Lucas Lasserre

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Lucas Lasserre
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Lucas Lasserre in 2017
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1978-03-09) 9 March 1978 (age 46)
Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season 2017
Current teamSpeedhouse
Car number64
Engine Ford
Starts52
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2018, 2021
Finished last season3rd in 2021
Championship titles
2009 – 2010 Racecar Euro Series

Lucas Lasserre (born 9 March 1978) is a French racing driver who competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He is currently driving the No. 64 Ford Mustang as the owner-driver of SpeedHouse. [1]

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Racing career

Lasserre started racing karts in France and dominated Formula Renault and Spanish Formula Three before moving to sports cars and GT cars for Panoz in European Le Mans Series and Lamborghini Japan in Super GT. He also worked as a manufacturer for Renault Sport, Michelin, Oreca, and Norma Auto Concept from 2003 to 2008. He has also raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans' LMP1 class.

In July 2008, he created the event promotion company Carre Sport, which oversaw the EffiTIC-Carre Sport cars. The company, in default, was put into liquidation in February 2012. [2] [3] [4]

Lasserre during the 2011 Toyota Allstars Showdown at Irwindale NASCAR LUCAS LASSERRE.jpg
Lasserre during the 2011 Toyota Allstars Showdown at Irwindale

In 2009, he joined the new Racecar Euro Series and he won the Elite class title to become the inaugural champions of the series. Lasserre successfully defended his title in 2010. As a reward for becoming a double champion, he received an invitation to compete in the 2011 edition of the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway and despite qualifying in 38th, he would finish the race in 15th place. [5]

After leaving the Euro Series in 2011, Lasserre returned in 2017 for his first season in the Euro Series under NASCAR official sanctioning. He initially competes with Dog Racing before switching to Mishumotors mid-season. The following year, he returned to compete full-time with Mishumotors in the No. 33 team. [6] He scored his first victory in the NASCAR-sanctioned era of Euro Series at the second Elite 1 race at Franciacorta after initial race winner Alon Day was disqualified for failing post-race inspection. [7] Lasserre would finish 3rd in the standings after scoring two further podiums at Hockenheim.

Lasserre continued to compete with Mishumotors for the next two seasons, finishing 17th in the overall standings in 2019 and 4th in 2020. During the 2019 season, Lasserre started to field his own team SpeedHouse in the series. [8] SpeedHouse competed part-time for the 2019 and 2020 seasons using a variety of drivers before the team made the step up to full-time competition in 2021, with Lasserre now acting as the team's primary driver. [9] Lasserre went on to finish 3rd in the championship once again after scoring three podiums and 10 Top-10 finishes.

Racing record

Career summary

NASCAR

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

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NWESPts
2017 Dog Racing95 Ford VAL
8		 VAL
DNS		 BRH
BRH
VEN
VEN
TOU
23		 TOU
17		16th386
Mishumotors33 Chevrolet FRA
4		 FRA
18		 ZOL
7		 ZOL
7
2018 VAL
6		 VAL
10		 FRA
5		 FRA
1		 BRH
5		 BRH
15		 TOU
6		 TOU
12		 HOC
3		 HOC
3		 ZOL
28		 ZOL
6		3rd446
2019 VAL
4		 VAL
24		 FRA
17		 FRA
8		 BRH
5		 BRH
24		 MOS
4		 MOS
17		 VEN
HOC
6		 HOC
DNS		 ZOL
25		 ZOL
10		17th336
2020 ITA
4		 ITA
3		 BEL
14		 BEL
14		 CRO
9		 CRO
20		 ESP1
3		 ESP1
9		 ESP2
3		 ESP2
7		4th256
2021 SpeedHouse64 Ford ESP
8		 ESP
6		 GBR
12		 GBR
7		 CZE
9		 CZE
5		 CRO
4		 CRO
11		 BEL
2		 BEL
3		 ITA
4		 ITA
3		3rd399

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References

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  2. ↑ "EURL Carré Sport". Société.com. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Clôture liquidation judiciaire Eurl Carre Sport". Info Faillite. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
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  5. ↑ "LUCAS LASSERRE TOOK PART IN NASCAR: WHAT A RACE!". motul.com. Motul. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mishumotors returns to NWES led by Lucas Lasserre". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "NWES PENALTY REPORT – NASCAR GP Of Italy post-event technical inspections". NASCAR. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Andreas Kuchelbacher: 2019 "meine letzte" EuroNASCAR-Saison" [Andreas Kuchelbacher: 2019 "my last" EuroNASCAR season]. leadlap.de (in German). 6 April 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "SPEEDHOUSE ENTERS THE 2021 EURONASCAR SEASON WITH AN ALL-FRENCH LINE-UP". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Lucas Lasserre: "La Nascar, c'est magique"". larepubliquedespyrenees.fr (in French). 10 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Lucas Lasserre en NASCAR: Quelle course!". motul.com (in French). 2011-02-03.
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