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Lucas Luhr
Lucas Luhr in 2007
Nationality	German
Born	22 July 1979 (1979-07-22) (age 45) Mülheim-Kärlich,West Germany
Racing licence	FIA Platinum(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022–)[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2000, 2002–2003, 2007–2009, 2011, 2013 Teams Dick Barbour Racing,The Racer's Group,Alex Job Racing,Audi Sport Team Joest,JR Motorsports,Flying Lizard Motorsports,Flying Lizard Motorsports,Muscle Milk Racing,Starworks Motorsport,BMW Motorsport Best finish 1st in LMGT (2002,2003) Class wins 2 (2002,2003)

Lucas Luhr (born 22 July 1979) is a German racing driver. He is a staple of theAmerican Le Mans Series during the 2000s and early 2010s, winning the GT class withPorsche in2002, theLMP2 category in2006, and taking the overallLMP1 championship as part of theAudi Sport North America works outfit in2008.^[2] He also won the P1 title in2012 and2013, driving forHonda-fieldingMuscle Milk Pickett Racing.^[3]

Luhr's GT successes in Europe included class victories at the2002 and2003 24 Hours of Le Mans races with Porsche, as well as the2011 FIA GT1 World Championship title.^[4][5] In 2014, Luhr became aBMW factory driver, with whom he won the2015 24 Hours of Spa, before departing in 2017.^[6][7][8]

Born inMülheim-Kärlich, Luhr began his career in karts in 1989. Throughout the early 1990s, he won several local and national karting trophies. He became a factory driver for the CRG company in 1994, winning the European Karting Championship and placing 4th in theKarting World Championship. In 1995, he moved to theJolly Kart factory team, competing in the European and World championships.

Luhr moved to cars in 1996, becoming vice-champion of the GermanFormula Ford championship. He raced in theGerman Formula Three Championship in 1997 and 1998, winning the 1998 season opening round at theHockenheimring.

Luhr became aPorsche factory driver for the 1999 season. He won the 1999Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland championship driving for the UPS Junior Team. In 2000, he moved to theAmerican Le Mans Series, driving aPorsche 911 GT3-R forDick Barbour Racing and partnering withDirk Müller. He collected class wins in the12 Hours of Sebring,24 Hours of Le Mans,1000 km Nürburgring, andRace of 1000 Years inAdelaide, as well as the ALMS GT class championship in his first season.

Luhr began the 2001 season with a class win in the24 Hours of Daytona, driving forWhite Lightning Racing. In the ALMS, he partnered withSascha Maassen atAlex Job Racing, again in a 911. The duo won the12 Hours of Sebring, but had a disappointing season as theBMW M3 GTRs dominated the season. Luhr and Maassen finished 4th in the championship.

In 2002, Luhr and Maassen dominated the ALMS GT class, winning seven of ten races, including Sebring andPetit Le Mans. Luhr also won the GT class at Le Mans, driving withKevin Buckler andTimo Bernhard forThe Racer's Group.

For 2003, Luhr continued his winning ways with Maassen and AJR. The duo Sebring for the third straight year, giving Luhr his fourth straight class win, tying him withBob Holbert for most consecutive class wins. In June, the pair, joined byEmmanuel Collard, captured the GT class at Le Mans. Luhr and Maassen would take 5 wins from 9 races and win the ALMS GT championship for the second straight year.

After a second place at Sebring, Luhr moved to theFIA GT Championship for the 2004 season. He and Maassen won 6 races driving forFriesinger Motorsport and won their third consecutive championship together.

In 2005, Luhr's primary job was the development of the newPorsche RS Spyder, which was to make its full-time debut in 2006. He also raced in the big events in 911s, winning the12 Hours of Sebring and theSpa 24 Hours. Luhr also won theLaguna Seca 4 Hours LMP2 class, in the debut race of the RS Spyder.

For 2006, Luhr rejoined Maassen, but moved toPenske Racing to drive the RS Spyder. The duo had a rough start to the season, netting only one class win. Luhr would finish the season driving withRomain Dumas and take two more victories to end as vice-champion with Maassen. Luhr also won the24 Hours Nürburgring overall, driving withTimo Bernhard,Marcel Tiemann, andMike Rockenfeller.

For 2007, Luhr became a factoryAudi driver. Luhr raced in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series, driving anAudi A4 DTM forAudi Sport Team Rosberg. He participated in the24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the LMP1 classR10 TDI.

In2008, he drove in the American Le Mans Series with Marco Werner in an Audi R10, the pair won the LMP1 class drivers title after six overall wins and eight class wins. He was also fourth overall atLe Mans.

In the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Luhr crashed Audi's new R15 TDI into a tire wall during the 7th hour. Race officials declared the car unable to finish the race.

For 2010, Luhr has been driving in select events forAudi factory-supported teams in GT races. He competed in theVLN and at theNürburgring 24 Hours forTeam Abt Sportsline, and also forPhoenix Racing at theSpa 24 Hours. He also competed in theRolex 24 at Daytona finishing 3rd for Level 5 Motorsports.

In 2011, Luhr competed in theFIA GT1 World Championship forJR Motorsports, winning the drivers' championship withMichael Krumm in aNissan GT-R.

For 2012, Luhr competed in theAmerican Le Mans Series forMuscle Milk Motorsports, where he was the LMP1 champion and theRolex Sports Car Series forStarworks Motorsport where he finished 12th in points with one race win. In 2013, he returned to Muscle Milk in ALMS LMP1 and also won the24 Hours Nürburgring SP7 class in aManthey Racing Porsche.

On 26 July 2013, it was announced that Luhr would make hisIndyCar Series debut withSarah Fisher Hartman Racing atSonoma Raceway in conjunction with RW Motorsports.^[9] It was his firstopen wheel race since he competed in German Formula Three in 1998.

Luhr was featured, along withMarion Jones andMarla Streb, in the large format film,Top Speed, hosted byTim Allen. Luhr's appearance in the film focuses on his championships in the24 Hours of Le Mans while he was driving forPorsche. The film was produced byMacGillivray Freeman Films.

• FIA GT1 World Championship GT1 class champion: 2011
• American Le Mans Series LMP1 class champion:2008,2012,2013
• American Le Mans Series LMP2 class champion:2006
• American Le Mans Series GT class champion:2000,2002,2003
• FIA GT N-GT class champion:2004
• 24 Hours of Le Mans GT class winner:2000,2002,2003
• 12 Hours of Sebring GT/GT2 class winner:2000,2001,2002,2003,2005
• 24 Hours Nürburgring overall winner: 2006, 2011
• Spa 24 Hours GT2 class winner:2005
• Petit Le Mans GT class winner:2002
• 24 Hours of Daytona GT class winner:2001
• Porsche Supercup champion: 1999

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

^† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT	319	DSQ	DSQ
2002	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	322	16th	1st
2003	Alex Job Racing Petersen Motorsports	Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	320	14th	1st
2007	Audi Sport Team Joest	Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	23	DNF	DNF
2008	Audi Sport Team Joest	Mike Rockenfeller Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	374	4th	4th
2009	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	104	DNF	DNF
2011	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	310	18th	6th
2013	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	319	13th	7th
Source:[24]

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

† Retired, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race winner's distance.

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

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

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

^* Season still in progress.

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