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Marc Goossens
Goossens in theSRT MotorsportsViper GTS-R in qualifying for the2012 Petit Le Mans
Born	(1969-11-30)30 November 1969 (age 55) Geel,Belgium
NASCARCup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	69th (2007)
First race	2006AMD at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2007Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARXfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	99th (2006)
First race	2006Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Race Planet Team Bleekemolen
Car number	72
Former teams	Brass Racing, Braxx Racing, DF1 Racing,CAAL Racing,SpeedHouse
Starts	84
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	5th in2020,2024
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1996 –2003,2008,2010 –2011,2013,2016
Teams	Racing for Belgium/Team Scandia Courage Compétition Nissan Motorsports TeamDAMS Riley & Scott Racing Creation Autosportif JaguarRSR Prospeed Competition
Best finish	4th(1997)
Class wins	0

Marc Goossens, nicknamedThe Goose (born 30 November 1969), is aBelgian professional racing driver that currently competes in theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series, priorly driving the No. 14Chevrolet Camaro forSpeedHouse in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is now driving the No. 56Chevrolet Camaro forCAAL Racing in the EuroNascar PRO class.

Goossens drove full-time inFormula 3000 from 1994 to 1996 and part-time from 1999 to 2001. In between he drove in endurance races and is a veteran of the24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2002 to 2005 he then raced inFIA GT. In 2007 and 2008 he drove a Riley-Pontiac Daytona Prototype at theRolex Sports Car Series, scoring two wins with teammate Jim Matthews.

He also finished 9th in his firstNASCARBusch Series start atAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in2006 forRobert Yates Racing in their No. 90 Ford. Goossens returned to Yates later that year to make hisNASCAR Cup Series debut in August ofthat year atWatkins Glen International in the No. 90, but crashed out and finished 43rd. Goossens made another Cup start in2007 atInfineon Raceway, driving the No. 91 Toyota forRiley-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 in24 Hours of Zolder with six (1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2016) race along withAnthony Kumpen. Also, he won theBelcar 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 the2011 Le Mans Series with aProSpeed Competition Porsche 911, partnering withMarco Holzer.

In 2012 he was hired by the Chrysler Corporation'sSRT Motorsports racing team to drive a Viper GT Le Mans in theAmerican Le Mans Series. WithDominik Farnbacher as teammate in 2013, he scored a class win and three podiums. Continuing with SRT in the2014 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 withRyan Dalziel, finishing third at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He continued with VisitFlorida in the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Racesinitalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	Racing for Belgium Team Scandia	Eric van de Poele Éric Bachelart	Ferrari 333 SP	WSC	208	DNF	DNF
1997	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand	Courage C41-Porsche	LMP	336	4th	2nd
1998	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Jean-Philippe Belloc	Courage C51-Nissan	LMP	232	DNF	DNF
1999	Nissan Motorsports	Didier Cottaz Fredrik Ekblom	Courage C52-Nissan	LMP	335	8th	7th
2000	Team DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Kristian Kolby	Cadillac Northstar LMP	LMP900	4	DNF	DNF
2001	DAMS	Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	LMP900	56	DNF	DNF
2002	Riley & Scott Racing	Jim Matthews Didier Theys	Riley & Scott Mk III C-Élan	LMP900	189	DNF	DNF
2003	Riley & Scott Racing	Jim Matthews Christophe Tinseau	Riley & Scott Mk III C-Ford	LMP900	214	DNF	DNF
2008	Creation Autosportif	Stuart Hall Johnny Mowlem	Creation CA07-AIM	LMP1	316	24th	11th
2010	JaguarRSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel	Jaguar XKR GT2	GT2	4	DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Jaap van Lagen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	293	23rd	8th
2013	SRT Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel Dominik Farnbacher	SRT Viper GTS-R	GTE Pro	306	24th	8th
2016	Murphy Prototypes	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	323	34th	15th

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	Castrol Juma Racing	Stéphane De Groodt Jean-Michel Martin	BMW 325i	EcoTech		DQ	DQ
2002	Zwaans Racing	Arjen van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	NAT	80	DNF	DNF
2003	Zwaans Racing	Klaus Abbelen Arjen van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	17	DNF	DNF
2004	Renstal Excelsior	Eric Cayrolle Anthony Kumpen Yvan Lebon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G2	295	DNF	DNF
2005	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	557	5th	5th
2006	Ice Pol Racing Team	Marc Duez Yves Lambert Christian Lefort	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	GT2	512	16th	7th
2010	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Lieb Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	207	DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	Jan Heylen Maxime Soulet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	331	DNF	DNF
2012	Prospeed Competition	Marc Hennerici Xavier Maassen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Pro	471	20th	7th

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	Geert van de Venne	Patrick Huisman Vincent Vosse	Porsche 911 RSR	GT	710	1st	1st
1998	Geert van de Venne	Thierry Boutsen Patrick Huisman	Porsche 911 RSR	GT1	691	1st	1st
1999	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Philip Verellen	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	GT2	299	DNF	DNF
2000	PSI Motorsport	Markus Palttala Philippe Tollenaire	Porsche 996 Biturbo	GTA		DNF	DNF
2001	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-R	GTB	756	4th	2nd
2002	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTB	759	3rd	1st
2003	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTB	304	DNF	DNF
2004	Selleslagh Racing Team	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen David Hart Franz Lamot	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTA	90	DNF	DNF
2005	Selleslagh Racing Team	David Hart Jan Heylen Guy Verheyen	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTA	799	1st	1st
2006	Eurotech Racing	Cor Euser Danny Van Dongen	Marcos LM600	Belcar 1	821	2nd	2nd
2007	GPR Racing	Guillaume Dumarey Maxime Soulet Maxime Dumarey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	798	1st	1st
2009	Delahaye Racing Team	Anthony Kumpen Ludovic Sougnez Maxime Soulet	Renault Mégane Trophy	4A		DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	David Loix Markus Palttala Maxime Soulet	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO+	800	2nd	1st
2012	Prospeed Competition	Frédéric Bouvy Bert Redant Maxime Soulet	Porsche 997 GT3-R	GT-1	855	2nd	2nd
2015	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	GT-1	796	1st	1st
2016	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars Yannick Hoogaars	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	754	1st	1st
2017	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars Louis Machiels	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 7	774	7th	2nd
2018	Aqua Protect Racing Team	François Bouillon Kris Cools David Houthoofd Frédéric Vervisch	Norma M20-FC	Belcar 2	796	3rd	1st
	Braxx Racing	Johan Caeldries Diederik Ceyssens Pierre-Yves Rosoux Kris Van Kelst Sven Van Laere	Chevrolet Camaro TA2	Belcar 1	231	DNF	DNF
2019	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Lars Kern Louis Machiels Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 2	785	2nd	1st
2021	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	GTA	801	7th	2nd
2022	Belgium Racing	Rodrigue Gillion Michiel Haverans Nico Verdonck	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	GTA	763	3rd	3rd
2023	RedAnt Racing	Michiel Haverans Kenneth Heyer Thomas Piessens	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	GTA	557	32nd	9th

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

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

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