2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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4. Tours Speedway

5. Autodromo dell'Umbria

6. Circuit Zolder

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Locations of the European racing circuits

The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the seventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the third under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding.

The Elite 1 championship was won for the third time in four years by Ander Vilariño in the No. 2 TFT Racing Chevrolet Camaro. ^[1] He scored three victories during the season, and ultimately won the championship by 35 points ahead of CAAL Racing driver Alon Day, who also took three victories – coming at the final two meetings of the season, at Magione and Zolder  – during his first season in the championship. Third place, 13 points further in arrears, was Vilariño's team-mate Romain Iannetta, who won a race at Brands Hatch. Three other drivers won races during the season; Nicolò Rocca was another three-time winner for CAAL Racing, but he finished down in ninth in the drivers' championship, while Eddie Cheever III and defending champion Anthony Kumpen won a race apiece at Valencia and Venray respectively. Rocca won the Race And Win Pole Award for scoring the highest number of pole positions with four; the other two poles went to Day.

The Elite 2 championship was won by Gianmarco Ercoli, who won four races driving his No. 9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro. ^[2] Ercoli won the championship by 20 points ahead of Philipp Lietz, who won both races at Venray for GDL Racing. Third place in the championship – four points behind Lietz – went to Knauf Racing Team's Thomas Ferrando, who achieved three victories during 2015. The season's other race-winners finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the championship; Stienes Longin won at Tours Speedway for PK Carsport, Salvador Tineo Arroyo won at Magione for CAAL Racing and Dexwet Renauer Team's Florian Renauer was a race-winner at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

Ander Vilariño, the 2015 Whelen Euro Series champion.

Alon Day finished second in the Elite 1 category.

Elite 1 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Ander Vilariño [3]	All
			7	Romain Iannetta [3]	All
		RDV Compétition	3	Frédéric Gabillon [4]	All
		PK Carsport	11	Bert Longin [5]	All
			24	Anthony Kumpen [5]	All [a]
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Fabrizio Armetta [7]	1–2, 5–6
				Roberto Benedetti [8]	3–4
		Record News Racing	21	William Ayer, Jr. [9]	All
		CAAL Racing	51	Eddie Cheever III [10]	1–4
			54	Alon Day [11]	All
			56	Nicolò Rocca [10]	All
		Whelen  – Amai.fr	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt [8]	3
				Stéphane Sabates [12]	4–5
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Christophe Bouchut [13]	1–3
				Mathias Lauda [12]	4, 6
				Christian Malchárek	5
			77	Luke Wright [4]	1
				Stefan Oberndorfer [14]	2
				Wilfried Boucenna [8]	3
	Chevrolet Camaro	Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Domenico Schiattarella [4]	1
				Fabrizio Armetta [8]	3
				Cesare Balistreri [15]	5
			9	Roberto Benedetti [4]	1–2
				Michela Cerruti [8]	3
				Fabrizio Armetta [12]	4
				Gianmarco Ercoli	5–6
		Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Brandon Gdovic [16]	5
		GDL Racing	68	Renzo Calcinati [4]	1–4
			99	Dominic Tiroch [4]	All
		VTS 85	85	Nicolas Gaudin [4]	1–4
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Simone Monforte [4]	1–4
Ford	Ford Mustang	Active Racing Competition	1	Borja García [17]	1–2
		Dasi Racing Team	4	Wilfried Boucenna [4]	1–2
		TLC – Leclerc		Pierre Roché [12]	4
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Florian Renauer [18]	All
			15	Martin Doubek [4]	2–6
		RDV Compétition	8	Hugo Bec [19]	All
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando [4]	1–3
				Wilfried Boucenna [12]	4–6
		GDL Racing	44	Freddy Nordström [4]	1–5
			67	Philipp Lietz [4]	All
			87	Gianluca de Lorenzi [20]	6
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt [21]	All
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker [4]	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Racing Club Partners	20	Tim Verbergt [20]	6
		CAAL Racing	51	Eddie Cheever III [10]	5–6

Elite 2 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Léonard Vernet [4]	All
			7	Sébastien Morales [4]	1
		RDV Compétition	3	Ulysse Delsaux [4]	All
		PK Carsport	11	Stienes Longin [5]	All
			24	Martin Van Hove [22]	1
				Maxime Dumarey [14]	2–4, 6
				Bart Van Haeren [15]	5
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Simone Laureti [7]	1–4
				Roberto Benedetti	5–6
		Record News Racing	21	Gabriela Prado Arantes [9]	All
		CAAL Racing	51	Salvador Tineo Arroyo [14]	2–4
			54	Carole Perrin [4]	All
			56	Nicolò Rocca [4]	1
				Guillaume Deflandre [12]	4
				Leonardo Baccarelli [15]	5–6
		Whelen  – Amai.fr	55	Stéphane Sabates [12]	4–5
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Christian Malchárek [13]	All
			77	Guillaume Deflandre [4]	1–3
	Chevrolet Camaro	Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Ruggero Melgrati [8]	3–4
				Giovanni Altoè [15]	5
			9	Gianmarco Ercoli [4]	All
		Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Brandon Gdovic [16]	5
		GDL Racing	68	Vittorio Bagnasco [4]	1–3
				Arthur Lehouck [12]	4
			99	Francesca Linossi [4]	All
		VTS 85	85	Jack Gaudin [4]	1–4
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Erika Monforte [4]	1–4
Ford	Ford Mustang	Active Racing Competition	1	Salvador Tineo Arroyo [17]	1
		Dasi Racing Team	4	Santiago Cañizares [4]	1 [b]
				Moisés Soriano [4]
				Eric Van de Vyver [14]	2
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez [8]	3
		TLC – Leclerc		Pierre Roché [12]	4
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Florian Renauer [4]	All
			15	Martin Doubek [4]	2–6
		RDV Compétition	8	Didier Bec [19]	All
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando [23]	All
		GDL Racing	44	Nicki Petersen [4]	1–4
				Guillaume Deflandre [15]	5
			67	Philipp Lietz [4]	All
			87	Guillaume Deflandre [20]	6
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt [21]	All
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker [4]	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Racing Club Partners	20	Philippe Steveny [20]	6
		RCP – Marc VDS	32	Denis Dupont [24]	1
		CAAL Racing	51	Salvador Tineo Arroyo [14]	5–6

Schedule and results

The schedule was announced in September 2014. ^[25]

Elite 1

Round		Race title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia American Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	25 April	Nicolò Rocca	Ander Vilariño	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet
	R2			26 April	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
2	R3	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	23 May	Nicolò Rocca	Nicolò Rocca	Nicolò Rocca	Chevrolet
	R4			24 May	Nicolò Rocca	Anthony Kumpen	Anthony Kumpen	Ford [a]
3	R5	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	6 June	Nicolò Rocca	Romain Iannetta	Romain Iannetta	Chevrolet
	R6			7 June	Romain Iannetta	Romain Iannetta	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
4	R7	Tours Motor Show	Tours Speedway, Tours	27 June	Nicolò Rocca	Ander Vilariño	Nicolò Rocca	Chevrolet
	R8			28 June	Ander Vilariño	Frédéric Gabillon	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
5	R9	Magione American Style	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	11 September	Alon Day	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet
	R10			12 September	Alon Day	Nicolò Rocca	Nicolò Rocca	Chevrolet
6	R11	American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	3 October	Alon Day	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet
	R12			4 October	Alon Day	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

Elite 2

Round		Race title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia American Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	25 April	Florian Renauer	Philipp Lietz	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
	R2			26 April	Philipp Lietz	Stienes Longin	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
2	R3	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	23 May	Philipp Lietz	Philipp Lietz	Philipp Lietz	Ford
	R4			24 May	Philipp Lietz	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	Philipp Lietz	Ford
3	R5	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	6 June	Florian Renauer	Thomas Ferrando	Florian Renauer	Ford
	R6			7 June	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
4	R7	Tours Motor Show	Tours Speedway, Tours	27 June	Guillaume Deflandre	Gianmarco Ercoli	Stienes Longin	Chevrolet
	R8			28 June	Gianmarco Ercoli	Thomas Ferrando	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
5	R9	Magione American Style	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	11 September	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R10			12 September	Thomas Ferrando	Philipp Lietz	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	Toyota
6	R11	American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	3 October	Gianmarco Ercoli	Gianmarco Ercoli	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
	R12			4 October	Gianmarco Ercoli	Stienes Longin	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

Championship standings

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

At the final two meetings of the season, double points were awarded in each race. ^[26]

Elite 1

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points
1	Ander Vilariño	2	1*	7	2	3	1	3	1*	2	5	6	6	662
2	Alon Day	9	19	11	9	10	3	4	8	1*	16	1*	1*	627
3	Romain Iannetta	20	5	3	3	1*	2*	15	6	10	2	5	5	614
4	Anthony Kumpen	5	3	16	1*	5	5	18	9	4	10	3	3	610
5	Eddie Cheever III	1*	4	6	5	4	9	6	7	19	18*	2	2	599
6	Frédéric Gabillon	18	2	2	4	2	16	2	2	14	3	16	4	587
7	Philipp Lietz	8	10	4	8	9	8	8	5	5	17	7	9	575
8	Florian Renauer	7	7	8	16	6	4	11	14	7	6	10	8	571
9	Nicolò Rocca	3	11	1*	7	18	22	1*	3	3	1	18	DNS	561
10	Wilfried Boucenna	13	6	10	6	21	19	14	10	6	11	9	7	545
11	Hugo Bec	10	16	17	10	13	13	10	11	9	13	11	12	519
12	Bert Longin	17	22	5	15	8	6	12	12	15	4	15	17	509
13	Dominic Tiroch	22	12	DNS	17	11	12	7	18	20	7	8	11	491
14	William Ayer, Jr.	15	20	15	DNS	17	14	16	16	11	14	14	15	457
15	Eric De Doncker	12	14	12	13	15	11	17	19	22	DNS	12	13	452
16	Freddy Nordström	16	17	9	11	12	10	9	13	8	12			394
17	Jerry De Weerdt	14	18			DNS	15	DNS	17	12	DNS	13	14	365
18	Fabrizio Armetta	21	13			7	24			17	9	17	16	344
19	Martin Doubek			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	DNS	10	227
20	Gianmarco Ercoli			14	DNS			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	207
21	Roberto Benedetti	11	23	DNS	12	14	18							159
22	Christian Malchárek			13	14					16	DNS			155
23	Mathias Lauda							5	4			22	DNS	147
24	Simone Monforte	24	15	18	DNS	19	21							139
25	Brandon Gdovic									18	8			124
26	Stéphane Sabates							20	DNS	21	DNS			124
27	Cesare Balistreri									13	15			120
28	Tim Verbergt											4	DNS	114
29	Renzo Calcinati							19	15					76
30	Borja García	4	9											75
31	Gianluca de Lorenzi											DNS	DNS	68
32	Christophe Bouchut	19	DNS			DNS	DNS							64
33	Domenico Schiattarella	6	21											61
34	Jeffrey Earnhardt					20	7							61
35	Nicolas Gaudin					16	17							56
36	Pierre Roché							13	20					55
37	Luke Wright	23	8											54
38	Michela Cerruti					22	20							46
	Thomas Ferrando	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points

Elite 2

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points
1	Gianmarco Ercoli	1*	2*	5	3	5	8	2	1*	22	5	1*	1*	663
2	Philipp Lietz	3	14	1*	1*	2	5	4	5	8	2	6	5	643
3	Thomas Ferrando	4	1	2	2	16	1*	3	3	1*	21	4	4	639
4	Stienes Longin	2*	8	6	4	20	3	1*	19	2	3	7	2	621
5	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	20	5	3	5	3	2	6	4	3	1*	2	17	620
6	Florian Renauer	21	3	4	9	1*	4	7	9	23	7	3	3	589
7	Ulysse Delsaux	6	20	8	7	8	10	5	2	6	9	12	10	572
8	Eric De Doncker	7	10	11	10	6	9	14	12	17	17	11	8	537
9	Francesca Linossi	19	7	12	11	9	7	15	18	21	8	10	9	524
10	Carole Perrin	11	9	10	18	21	11	10	15	14	10	16	6	519
11	Didier Bec	15	18	15	15	12	20	9	10	10	18	15	14	490
12	Léonard Vernet	8	11	13	12	22	15	13	11	19	16	14	12	486
13	Guillaume Deflandre	10	17	7	6	23	DNS	20	21	20	20	8	18	440
14	Jerry De Weerdt	13	13			15	16	17	14	12	15	13	13	438
15	Gabriela Prado Arantes	18	19	18	DNS	18	17	18	16	18	19	17	16	429
16	Martin Doubek			16	16	7	12			9	11	9	7	415
17	Christian Malchárek	DNS	DNS	19	14	10	14	12	17	15	12	DNS	DNS	402
18	Maxime Dumarey			9	8	11	6	DNS	DNS			5	19	319
19	Nicki Petersen	5	4	20	19	4	13	8	6					273
20	Roberto Benedetti									7	6	19	11	266
21	Leonardo Baccarelli									16	22	18	15	210
22	Stéphane Sabates							19	8	13	23			183
23	Simone Laureti	12	12	14	13	14	21							178
24	Brandon Gdovic									4	4			160
25	Bart Van Haeren									5	13			140
26	Erika Monforte	14	15	DNS	DNS	17	DNS							128
27	Giovanni Altoè									11	14			126
28	Pierre Roché							11	7					70
29	Martin Van Hove	16	6											66
30	Sébastien Morales	9	16											63
31	Philippe Steveny											DNS	DNS	60
32	Arthur Lehouck							16	13					59
33	Ruggero Melgrati					13	18							57
34	Eric Van de Vyver			17	17									54
35	Jack Gaudin					19	19							50
36	Santiago Cañizares	17												27
37	Vittorio Bagnasco	DNS	DNS											26
38	Moisés Soriano		21											23
	Nicolò Rocca	DNS	DNS											0
Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points

See also

• Sports portal

• 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
• 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series

Notes

1. In the first race at Raceway Venray, Kumpen's Chevrolet chassis was damaged in a crash with Hugo Bec. ^[6] For the second race, Kumpen competed in a Ford chassis.
2. Santiago Cañizares competed in the Saturday race in Valencia, while Moisés Soriano competed in the Sunday race.

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External links

• Official website