Christian Elder

Christian Stuart Elder
Born	December 6, 1968(1968-12-06) Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Died	August 12, 2007(2007-08-12) (aged 38)
Cause of death	Methadone Overdose
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
24 races run over 2 years
Best finish	39th - 2001 (Busch Series)
First race	2001 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Christian Stuart Elder (December 6, 1968 – August 12, 2007) was a NASCAR driver. He raced in the Busch Series for Akins Motorsports for two years.

He made his debut in 2001, running his first race at Las Vegas for Akins and started the race in 32nd, and he finished 23rd. In sixteen starts, managed two top-20s (a pair of 20ths at Bristol and Dover).

Elder began running races for Akins in 2002 full-time. A serious crash in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway ended his Busch career. His best finish of the year was 26th at Kentucky.

Elder has competed in the ARCA series , Star Mazda Series, Speed World Challenge Series, Busch Series and NASCAR Goody's Dash Series which Elder competed in and won races at Daytona and Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also had a pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Chicagoland Speedway Qualifying Crash and Death

During qualifying for a race at Chicagoland Speedway, Elder lost control of his car at turns three and four, causing his car to shoot up the track and hit the wall extremely hard, slamming the car's right side past the windshield, badly wrinkling the whole side of the car. He suffered a concussion and a broken collar bone. Track rescue workers had to cut him out of the race car and Elder was transported to a nearby hospital. The crash ended his racing career.

Christian died at his home in Cornelius, North Carolina, on Sunday, August 12, 2007, due to accidental Methadone toxicity. At the time of his death, Christian was a Project Manager for Elder-Jones, Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina.

References

• Christian Elder's Stats
• Obituary
• Elder Racing
• Elder-Jones, Inc. homepage
• Motorsport.com
• Photo Archive

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Name	Elder, Christian
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Date of birth	December 6, 1968
Place of birth	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Date of death	August 12, 2007
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