rallycross industry and resulting from this managed to sign with Monster Energy. The newly formed Monster Energy Citroën Rallycross Team opened new doors of opportunity for Doran.
Doran was invited to participate in X Games 17 and went in as the underdog to drivers such as Tanner Foust, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana. From his United States success an opportunity arose to compete in the Lucas Oil Office Road Racing Series (LOORRS).
Following an impressive performance in his first race he was offered the opportunity to drive in the series foreign
2013 With another full calendar scheduled and a new European rallycross team mate in 21-year-old Norwegian, Andreas Bakkerud, LD Motorsports was one of the strongest teams in the 2013 season. This was Doran"s most successful year winning 3 XGames medals. 2014 Foreign 2014 Doran raced a Citroën DS3 Supercar in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.
He contested the first 6 rounds and the final round of the season, finishing in 25th overall with 17 points.
He made the finals stage once, in Sweden, and finished fifth 2015 Foreign 2015, Doran continued in the World Rallycross Championship, this time combining with reigning World Champion Petter Solberg to create the SDRX team In the opening round in Portugal he failed to make it out of the heats.
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Having signed with Monster Energy in 2011 he has gone on to achieve an X Games Gold medal and numerous other accomplishments in various disciplines. 2010 Doran secured a drive with 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen driving with the Citroën Total Rallycross Team in a Citroën C4. The X Games Rally final saw Doran go head-to-head with Marcus Grönholm, where he beat the former WRC Champion to win the Gold Meda 2012 With continued support from Monster Energy, Doran managed to achieve a second position in the 2012 European Rallycross Championship, concluding the season with a victory in Germany. Doran won a gold and silver at XGAMES Munich and a bronze at XGAMES Los Los Angeles
