Ellen Lohr

What grabs me about Ellen Lohr isn't the longevity, though racing NASCAR's Euro Series near 60 is wild on its own. It's that 1992 DTM win at Hockenheim, in a Mercedes 190E, in a paddock built almost entirely by and for men. Winning outright in a top-tier touring series wasn't a token result; it was raw competitive proof. I find drivers like her quietly more interesting than the headline stars, because the achievement does the talking. She turned a Mönchengladbach upbringing into a genuine place in German motorsport history, and she clearly still races for love.

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Name (English)

Ellen Lohr

Name (Japanese)

エレン・ローア

Reading

えれん・ろーあ

Born

April 12, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

• Official sitehttps://ellen-lohr.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen%20Lohr
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95495

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• racing driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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