Raymond Narac

Narac founded IMSA Performance in 2001 along with Patrick Rava,^[1] and began his racing career three years later, racing in the FFSA GT Championship for the team, finishing third in the GT Cup standings with a win at Magny-Cours.^[2] The following year, Narac remained in the series as he switched to the GT2 class, in which he took ten wins and secured the class title.^[3] During 2005, Narac also raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT2 class,^[4] and won the Porsche Carrera Cup France – B title.^[5]

Another title win in GT2 ensued the following year,^[6] during which he also made his debut in the Le Mans Series,^[7] as well as returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with his Porsche 911 GT3.^[8] Joining Oreca to step up to GT1 competition in the French GT Championship,^[9] Narac scored six wins and four other podiums to secure his first overall title in the series.^[10] During 2007, Narac continued to race in GT2 machinery, competing for IMSA Performance in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the latter of which he won in class.^[11]

In 2008, Narac primarily raced in the Le Mans Series, taking two class podiums to take seventh in the GT2 standings.^[12] During 2008, Narac also raced in the last four rounds of the French GT Championship, winning all eight races as he secured his third GT2 title in four seasons.^[13] The following year, Narac remained with his team to race in both the Le Mans Series and International GT Open.^[14] In the former, Narac scored podiums at Algarve and Silverstone to finish sixth in GT2,^[15] whereas in the latter, he took six wins and four other podiums to finish third in the Super GT standings.^[16]

At the start of 2010, Narac won the Dubai 24 Hour,^[17] before racing in both the Le Mans Series and International GT Open for the rest of the year.^[18] Scoring a lone podium at the Hungaroring and finishing fifth in GT2 in the former,^[19] Narac then took four wins in the latter to end the year fourth in the Super GT standings.^[20][21] During 2010, Narac also finished second in the GT2 class of the 24 Hours of Spa.^[22] Continuing in the Le Mans Series for 2011,^[23] Narac began the year by finishing sixth at Le Castellet, before winning the next four races to seal the LMGTE Am title.^[24]

Remaining in the newly-rebranded European Le Mans Series for 2012, Narac won at Donington Park and Road Atlanta to secure his second consecutive LMGTE Am title.^[25] In parallel, Narac raced in International GT Open,^[26] taking a lone win at Monza and five other podiums to finish sixth in the Super GT standings.^[27] During 2012, Narac also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing second in LMGTE Am.^[28] The following year, Narac moved to the FIA World Endurance Championship,^[29] taking a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two other podiums to end the year third in LMGTE Am.^[30]

Returning to the European Le Mans Series for 2014,^[31] Narac scored a lone podium at Silverstone as he finished the season 10th in LMGTE.^[32] In parallel, Narac returned to the FFSA GT Championship,^[33] taking three wins and three other podiums to clinch his second overall title in the series.^[34] Returning only to the latter for 2015,^[35] Narac won at Spa and Magny-Cours and took five more podiums to seal his second consecutive and third total FFSA GT title.^[36] Narac then switched to the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup the following year,^[37] taking a class win at the 24 Hours of Spa, helping him end the year 11th in the Pro-Am standings.^[38]

Following that, Narac raced in the 2017 Road to Le Mans,^[39] before competing in the first two rounds of the 2018 European Le Mans Series for fellow Porsche customer EbiMotors in LMGTE, finishing third in both races.^[40] Narac then spent the following two years mainly competing in classic races,^[41] before racing in Porsche Carrera Cup France in 2021 and making a one-off appearance in the JS P4 class of the Ligier European Series the following year for Les Deux Arbres.^[42][43]

Narac's son, Raphaël Narac, is also a racing driver who made two LMP2 starts in 2024.^[44][45]

Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	French GT Championship – GT Cup	IMSA Performance	14	1	0	0	6	237	3rd
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2005	French GT Championship – GT2	IMSA Performance	15	10	0	0	11	144	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup France – B		14						1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	4th
	FIA GT Championship – GT1	Larbre Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	1	41st
2006	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	0	18	5th
	French GT Championship – GT2		14	11	0	0	13	128	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		13	0	0	0	0	25	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Larbre Compétition	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	French GT Championship – GT1	Oreca	14	6	6	2	10	300	1st
	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	2	0	1	11	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2		1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
	FIA GT Championship – GT2		1	0	0	0	1	13.5	17th
2008	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	2	15	7th
	French GT Championship – GT2		8	8	5	5	8	78	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	FIA GT Championship – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	4.5	28th
2009	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	2	19	6th
	International GT Open – Super GT		16	6	0	2	10	91	3rd
	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – GT		3	1	1	1	2	110	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	FIA GT Championship – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Le Mans Cup	Applewood-LD Autosport	3	0	0	0	0	4	39th
2010	Dubai 24 Hour	IMSA Performance Matmut	1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
	Le Mans Series – GT2		5	0	0	0	1	47	5th
	International GT Open – Super GT		16	4	0	1	8	181	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT2		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
	24 Hours of Spa – GT2		1	0	0	0	1	—N/a	2nd
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Mühlner Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	16	25th
2011	Le Mans Series – LMGTE Am	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	4	4	0	4	75	1st
	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – GT		6	3	0	0	4	205.5	4th
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup – LMGTE Am		3	3	0	0	3	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
2012	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE Am	IMSA Performance Matmut	3	2	1	0	3	94	1st
	International GT Open – Super GT		15	1	0	0	6	63	6th
	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Scratch		5	3	0	0	5	157.5	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	1	—N/a	2nd
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am	IMSA Performance Matmut	8	1	0	0	3	122	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am		1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
2014	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	1	29	10th
	FFSA GT Championship		14	3	3	0	6	177	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	11th
2015	FFSA GT Championship	IMSA Performance Matmut	14	2	0	0	7	166	1st
	Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Classic Endurance Racing – GT1		2	2	0	0	2	0	NC
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am	IMSA Performance	5	1	0	0	1	35	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge – Am		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Challenge Endurance GT Tourisme V de V		5	1	0	2	2	175.5	4th
	Le Mans Classic – Plateau 4		3	0	0	0	0		6th
	Le Mans Classic – Plateau 6		3	0	0	0	0		17th
	Classic Endurance Racing – GT1		2	0	0	0	0	64	13th
2017	24H Series – A6	IMSA Performance	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Cup – GT3		2	0	0	0	0	3	16th
	Challenge Endurance GT Tourisme V de V – GTV1		1	1	0	0	1	45	12th
	Classic Endurance Racing – GT1		5	3	0	0	3	145	3rd
	Group C Racing – GT1		12	1	0	1	8	238	3rd
2018	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	EbiMotors	2	0	0	0	2	31	9th
	Group C Racing – GT1		9	4	0	0	7	235	1st
	Classic Endurance Racing – GT1		5	2	1	0	3	134	3rd
	Le Mans Classic – Porsche Classic		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	2nd
2019	Classic Endurance Racing – GT1		5	1	5	4	3	139.5	6th
	Endurance Racing Legends Proto A		6	5	0	3	5	22.5	2nd
	Group C Racing – C1		5	1	0	1	3	86	8th
	Group C Racing – Class 3		2	0	0	0	1	16	11th
2020	Group C Racing – C1		6	4	0	2	6	90	1st
	Sixties Endurance Series		3	1	0	0	2	86	1st
	Endurance Racing Legends Proto A		2	1	1	1	2	7.5	5th
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup France – Pro-Am	IMSA Performance	12	2	0	0	5	171	4th
2022	Ligier European Series – JS P4	Les Deux Arbres	2	0	0	0	0	13	16th
	Le Mans Classic – Plateau 4		3	0	0	0	2		4th
2025	Le Mans Classic – Endurance Racing Legends LMP		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	IMSA Performance	Romain Dumas Sébastien Dumez	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT2	322	15th	4th
2006	IMSA Performance Matmut	Romain Dumas Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	211	DNF	DNF
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	320	15th	1st
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	26	DNF	DNF
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	265	DNF	DNF
2010	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	321	17th	5th
2011	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LMGTE Pro	311	17th	5th
2012	IMSA Performance Matmut	Anthony Pons Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LMGTE Am	328	21st	2nd
2013	IMSA Performance Matmut	Jean-Karl Vernay Christophe Bourret	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	LMGTE Am	306	25th	1st
2014	IMSA Performance Matmut	Nicolas Armindo David Hallyday	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LMGTE Am	323	31st	11th

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Complete FIA GT Championship results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2005	Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	MNZ	MAG	SIL	IMO	BRN	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	OSC	IST	ZHU	DUB	BHR 8	41st	1
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	GT2	ZHU	SIL	BUC	MNZ	OSC	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 3	SPA 24H 2	ADR	BRN	NOG	ZOL		17th	13.5
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	GT2	SIL	MNZ	ADR	OSC	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 11	SPA 24H 7	BUC 1	BUC 2	BRN	NOG	ZOL	SAN	28th	4.5
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	GT2	SIL	ADR	OSC	SPA 6H DSQ	SPA 12H DSQ	SPA 24H DSQ	BUC	ALG	LEC	ZOL				NC	0

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2006	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	IST 4	SPA 5	NUR 6	DON 5	JAR 7		5th	18
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	MNZ 6	VAL Ret	NÜR 9	SPA Ret	SIL 2	INT	10th	11
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	CAT 3	MNZ DSQ	SPA 6	NÜR 3	SIL Ret		7th	15
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	CAT Ret	SPA 6	ALG 2	NÜR 5	SIL 3		6th	19
2010	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 7	SPA 5	ALG 10	HUN 3	SIL 6		5th	47
2011	IMSA Performance Matmut	LMGTE Am	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 6	SPA 1	IMO 1	SIL 1	EST 1		1st	75
2012	IMSA Performance Matmut	LMGTE Am	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 2	DON 1	PET 1				1st	94
2014	IMSA Performance Matmut	LMGTE	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 3	IMO 6	RBR Ret	LEC 8	EST 9		10th	29
2018	EbiMotors	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 3	MNZ 3	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG	9th	31

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2013	IMSA Performance Matmut	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 7	SPA 6	LMS 1	SÃO 4	COA 3	FUJ 5	SHA 2	BHR 6	3rd	122

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2016	IMSA Performance	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro-Am	MNZ 25	SIL 41	LEC 23	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 21	SPA 24H 10	NÜR 41	11th	35

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