The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the ninth Racecar Euro Series season, and the fifth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Anthony Kumpen enters the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 class. Stienes Longin entered the season as the defending Elite 2 champion, but he will not defend his title as he moved up to the Elite 1 class.
In the Elite 1 class, Alon Day won his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 53 points over Anthony Kumpen. In the Elite 2 class, Thomas Ferrando won his first Elite 2 title, finishing ahead of PK Carsport's Guillaume Dumarey by 91 points. Knauf Racing, represented by the No. 37 team, won their first (and only) team's championship title.
The season also included one non-championship event, the Trofeo Angelo Caffi, which was held at a temporary track that were laid down for the 2017 Bologna Motor Show and was won by Lorenzo Marcucci.
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Chevrolet SS | PK Carsport [1] | 11 | Stienes Longin [1] | All |
24 | Anthony Kumpen [1] | All | |||
Mishumotors | 33 | Mirco Schultis [2] | 1 | ||
Bruno Junqueira [3] | 2 | ||||
Dominik Farnbacher [4] | 4 | ||||
Lucas Lasserre [5] | 5–6 | ||||
70 | Patrick Simon [2] | 1, 4 | |||
Alex Kapadia [3] | 2 | ||||
Mirco Schultis [5] | 5–6 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
Nicki Petersen | 5–6 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
CAAL Racing | 44 | Freddy Nordström [2] | All | ||
54 | Alon Day [2] | All | |||
56 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo [2] | All | |||
Racing-Total | 46 | Marko Stipp [3] | 2–4, 6 | ||
DF1 Racing | 66 | Christophe Bouchut [2] | 1–5 | ||
Ford | Ford Mustang | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Borja García [2] | 1 |
Bobby Labonte [3] | 2 | ||||
Carmen Boix Gil [6] | 3 | ||||
Eric Van de Vyver [4] | 4 | ||||
Nicola Larini [5] | 5 | ||||
Francesco Parli | 6 | ||||
27 | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer [4] | 4 | |||
Éric Hélary | 6 | ||||
RDV Compétition | 3 | Frédéric Gabillon [2] | All | ||
28 | Meisam Taheri | 6 | |||
31 | Hugo Bec | 5 | |||
Didier Bec | 6 | ||||
Scuderia Giudici | 4 | Claudio Giudici [2] | 1–2, 5 | ||
Renauer Motorsport | 5 | Martin Doubek [2] | 1–2, 4, 6 | ||
Racers Motorsport | 7 | Alessandro Ciompi [2] | 1 | ||
Borja García [3] | 2–6 | ||||
8 | Dario Caso [2] | All | |||
9 | Gianmarco Ercoli [2] | All | |||
MRT by Nocentini | 12 | Renzo Calcinati [5] | 5 | ||
Dog Racing | 14 | Carlo Alberto Forte [2] | 1 | ||
77 | Meisam Taheri [3] | 2–5 | |||
95 | Lucas Lasserre [2] | 1, 4 | |||
Knauf Racing | 37 | Thomas Ferrando [2] | All | ||
73 | Wilfried Boucenna [2] | All | |||
The Club Motorsports | 41 | Fabrizio Armetta [4] | 4–6 | ||
Braxx Racing [7] | 78 | Jerry De Weerdt [7] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||
90 | Marc Goossens [3] | 2–3, 5–6 | |||
Motorsport 98 | 98 | Eric De Doncker [2] | 1, 4 | ||
Toyota | Toyota Camry | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 2 | Rodolfo González [2] | 1–2 |
Kenko Miura [6] | 3–4, 6 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||
Carlo Alberto Forte [4] | 4–5 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||
RDV Compétition Brazil | 47 | Marconi Abreu [2] | All | ||
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Chevrolet SS | PK Carsport [1] | 11 | Justin Kunz [1] | All |
24 | Guillaume Dumarey [1] | All | |||
Mishumotors | 33 | Günther Deutsch [2] | 1 | ||
Roger Bromiley [3] | 2 | ||||
Nicki Petersen [5] | 5–6 | ||||
70 | Mirco Schultis [2] | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
CAAL Racing | 44 | Gil Linster [2] | All | ||
54 | Arianna Casoli [2] | All | |||
56 | Felipe Rabello [2] | All | |||
Racing-Total | 46 | Carmen Boix Gil [3] | 2 | ||
Marko Stipp [6] | 3 | ||||
Nicki Petersen [4] | 4 | ||||
Guillaume Deflandre | 6 | ||||
DF1 Racing | 66 | Maciej Dreszer [2] | 1–5 | ||
Ford | Ford Mustang | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Carmen Boix Gil [2] | 1, 3–6 |
27 | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer [4] | 4 | |||
Pierre-Yves Rosoux | 6 | ||||
RDV Compétition | 3 | Ulysse Delsaux [2] | All | ||
28 | Meisam Taheri | 6 | |||
31 | Didier Bec [5] | 5 | |||
Hugo Bec | 6 | ||||
Scuderia Giudici | 4 | Andrea Perlini [2] | 1–2 | ||
Claudio Giudici [5] | 5 | ||||
Renauer Motorsport | 5 | Martin Doubek [2] | 1–2, 4, 6 | ||
Racers Motorsport | 7 | Simone Laureti [2] | All | ||
8 | Dario Caso [2] | All | |||
9 | Gianmarco Ercoli | 1 | |||
Marco Spinelli [5] | 5 | ||||
Maciej Dreszer | 6 | ||||
MRT by Nocentini | 12 | Renzo Calcinati [5] | 5 | ||
Dog Racing | 14 | Evan Pichard Arnaud [2] | 1 | ||
77 | Meisam Taheri [3] | 2–5 | |||
95 | Meisam Taheri [2] | 1 | |||
Evan Pichard Arnaud [3] | 2, 4 | ||||
Knauf Racing | 37 | Thomas Ferrando [2] | All | ||
73 | Paul Guiod [2] | All | |||
The Club Motorsports | 41 | Roberto Benedetti [4] | 4–6 | ||
Braxx Racing [7] | 78 | Jerry De Weerdt [7] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||
Motorsport 98 | 98 | Eric De Doncker [2] | 1, 4 | ||
Toyota | Toyota Camry | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 2 | Kenko Miura [2] | 1, 3–4, 6 |
Yuya Sakamoto [3] | 2 | ||||
Denny Zardo [5] | 5 | ||||
RDV Compétition Brazil | 47 | Marconi Abreu [2] | All | ||
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Chevrolet SS | Gruber Racing | 26 | Willy Gruber [2] | 1 |
DF1 Racing | 66 | Deo Alves [2] | 1 | ||
Ford | Ford Mustang | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Eric Muet [2] | 1 |
Renauer Motorsport | 5 | Andreas Kuchelbacher [2] | 1 | ||
Dog Racing | 14 | Marcelo Silva [2] | 1 | ||
95 | Alfredo Cardoso [2] | 1 | |||
RDV Compétition | 31 | Yann Schar [2] | 1 | ||
Toyota | Toyota Camry | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 2 | Luciano Carcheri [2] | 1 |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning Driver | Winning Manufacturer | |
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1 | R1 | Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 8 April | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R2 | 9 April | Thomas Ferrando | Ulysse Delsaux | Ulysse Delsaux | Ford | |||
2 | R3 | American SpeedFest | Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley | 10 June | Guillaume Dumarey | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R4 | 11 June | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Ford | |||
3 | R5 | Autospeedway American Style | Raceway Venray, Venray | 15 July | Guillaume Dumarey | Felipe Rabello | Felipe Rabello | Chevrolet |
R6 | 16 July | Felipe Rabello | Ulysse Delsaux | Felipe Rabello | Chevrolet | |||
4 | R7 | American Fan Fest | Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim | 29 July | Ulysse Delsaux | Felipe Rabello | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R8 | 30 July | Felipe Rabello | Ulysse Delsaux | Thomas Ferrando | Ford | |||
5 | R9 | American NASCAR Weekend | Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato | 16 September | Ulysse Delsaux | Denny Zardo | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R10 | 17 September | Denny Zardo | Thomas Ferrando | Denny Zardo | Toyota | |||
6 | R11 | American Festival NASCAR Finals | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 14 October | Thomas Ferrando | Guillaume Dumarey | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R12 | 15 October | Guillaume Dumarey | Thomas Ferrando | Guillaume Deflandre | Chevrolet |
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | VAL | BRH | VEN | HOC | FRA | ZOL | Points | ||||||
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1 | Alon Day | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 4 | 661 |
2 | Anthony Kumpen | 23 | 4 | 1* | 7 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 1* | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 609 |
3 | Borja García | 1* | 1* | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 600 |
4 | Frédéric Gabillon | 14 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 596 |
5 | Stienes Longin | 2 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 569 |
6 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo | 2 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 557 |
7 | Gianmarco Ercoli | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 535 |
8 | Thomas Ferrando | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 531 |
9 | Wilfried Boucenna | 5 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 492 |
10 | Marc Goossens | 4 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 491 | ||||
11 | Marconi Abreu | 13 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 454 |
12 | Freddy Nordström | 7 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 19 | DNS | 8 | 21 | 439 |
13 | Dario Caso | 19 | 16 | 18 | 19 | Wth | 15 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 430 |
14 | Jerry De Weerdt | 17 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 408 | ||
15 | Meisam Taheri | 19 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 392 | ||||||
16 | Lucas Lasserre | 8 | DNS | 23 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 386 | ||||
17 | Christophe Bouchut | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | Wth | 17 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 357 | ||
18 | Marko Stipp | 20 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 295 | ||||
19 | Martin Doubek | 16 | DNS | 13 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 276 | ||||
20 | Fabrizio Armetta | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 247 | ||||||
21 | Carlo Alberto Forte | 21 | 18 | 17 | DNS | 14 | 192 | |||||||
22 | Rodolfo González | 11 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 187 | ||||||||
23 | Hugo Bec | 17 | 10 | 170 | ||||||||||
24 | Claudio Giudice | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | DNS | DNS | 136 | ||||||
25 | Kenko Miura | 9 | DNS | DNS | 18 | 19 | 17 | 130 | ||||||
26 | Nicki Petersen | 14 | 12 | 16 | 124 | |||||||||
27 | Patrick Simon | 10 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 121 | ||||||||
28 | Renzo Calcinati | 20 | 9 | 118 | ||||||||||
29 | Nicola Larini | 11 | 19 | 116 | ||||||||||
30 | Mirco Schultis | 15 | 14 | DNS | Wth | 87 | ||||||||
30 | Eric De Doncker | 12 | DNS | 16 | 24 | 87 | ||||||||
32 | Bobby Labonte | 14 | 10 | 64 | ||||||||||
32 | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | 10 | 15 | 64 | ||||||||||
34 | Alex Kapadia | 10 | 18 | 61 | ||||||||||
35 | Éric Hélary | 14 | 9 | 60 | ||||||||||
36 | Dominik Farnbacher | 18 | 11 | 59 | ||||||||||
37 | Bruno Junqueira | 11 | 21 | 57 | ||||||||||
38 | Eric van de Vyver | 15 | 21 | 53 | ||||||||||
39 | Francesco Parli | 21 | 22 | 46 | ||||||||||
40 | Alessandro Ciompi | 22 | DNS | 38 |
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