Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens (born 30 November 1969), nicknamed "the Goose", 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. He also currently manages 2022 and 2023 World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanperä in his road racing exploits.

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.

Goossens also finished ninth 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, Goossens 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.

Racing record

Complete British Formula Three Championship 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 21Source:

Complete Formula Nippon results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

American Le Mans Series/IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics 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.

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 GTEPro 293 23rd 8th 2013 SRT Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R GTEPro 306 24th 8th 2016 Murphy Prototypes Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 323 34th 15thSources: 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 GLNWth MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 69th 55

Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 2006 Yates Racing 90 Ford DAY CAL MXC 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

Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained) NASCAR Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Ref 2016 Brass Racing 90 Ford VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL21 ZOL 17th 343 2017 Braxx Racing VAL VAL BRH BRH VEN VEN HOC HOC FRA FRA ZOL ZOL 10th 491 2018 VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH TOU TOU HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 19th 293 2019 78 VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 20th 290 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 5th 475 2025 Academy Motorsport 1 Ford ESP ESP ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE GER GER BEL BEL 19th 193