Nils-Kristian "Kris" Nissen (born 20 July 1960 in Arnum) is a Danish retired auto racing driver. 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.

Touring car racing

Between 1989 and 1992, Nissen 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.

Nissen 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 Pts 1987 Genoa Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VAL SPA PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG JAR NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1987 Porsche Kremer Racing Volker Weidler Kunimitsu Takahashi Porsche 962C C1 6 DNF DNF 1988 Leyton House Kremer Racing Harald Grohs 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 Pts 1986 Scuderia Kassel Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 ZOL HOC NÜR AVU MFA WUN NÜR ZOL NÜR 31st 10 1989 BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3 Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MFA1 MFA2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 HOC1 HOC2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 29th 26 1990 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 23rd 8 1991 M Team Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 WUN1 WUN2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 12th 46 1992 Unitron Racing BMW M3 Sport Evolution ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 WUN1 WUN2 AVU1 AVU2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 BRN1 BRN2 DIE1 DIE2 ALE1 ALE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 24 1994 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DON1 DON2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 7th 99 2000 Abt Sportsline Abt Audi TT-R HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 0 2001 Abt Sportsline Abt Audi TT-R HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 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 SIL1 THR1 OUL1 SNE1 BRH1 DON1 DON2 SIL1 KNO1 KNO2 PEM1 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 SIL1 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 Pts 1995 Ford Mondeo Team Wolf Ford Mondeo ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA1 SPA2 ÖST1 ÖST2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 24th 63 Ford Mondeo Team Schübel SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 1996 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro ZOL1 ZOL2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 13th 214 1997 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 REG1 REG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 9th 273 1999 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro SAC1 SAC2 ZWE1 ZWE2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 5th 445

References

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