Ellen Lohr (born 12 April 1965 in

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) is a German race car driver. She currently competes in the

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, driving the No. 99

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for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class. 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

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. Lohr is currently the only female driver to have won a DTM race. When the DTM/ITC series was discontinued in 1996 she moved to truck racing and also competed in the ''

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'' (DTC), a German

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series. From 2004 Ellen Lohr competed in the

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and similar events. 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 2008 Central Europe Rally (part of the

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). After her initial retirement in 2016, she worked in

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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

in the No. 99 team. She had previously spectated the

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season finale at

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and expressed interests to compete in the series after spectating the race.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(

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

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

(

) (Races in 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

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

External links

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Career summary
on ''Driver Database''

References

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