Casper Elgaard Explained

Years:, –, –,
Team(S):Massive Motorsport, Elgaard Motorsport, Team Den Blå Avis, RN Motorsport Ltd., Lister Racing, Zytek Engineering, Aston Martin Racing Larbre, Team Essex
Best Finish:7th
Class Wins:1

Casper Gunvad Elgaard[1] (born 5 April 1978) is a Danish auto racing driver. He has competed several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001, as well as regular drives in the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he finished second in the LMP2 class of Le Mans for Team Essex in a Porsche RS Spyder.[2] He also won his class at the 2008 1000 km of Monza. In 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Elgaard won the LMP2 class in the Team Essex Porsche Spyder.

He won the Danish Touring Car Championship between 2004 and 2006, and again in the series final season in 2010. Later he won the Danish Thundersport Championship in 2014 and 2015. Early racing includes finishing as runner-up in the 1998 Danish Formula Ford series, as well as a drive in German Formula Ford. In 1999 he raced in the Formula Renault Euro Cup.

After competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship in 2019, Elgaard will be driving for his team, Massive Motorsport, which was the first team to enter,[3] in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series in 2020.[4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
Team Den Blå Avis
Team Goh
John Nielsen
Hiroki Katoh
Dome S101-JuddLMP90066DNFDNF
RN Motorsport John Nielsen
Hayanari Shimoda
DBA4 03S-ZytekLMP67528822nd2nd
Lister Racing John Nielsen
Jens Reno Møller
Lister Storm LMP-ChevroletLMP127924th9th
Zytek Engineering
Team Essex Invest
John Nielsen
Philip Andersen
Zytek 06SLMP1269NCNC
Aston Martin Racing Larbre Christophe Bouchut
Fabrizio Gollin
Aston Martin DBR9GT13417th3rd
Team Essex John Nielsen
Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP234712th2nd
Team Essex Kristian Poulsen
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP235710th1st
Hope Racing Steve Zacchia
Jan Lammers
Oreca 01-Swiss HyTechLMP1115DNFDNF

Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Casper Gunvad Elgaard. da. 11 May 2024.
  2. Web site: 2008 le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results . 2009-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516081221/http://www.experiencelemans.com/en-us/dept_262.html . 2008-05-16 . 2008 Le Mans 24 hour standings.
  3. News: Massive Motorsport first to confirm TCR Denmark entry. TouringCarTimes.com. 1 November 2019.
  4. News: Casper Elgaard confirms driver role for 2020 TCR Denmark season. TouringCarTimes.com. 12 November 2019.