Duncan Huisman

Duncan Huisman ( born November 11, 1971 in Doornspijk ) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the younger brother of Patrick Huisman.

Career

In the early 1990s, Duncan Huisman had his first appearances in national racing series. His first major success he reached there with a third championship course in the Dutch Touring Car Championship in 1994 and the runner-up in the Dutch GT Championship 1995. 1996 he had a cockpit in the Porsche Supercup. Finally, in 1997 he celebrated his first league title in the Dutch Touring Car Championship. 1998, Huisman secured the title in the Belgian GT Championship. In the same year he achieved second place in the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the first major international success. After two years with average results in 2000 he was again Dutch Touring Car Championship.

As of 2001, denied Huisman as the team's riders Carly Motors the European Touring Car Championship and completed his first season in the race series with the second place in the Championship Super Production cars from. In addition, his first victory in the World Touring Car finale in Macau, called the Guia Race he succeeded. In 2002 he secured his third championship in the Dutch Touring Car Championship. Now at the Super Touring Car antretend - - In the European Touring Car Championship, he finished ninth. 2002 and 2003 also followed by two more victories in the Guia Race. In the European Touring Car Championship in 2003, he reached seventh place in the final and also won the Independents Trophy for the best private driver.

Having already achieved second place in 2004, won Huisman 2005 Team Schnitzer Motorsport with Pedro Lamy, Boris Sais and Andy Priaulx in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring. He finished the season with his now fourth win from the Guia Race in Macau. In 2006, he contested the Swedish Touring Car Championship and reached number three in the championship. From the half of the season he also jumped in the BMW factory team as a reserve driver for the dismissed Marcel Costa in the World Touring Car Championship, where he imports as the best results two second places. In 2007, he scored at Zakspeed with Tom Coronel, Patrick Simon and Christophe Bouchut finished second overall in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring.

Since 2007, Huisman without a fixed cockpit individual inserts with different teams in various racing series. In addition to the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring Huisman denied in 2007 and 2008 for Zakspeed and since 2009 for Scheid Motorsport also race in the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship. He also had some guest appearances in the World Touring Car Championship, the FIA ​​GT Championship and the FIA ​​GT3 European Championship.

Achievements

  • Dutch Touring Car Champion - 1997, 2000 and 2002
  • Belgian GT Champion - 1998
  • Winner of Guia Race - 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005
  • Independence Trophy of the European Touring Car Championship - 2003
  • Winner of the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring - 2005
  • Second place in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring - 2004 and 2007
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