Kris Nissen

Danish racing driver (born 1960)
Kris Nissen in 2007.

Nils-Kristian "Kris" Nissen (born 20 July 1960 in Arnum) is a retired Danish auto racing driver.[1] For several years he was Volkswagen's motorsport director. Since the summer of 2013 he has had a career change and is currently owner and temporary manager of a Danish campingsite called Enderupskov in Southern Jutland.

Single seater and sports car racing

Nissen started racing in karting, and was twice Danish Champion in 1976 and 1977. He was Danish Formula Ford 2000 Champion in 1982 and German Formula Three Champion in 1986. in 1987 and 1988 he drove in Japan with a Porsche 962 in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. During his time there he was involved in an accident at Fuji in 1988 in which he suffered serious burns to his body and face. He was removed from the wrecked car by fellow driver Paolo Barilla and he spent two weeks in a coma.[2]

Touring car racing

Nissen driving the Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti at Donington Park during the 1994 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft season.

Between 1989 and 1992 he drove in the DTM for various teams in a works supported BMW M3. In 1991 he won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with the Schnitzer Motorsport BMW. In 1992 he won the Nordic Touring Car Cup and for the second half of the year he replaced the injured Alain Menu in the British Touring Car Championship for BMW. He finished as runner-up in the 1993 ADAC GT Cup, followed by a return to the DTM in 1994 in a privateer Alfa Romeo. In this year he won his only DTM race.

He continued to race in Germany, when he competed in the German STW Super Touring Cup with a Ford Mondeo in 1995, and Audi A4 in 1996, 1997 and 1999. He spent a brief time in the 1999 inaugural Danish Touring Car Championship in a Volkswagen Beetle. In 2000 he returned once more to the resurrected DTM, with the Abt Sportsline-run Audi TT. For his final two years in racing he competed in the V8Star Series in 2001 and 2002.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1987 Genoa Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VAL SPA PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG JAR
DNQ 		NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1987 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Germany Volker Weidler
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi 		Porsche 962C C1 6 DNF DNF
1988 Germany Leyton House Kremer Racing Germany Harald Grohs
South Africa George Fouché 		Porsche 962C C1 371 8th 8th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts
1986 Scuderia Kassel Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 ZOL HOC NÜR AVU MFA
9 		WUN NÜR ZOL NÜR 31st 10
1989 BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1
20 		NOR
2
DNS 		HOC
1
17 		HOC
2
Ret 		DIE
1
13 		DIE
2
12 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
Ret 		29th 26
1990 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
11 		ZOL
2
11 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
10 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
10 		AVU
1
22 		AVU
2
Ret 		MFA
1
22 		MFA
2
13 		WUN
1
9 		WUN
2
19 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
9 		NOR
1
19 		NOR
2
16 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		23rd 8
1991 M Team Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
3 		ZOL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
28 		HOC
2
13 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
4 		AVU
1
32 		AVU
2
10 		WUN
1
19 		WUN
2
Ret 		NOR
1
2 		NOR
2
DNS 		DIE
1
10 		DIE
2
13 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
Ret 		ALE
1
8 		ALE
2
10 		HOC
1
DNS 		HOC
2
DNS 		BRN
1
15 		BRN
2
8 		DON
1
9 		DON
2
5 		12th 46
1992 Unitron Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution ZOL
1
14 		ZOL
2
6 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
17 		WUN
1
9 		WUN
2
7 		AVU
1
13 		AVU
2
Ret 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
10 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
DNS 		NOR
1
12 		NOR
2
13 		BRN
1
9 		BRN
2
11 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		ALE
1
7 		ALE
2
13 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
7 		17th 24
1994 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti ZOL
1
7 		ZOL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
6 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
4 		MUG
1
Ret 		MUG
2
3 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
3 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
1 		DON
1
5 		DON
2
Ret 		DIE
1
11 		DIE
2
7 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
7 		AVU
1
11 		AVU
2
9 		ALE
1
3 		ALE
2
DSQ 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
Ret 		7th 99
2000 Abt Sportsline Abt Audi TT-R HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
Ret 		OSC
1
16 		OSC
2
13† 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
14 		SAC
1
11 		SAC
2
15 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
Ret 		LAU
1
C 		LAU
2
C 		OSC
1
11 		OSC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
15 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
Ret 		20th 0
2001 Abt Sportsline Abt Audi TT-R HOC
QR 		HOC
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		OSC
QR 		OSC
CR 		SAC
QR
19 		SAC
CR
Ret 		NOR
QR 		NOR
CR 		LAU
QR 		LAU
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		A1R
QR 		A1R
CR 		ZAN
QR 		ZAN
CR 		HOC
QR 		HOC
CR 		25th 0
  • † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Pts
1992 M Team Mobil BMW 318is SIL
1 		THR
1 		OUL
1 		SNE
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1 		DON
2 		SIL
1 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		PEM
1
4 		BRH
1
7 		BRH
2
7 		DON
1
Ret 		SIL
1
7 		11th 18

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1995 Ford Mondeo Team Wolf Ford Mondeo ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
DNS 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ÖST
1 		ÖST
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		24th 63
Ford Mondeo Team Schübel SAL
1
16 		SAL
2
16 		AVU
1
17 		AVU
2
12 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
8
1996 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro ZOL
1
6 		ZOL
2
3 		ASS
1
8 		ASS
2
8 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
Ret 		SAC
1
23 		SAC
2
DNS 		WUN
1
10 		WUN
2
Ret 		ZWE
1
11 		ZWE
2
5 		SAL
1
14 		SAL
2
12 		AVU
1
Ret 		AVU
2
17 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
Ret 		13th 214
1997 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
6 		ZOL
1
16 		ZOL
2
6 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
13 		SAC
1
8 		SAC
2
19 		NOR
1
16 		NOR
2
4 		WUN
1
24 		WUN
2
14 		ZWE
1
14 		ZWE
2
14 		SAL
1
15 		SAL
2
10 		REG
1
11 		REG
2
8 		NÜR
1
26 		NÜR
2
16 		9th 273
1999 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro SAC
1
2 		SAC
2
2 		ZWE
1
5 		ZWE
2
2 		OSC
1
7 		OSC
2
6 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
4 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
8 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
5 		SAL
1
Ret 		SAL
2
3 		OSC
1
7 		OSC
2
Ret 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
3 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
12 		5th 445

References

  1. ^ "Kris Nissen, Denmark". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lewis Hamilton's FIA row branded 'ridiculous' by crash survivor". Express. 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-20.

External links

  • BTCC Pages Profile.
  • Kris Nissen career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
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1986 		Succeeded by
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