Ellen Lohr


Ellen Lohr is a German race car driver. She currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class.
She is one of Germany's most accomplished female drivers, having won a DTM 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 the DTM.
When the DTM/ITC series was discontinued in 1996 she moved to truck racing and also competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge, a German touring car racing series. From 2004 Ellen Lohr competed in the Dakar Rally and similar vents. She is an occasional television commentator for DTM races.
In 2008 Ellen Lohr competed in the German Rally Championship, the Deutsche Rally Meisterschaft, with Antonia Roissard de Bellet as her navigator. They also entered the Central Europe Rally 2008.
After her initial retirement in 2016, she worked in Formula E in the marketing department of the Venturi race team in 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.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pts
1987AlpinaBMW M3HOCZOLNÜRAVUMFANORNÜR
Ret
WUN
5
DIESAL
2
19th32
1991AMG Motorenbau GmbHMercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2ZOL
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
28th2
1992AMG Motorenbau GmbHMercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2ZOL
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
11th105
1993AMG-Mercedes Berlin 2000Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2ZOL
1
6
ZOL
2
8
HOC
1
Ret
HOC
2
7
NÜR
1
7
NÜR
2
Ret
WUN
1
Ret
WUN
2
Ret
10th43
1993AMG-Mercedes Berlin 2000Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93NÜR
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
10th43
1994AMG Mercedes D2 Privat TeamMercedes C-Class V6ZOL
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
11th76
1995Zakspeed MercedesMercedes C-Class V6HOC
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
17th18

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Pts
1995Zakspeed MercedesMercedes C-Class V6MUG
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
17th13
1996Persson MotorsportMercedes C-ClassHOC
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
25th7

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1