DKR Engineering is a racing team and preparation firm from

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, which competed in the

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. The company was founded in 2004 by Kendy Janclaes as a branch of the PSI Experience racing team from Belgium. After running PSI's racing programs, DKR began their own programs in 2008, running in the

FFSA GT Championship The FFSA GT Championship (''Championnat de France FFSA GT'') is a French Grand Touring-style sports car racing series that began in 1997. It is the main event of the ''Championnat de France des Circuits'' (formerly called ''Super Série FFSA'' and ...

with

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s. DKR expanded into the

FIA GT Championship The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...

in 2009 where PSI had previously competed, running their own program under the Sangari Team Brazil banner and netting a single victory and sixth in the Teams' Championship. DKR's FFSA GT squad won five races in 2009 and secured the Drivers' Championship for Eric Debard. In 2010 DKR Engineering partnered with fellow Corvette campaigner

Selleslagh Racing Team Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT) is a Belgian racing team, currently competing in the GT4 European Series. In the 2010 season the team competed under the Mad-Croc Racing banner, the result of a collaboration between SRT and DKR Engineering of Luxe ...

to compete as a two-car team under

Mad-Croc Racing Mad-Croc Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship. It was formed as the result of a collaboration between the Belgian Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT) and DKR Engineering of Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, ...

banner in the

. After a single victory over the season, Selleslagh and DKR will split, forming their own teams for the 2011 season. The team are four-time LMP3 champions of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and currently lead the standings in

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. They have entered

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twice: originally in 2013 with a

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- Judd, promoted from the reserve entry list when

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withdrew, and in 2022, qualifying for an automatic place through their championship LMP3 win in

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

and opting to run in the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass, with the ELMS duo of Jean Glorieux and

Laurents Hörr Laurents Hörr (born 11 September 1997) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series. Career Lower formula Hörr began his open-wheel racing career in 2014, competing in a pair of races with Dutt Motorsport, a ...

stepping up. The mandatory third driver has not been confirmed. 20091025 FIA GT 08 e296

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* Luxembourgian auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2004 2004 establishments in Luxembourg FIA GT1 World Championship teams FIA GT Championship teams Blancpain Endurance Series teams European Le Mans Series teams {{Motorsport-stub 24 Hours of Le Mans teams Formula Renault teams