Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens in the SRT Viper GTS-R during qualifying training for the Petit Le Mans 2012

Marc Goossens (born November 30, 1969 in Lommel ) is a Belgian racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Marc Goossens, known as The Goose by his fellow racing drivers , was the Belgian karting champion several times in the late 1980s before starting monoposto racing in 1989 . He spent the first years of his career in Formula Ford ; In 1991 he secured overall victory in the British championship. In 1992 he switched to Formula 3 and in 1993 finished the British championship in third place behind Kelvin Burt and Oliver Gavin .

Between 1994 and 2001 Goossens was active in the International Formula 3000 Championship . Twice, in 1995 (behind Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset , tied on points with Kenny Bräck ) and in 1996 (behind Jörg Müller and Bräck), he was third overall in this championship.

Goossens started in the Formula Nippon and in the NASCAR Sprint Cup . However, he achieved his greatest successes in sports cars. Between 1996 and 2015 he competed in 222 GT and sports car races; He celebrated 20 overall and 9 class wins. He scored his first victory in 1997 at the Zolder 24-hour race (partners Patrick Huisman and Vincent Vosse ); his last so far in the 3-hour race at the Nürburgring 2012 , a race of the Blancpain Endurance Series 2012 . In between there were appearances in the European and American Le Mans Series , the FIA GT Championship and in national GT and sports car races.

He made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996 ; his best place in the final ranking was fourth in 1997 . When 12-hour race at Sebring he drove in 2002 a third.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	Racing for Belgium	Ferrari 333SP	Eric van de Poele	Eric Bachelart	failure	accident
1997	Courage Compétition	Courage C41	Didier Cottaz	Jérôme Policand	Rank 4
1998	Courage Compétition	Courage C51	Didier Cottaz	Jean-Philippe Belloc	failure	Gearbox damage
1999	Nissan Motorsports	Courage C52	Didier Cottaz	Fredrik Ekblom	Rank 8
2000	Team DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Kristian Kolby	Christophe Tinseau	failure	Engine fire
2001	DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Eric Bernard	Emmanuel Collard	failure	accident
2002	Riley & Scott Racing	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	Jim Matthews	Didier Theys	failure	Engine failure
2003	Riley & Scott Racing	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	Jim Matthews	Christophe Tinseau	failure	Engine failure
2008	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	Johnny Mowlem	Stuart Hall	Rank 24
2010	Jaguar Rocketsports Racing	Jaguar XKR GT2	Paul Gentilozzi	Ryan Dalziel	failure	Engine failure
2011	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Marco Holzer	Jaap van Lagen	Rank 23
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dominik Farnbacher	Ryan Dalziel	Rank 24
2016	Murphy prototypes	Oreca 03R	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Ben Keating	Rank 34

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	Riley & Scott Racing	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	Guy Smith	Jim Matthews		Rank 3
2003	Jim Matthews Racing	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	Jan Magnussen	Jim Matthews		failure	suspension
2005	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C-8 Spyder GT2 R	Tom Coronel	Donny Crevels		failure	mechanics
2008	LG Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Doug Peterson	Lou Gigliotti		failure	Motor overheated
2010	Jaguar RSR	Jaguar XKRS	Paul Gentilozzi	Ryan Dalziel		failure	cooler
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dominik Farnbacher	Ryan Dalziel		Rank 19
2014	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dominik Farnbacher	Ryan Hunter-Reay		Rank 18
2015	Riley Motorsports	Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R	Ben Keating	Al Carter	Cameron Lawrence	Rank 19
2016	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Oreca 05	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Hunter-Reay		Rank 5
2017	VisitFlorida Racing	Multimatic Riley	Renger van der Zande	René Rast		Rank 36

Web links

Commons : Marc Goossens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about Marc Goossens
• Marc Goossens at the Driver Database
• Marc Goossens at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ British Formula Ford Championship 1991
2. ^ British Formula 3 Championship 1993
3. ↑ Zoller 24-hour race in 1997