Marc Goossens
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Born | Geel, Belgium | 30 November 1969||||||
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) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 99th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City) | ||||||
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NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2016 | ||||||
Current team | CAAL Racing | ||||||
Car number | 98 | ||||||
Starts | 44 | ||||||
Wins | 1 | ||||||
Poles | 1 | ||||||
Fastest laps | 3 | ||||||
Best finish | 5th in 2020 | ||||||
Finished last season | 5th in 2020 | ||||||
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
Years | 1996 – 2003, 2008, 2010 – 2011, 2013, 2016 | ||||||
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 that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for CAAL Racing in the Elite 1 class.
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 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 | Pts |
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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 |
NC | 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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref | ||
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 | 75th | 34 | [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 | 69th | 55 | [3] |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
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 | 99th | 143 | [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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Points | Ref | |
2016 | Brass Racing | 90 | Ford | VAL 9 |
VAL 20 |
VEN 13 |
VEN 8 |
BRH 4 |
BRH 3 |
TOU DNS |
TOU DNS |
ADR | ADR | ZOL 21 |
ZOL 2 |
17th | 343 | [5] | ||
2017 | Braxx Racing | VAL | VAL | BRH 4 |
BRH 3 |
VEN 13 |
VEN 7 |
HOC | HOC | FRA 3 |
FRA 2 |
ZOL 2 |
ZOL 1* |
10th | 491 | [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 |
19th | 293 | [7] | |||||
2019 | 78 | VAL 11 |
VAL 13 |
FRA 2 |
FRA 21 |
BRH 4 |
BRH 19 |
MOS | MOS | VEN | HOC | HOC | ZOL 2 |
ZOL 3 |
20th | 290 | [8] | |||
2020 | CAAL Racing | 98 | ITA 22 |
ITA 11^ |
ZOL 2 |
ZOL 3 |
MOS 7 |
MOS 5 |
VAL 4 |
VAL 7 |
ESP 5 |
ESP 17 |
5th | 352 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | VisitFlorida Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 3 |
SIR 5 |
LBH 6 |
LAG 2 |
DET 7 |
WAT 6 |
MSP 4 |
ELK 6 |
COA 7 |
PET 7 |
5th | 273 |
2017 | VisitFlorida Racing | P | Riley Mk. 30 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 |
SEB 6 |
LBH WD |
COA 7 |
DET 9 |
WGL 5 |
MOS 10 |
7th | 233 | |||
Ligier JS P217 | ELK 5 |
LGA 1 |
PET 7 |
References
- ^ Wiegold, André; Ercoli, Gianmarco (4 October 2020). "Alon Day grabs his first win of the season and championship lead at Circuit Zolder". EuroNASCAR. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2016 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2017 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2018 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Marc Goossens – 2019 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Marc Goossens driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Career summary on Driver Database
- 1969 births
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Belgian racing drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- International Formula 3000 drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Living people
- NASCAR drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- People from Geel
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers