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Lucas Paul André René Lasserre (born 9 March 1978) is a French racing driver who competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He is currently driving the No. 64 Ford Mustang as the owner-driver of SpeedHouse.[1]

BornLucas Paul André René Lasserre
(1978-03-09) 9 March 1978 (age 48)
Debutseason2017
CurrentteamSpeedhouse
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Lucas Lasserre
Lucas Lasserre in 2017
NationalityFrance French
BornLucas Paul André René Lasserre
(1978-03-09) 9 March 1978 (age 48)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season2017
Current teamSpeedhouse
Car number64
EngineFord
Starts52
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2018, 2021
Finished last season
3rd in 2021
Championship titles
2009 – 2010Racecar Euro Series
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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 European Le Mans Series and Lamborghini Japan in Super GT. He also worked as a manufacturer for Renault Sport, Michelin, Oreca, and Norma Auto Concept from 2003 to 2008. He has also raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans' LMP1 class.

In July 2008, Lasserre 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.[2][3][4]

Lasserre during the 2011 Toyota Allstars Showdown at Irwindale

In 2009, Lasserre 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 Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway and despite qualifying in 38th, he would finish the race in 15th place.[5]

After leaving the Euro Series in 2011, Lasserre returned in 2017 for his first season in the Euro Series under NASCAR 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.[6] He scored his first victory in the NASCAR-sanctioned era of Euro Series at the second Elite 1 race at Franciacorta after initial race winner Alon Day was disqualified for failing post-race inspection.[7] Lasserre would finish third in the standings after scoring two further podiums at Hockenheim.

Lasserre continued to compete with Mishumotors for the next two seasons, finishing 17th in the overall standings in 2019 and fourth in 2020. During the 2019 season, Lasserre started to field his own team SpeedHouse in the series.[8] 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.[9] Lasserre went on to finish third in the championship once again after scoring three podiums and ten top-ten finishes.

Racing record

Career summary

NASCAR

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

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

More information NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results, Year ...
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWES Pts
2017 Dog Racing 95 Ford VAL
8
VAL
DNS
BRH
BRH
VEN
VEN
TOU
23
TOU
17
16th 386
Mishumotors 33 Chevrolet FRA
4
FRA
18
ZOL
7
ZOL
7
2018 VAL
6
VAL
10
FRA
5
FRA
1
BRH
5
BRH
15
TOU
6
TOU
12
HOC
3
HOC
3
ZOL
28
ZOL
6
3rd 446
2019 VAL
4
VAL
24
FRA
17
FRA
8
BRH
5
BRH
24
MOS
4
MOS
17
VEN
HOC
6
HOC
DNS
ZOL
25
ZOL
10
17th 336
2020 ITA
4
ITA
3
BEL
14
BEL
14
CRO
9
CRO
20
ESP1
3
ESP1
9
ESP2
3
ESP2
7
4th 256
2021 SpeedHouse 64 Ford ESP
8
ESP
6
GBR
12
GBR
7
CZE
9
CZE
5
CRO
4
CRO
11
BEL
2
BEL
3
ITA
4
ITA
3
3rd 399
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