2012 Racecar Euro Series

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Locations of the circuits that hosted a round in the 2012 Racecar Euro Series season

The 2012 Racecar Euro Series was the 4th season of Racecar Euro Series season, and the first EuroNASCAR season under NASCAR sanctioning. The season began on April 8 with the Nogaro 200 at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 14 October with the Le Mans Finals at Bugatti Circuit after five championship rounds and a non-championship round at Tours Speedway. NASCAR's standard rules, such as beneficiary rule and green-white-checker finish, were adopted by the series starting from this season.

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TFT Racing driver Ander Vilariño was crowned as the first Driver's Champion in the NASCAR years after scoring six race wins during the season, edging Romain Thievin by 16 points in the final standings. Thievin did not win a race, but managed to score a podium in nine championship races. Fellow Spaniard Javier Villa was third, 64 points adrift from Vilariño. Villa took one victory at Brands Hatch, his only win in EuroNASCAR. Romain Iannetta and Gaël Castelli were the other winners in the championship rounds while Ben Kennedy and 2011 champion Éric Hélary took one win each in the Tours non-championship round. French driver Carole Perrin scored a third place finish in the fifth race at Spa-Francorchamps, making her the only female driver to finish on the podium in EuroNASCAR's top division as of the 2023 season. [1]

In the Open division, Simon Escallier became the first champion of the present-day EuroNASCAR 2 division. Escallier swept the races at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on his way to championship victory, 44 points ahead of Alain Grand. Six other drivers scored victories in 2012, most of them were taken by part-time competitors. Outside of Escallier, Vincent Gonneau was the only other full-time driver to win a race. Martin van Hove and Olivier Porta took two race wins while Adriano Medeiros, Loic Deman and Marc Duez secured one victory each.

Schedule

With the exception of the non-championship round at Tours Speedway, all races in the 2012 season were held as support races for another championship. [2]

RoundRace TitleTrackDateSupporting
1R1Nogaro 200 Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro April 8 FIA GT1 World Championship
R2April 9
2R3Brands Hatch 200 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch, Swanley May 19 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R4May 20
3R5Spa 200 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa June 9 Belgian Touring Car Series
R6June 10
NCNC1 Michelin / Tours Evenements 100 Flag of France.svg Tours Speedway, Tours July 7None
NC2July 8
4R7Valencia Semifinals Flag of Spain.svg Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Cheste September 29 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R8September 30
5R9Le Mans Finals Flag of France.svg Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans October 13 European Truck Racing Championship
R10October 14

Results

Elite

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledWinning DriverWinning TeamWinning Manufacturer
1R1 Flag of France.svg Nogaro 200 Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of France.svg Romain Thievin Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
R2 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
2R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 200 Flag of France.svg Romain Thievin Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
R4 Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa TFT Racing Chevrolet
3R5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Spa 200 Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
R6 Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of France.svg Romain Iannetta Flag of France.svg Romain Iannetta Orhes Competition Dodge
NCNC1 Flag of France.svg Michelin / Tours Evenements 100 Flag of France.svg Romain Fournillier Flag of France.svg Carole PerrinFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kennedy TFT Racing Chevrolet
NC2 Flag of France.svg Carole Perrin Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Éric Hélary Still Racing Chevrolet
4R7 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia SemiFinals Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
R8 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
5R9 Flag of France.svg Le Mans Finals Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of France.svg Gaël CastelliFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Gaël CastelliRapido Racing Ford
R10 Flag of France.svg Gaël Castelli Flag of France.svg Gaël CastelliFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Gaël CastelliRapido Racing Ford

Open

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledWinning DriverWinning TeamWinning Manufacturer
1R1 Flag of France.svg Nogaro 200 Flag of France.svg Eric Quintal Flag of France.svg Vincent Gonneau Flag of France.svg Eric Quintal Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Martin van Hove TFT Racing Dodge
R2 Flag of France.svg Simon Escallier Flag of France.svg Eric Quintal Flag of France.svg Vincent Gonneau Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Martin van Hove [lower-alpha 1] TFT Racing Dodge
2R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 200 Flag of France.svg Philippe Marie Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano MedeirosFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Vincent GonneauGonneau Racing Chevrolet
R4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Martin van Hove Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Martin van HoveFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano MedeirosAutosport 42 Chevrolet
3R5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Spa 200 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loic Deman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loic Deman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loic Deman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loic DemanRapido Racing Ford
R6 Flag of France.svg Gerald CormonFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Duez Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Duez TFT Racing Chevrolet
NCNC1 Flag of France.svg Michelin / Tours Evenements 100Flag placeholder.svgUnknownFlag placeholder.svgUnknownFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Sebastien BaronRapido Racing Ford
NC2 Flag of France.svg Vincent GonneauFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Vincent Gonneau Flag of France.svg Vincent GonneauGonneau Racing Chevrolet
4R7 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia SemiFinals Flag of France.svg Simon Escallier Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Burdon Flag of France.svg Simon Escallier Flag of France.svg Simon EscallierScorpus Racing Dodge
R8 Flag of France.svg Eric Quintal Flag of France.svg Eric QuintalFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Simon EscallierScorpus Racing Dodge
5R9 Flag of France.svg Le Mans Finals Flag of France.svg Olivier Porta Flag of France.svg Olivier PortaFlag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Olivier Porta TFT Racing Chevrolet
R10 Flag of France.svg Donald Reignoux Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Burdon Flag placeholder.svgUnknown Flag of France.svg Olivier Porta TFT Racing Chevrolet
  1. Vincent Gonneau originally won the race, but he received a post-race penalty for causing an avoidable collision.

Standings

Elite

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

RankDriverNOG1NOG2BRH1BRH2SPA1SPA2TOU1TOU2VAL1VAL2LMS1LMS2Points
1 Ander Vilariño 11121211710667
2 Romain Thievin 23232103222651
3 Javier Villa (J)42311932366603
4 Antoine Lioen 1376451145159567
5 Romain Iannetta 5165920110433566

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