Ellen Lohr

Ellen Lohr (born 12 April 1965 in Mönchengladbach) is a German race car driver.^[1] She currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class.^[2]

Ellen Lohr
Nationality	German
Born	(1965-04-12) 12 April 1965 (age 59) Mönchengladbach, West Germany
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Dexwet-df1 Racing
Car number	99
Engine	Chevrolet
Starts	9
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2019
Finished last season	25th in 2019
DTM career
Debut season	1987
Teams	Alpina, AMG-Mercedes, Zakspeed
Starts	110
Wins	1
Podiums	5
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	10th in 1993

Ellen Lohr - AMG-Mercedes C Klasse leads teammate Klaus Luwig at Melbourne Hairpin, 1994 DTM, Donington Park.

She is one of Germany's most accomplished female drivers, having won a DTM (German Touring Car Masters) race, on 24 May 1992 in a Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 on the Hockenheimring.^[1] Lohr is currently the only female driver to have won a DTM race.^[3]

When the DTM/ITC series was discontinued in 1996 she moved to truck racing and also competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge (DTC), a German touring car racing series. From 2004 Ellen Lohr competed in the Dakar Rally and similar events. She is an occasional television commentator for DTM races.^[4]

In 2008 Ellen Lohr competed in the German Rally Championship, the Deutsche Rally Meisterschaft, with Antonia Roissard de Bellet as her navigator.^[5] They also entered the 2008 Central Europe Rally (part of the Dakar Series).^[6]

After her initial retirement in 2016, she worked in Formula E in the marketing department of the Venturi race team in 2017.^[7] She returned to full-time competition in 2019 after she signed a contract with Dexwet-df1 Racing to compete in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the No. 99 team. She had previously spectated the 2018 season finale at Zolder and expressed interests to compete in the series after spectating the race.^[2]

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Pts
1987	Alpina	BMW M3	HOC	ZOL	NÜR	AVU	MFA	NOR	NÜR Ret	WUN 5	DIE	SAL 2															19th	32
1991	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	ZOL 1 13	ZOL 2 Ret	HOC 1 27	HOC 2 15	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 10	AVU 1 16	AVU 2 Ret	WUN 1 13	WUN 2 Ret	NOR 1 DNQ	NOR 2 DNQ	DIE 1 13	DIE 2 21	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	ALE 1 11	ALE 2 Ret	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	BRN 1 14	BRN 2 11	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 12	28th	2
1992	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	ZOL 1 13	ZOL 2 15	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 Ret	WUN 1 Ret	WUN 2 9	AVU 1 8	AVU 2 2	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 13	NOR 1 3	NOR 2 6	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 7	DIE 1 7	DIE 2 4	ALE 1 8	ALE 2 5	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 6	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 6	11th	105
1993	AMG-Mercedes Berlin 2000	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	ZOL 1 6	ZOL 2 8	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 7	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 Ret	WUN 1 Ret	WUN 2 Ret																	10th	43
		Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93									NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 Ret	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 Ret	DON 1 8	DON 2 Ret	DIE 1 4	DIE 2 4	ALE 1 11	ALE 2 Ret	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 Ret	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 Ret
1994	AMG Mercedes D2 Privat Team	Mercedes C-Class V6	ZOL 1 5	ZOL 2 6	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 7	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 9	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 Ret	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 Ret	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 6	DON 1 6	DON 2 Ret	DIE 1 6	DIE 2 3	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 8	AVU 1 7	AVU 2 Ret	ALE 1 11	ALE 2 9	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 5	11th	76
1995	Zakspeed Mercedes	Mercedes C-Class V6	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 Ret	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 5	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 10	DIE 2 9	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 5	ALE 1 Ret	ALE 2 7	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret											17th	18

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	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	Pos.	Pts
1995	Zakspeed Mercedes	Mercedes C-Class V6	MUG 1 10	MUG 2 Ret	HEL 1 Ret	HEL 2 5	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 10	EST 1 9	EST 2 10	MAG 1 15†	MAG 2 Ret																	17th	13
1996	Persson Motorsport	Mercedes C-Class	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 11	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 Ret	HEL 1 15	HEL 2 8	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 9	DIE 1 21	DIE 2 13	SIL 1 20	SIL 2 12	NÜR 1 20	NÜR 2 21	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 14	MUG 1 16	MUG 2 12	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 11	INT 1 18†	INT 2 13	SUZ 1 21	SUZ 2 Ret	25th	7

• † — Retired, but was classified as she completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NWES	Pts
2019	Dexwet-df1 Racing	99	Chevy	VAL 23	VAL 28	FRA 21	FRA 14	BRH 22	BRH 23	MOS 14^	MOS 15	VEN 20	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL	25th	148

See also

• Sabine Schmitz
• Claudia Hürtgen
• Jutta Kleinschmidt

References

1. "Ellen Lohr Carlsson Brand Ambassador". Mercedes Tuning Mag. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
2. "Ellen Lohr returns to racing, joining NASCAR Euro Series in 2019". Motorsport.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
3. Brown, Oliver (23 April 2019). "Entire female-only W Series to be shown on free-to-air television". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. "Ellen Lohr to contest the Dakar 2006". us.motorsport.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
5. "24 Maggio 1992, la prima vittoria di Ellen Lohr epica al DTM". Giornale Motori (in Italian). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
6. "marathonrally.com | ABSA South African Off-Road Championship 2006". www.marathonrally.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. Zimmermann, Ruben (8 January 2017). "Ex-DTM-Pilotin Ellen Lohr zieht es in die Formel E". Motorsport Total (in German). sport media group GmbH. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Ellen Lohr driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Ellen Lohr career summary at DriverDB.com