Casper Elgaard

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2001, 2003–2004, 2006 – 2009, 2011
Teams	Massive Motorsport, Elgaard Motorsport, Team Den Blå Avis, RN Motorsport Ltd., Lister Racing, Zytek Engineering, Aston Martin Racing Larbre, Team Essex
Best finish	7th (2007)
Class wins	1 (2009)

Casper Gunvad Elgaard^[1] (born 5 April 1978) is a Danish auto racing driver. He has competed several times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001, as well as regular drives in the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he finished second in the LMP2 class of Le Mans for Team Essex in a Porsche RS Spyder.^[2] He also won his class at the 2008 1000 km of Monza. In 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Elgaard won the LMP2 class in the Team Essex Porsche Spyder.

He won the Danish Touring Car Championship between 2004 and 2006, and again in the series final season in 2010. Later he won the Danish Thundersport Championship in 2014 and 2015. Early racing includes finishing as runner-up in the 1998 Danish Formula Ford series, as well as a drive in German Formula Ford. In 1999 he raced in the Formula Renault Euro Cup.

After competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship in 2019, Elgaard will be driving for his team, Massive Motorsport, which was the first team to enter,^[3] in the inaugural TCR Denmark Touring Car Series in 2020.^[4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Team Den Blå Avis Team Goh	John Nielsen Hiroki Katoh	Dome S101-Judd	LMP900	66	DNF	DNF
2003	RN Motorsport	John Nielsen Hayanari Shimoda	DBA4 03S-Zytek	LMP675	288	22nd	2nd
2004	Lister Racing	John Nielsen Jens Reno Møller	Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet	LMP1	279	24th	9th
2006	Zytek Engineering Team Essex Invest	John Nielsen Philip Andersen	Zytek 06S	LMP1	269	NC	NC
2007	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Fabrizio Gollin	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	341	7th	3rd
2008	Team Essex	John Nielsen Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	347	12th	2nd
2009	Team Essex	Kristian Poulsen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	357	10th	1st
2011	Hope Racing	Steve Zacchia Jan Lammers	Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech	LMP1	115	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[5]^[6]

(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	DC	Points
2020	TPR Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	JYL1 1	JYL1 2	JYL1 3	JYL2 1 1	JYL2 2 1	JYL2 3 8	JYL2 4 1	JYL2 5 5	JYL2 6 1	DJU 1 Ret	DJU 1 Ret	DJU 3	PAD 1	PAD 2	PAD 3	JYL3 1 15	JYL3 2 6	JYL3 3 3	7th	167
Source:^[7]

^* Season still in progress.

^ "Casper Gunvad Elgaard" (in Danish). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "2008 le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 2008 Le Mans 24 hour standings.
^ "Massive Motorsport first to confirm TCR Denmark entry". TouringCarTimes.com. 1 November 2019.
^ "Casper Elgaard confirms driver role for 2020 TCR Denmark season". TouringCarTimes.com. 12 November 2019.
^ "Casper Elgaard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Casper Elgaard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Casper Elgaard race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jan Magnussen	Danish Touring Car Champion 2004 – 2006	Succeeded by Michel Nykjaer
Preceded by Michel Nykjaer	Danish Touring Car Champion 2010	Succeeded by series became STCC

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