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Ellen Lohr

{{short description|German racing driver (born 1965)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Ellen Lohr

| image = Ellen Lohr.JPG

| image_size =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|4|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{Nowrap|Mönchengladbach, West Germany}}

| related to =

| current series = NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

| first year = 2019

| current team = Dexwet-df1 Racing

| car number = 99

| engine = Chevrolet

| crew chief =

| starts = 9

| championships =

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 25th

| year = 2019

| last finish = 25th in 2019

| prev series =

| titles =

| title years =

| awards =

| award years =

| updated =

| medaltemplates =

| module1 =

{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes

| current series = DTM

| first year = 1987

| teams = Alpina, AMG-Mercedes, Zakspeed

| car number =

| former teams =

| championships =

| starts = 110

| wins = 1

| podiums = 5

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 1

| best finish = 10th

| year = 1993

}}

}}

File:Ellen Lohr - AMG-Mercedes C Klasse leads teamate Klaus Luwig at Melbourne Hairpin (32869944448).jpg

Ellen Lohr (born 12 April 1965 in Mönchengladbach) is a German race car driver.{{cite web |url=http://www.mercedestuningmag.com/ellen-lohr-carlsson-brand-ambassador/ |title=Ellen Lohr Carlsson Brand Ambassador |work=Mercedes Tuning Mag |date=23 July 2008 |access-date=15 Nov 2010}} She currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class.{{cite web|title=Ellen Lohr returns to racing, joining NASCAR Euro Series in 2019|url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-euro/news/ellen-lohr-whelen-euro-series/4318335/|website=Motorsport.com|date=31 December 2018 |access-date=2 January 2019}}

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. Lohr is currently the only female driver to have won a DTM race.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Oliver|date=2019-04-23|title=Entire female-only W Series to be shown on free-to-air television|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2019/04/23/entire-female-only-w-series-shown-free-to-air-television/|access-date=2020-05-10|issn=0307-1235}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Ellen Lohr to contest the Dakar 2006|url=https://us.motorsport.com/dakar/news/ellen-lohr-to-contest-the-dakar-2006/1258738/|website=us.motorsport.com|date=3 August 2005 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-18}}

In 2008 Ellen Lohr competed in the German Rally Championship, the Deutsche Rally Meisterschaft, with Antonia Roissard de Bellet as her navigator.{{Cite web|title=24 Maggio 1992, la prima vittoria di Ellen Lohr epica al DTM|url=https://www.giornalemotori.com/2014/05/24/24-maggio-1992-prima-vittoria-ellen-lohr-epica-dtm/|date=2014-05-24|website=Giornale Motori|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-05-10}} They also entered the 2008 Central Europe Rally (part of the Dakar Series).{{Cite web|title=marathonrally.com {{!}} ABSA South African Off-Road Championship 2006|url=http://www.marathonrally.com/news/index.5097.0.html|website=www.marathonrally.com|access-date=2020-05-10}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After her initial retirement in 2016, she worked in Formula E in the marketing department of the Venturi race team in 2017.{{cite web|last1=Zimmermann|first1=Ruben|title=Ex-DTM-Pilotin Ellen Lohr zieht es in die Formel E|url=http://www.motorsport-total.com/dtm/news/2017/01/ex-dtm-pilotin-ellen-lohr-zieht-es-in-die-formel-e-17010801.html|website=Motorsport Total|publisher=sport media group GmbH|access-date=26 July 2017|language=DE|date=8 January 2017}} 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

=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
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

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1987

! Alpina

! BMW M3

| HOC

| ZOL

| NÜR

| AVU

| MFA

| NOR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN
{{small|5}}

| DIE

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SAL
{{small|2}}

|

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! 19th

! 32

1991

! AMG Motorenbau GmbH

! Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR
1
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR
2
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE
2
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALE
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|12}}

! 28th

! 2

1992

! AMG Motorenbau GmbH

! Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AVU
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| HOC
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NOR
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRN
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALE
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALE
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|6}}

! 11th

! 105

rowspan=2| 1993

!rowspan=2| AMG-Mercedes Berlin 2000

! Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN
2
{{small|Ret}}

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!rowspan=2| 10th

!rowspan=2| 43

Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALE
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|

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1994

! AMG Mercedes D2 Privat Team

! Mercedes C-Class V6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
2
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DIE
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALE
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALE
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|5}}

! 11th

! 76

1995

! Zakspeed Mercedes

! Mercedes C-Class V6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALE
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|Ret}}

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! 17th

! 18

=Complete International Touring Car Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
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

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1995

! Zakspeed Mercedes

! Mercedes C-Class V6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HEL
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HEL
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
1
{{small|15†}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG
2
{{small|Ret}}

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! 17th

! 13

1996

! Persson Motorsport

! Mercedes C-Class

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HEL
1
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HEL
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT
1
{{small|18†}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ
2
{{small|Ret}}

! 25th

! 7

  • † — Retired, but was classified as she completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

=Complete NASCAR results=

==Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=21| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|NWES|NASCAR Whelen Euro Series classification}}

! Pts

2019

! Dexwet-df1 Racing

! 99

! Chevy

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| VAL
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| VAL
{{small|28}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| FRA
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| FRA
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| BRH
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| BRH
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| MOS
{{small|14}}^

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| MOS
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| VEN
{{small|20}}

| HOC

| HOC

| ZOL

| ZOL

! 25th

! 148

See also

References

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External links

{{commons category|Ellen Lohr}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.ellenlohr.com/}}
  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Ellen_Lohr}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|ellen-lohr}}

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