Marc Goossens

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Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born November 30, 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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