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Name:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ralf Kelleners
\nDate of Birth:<\/strong>\u00a0 May 18, 1968
\nBirthplace:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dinslaken,\u00a0 Germany
\nResidence:<\/strong>\u00a0 Duesseldorf, Germany
\nMarital Status:<\/strong>\u00a0 Married
\nChildren:<\/strong>\u00a0 Daughter Gene May<\/p>\n

Website: <\/strong>\u00a0ralfkelleners.com<\/p>\n

Email: \u00a0<\/strong>ralfkelleners@mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ralf Kelleners<\/h1>\n

began his driving career in 1986 competing in the European Go kart Championship, claiming second place coming one place before\u00a0Michael Schumacher<\/span>. The following year he made the jump to the\u00a0German Formula Ford 2000<\/span>\u00a0series, claiming two victories and the drivers\u2019 championship. Kelleners then went to the\u00a0Formula 3 series<\/span>\u00a0from 1988 \u20131990. During the 1990 season he also began competing in the German Group N Touring class, capturing two wins. In 1991 he competed in the\u00a0DTM<\/span>\u00a0in a BMW M3 before heading back into the German group N Touring class in 1992 where he again took two victories, leading him to second place in the series championship. Winning the carrerra cup series along with the supercup in 1996 he was invited to drive for\u00a0Porsche<\/span>\u00a0in their factory\u00a0GT1 in Zuhai<\/span>\u00a0where he not only won the race with ease but also met his future wife. Ralf was the\u00a0GT1 class winner<\/span>\u00a0in the inaugural\u00a0Petit Le Mans in 1998<\/span>\u00a0and has made appearances in the\u00a0ALMS<\/span>\u00a0since its inception in 1999.
\nSince the late 90’s and up until 2010 Ralf has been driving in numerous GT and International Sportscar racing<\/span> within Europe and the USA. After a break from Racing between 2010 and 2015 Ralf started running in historic racing in europe and added in 2021 modern cars to his shedule ( GT4 and LMP3 )<\/p>\n

Since 2010\u00a0 Ralf is concentrating on coaching drivers around the world on international race circuits as well as running An LMP3 in the Michelin Le Mans Cup , Detomaso Pantera Group 4 and Group 5 , and Group C in a Porsche 962 in the year 2023.<\/p>\n

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2009 – later<\/h2>\n

click here: COACHING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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2008<\/h2>\n

ALMS, Ferrari 430<\/span> (2 races with Corsa Motorsports)
\n24 of Daytona Porsche GT3<\/span>
\nLMS, Spyker Laviolette<\/span>, 24 Hours of Le Mans with Spyker<\/p>\n

\"Dumbreck,

Dumbreck, Kelleners, Vasiliev<\/p><\/div>\n

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2007<\/h2>\n

ALMS, Porsche GT2<\/span>\u00a0for Rahal, and Porsche GT3<\/span> in the 24 h of Daytona.<\/p>\n

\"Milner,

Milner, Kelleners<\/p><\/div>\n

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2006<\/h2>\n

ALMS, Ferrari 430<\/span> (3 races) and 24 h of Nuerburgring and 24 h of Bahrain in a BMW M3.
\nAlex job Racing Daytona Prototype, Porsche Crawford<\/span> in Salt Lake city<\/p>\n

\"Borcheller,

Borcheller, Kelleners, Rockenfeller<\/p><\/div>\n

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2005<\/h2>\n

ALMS, Saleen SR7<\/span> (3rd in Sebring, 3rd in petit Le Mans), 5 races Grand Am incl 24 h of
\nDaytona in a Daytona prototype Doran\/Pontiac<\/span> (3rd Laguna Seca)<\/p>\n

\"Borcheller,

Borcheller, Kelleners, Mowlem<\/p><\/div>\n

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2004<\/h2>\n

ALMS,\u00a0Ferrari 360<\/span>\u00a0Modena (1 win and several podiums) 2 races Ferrari 360<\/span> GrandAm<\/p>\n

24 h of Le Mans in a\u00a0 Porsche\u00a0 GT2 , 24h of Daytona in a\u00a0<\/span> Porsche.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2003<\/h2>\n

ALMS,\u00a0Ferrari 360<\/span>\u00a0Modena, 3rd\u00a0in championship, 1st\u00a0privateer
\nHistoric Group C for Porsche Kremer in Porsche 962 (4 races)<\/p>\n

24h of Daytona in a Maserati<\/span><\/p>\n

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2002<\/h2>\n

Won SRPII class at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, finishing 3rd overall
\nAmerican Le Mans Series: two podiums, in two starts in a\u00a0Ferrari 360<\/span>\u00a0Modena
\nRolex Sports Car Series: three wins, one pole, six podiums in a\u00a0Nissan Lola<\/span><\/p>\n

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2001<\/h2>\n

Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona: fastest qualifier in a\u00a0Ferrari 333 SP<\/span>
\n24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring in an\u00a0Audi R8<\/span><\/p>\n

\"2001

2001 Le Mans Audi R8<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Daytona

Daytona Teammates Brabham, Mcnish and van de Poele
Ferrari 333<\/p><\/div>\n

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2000<\/h2>\n

24 Hours of Le Mans in an ROC\u00a0Reynard LMP675<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grand American Road Racing Association in a Ferrari\u00a0333 SP<\/span>
\nISRS: 1st place Kyalami in a\u00a0Kremer 8 Sportscar<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ferrari

Ferrari 333 24h Daytona<\/p><\/div>\n


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1999<\/h2>\n

24 Hours of Le Mans in a\u00a0Toyota GT-One<\/span>
\nPorsche Supercup<\/span>: three wins ( Monaco, Zeltweg , Melbourne )
\nALMS: three races in a\u00a0Porsche GT1 for Champion Racing<\/span><\/p>\n

\"GTone\"<\/p>\n

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1998<\/h2>\n

24 Hours of Le Mans in a\u00a0Toyota GT-One<\/span>
\nRolex 24 Hours at Daytona in a\u00a0Porsche GT2<\/span>
\nClass wins at Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans in a\u00a0Porsche GT1<\/span><\/p>\n

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1997<\/h2>\n

Won GT2 class at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, finishing 3rd overall in a\u00a0Porsche 911<\/span>
\nFIA GT World Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans in a\u00a0Porsche GT1
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1996<\/h2>\n

Won GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a\u00a0Porsche (Roock)<\/span>
\nZhuhai, China: won\u00a0GT1 in a Porsche<\/span>
\nBPR\u00a0GT2<\/span>: three wins, champion
\nGerman Carrera Cup<\/span>: two wins, Champion
\nPorsche Supercup<\/span>: two wins<\/p>\n

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1995<\/h2>\n

German GT Cup: 2nd in a\u00a0Porsche 911 GT2
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1994<\/h2>\n

ADAC GT Cup: three wins, Champion in a\u00a0Porsche Carrera RSR (Roock)<\/span>
\nNew Zealand Nissan-Mobil 500 Series: two wins, ADAC Gt Cup Champion<\/p>\n

\"ADAC

ADAC Cup 1994<\/p><\/div>\n

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1987 to 1993<\/h2>\n

Ralf becomes german Formula Ford 2000<\/span> champion
\nand competes for 2 years in formula 3 and the DTM in BMW<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"dtm\"<\/p>\n

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1985 to 1986<\/h2>\n

A100 Go Kart european vice Champion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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European A 100 Go Kart<\/div>\n
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1 st place Linus Lundberg<\/div>\n
2 nd Ralf Kelleners<\/div>\n
3 rd Michael Schumacher<\/div>\n
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\"kart\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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KELLENERS PERSONAL NOTES:<\/div>\n
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His favorite tracks in the U.S. are Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca<\/span><\/div>\n
His helmet design is taken from his father, who was a European touring car driver<\/span><\/div>\n
Otherwise known as JOEY, because the english pronunciation of his name (the R) is never right!<\/span><\/div>\n
Racing heroes? My Father (a professional driver for 25 years and 3 times BMW touring car champion)<\/span><\/div>\n
Best moment in racing and why? being nominated by Porsche to drive for them in Zhuhai in 1996<\/span><\/div>\n
First drove at 18 years old in a formula ford 1600<\/span><\/div>\n
Also enjoys rock music, playing guitar and jet skiing.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":155,"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ralfkelleners.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}