Marc Goossens

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.

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	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	WSC	17	P	Ferrari 333 SP Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12	Racing for Belgium Team Scandia	Eric van de Poele Eric Bachelart	208	DNF	DNF
1997	LMP	13	M	Courage C41 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand	336	4th	2nd
1998	LMP	13	M	Courage C51 Nissan VRH35Z 4.0L Turbo V8	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Jean-Philippe Belloc	232	DNF	DNF
1999	LMP	21	B	Courage C52 Nissan VRH35L 3.5L Turbo V6	Nissan Motorsports	Didier Cottaz Fredrik Ekblom	335	8th	7th
2000	LMP900	4	P	Cadillac Northstar LMP Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	Team DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Kristian Kolby	4	DNF	DNF
2001	LMP900	5	M	Cadillac Northstar LMP01 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	DAMS	Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard	56	DNF	DNF
2002	LMP900	4	G	Riley & Scott Mk III C Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	Riley & Scott Racing	Jim Matthews Didier Theys	189	DNF	DNF
2003	LMP900	4	M	Riley & Scott Mk III C Ford (Yates) 6.0L V8	Riley & Scott Racing	Jim Matthews Christophe Tinseau	214	DNF	DNF
2008	LMP1	14	D	Creation CA07 AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5L V10	Creation Autosportif	Stuart Hall Johnny Mowlem	316	24th	11th
2010	GT2	81	Y	Jaguar XKR Jaguar 5.0L V8	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel	4	DNF	DNF
2011	GTE Pro	75	M	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Jaap van Lagen	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