Cornelius "Cor" Euser (born April 25, 1957) is a Dutch racing driver from

Oss OSS or Oss may refer to: Places * Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands * Osh Airport, IATA code OSS People with the name * Oss (surname), a surname Arts and entertainment * ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about ...

. His son Michael is also a racing driver

Career

After winning several

Formula Ford Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Fo ...

titles in 1980 and 1981, Euser went to the FIA European Formula Three Championship part-time in 1982 and 1983. He expanded his racing in 1984 competing in the British and German Formula Three series. He made his Formula 3000 debut in the final race of the 1986 season at Jarama after failing to qualify for the first race of the season. He made 8 Formula 3000 starts the following year but failed to score points. He finally broke into the points in 1988, finishing 19th in the championship with a 5th place at

Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hos ...

. During this period, Euser also participated in an episode of

Run The Gauntlet Run(s) or RUN may refer to: Places * Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia * Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant People * Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ...

, aired on ITV in the UK in 1988. Euser transitioned to

sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing i ...

in 1990 making 6 starts in the

World Sports-Prototype Championship The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA from 1953 World Sportscar Championship, 1953 to 1992 World Sportscar Championship, 1992. The championship evo ...

. In 1991 he competed full-time in both the

Sportscar World Championship The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and North ...

and

DTM DTM may refer to: Sport * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995 Computing * Deterministic T ...

and made a single start in the

CART A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from the flatbed tr ...

World Series for

Bettenhausen Motorsports Bettenhausen may refer to: Places Germany *Bettenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, in the Rottweil district, Baden-Württemberg *Bettenhausen, Kassel, a district of the city Kassel, Hesse *Bettenhausen, Lich, in the Lich district, Hesse *Bettenhausen, R ...

at Laguna Seca Raceway. In 1991 he also made his

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose w ...

debut driving for Euro Racing. In

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

he drove at Le Mans in a

Konrad Motorsport Konrad Motorsport is an auto racing team initially from Austria, but now based in Germany. Founded by Austrian racer Franz Konrad in 1976, the team has mostly run Porsches, although they have also run Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Saleens ove ...

GT2 Porsche and in 1995 he became a factory driver for the Marcos racing marque. While driving for Marcos, he purchased the rights to manufacture racing cars and entered them as Marcos Racing International. He has made several more Le Mans starts and campaigned their LM600 and Mantis cars in the BPR Global GT Series, FIA GT Championship, the British GT Championship, the Dutch Supercar Challenge, Belcar, the Spanish GT Championship, and numerous other endurance races held around the globe. As of 2016 Euser is still an active driver in various endurance races.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

PPG Indycar Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA GT Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete British GT Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Britcar 24 Hour results

References

External links

Cor Euser
at Driver Database * http://www.coreuser.nl/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Euser, Cornelius 1957 births Living people Dutch racing drivers Champ Car drivers Formula Ford drivers FIA European Formula 3 Championship drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers International Formula 3000 drivers British Formula 3000 Championship drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Sportspeople from Oss World Sportscar Championship drivers International GT Open drivers Britcar 24-hour drivers Sports car racing team owners 24H Series drivers British GT Championship drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Bettenhausen Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers