| Christian Elder | |||||||
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| Born | Christian Stuart Elder December 6, 1968 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States | ||||||
| Died | August 12, 2007 (aged 38) Cornelius, North Carolina, United States | ||||||
| Cause of death | Methadone overdose | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 24 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 39th (2001) | ||||||
| First race | 2001 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Christian Stuart Elder (December 6, 1968 – August 12, 2007) was an American racing driver. He raced in the Busch Series for Akins Motorsports for two years. His best finish of the year was 26th at Kentucky.
Elder made his debut in 2001, running his first race at Las Vegas for Akins where he started the race in 32nd, and he finished 23rd. In sixteen starts, he managed two top-20s (a pair of 20ths at Bristol and Dover). In 2002, Elder began running races for Akins full-time. A serious crash in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway ended his Busch career.
Elder has competed in the ARCA series, Star Mazda Series, Speed World Challenge Series, Busch Series and NASCAR Goody's Dash Series which Elder competed in and won races at Daytona and Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also had a pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Christain Elder 2002 Qualifying Wreck (Chicagoland)
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2002 Tropicana Twister 300 - Christian Elder/Dan Pardus' Hard Crash
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2002 Chicagoland - Dan Pardus Huge Qualifying Crash
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Qualifying crash
During qualifying for a race at Chicagoland Speedway, Elder lost control of his car at turns three and four, causing his car to shoot up the track and hit the wall extremely hard, slamming the car's right side past the windshield, badly wrinkling the whole side of the car. He suffered a concussion and a broken collar bone. Track rescue workers had to cut him out of the race car and Elder was transported to a nearby hospital. The crash ended his NASCAR career.
Death
Elder died at his home in Cornelius, North Carolina, on Sunday, August 12, 2007, due to accidental methadone toxicity, caused by mixing up pills he was taking due to his accident. At the time of his death, Elder was a project manager for Elder-Jones, Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2001 | Akins Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY DNQ |
CAR | LVS 23 |
ATL 26 |
DAR | BRI 20 |
TEX | NSH | TAL 26 |
CAL 24 |
RCH | NHA | NZH 28 |
CLT 37 |
DOV 20 |
KEN 24 |
MLW | GLN | CHI 29 |
GTY 30 |
PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI 35 |
DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN 27 |
CLT 40 |
MEM | PHO 28 |
CAR | HOM 43 |
39th | 1228 | [1] | ||
| 2002 | DAY 36 |
CAR 37 |
LVS 38 |
DAR | BRI | TEX 31 |
NSH | TAL 43 |
CAL 43 |
RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 26 |
MLW | DAY 29 |
CHI INQ† |
GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 58th | 455 | [2] | ||||
| † - Qualified, but received career-ending injuries in a qualifying crash, and was replaced by Mark Green | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Christian Elder – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Christian Elder – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
External links
- Christian Elder driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Obituary
- Elder Racing
- Elder-Jones, Inc. homepage
- Motorsport.com
- Photo Archive
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This page was last edited on 30 October 2023, at 00:28