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German racing driver (born 1965)
Ellen Lohr - AMG-Mercedes C Klasse leads teammate Klaus Luwig at Melbourne Hairpin, 1994 DTM, Donington Park.
Ellen Lohr
(born 12 April 1965 in
Monchengladbach
) is a German race car driver.
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She currently competes in the
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
, driving the No. 99
Chevrolet Camaro
for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class.
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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
.
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Lohr is currently the only female driver to have won a DTM race.
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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.
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In 2008 Ellen Lohr competed in the German Rally Championship, the Deutsche Rally Meisterschaft, with Antonia Roissard de Bellet as her navigator.
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They also entered the
2008 Central Europe Rally
(part of the
Dakar Series
).
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After her initial retirement in 2016, she worked in
Formula E
in the marketing department of the
Venturi
race team in 2017.
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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.
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Racing record
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
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(
key
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bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
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key
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bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
- † ? Retired, but was classified as she completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete NASCAR results
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Whelen Euro Series ? Elite 1
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See also
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References
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