Casper Elgaard
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2001, 2003–2004, 2006 – 2009, 2011 |
| Teams | Massive Motorsport, Elgaard Motorsport, Team Den Blå Avis, RN Motorsport Ltd., Lister Racing, Zytek Engineering, Aston Martin Racing Larbre, Team Essex |
| Best finish | 7th (2007) |
| Class wins | 1 (2009) |
Casper Gunvad Elgaard[1] (born 5 April 1978) is a Danish auto racing driver. He has competed several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001, as well as regular drives in the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he finished second in the LMP2 class of Le Mans for Team Essex in a Porsche RS Spyder.[2] He also won his class at the 2008 1000 km of Monza. In 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Elgaard won the LMP2 class in the Team Essex Porsche Spyder.
He won the Danish Touring Car Championship between 2004 and 2006, and again in the series final season in 2010. Later he won the Danish Thundersport Championship in 2014 and 2015. Early racing includes finishing as runner-up in the 1998 Danish Formula Ford series, as well as a drive in German Formula Ford. In 1999 he raced in the Formula Renault Euro Cup.
After competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship in 2019, Elgaard will be driving for his team, Massive Motorsport, which was the first team to enter,[3] in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series in 2020.[4]
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |  Team Den Blå Avis Team Goh | John Nielsen Hiroki Katoh | Dome S101-Judd | LMP900 | 66 | DNF | DNF |
| 2003 |  RN Motorsport | John Nielsen Hayanari Shimoda | DBA4 03S-Zytek | LMP675 | 288 | 22nd | 2nd |
| 2004 | Lister Racing | John Nielsen Jens Reno Møller | Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet | LMP1 | 279 | 24th | 9th |
| 2006 | Zytek Engineering Team Essex Invest | John Nielsen Philip Andersen | Zytek 06S | LMP1 | 269 | NC | NC |
| 2007 |  Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin | Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 341 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2008 | Team Essex | John Nielsen Sascha Maassen | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 2nd |
| 2009 | Team Essex | Kristian Poulsen Emmanuel Collard | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | LMP2 | 357 | 10th | 1st |
| 2011 |  Hope Racing | Steve Zacchia Jan Lammers | Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | TPR Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | JYL1 1 | JYL1 2 | JYL1 3 | JYL2 1 1 | JYL2 2 1 | JYL2 3 8 | JYL2 4 1 | JYL2 5 5 | JYL2 6 1 | DJU 1 Ret | DJU 1 Ret | DJU 3 | PAD 1 | PAD 2 | PAD 3 | JYL3 1 15 | JYL3 2 6 | JYL3 3 3 | 7th | 167 |
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* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Casper Gunvad Elgaard" (in Danish). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "2008 le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 2008 Le Mans 24 hour standings.
- ^ "Massive Motorsport first to confirm TCR Denmark entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Casper Elgaard confirms driver role for 2020 TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes.com. 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Casper Elgaard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Casper Elgaard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Casper Elgaard race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20110911211551/http://www.casperelgaard.dk/
- Casper Elgaard career summary at DriverDB.com
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