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 | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Mönchengladbach, West Germany | 12 April 1965
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 |
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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
editComplete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
edit(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 |
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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
editWhelen Euro Series – Elite 1
editNASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ellen Lohr Carlsson Brand Ambassador". Mercedes Tuning Mag. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Ellen Lohr returns to racing, joining NASCAR Euro Series in 2019". Motorsport.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ellen Lohr to contest the Dakar 2006". us.motorsport.com. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "24 Maggio 1992, la prima vittoria di Ellen Lohr epica al DTM". Giornale Motori (in Italian). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "marathonrally.com | ABSA South African Off-Road Championship 2006". www.marathonrally.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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
edit- Official website
- Ellen Lohr driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Ellen Lohr career summary at DriverDB.com