Lucas Lasserre (born March 9, 1978) is a French racing driver who competes in the

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series and Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's three international-sanctioned series, alongside th ...

. He is currently driving the No. 64

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as the owner-driver of SpeedHouse.

Racing career

Lasserre started racing karts in France and dominated Formula Renault and Spanish Formula Three before moving to sports cars and GT cars for Panoz in

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and Lamborghini Japan in

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. He also worked as a manufacturer for

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, and

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from 2003 to 2008. He has also raced in the

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' LMP1 class. In July 2008, he created the event promotion company Carre Sport, which oversaw the EffiTIC-Carre Sport cars. The company, in default, was put into liquidation in February 2012. NASCAR LUCAS LASSERRE

In 2009, he joined the new Racecar Euro Series and he won the Elite class title to become the inaugural champions of the series. Lasserre successfully defended his title in 2010. As a reward for becoming a double champion, he received an invitation to compete in the 2011 edition of the

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and despite qualifying in 38th, he would finish the race in 15th place. After leaving the Euro Series in 2011, Lasserre returned in

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for his first season in the Euro Series under

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official sanctioning. He initially competes with Dog Racing before switching to Mishumotors mid-season. The following year, he returned to compete full-time with Mishumotors in the No. 33 team. He scored his first victory in the NASCAR-sanctioned era of Euro Series at the second Elite 1 race at

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after initial race winner

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was disqualified for failing post-race inspection. Lasserre would finish 3rd in the standings after scoring two further podiums at

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. Lasserre continued to compete with Mishumotors for the next two seasons, finishing 17th in the overall standings in 2019 and 4th in 2020. During the 2019 season, Lasserre started to field his own team SpeedHouse in the series. SpeedHouse competed part-time for the 2019 and 2020 seasons using a variety of drivers before the team made the step up to full-time competition in 2021, with Lasserre now acting as the team's primary driver. Lasserre went on to finish 3rd in the championship once again after scoring three podiums and 10 Top-10 finishes.

Racing record

Career summary

* 1995: French Formula Renault ELF Campus – Finished 7th of the Championship * 1998:

French Formula Renault The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,French Formula 3 series – Finish 5th of the championship * 2001: French Formula 3 series – Team Signature * 2002: Spanish Formula 3 series – Team

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– 3 wins & 5podiums finishes * 2003: ** French GT Championship – Driving for DDO Organisation – Porsche GT3 RSR **

with Sezio Florida Racing Team – Qualified for the 24 Hours of Le Mans * 2004: French Tourism Championship: Team Tarrés * 2005: French Tourism Championship – Team Tarrés – Chrystler Viper GTS-R * 2006: French Tourism Championship – Team Tarrés * 2007: ** Official Driver Panoz Esperante GT LM – LMS Championship – Team LNT ** French Tourism Championship – Team Mirabeau Competition * 2009: Winner of the Elite Championship –

* 2010: Winner of the Elite Championship –

* 2011: ** Finished 3rd in the Championship –

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** NASCAR K&N Pro Series – Toyota Allstars Showdown at Irwindale: Finish 15th (First time on an Oval Race) * 2014: **

** 24 Heures de spa with Team Pro GT by Almeras: 7th Pro Am * 2017:

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lasserre, Lucas 1978 births French racing drivers NASCAR drivers Living people Racing Engineering drivers