Ellen Lohr

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
Nationality German
Born (1965-04-12) 12 April 1965
Mönchengladbach, West Germany
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamDexwet-df1 Racing
Car number99
EngineChevrolet
Starts9
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2019
Finished last season25th in 2019
DTM career
Debut season1987
TeamsAlpina, AMG-Mercedes, Zakspeed
Starts110
Wins1
Podiums5
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish10th in 1993
Ellen Lohr - AMG-Mercedes C Klasse leads teammate Klaus Luwig at Melbourne Hairpin, 1994 DTM, Donington Park.

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 Central Europe Rally 2008 (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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(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 Pos. Pts
1987 Alpina BMW M3 HOC ZOL NÜR AVU MFA NOR NÜR
Ret		 WUN
5		 DIE SAL
2		 19th 32
1991 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL
1
13		 ZOL
2
Ret		 HOC
1
27		 HOC
2
15		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
10		 AVU
1
16		 AVU
2
Ret		 WUN
1
13		 WUN
2
Ret		 NOR
1
DNQ		 NOR
2
DNQ		 DIE
1
13		 DIE
2
21		 NÜR
1
14		 NÜR
2
10		 ALE
1
11		 ALE
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DNS		 BRN
1
14		 BRN
2
11		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
12		 28th 2
1992 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL
1
13		 ZOL
2
15		 NÜR
1
19		 NÜR
2
Ret		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
9		 AVU
1
8		 AVU
2
2		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
13		 NOR
1
3		 NOR
2
6		 BRN
1
Ret		 BRN
2
7		 DIE
1
7		 DIE
2
4		 ALE
1
8		 ALE
2
5		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
6		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
6		 11th 105
1993 AMG-Mercedes Berlin 2000 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL
1
6		 ZOL
2
8		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
7		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
Ret		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
Ret		 10th 43
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NOR
1
6		 NOR
2
Ret		 DON
1
8		 DON
2
Ret		 DIE
1
4		 DIE
2
4		 ALE
1
11		 ALE
2
Ret		 AVU
1
Ret		 AVU
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
Ret
1994 AMG Mercedes D2 Privat Team Mercedes C-Class V6 ZOL
1
5		 ZOL
2
6		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
7		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
9		 MUG
1
Ret		 MUG
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NOR
1
7		 NOR
2
6		 DON
1
6		 DON
2
Ret		 DIE
1
6		 DIE
2
3		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
8		 AVU
1
7		 AVU
2
Ret		 ALE
1
11		 ALE
2
9		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
5		 11th 76
1995 Zakspeed Mercedes Mercedes C-Class V6 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
Ret		 AVU
1
Ret		 AVU
2
5		 NOR
1
11		 NOR
2
Ret		 DIE
1
10		 DIE
2
9		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
5		 ALE
1
Ret		 ALE
2
7		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
Ret		 17th 18

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

(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
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.

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
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

References
  1. "Ellen Lohr Carlsson Brand Ambassador". Mercedes Tuning Mag. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. "Ellen Lohr returns to racing, joining NASCAR Euro Series in 2019". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Ellen Lohr to contest the Dakar 2006". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. "24 Maggio 1992, la prima vittoria di Ellen Lohr epica al DTM". Giornale Motori (in Italian). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. "marathonrally.com | ABSA South African Off-Road Championship 2006". www.marathonrally.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. 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.
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