Marc Goossens

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Marc Goossens
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 finish69th (2007)
First race 2006 AMD at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish99th (2006)
First race 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season 2016
Current teamRace Planet Team Bleekemolen
Car number72
Former teamsBrass Racing, Braxx Racing, DF1 Racing, CAAL Racing, SpeedHouse
Starts78
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps3
Best finish5th in 2020
Finished last season16th in 2023
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 19962003, 2008, 20102011, 2013, 2016
TeamsRacing for Belgium/Team Scandia
Courage Compétition
Nissan Motorsports
Team DAMS
Riley & Scott Racing
Creation Autosportif
Jaguar RSR
Prospeed Competition
Best finish4th (1997)
Class wins0

Marc Goossens, nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969), is a Belgian professional racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, priorly driving the No. 14 Chevrolet Camaro for SpeedHouse in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is now driving the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro for CAAL Racing in the EuroNascar PRO class.

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Racing career

Goossens drove full-time 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. In 2007 and 2008 he drove a Riley-Pontiac Daytona Prototype at the Rolex Sports Car Series, scoring two wins with teammate Jim Matthews.

He also finished 9th in his first NASCAR Busch Series start at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2006 for Robert Yates Racing in their No. 90 Ford. Goossens returned to Yates later that year to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in August of that year at Watkins Glen International in the No. 90, but crashed out and finished 43rd. Goossens made another Cup start in 2007 at Infineon Raceway, driving the No. 91 Toyota for Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports. He was running well until a mechanical failure dropped him to 36th. He was set to make another start in the same car at Watkins Glen, but with rain in the forecast for qualifying and the No. 91 only being a part-time team, the team withdrew as they would have missed the race.

Goossens holds the record of the most wins in 24 Hours of Zolder with six (1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2016) race along with Anthony Kumpen. Also, he won the Belcar in 2005 with a Chevrolet Corvette C5R and in 2011 with a Porsche 911 GT 3 R

Goossens competed at the GTE Pro class of the 2011 Le Mans Series with a ProSpeed Competition Porsche 911, partnering with Marco Holzer.

In 2012 he was hired by the Chrysler Corporation's SRT Motorsports racing team to drive a Viper GT Le Mans in the American Le Mans Series. With Dominik Farnbacher as teammate in 2013, he scored a class win and three podiums. Continuing with SRT in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, the Belgian scored six class podiums. In 2015 he continued with Viper but in the GT Daytona class, winning the Six Hours at the Glen. In 2016 he drove a Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype for VisitFlorida Racing with Ryan Dalziel, finishing third at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He continued with VisitFlorida in the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Goossens later competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for Braxx Racing and CAAL Racing. [1]

Racing record

Complete British Formula 3 results

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

YearEntrantEngineClass12345678910111213141516DCPts
1992 West Surrey Racing Mugen A DON
17
SIL
5
THR
11
BRH
Ret
THR
8
BRH
5
SIL
3
SIL
7
DON
18
SNE
4
SIL
Ret
PEM
11
SIL
5
DON
2
THR
3
SIL
4
6th28
1993 West Surrey Racing Mugen A SIL
4
THR
1
BRH
9
DON
4
BRH
2
SIL
DSQ
OUL
2
DON
Ret
SIL
6
DON
2
SNE
2
PEM
3
SIL
DSQ
SIL
2
THR
Ret
3rd21

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPts
1994 Nordic Racing SIL
Ret
PAU
Ret
CAT
6
PER
7
HOC
5
SPA
Ret
EST
Ret
MAG
Ret
9th6
1995 Nordic Racing SIL
4
CAT
5
PAU
3
PER
Ret
HOC
1
SPA
Ret
EST
8
MAG
2
3rd24
1996 Team Astromega NÜR
Ret
PAU
Ret
PER
1
HOC
Ret
SIL
16
SPA
2
MAG
1
EST
4
MUG
6
HOC
Ret
3rd28
1999 Lukoil Arden IMO
DNQ
MON
DNQ
CAT
Ret
MAG
Ret
SIL
DNQ
A1R
Ret
HOC
Ret
HUN
DSQ
SPA
Ret
NÜR
DNQ
NC0
2000 Team Astromega IMO SIL CAT NÜR MON MAG A1R
10
HOC
10
HUN
19
SPA
2
12th6
2001 Coloni F3000 INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN
Ret
SPA
5
MNZ
7
16th2

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

YearEntrant12345678910DCPts
1997 Team 5ZIGEN SUZ
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
SUG
Ret
FUJ
10
MIN
Ret
MOT
10
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC0
1998 Team 5ZIGEN SUZ
6
MIN
4
FUJ
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
2
SUG
Ret
MIN
3
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
4
6th17

Complete JGTC results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567DCPts
1997 Team 5ZIGEN Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
6
FUJ
Ret
SEN
6
FUJ
Ret
MIN
12
SUG
1
8th32
1998 Team 5ZIGEN Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
4
FUJ
C
SEN
7
FUJ
Ret
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
SUG
Ret
13th14

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1996 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Racing for Belgium
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team Scandia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Éric Bachelart
Ferrari 333 SP WSC208DNFDNF
1997 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg Didier Cottaz
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Courage C41-Porsche LMP3364th2nd
1998 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg Didier Cottaz
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Belloc
Courage C51-Nissan LMP232DNFDNF
1999 Flag of Japan.svg Nissan Motorsports Flag of France.svg Didier Cottaz
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom
Courage C52-Nissan LMP3358th7th
2000 Flag of France.svg Team DAMS Flag of France.svg Christophe Tinseau
Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Kolby
Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP9004DNFDNF
2001 Flag of France.svg DAMS Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard
Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP90056DNFDNF
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Riley & Scott Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Matthews
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys
Riley & Scott Mk III C-Élan LMP900189DNFDNF
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Riley & Scott Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Matthews
Flag of France.svg Christophe Tinseau
Riley & Scott Mk III C-Ford LMP900214DNFDNF
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Hall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Creation CA07-AIMLMP131624th11th
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Jaguar RSR Flag of the United States.svg Paul Gentilozzi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Jaguar XKR GT2GT24DNFDNF
2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Prospeed Competition Flag of Germany.svg Marco Holzer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Pro
29323rd8th
2013 Flag of the United States.svg SRT Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
SRT Viper GTS-R GTE
Pro
30624th8th
2016 Flag of Ireland.svg Murphy Prototypes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP232334th15th

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

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NNCCPtsRef
2006 Yates Racing 90 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
43
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 75th34 [2]
2007 Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports 91 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
36
NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 69th55 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2006 Yates Racing 90 Ford DAY CAL MXC
9
LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 99th143 [4]

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NWESPointsRef
2016 Brass Racing90 Ford VAL
9
VAL
20
VEN
13
VEN
8
BRH
4
BRH
3
TOU
DNS
TOU
DNS
ADR ADR ZOL
21
ZOL
2
17th343 [5]
2017 Braxx Racing VAL VAL BRH
4
BRH
3
VEN
13
VEN
7
HOC HOC FRA
3
FRA
2
ZOL
2
ZOL
1*
10th491 [6]
2018 VAL
8
VAL
28
FRA
19
FRA
2*
BRH
17
BRH
2
TOU
19
TOU
DNS
HOC
2
HOC
DNS
ZOL
11
ZOL
27
19th293 [7]
2019 78 VAL
11
VAL
13
FRA
2
FRA
21
BRH
4
BRH
19
MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL
2
ZOL
3
20th290 [8]
2020 CAAL Racing 98 ITA
22
ITA
11^
BEL
2
BEL
3
CRO
7
CRO
5
ESP
4
ESP
7
ESP
5
ESP
17
5th352
2021 DF1 Racing77 Chevy ESP
9
ESP
10
GBR
11
GBR
16
CZE
3^
CZE
11
CRO
8
CRO
7
14th248
CAAL Racing 56 Ford BEL
3
BEL
2
ITA ITA
2022 SpeedHouse 14 Chevy ESP
22
ESP
6
GBR
10
GBR
DNS
ITA
20
ITA
24
CZE
23
CZE
22
BEL
15
BEL
21
CRO
10
CRO
6
16th273
2023 CAAL Racing 56 ESP
8
ESP
3
GBR
11
GBR
11
ITA
8
ITA
10
CZE CZE GER
3
GER
7
BEL
DNS
BEL
DNS
16th262
2024 Race Planet Team Bleekemolen72 Toyota ESP
4
ESP
4
ITA
7
ITA
9
GBR GBR NED
8
CZE
CZE
GER
GER
BEL
BEL
13th*153*

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014 SRT Motorsports GTLM SRT Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 DAY
3
SEB
7
LBH
7
LGA
6
WGL
2
MOS
3
IMS
8
ELK
4
VIR
6
COA
2
PET
3
4th314
2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 L V10 DAY
9
SEB
4
LGA BEL WGL
1
LIM ELK VIR COA
7
ATL
3
12th144
2016 VisitFlorida Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
3
SEB
5
LBH
6
LGA
2
BEL
7
WGL
6
MOS
4
ELK
6
COA
7
PET
7
5th273
2017 VisitFlorida Racing P Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
3
SEB
6
LBH
WD
AUS
7
DET
9
WGL
5
MOS
10
7th233
Ligier JS P217 ELK
5
LGA
1
PET
7

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Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula Ford Championship
Champion

1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Formula Ford Festival
Winner

1991
Succeeded by