Marc Goossens

For the Belgian cyclist, see Marc Goossens (cyclist).

For the Belgian mercenary, see Marc Goosens.

Marc Goossens, nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969), 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.

Marc Goossens
Goossens in the SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R in qualifying for the 2012 Petit Le Mans
Born	(1969-11-30) 30 November 1969 (age 55) 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
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Race Planet Team Bleekemolen
Car number	72
Former teams	Brass Racing, Braxx Racing, DF1 Racing, CAAL Racing, SpeedHouse
Starts	84
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	5th in 2020, 2024
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1996 – 2003, 2008, 2010 – 2011, 2013, 2016
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

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.

He also finished 9th 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 he 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.^[1]

Racing record

Complete British Formula 3 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 17	SIL 5	THR 11	BRH Ret	THR 8	BRH 5	SIL 3	SIL 7	DON 18	SNE 4	SIL Ret	PEM 11	SIL 5	DON 2	THR 3	SIL 4	6th	28
1993	West Surrey Racing	Mugen	A	SIL 4	THR 1	BRH 9	DON 4	BRH 2	SIL DSQ	OUL 2	DON Ret	SIL 6	DON 2	SNE 2	PEM 3	SIL DSQ	SIL 2	THR Ret		3rd	21

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	Pts
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			NC	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

Complete Formula Nippon 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	DC	Pts
1997	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ 10	MIN Ret	MOT 10	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	NC	0
1998	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ 6	MIN 4	FUJ Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 2	SUG Ret	MIN 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 4		6th	17

Complete JGTC results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Pts
1997	Team 5ZIGEN	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 6	FUJ Ret	SEN 6	FUJ Ret	MIN 12	SUG 1		8th	32
1998	Team 5ZIGEN	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 4	FUJ C	SEN 7	FUJ Ret	MOT Ret	MIN Ret	SUG Ret	13th	14

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	24th	8th
2016	Murphy Prototypes	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	323	34th	15th

24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	Castrol Juma Racing	Stéphane De Groodt Jean-Michel Martin	BMW 325i	EcoTech		DQ	DQ
2002	Zwaans Racing	Arjen van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	NAT	80	DNF	DNF
2003	Zwaans Racing	Klaus Abbelen Arjen van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	17	DNF	DNF
2004	Renstal Excelsior	Eric Cayrolle Anthony Kumpen Yvan Lebon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G2	295	DNF	DNF
2005	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	557	5th	5th
2006	Ice Pol Racing Team	Marc Duez Yves Lambert Christian Lefort	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	GT2	512	16th	7th
2010	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Lieb Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	207	DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	Jan Heylen Maxime Soulet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	331	DNF	DNF
2012	Prospeed Competition	Marc Hennerici Xavier Maassen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Pro	471	20th	7th

24 Hours of Zolder results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	Geert van de Venne	Patrick Huisman Vincent Vosse	Porsche 911 RSR	GT	710	1st	1st
1998	Geert van de Venne	Thierry Boutsen Patrick Huisman	Porsche 911 RSR	GT1	691	1st	1st
1999	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Philip Verellen	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	GT2	299	DNF	DNF
2000	PSI Motorsport	Markus Palttala Philippe Tollenaire	Porsche 996 Biturbo	GTA		DNF	DNF
2001	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-R	GTB	756	4th	2nd
2002	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTB	759	3rd	1st
2003	RTM Racing	Kurt Dujardyn Rudi Penders	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTB	304	DNF	DNF
2004	Selleslagh Racing Team	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen David Hart Franz Lamot	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTA	90	DNF	DNF
2005	Selleslagh Racing Team	David Hart Jan Heylen Guy Verheyen	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GTA	799	1st	1st
2006	Eurotech Racing	Cor Euser Danny Van Dongen	Marcos LM600	Belcar 1	821	2nd	2nd
2007	GPR Racing	Guillaume Dumarey Maxime Soulet Maxime Dumarey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	798	1st	1st
2009	Delahaye Racing Team	Anthony Kumpen Ludovic Sougnez Maxime Soulet	Renault Mégane Trophy	4A		DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	David Loix Markus Palttala Maxime Soulet	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO+	800	2nd	1st
2012	Prospeed Competition	Frédéric Bouvy Bert Redant Maxime Soulet	Porsche 997 GT3-R	GT-1	855	2nd	2nd
2015	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	GT-1	796	1st	1st
2016	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars Yannick Hoogaars	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	754	1st	1st
2017	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Peter Hoevenaars Louis Machiels	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 7	774	7th	2nd
2018	Aqua Protect Racing Team	François Bouillon Kris Cools David Houthoofd Frédéric Vervisch	Norma M20-FC	Belcar 2	796	3rd	1st
	Braxx Racing	Johan Caeldries Diederik Ceyssens Pierre-Yves Rosoux Kris Van Kelst Sven Van Laere	Chevrolet Camaro TA2	Belcar 1	231	DNF	DNF
2019	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Lars Kern Louis Machiels Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 2	785	2nd	1st
2021	Belgium Racing	Dylan Derdaele Kenneth Heyer Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	GTA	801	7th	2nd
2022	Belgium Racing	Rodrigue Gillion Michiel Haverans Nico Verdonck	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	GTA	763	3rd	3rd
2023	RedAnt Racing	Michiel Haverans Kenneth Heyer Thomas Piessens	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	GTA	557	32nd	9th

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup 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	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
2006	Yates Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN 43	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	75th	34	[2]
2007	Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports	91	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON 36	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	55	[3]

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	Ref
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	[4]

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NWES	Points	Ref
2016	Brass Racing	90	Ford	VAL 9	VAL 20	VEN 13	VEN 8	BRH 4	BRH 3	TOU DNS	TOU DNS	ADR	ADR	ZOL 21	ZOL 2		17th	343	[5]
2017	Braxx Racing			VAL	VAL	BRH 4	BRH 3	VEN 13	VEN 7	HOC	HOC	FRA 3	FRA 2	ZOL 2	ZOL 1*		10th	491	[6]
2018				VAL 8	VAL 28	FRA 19	FRA 2*	BRH 17	BRH 2	TOU 19	TOU DNS	HOC 2	HOC DNS	ZOL 11	ZOL 27		19th	293	[7]
2019		78		VAL 11	VAL 13	FRA 2	FRA 21	BRH 4	BRH 19	MOS	MOS	VEN	HOC	HOC	ZOL 2	ZOL 3	20th	290	[8]
2020	CAAL Racing	98		ITA 22	ITA 11^	BEL 2	BEL 3	CRO 7	CRO 5	ESP 4	ESP 7	ESP 5	ESP 17				5th	352
2021	DF1 Racing	77	Chevy	ESP 9	ESP 10	GBR 11	GBR 16	CZE 3^	CZE 11	CRO 8	CRO 7						14th	248
	CAAL Racing	56	Ford									BEL 3	BEL 2	ITA	ITA
2022	SpeedHouse	14	Chevy	ESP 22	ESP 6	GBR 10	GBR DNS	ITA 20	ITA 24	CZE 23	CZE 22	BEL 15	BEL 21	CRO 10	CRO 6		16th	273
2023	CAAL Racing	56		ESP 8	ESP 3	GBR 11	GBR 11	ITA 8	ITA 10	CZE	CZE	GER 3	GER 7	BEL DNS	BEL DNS		16th	262
2024	Race Planet Team Bleekemolen	72	Toyota	ESP 4	ESP 4	ITA 7	ITA 9	GBR	GBR	NED 8	CZE 3	CZE 3	GER 5	GER 10	BEL 3	BEL 3	5th	475

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	SRT Motorsports	GTLM	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	DAY 3	SEB 7	LBH 7	LGA 6	WGL 2	MOS 3	IMS 8	ELK 4	VIR 6	COA 2	PET 3	4th	314
2015	Riley Motorsports	GTD	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	DAY 9	SEB 4	LGA	BEL	WGL 1	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA 7	ATL 3		12th	144
2016	VisitFlorida Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH 6	LGA 2	BEL 7	WGL 6	MOS 4	ELK 6	COA 7	PET 7		5th	273
2017	VisitFlorida Racing	P	Riley Mk. 30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 6	LBH WD	AUS 7	DET 9	WGL 5	MOS 10					7th	233
			Ligier JS P217									ELK 5	LGA 1	PET 7

References

1. Wiegold, André; Ercoli, Gianmarco (4 October 2020). "Alon Day grabs his first win of the season and championship lead at Circuit Zolder". EuroNASCAR. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
3. "Marc Goossens – 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
4. "Marc Goossens – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
5. "Marc Goossens – 2016 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
6. "Marc Goossens – 2017 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
7. "Marc Goossens – 2018 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
8. "Marc Goossens – 2019 Whelen Euro Elite 1 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Marc Goossens driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Marc Goossens career summary at DriverDB.com

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