Marc Goossens

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24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1996 – 2003, 2008, 2010
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 in Geel) is a Belgian racecar 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 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 Eric 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	Stuar 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

References

Official website
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

Persondata
Name	Goossens, Marc
Alternative names
Short description	auto racer
Date of birth	30 November 1969
Place of birth	Geel, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death

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