Christian Elder

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.

This article is about the American racing driver. For the ecclesiastical title, see Elder (Christianity).
Christian Elder
BornChristian Stuart Elder
(1968-12-06)December 6, 1968
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
DiedAugust 12, 2007(2007-08-12) (aged 38)
Cornelius, North Carolina, United States
Cause of deathMethadone overdose
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
24 races run over 2 years
Best finish39th (2001)
First race2001 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Last race2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

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.

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 racing 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
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
  1. "Christian Elder – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. "Christian Elder – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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