Allan Weel Simonsen (5 July 1978 – 22 June 2013)[1] was a Danish racing driver, born in Odense.
[6] Simonsen moved to sports car racing for 2002, driving a Ferrari 360 for Veloqx Motorsport in the British GT Championship.
Simonsen's best Bathurst result came in 2011, when he finished third for Kelly Racing, driving alongside Greg Murphy in a Holden VE Commodore.
At the 2011 Sprint Bathurst event, he set a blistering time of 2:04.95 around the famous Mount Panorama circuit.
Fellow Danish driver Tom Kristensen won the race overall and dedicated his team's victory to the memory of Simonsen.