Marc Goossens

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Marc Goossens
File:PLM12 93 SRT Viper Marc Goossens.jpg
Goossens in the SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R in qualifying for the 2012 Petit Le Mans
Born (1969-11-30) 30 November 1969 (age 54)
Geel, Belgium
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish 69th (2007)
First race 2006 AMD at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 99th (2006)
First race 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 19962003, 2008, 20102011, 2013
Teams Racing for Belgium/Team Scandia
Courage Compétition
Nissan Motorsports
Team DAMS
Riley & Scott Racing
Creation Autosportif
Jaguar RSR
Prospeed Competition
Best finish 4th (1997)
Class wins 0

Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969) is a Belgian professional racing driver who drove in Formula 3000 from 1994 to 1996 and part-time from 1999 to 2001. In between he drove in endurance races and is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2002 to 2005 he then raced in FIA GT. He also finished 9th in his first NASCAR Busch Series start at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2006 for Robert Yates Racing. He made his NEXTEL Cup Series debut in August at Watkins Glen International but crashed out and finished 43rd. He made another NEXTEL Cup start in 2007 in Infineon Raceway. He was running well until a mechanical failure dropped him to 36th.

Goossens holds the record of four wins (1997, 1998, 2005, 2007) in Zolder 24 Hours race along with Vincent Dupont and Anthony Kumpen. In 2012 he was hired by the Chrysler Corporation's SRT Motorsports racing team to drive Vipers in the American Le Mans Series.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
1994 Nordic Racing SIL
Ret
PAU
Ret
CAT
6
PER
7
HOC
5
SPA
Ret
EST
Ret
MAG
Ret
9th 6
1995 Nordic Racing SIL
4
CAT
5
PAU
3
PER
Ret
HOC
1
SPA
Ret
EST
8
MAG
2
3rd 24
1996 Team Astromega NÜR
Ret
PAU
Ret
PER
1
HOC
Ret
SIL
16
SPA
2
MAG
1
EST
4
MUG
6
HOC
Ret
3rd 28
1999 Lukoil Arden IMO
DNQ
MON
DNQ
CAT
Ret
MAG
Ret
SIL
DNQ
A1R
Ret
HOC
Ret
HUN
DSQ
SPA
Ret
NÜR
DNQ
- 0
2000 Team Astromega IMO
SIL
CAT
NÜR
MON
MAG
A1R
10
HOC
10
HUN
19
SPA
2
12th 6
2001 Coloni F3000 INT
IMO
CAT
A1R
MON
NÜR
MAG
SIL
HOC
HUN
Ret
SPA
5
MNZ
7
16th 2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1996 Belgium Racing for Belgium
Belgium Team Scandia
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Éric Bachelart
Ferrari 333 SP WSC 208 DNF DNF
1997 France Courage Compétition France Didier Cottaz
France Jérôme Policand
Courage C41-Porsche LMP 336 4th 2nd
1998 France Courage Compétition France Didier Cottaz
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
Courage C51-Nissan LMP 232 DNF DNF
1999 Japan Nissan Motorsports France Didier Cottaz
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom
Courage C52-Nissan LMP 335 8th 7th
2000 France Team DAMS France Christophe Tinseau
Denmark Kristian Kolby
Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 4 DNF DNF
2001 France DAMS France Éric Bernard
France Emmanuel Collard
Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP900 56 DNF DNF
2002 United States Riley & Scott Racing United States Jim Matthews
Belgium Didier Theys
Riley & Scott Mk III C-Élan LMP900 189 DNF DNF
2003 United States Riley & Scott Racing United States Jim Matthews
France Christophe Tinseau
Riley & Scott Mk III C-Ford LMP900 214 DNF DNF
2008 United Kingdom Creation Autosportif United Kingdom Stuart Hall
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Creation CA07-AIM LMP1 316 24th 11th
2010 United States Jaguar RSR United States Paul Gentilozzi
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Jaguar XKR GT2 GT2 4 DNF DNF
2011 Belgium Prospeed Competition Germany Marco Holzer
Netherlands Jaap van Lagen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Pro
293 23rd 8th
2013 United States SRT Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
306 25th 8th

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

Busch Series

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula Ford
Champion

1991
Succeeded by
Jamie Spence
Preceded by Formula Ford Festival
Winner

1991
Succeeded by
Jan Magnussen