Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens
File:PLM12 93 SRT Viper Marc Goossens.jpg Goossens in the SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R in qualifying for the 2012 Petit Le Mans
Born	(1969-11-30) 30 November 1969 Geel, Belgium
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	69th (2007)
First race	2006 AMD at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Infineon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	99th (2006)
First race	2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1996 – 2003, 2008, 2010 – 2011, 2013
Teams	Racing for Belgium/Team Scandia Courage Compétition Nissan Motorsports Team DAMS Riley & Scott Racing Creation Autosportif Jaguar RSR Prospeed Competition
Best finish	4th (1997)
Class wins	0

Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969) is a Belgian professional racing driver who drove 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. He also finished 9th in his first NASCAR Busch Series start at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2006 for Robert Yates Racing. He made his NEXTEL Cup Series debut in August at Watkins Glen International but crashed out and finished 43rd. He made another NEXTEL Cup start in 2007 in Infineon Raceway. He was running well until a mechanical failure dropped him to 36th.

Goossens holds the record of four wins (1997, 1998, 2005, 2007) in Zolder 24 Hours race along with Vincent Dupont and Anthony Kumpen. In 2012 he was hired by the Chrysler Corporation's SRT Motorsports racing team to drive Vipers in the American Le Mans Series.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	11	12	DC	Points
1994	Nordic Racing	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 6	PER 7	HOC 5	SPA Ret	EST Ret	MAG Ret					9th	6
1995	Nordic Racing	SIL 4	CAT 5	PAU 3	PER Ret	HOC 1	SPA Ret	EST 8	MAG 2					3rd	24
1996	Team Astromega	NÜR Ret	PAU Ret	PER 1	HOC Ret	SIL 16	SPA 2	MAG 1	EST 4	MUG 6	HOC Ret			3rd	28
1999	Lukoil Arden	IMO DNQ	MON DNQ	CAT Ret	MAG Ret	SIL DNQ	A1R Ret	HOC Ret	HUN DSQ	SPA Ret	NÜR DNQ			-	0
2000	Team Astromega	IMO	SIL	CAT	NÜR	MON	MAG	A1R 10	HOC 10	HUN 19	SPA 2			12th	6
2001	Coloni F3000	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN Ret	SPA 5	MNZ 7	16th	2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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	25th	8th

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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	NBSC	Pts
2006	Yates Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC 9	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

References

• Official website
• Marc Goossens driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Career summary on Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Vergers	British Formula Ford Champion 1991	Succeeded by Jamie Spence
Preceded by Dave Coyne	Formula Ford Festival Winner 1991	Succeeded by Jan Magnussen