Marc Goossens Explained

Marc Goossens
Birth Date:	1969 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Geel, Belgium
Total Cup Races:	2
Years In Cup:	2
Best Cup Pos:	69th (2007)
First Cup Race:	2006 AMD at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last Cup Race:	2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	0
Cup Poles:	0
Total Busch Races:	1
Years In Busch:	1
Best Busch Pos:	99th (2006)
First Busch Race:	2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	1
Busch Poles:	0
Module1:	Embed: yes Current Series: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series First Year: 2016 Current Team: Race Planet Team Bleekemolen Car Number: 72 Former Teams: Brass Racing, Braxx Racing, DF1 Racing, CAAL Racing, SpeedHouse Starts: 78 Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest Laps: 3 Best Finish: 5th Year: 2020 Last Finish: 16th in 2023
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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.

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)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Pts
1992	West Surrey Racing	Mugen	A	DON	SIL	THR	BRH	THR	BRH	SIL	SIL	DON	SNE	SIL	PEM	SIL	DON	THR	SIL	6th	28
1993	West Surrey Racing	Mugen	A	SIL	THR	BRH	DON	BRH		OUL	DON	SIL	DON	SNE	PEM		SIL	THR		3rd	21

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts
1994	Nordic Racing	SIL	PAU	CAT	PER	HOC	SPA	EST	MAG					9th	6
1995	Nordic Racing	SIL	CAT	PAU	PER	HOC	SPA	EST	MAG					3rd	24
1996	Team Astromega	NÜR	PAU	PER	HOC	SIL	SPA	MAG	EST	MUG	HOC			3rd	28
1999	Lukoil Arden	IMO	MON	CAT	MAG	SIL	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA	NÜR			NC	0
2000	Team Astromega	IMO	SIL	CAT	NÜR	MON	MAG	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA			12th	6
2001	Coloni F3000	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	16th	2

Complete Formula Nippon 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	DC	Pts
1997	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	MIN	MOT	FUJ	SUZ	NC	0
1998	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MIN	FUJ	SUZ		6th	17

Complete JGTC results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Pts
1997	Team 5ZIGEN	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MIN	SUG		8th	32
1998	Team 5ZIGEN	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUG	13th	14

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
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	Jaguar RSR	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

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
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		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	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	55	^[3]

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
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NWES	Points	Ref
2016	Brass Racing	90	Ford	VAL	VAL	VEN	VEN	BRH	BRH	TOU	TOU	ADR	ADR	ZOL 21	ZOL			17th	343	^[5]
2017	Braxx Racing			VAL	VAL	BRH	BRH	VEN	VEN	HOC	HOC	FRA	FRA	ZOL	ZOL			10th	491	^[6]
2018				VAL	VAL	FRA	FRA	BRH	BRH	TOU	TOU	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL			19th	293	^[7]
2019		78		VAL	VAL	FRA	FRA	BRH	BRH	MOS	MOS	VEN	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL		20th	290	^[8]
2020	CAAL Racing	98		ITA	ITA	BEL	BEL	CRO	CRO	ESP	ESP	ESP	ESP					5th	352
2021	DF1 Racing	77	Chevy	ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CRO	CRO							14th	248
	CAAL Racing	56	Ford									BEL	BEL	ITA	ITA
2022	SpeedHouse	14	Chevy	ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	BEL	BEL	CRO	CRO			16th	273
2023	CAAL Racing	56		ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	GER	GER	BEL	BEL			16th	262
2024	Race Planet Team Bleekemolen	72	Toyota	ESP	ESP	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	NED	CZE	CZE	GER	GER	BEL	BEL		13th*	153*

• Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA 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	11	Rank	Points
2014	SRT Motorsports	GTLM	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	4th	314
2015	Riley Motorsports	GTD	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	DAY	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	ATL		12th	144
2016	VisitFlorida Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	BEL 7	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET 7		5th	273
2017		P	Riley Mk. 30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	AUS	DET	WGL	MOS					7th	233
			Ligier JS P217									ELK	LGA	PET

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wiegold . André . Ercoli . Gianmarco . Alon Day grabs his first win of the season and championship lead at Circuit Zolder . EuroNASCAR . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . October 5, 2020 . October 4, 2020.
2. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
3. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
4. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
5. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2016 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
6. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2017 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
7. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2018 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.
8. Web site: Marc Goossens – 2019 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2020.