Casper Elgaard

Last updated
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2001, 20032004, 20062009, 2011
TeamsMassive Motorsport, Elgaard Motorsport, Team Den Blå Avis, RN Motorsport Ltd., Lister Racing, Zytek Engineering, Aston Martin Racing Larbre, Team Essex
Best finish7th (2007)
Class wins1 (2009)
Elgaard in a BMW 320si waiting to start in the Danish Touring Car Championship. Elgaard.JPG
Elgaard in a BMW 320si waiting to start in the Danish Touring Car Championship.

Casper Elgaard [1] (born 5 April 1978 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish auto racing driver. He has competed several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001, as well as regular drives in the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he finished second in the LMP2 class of Le Mans for Team Essex in a Porsche RS Spyder. [2] He also won his class at the 2008 1000 km of Monza. In 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Elgaard won the LMP2 class in the Team Essex Porsche Spyder.

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He won the Danish Touring Car Championship between 2004 and 2006, and again in the series final season in 2010. Later he won the Danish Thundersport Championship in 2014 and 2015. Early racing includes finishing as runner-up in the 1998 Danish Formula Ford series, as well as a drive in German Formula Ford. In 1999 he raced in the Formula Renault Euro Cup.

After competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship in 2019, Elgaard will be driving for his team, Massive Motorsport, which was the first team to enter, [3] in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series in 2020. [4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2001 Flag of Denmark.svg Team Den Blå Avis
Flag of Japan.svg Team Goh
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katoh
Dome S101-Judd LMP90066DNFDNF
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RN Motorsport Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda
DBA4 03S-Zytek LMP67528822nd2nd
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lister Racing Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Reno Møller
Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet LMP127924th9th
2006 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering
Flag of Denmark.svg Team Essex Invest
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Philip Andersen
Zytek 06S LMP1269NCNC
2007 Flag of France.svg Aston Martin Racing Larbre Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Gollin
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13417th3rd
2008 Flag of Denmark.svg Team Essex Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP234712th2nd
2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Team Essex Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen
Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP235710th1st
2011 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hope Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Steve Zacchia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers
Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech LMP1115DNFDNF
Sources: [5] [6]

Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2020 TPR Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) JYL1
1
JYL1
2
JYL1
3
JYL2
1

1
JYL2
2

1
JYL2
3

8
JYL2
4

1
JYL2
5

5
JYL2
6

1
DJU
1

Ret
DJU
1

Ret
DJU
3
PAD
1
PAD
2
PAD
3
JYL3
1

15
JYL3
2

6
JYL3
3

3
7th167
Source: [7]

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. "Casper Gunvad Elgaard" (in Danish). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. "2008 le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 2008 Le Mans 24 hour standings.
  3. "Massive Motorsport first to confirm TCR Denmark entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 1 November 2019.
  4. "Casper Elgaard confirms driver role for 2020 TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes.com. 12 November 2019.
  5. "Casper Elgaard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. "Casper Elgaard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. "Casper Elgaard race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Danish Touring Car Champion
2004 – 2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Danish Touring Car Champion
2010
Succeeded by
series became STCC