The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the eleventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the seventh under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Alon Day and Ulysse Delsaux entered the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 category respectively, however Delsaux will not defend his title as he will move up to Elite 1 for the 2019 season.
In the Elite 1 class, Loris Hezemans wins his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 49 points over PK Carsport driver Stienes Longin. In the Elite 2 class, despite not starting every race of the season, Lasse Sørensen won the title after he scored 7 race wins and finishing in the podium in all but one of his 11 starts. Sørensen and Giorgio Maggi arrived to the final race of the season at Circuit Zolder with only one point separating them in the championship, and Sørensen would finish ahead of Maggi in the race to win the title by 9 points. Hendriks Motorsport, represented by the No. 50 team of Hezemans and Maggi, won the Team's Championship title by 112 points from PK Carsport's No. 24 team.
NASCAR released the 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2019. [1]
Team | No. | Body Style | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Alex Caffi Motorsport | 1 | Ford Mustang | Thomas Krasonis [11] | 1–4, 6 |
2 | Chevrolet SS 1 Chevrolet Camaro 6 | Jesse Vartiainen [42] | All | |
27 | Ford Mustang | Pierluigi Veronesi [7] | 1–3 | |
Hendriks Motorsport | 7 | Ford Mustang | Martin Doubek [10] | 1–2, 4–7 |
50 | Giorgio Maggi [10] | All | ||
Racers Motorsport | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro | Nicholas Risitano [11] | All |
9 | Ford Mustang | Vittorio Ghirelli [11] | 1–3 | |
Alessandro Brigatti [5] | 4, 6–7 | |||
Simone Laureti | 5 | |||
19 | Ford Mustang 1 Chevrolet Camaro 3 | Alessandro Brigatti [11] | 1–3 | |
Florian Venturi | 4 | |||
Racing-Total JJCR [N 2] Racing-Total AmD Tuning [N 2] | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro | Jennifer Jo Cobb [43] [14] | 1 |
46 | Ford Mustang | Shaun Hollamby [44] [14] | 1–2 | |
PK Carsport | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro | Bert Longin [16] | 1–2 |
Freddy Nordström [45] | 3 | |||
Vittorio Ghirelli [5] | 4 | |||
Barry Maessen [29] | 5 | |||
Niels Albert | 7 | |||
24 | Andre Castro [17] | 1–4 | ||
Vittorio Ghirelli [29] | 5–7 | |||
98 | Ford Mustang | Pol van Pollaert [18] | 6–7 | |
Solaris Motorsport | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro | Naveh Talor [46] | 1–4, 6–7 |
Marko Stipp – DF1 Racing [20] | 22 | Ford Mustang | Ioannis Smyrlis [20] | 6 |
Memphis Racing | 23 | Chevrolet Camaro | Ian Eric Wadén [21] | All |
77 | Freddie Hemborg [21] | 1–5, 7 | ||
Janne Koikkalainen [6] | 6 | |||
CAAL Racing | 27 | Ford Mustang | Pierluigi Veronesi [7] | 4–7 |
31 | Chevrolet SS | Meisam Taheri [47] | 1 | |
Moreno di Silvestre [3] | 2 | |||
Advait Deodhar [45] | 3–4, 6–7 | |||
54 | Arianna Casoli [22] [23] | 1–4, 6–7 | ||
56 | Moreno di Silvestre [6] | 6 | ||
Go Fas Racing | 32 | Chevrolet Camaro | Florian Venturi [22] | 1–3 |
Mishumotors | 33 | Chevrolet Camaro | Ben Creanor [25] [26] | 1–4, 6–7 |
70 | Chevrolet SS 4 Chevrolet Camaro 1 | Mirco Schultis [26] | 1–4, 6 | |
The Club Motorsports | 41 | Chevrolet Camaro | Max Lanza [48] | 1–3, 6 |
42 Racing by FS Motorsport | 42 | Ford Mustang | Claudio Remigio Cappelli [3] | 2 |
Marko Stipp Motorsport [N 3] [28] | 46 | Ford Mustang | Shaun Hollamby [44] | 3 |
Andre Castro [29] | 5–6 | |||
Racing Engineering [30] | 48 | Ford Mustang | Myatt Snider [49] | All |
88 | Eric Clément [3] | 2–4 | ||
Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón | 5 | |||
Hugo de Sadeleer [50] | 6–7 | |||
Speedhouse 64 [33] | 64 | Chevrolet SS | Eric Quintal [11] | 1 |
Advait Deodhar [3] | 2 | |||
Matthias Hauer [45] | 3, 6–7 | |||
Dexwet-df1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet Camaro | Advait Deodhar [34] | 1 |
Lasse Sørensen [3] | 2–7 | |||
99 | Justin Kunz [34] | All | ||
Team Bleekemolen | 69 | Ford Mustang | Michael Bleekemolen [38] [39] | All |
Braxx Racing | 78 | Ford Mustang | Jerry de Weerdt [40] | 1–3 |
Sven van Laere [51] | 7 | |||
90 | Chevrolet Camaro | Scott Jeffs [52] | 1–3 | |
Motorsport 98 | 98 | Ford Mustang | Eric De Doncker [11] | 1–4 |
NASCAR released the provisional calendar on 2 November 2018. [58]
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | |
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1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 13 April |
R2 | 14 April | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend | Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato | 11 May |
R4 | 12 May | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII | Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley | 1 June |
R6 | 2 June | |||
4 | R7 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Autodrom Most, Most | 29 June |
R8 | 30 June | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest | Raceway Venray, Venray | 14 July |
6 | R10 | NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals | Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim | 21 September |
R11 | 22 September | |||
7 | R12 | NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 5 October |
R13 | 6 October |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | |
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1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 13 April |
R2 | 14 April | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend | Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato | 11 May |
R4 | 12 May | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII | Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley | 1 June |
R6 | 2 June | |||
4 | R7 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Autodrom Most, Most | 29 June |
R8 | 30 June | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest | Raceway Venray, Venray | 13 July |
6 | R10 | NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals | Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim | 21 September |
R11 | 22 September | |||
7 | R12 | NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 5 October |
R13 | 6 October |
Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final two races in Hockenheim and Zolder, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points. Should a driver competes in all 9 races between Valencia and Venray, then only the best 8 results of those 9 races were counted towards the Championship.
Position | 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | DNS | MPG |
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Points | 40 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
(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. ^ – Most positions gained.
Pos | Driver | VAL | FRA | BRH | MOS | VEN | HOC | ZOL | Points [60] | ||||||
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1 | Loris Hezemans | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | (19)* | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 5 | 6 | 551 (569) |
2 | Stienes Longin | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 2 | (13) | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1* | 502 (526) |
3 | Nicolò Rocca | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | (11) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8^ | 499 (525) |
4 | Alon Day | 3 | 4 | 1* | 1* | 1 | 3 | 20 | (22) | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 473 (488) |
5 | Ander Vilariño | 1* | 1* | 25 | 6 | (26) | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 10^ | 12 | 463 (474) |
6 | Gianmarco Ercoli | (25) | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 452 (464) |
7 | Thomas Ferrando | (29) | 9^ | 14 | 25 | 14^ | 13 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1* | 20 | 451 (459) |
8 | Jacques Villeneuve | 11 | (25) | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 3* | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 431 (443) |
9 | Ulysse Delsaux | 16 | (23) | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7^ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 429 (443) |
10 | Romain Iannetta | 24 | 7 | (26) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 427 (438) |
11 | Alexander Graff | 10 | (20) | 13^ | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 408 (425) |
12 | Frédéric Gabillon | 8 | 6 | 18 | (26) | 11 | 1* | 17 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | DNS | 394 (405) |
13 | Francesco Sini | 12 | 19 | 9 | 7 | DNS | 11 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 388 | |
14 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo | (20) | 8 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 7^ | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 383 (400) |
15 | Henri Tuomaala | 19 | 17 | 12 | (20) | 17 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 367 (384) |
16 | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | 17 | 12 | 16 | 12 | (21) | 17 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 354 (370) |
17 | Lucas Lasserre | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 7 | DNS | 25 | 10 | 336 | |
18 | Mauro Trione | 21^ | 27 | (29) | 15^ | 23 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 308 (316) |
19 | Kenko Miura | 22 | 16 | 22 | (27) | 19 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 303 (313) |
20 | Marc Goossens | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 290 | |||||
21 | Dario Caso | (DNS) | 13 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 12^ | 27 | 18 | 23 | 265 (266) |
22 | Martin Doubek | 14 | 10 | 27 | DNS | 12 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 21 | 21 | DNS | 262 | ||
23 | Alex Sedgwick | 6 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 254 | |||||
24 | Guillaume Deflandre | 19 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 190 | |||||||||
25 | Ellen Lohr | 23 | (28) | 21 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 14^ | 15 | 20 | 148 (157) | ||||
26 | Dylan Derdaele | 28 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 125 | |||||||||
27 | Scott Jeffs | 13 | 9^ | 104 | |||||||||||
28 | Ioannis Smyrlis | 15 | 16 | 86 | |||||||||||
29 | Ant Whorton-Eales | 27 | 15 | Wth | Wth | 8 | 26 | 72 | |||||||
30 | Marco Santamaria | 16 | 22 | 72 | |||||||||||
31 | Lorenzo Marcucci | 27 | 13 | 68 | |||||||||||
32 | Michaela Dorcikova | 17 | 23 | 68 | |||||||||||
33 | Simone Laureti | DNS | DNS | 24 | 17 | 24 | 22 | Wth | Wth | 63 | |||||
34 | Eric Fligueiras | 20 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 59 | |||||||||
35 | Daniel Keilwitz | 8 | DNS | 58 | |||||||||||
36 | Christophe Bouchut | 9 | DNS | 11 | DNS | DNS1 | 231 | 56 | |||||||
37 | Eric De Doncker | 26 | DNS | Wth | Wth | 25 | 29 | 13 | DNS2 | 54 | |||||
38 | Luigi Ferrara | 5 | 23 | 46 | |||||||||||
39 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | 14 | 42 | |||||||||||
40 | Rubén García Jr. | 15 | 18 | 41 | |||||||||||
41 | Lasse Sørensen | 28 | 10^ | Wth | Wth | 40 | |||||||||
42 | Alex Caffi | 28 | 18 | 28 | |||||||||||
43 | Max Lanza | 28 | 22 | Wth | Wth | 24 | |||||||||
44 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | 27 | 27 | 20 | |||||||||||
45 | Julio Carayol Casas | Wth3 | Wth3 | 2 | |||||||||||
Pos | Driver | VAL | FRA | BRH | MOS | VEN | HOC | ZOL | Points |
(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. ^ – Most positions gained.
Pos | Driver | VAL | FRA | BRH | MOS | VEN | HOC | ZOL | Points [60] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lasse Sørensen | 1 | 3 | 1^ | 1 | 2 | 1* | 7 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 573 | ||
2 | Giorgio Maggi | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | (12) | 3 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 1* | 5 | 2* | 2 | 564 (589) |
3 | Vittorio Ghirelli | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | (10) | 7 | 3 | 1* | 25 | 14^ | 4 | 4 | 488 (515) |
4 | Advait Deodhar | 5 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 465 | |
5 | Nicholas Risitano | (27) | 1* | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 462 (472) |
6 | Myatt Snider | (23) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 458 (472) |
7 | Pierluigi Veronesi | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 15 | (19) | 16 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8^ | 9 | 457 (475) |
8 | Martin Doubek | 3 | 5 | 17 | DNS | 6 | 20 | 13 | 7^ | 6 | 3 | 12 | 409 | ||
9 | Justin Kunz | (22) | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 11 | DNS | 21 | 5 | 11 | 406 (421) |
10 | Jesse Vartiainen | (26) | 25 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 385 (396) |
11 | Alessandro Brigatti | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 9^ | 22 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 375 | |
12 | Michael Bleekemolen | 10 | 14 | 18 | (28) | 7 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 371 (380) |
13 | Ian Eric Wadén | 17 | 15 | 11^ | 18 | 15 | 18 | (18) | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 371 (390) |
14 | Naveh Talor | 12 | 12 | 8 | 15 | DNS | 16^ | 17 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 350 | |
15 | Arianna Casoli | 16 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 332 | |
16 | Ben Creanor | 11 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 26 | DNS | 14^ | 319 | |
17 | Freddie Hemborg | (25) | 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 314 (326) | ||
18 | Andre Castro | (24)* | 2 | 22* | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4^ | 23 | 25 | 280 (293) | ||
19 | Mirco Schultis | 8^ | 13 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 13^ | 14 | 16 | 24 | 257 | |||
20 | Thomas Krasonis | 13 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 255 | |||
21 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 3 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 214 | |||||||||
22 | Matthias Hauer | 26 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 198 | |||||||
23 | Pol van Pollaert | 11 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 172 | |||||||||
24 | Max Lanza | 4 | 28 | 20 | 27 | Wth | Wth | 15 | 20 | 155 | |||||
25 | Moreno di Silvestre | 131 | 111 | 12 | 16 | 148 | |||||||||
26 | Scott Jeffs | 6 | 24 | 28 | 12^ | 16 | 5 | 135 | |||||||
27 | Florian Venturi | 21 | 29 | 27 | 1* | 3* | 4* | PO | PO | 133 | |||||
28 | Jerry de Weerdt | 15 | 10^ | 14 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 123 | |||||||
29 | Shaun Hollamby | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 99 | |||||||
30 | Eric De Doncker | 14 | 18 | Wth | Wth | 13 | DNS | 11 | DNS2 | 93 | |||||
31 | Bert Longin | 20 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 90 | |||||||||
32 | Janne Koikkalainen | 20 | 18 | 72 | |||||||||||
33 | Eric Clément | DNS | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 70 | |||||||
34 | Ioannis Smyrlis | 21 | 22 | 62 | |||||||||||
35 | Claudio Remigio Cappelli | 24 | 10 | 40 | |||||||||||
36 | Meisam Taheri | 9 | 27 | 38 | |||||||||||
37 | Freddy Nordström | 23 | 13 | 38 | |||||||||||
38 | Eric Quintal | 19 | 19 | 36 | |||||||||||
39 | Barry Maessen | 3 | 34 | ||||||||||||
40 | Simone Laureti | 12 | 25 | ||||||||||||
41 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | DNS2 | 20 | 17 | |||||||||||
Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón | PO | 0 | |||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for Elite 2 points | |||||||||||||||
Niels Albert | 9 | 16 | - | ||||||||||||
Sven van Laere | 16 | DNS | - | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | VAL | FRA | BRH | MOS | VEN | HOC | ZOL | Points |
Pos | No. | Team | Elite 1 Driver(s) | Elite 2 Driver(s) | Points |
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1 | 50 | Hendriks Motorsport | Loris Hezemans | Giorgio Maggi | 1092 |
2 | 24 | PK Carsport | Nicolò Rocca | Andre Castro Vittorio Ghirelli | 980 |
3 | 48 | Racing Engineering | Ander Vilariño | Myatt Snider | 928 |
4 | 9 | Racers Motorsport | Gianmarco Ercoli | Vittorio Ghirelli Alessandro Brigatti Simone Laureti | 928 |
5 | 27 | Alex Caffi Motorsport 3 CAAL Racing 4 | Thomas Ferrando | Pierluigi Veronesi | 902 |
6 | 54 | CAAL Racing | Alon Day | Arianna Casoli | 852 |
7 | 11 | PK Carsport | Stienes Longin | Bert Longin Freddy Nordström Vittorio Ghirelli Barry Maessen Niels Albert | 816 |
8 | 23 | Memphis Racing | Henri Tuomaala | Ian Eric Wadén | 787 |
9 | 77 | Memphis Racing | Alexander Graff | Freddie Hemborg Janne Koikkalainen | 778 |
10 | 8 | Racers Motorsport | Dario Caso | Nicholas Risitano | 778 |
11 | 31 | CAAL Racing | Mauro Trione | Meisam Taheri Moreno di Silvestre Advait Deodhar | 767 |
12 | 12 | Solaris Motorsport | Francesco Sini | Naveh Talor | 734 |
13 | 99 | Dexwet-df1 Racing | Ellen Lohr Guillaume Deflandre | Justin Kunz | 723 |
14 | 2 | Alex Caffi Motorsport | Kenko Miura | Jesse Vartiainen | 723 |
15 | 66 | Dexwet-df1 Racing | Christophe Bouchut Lasse Sørensen | Advait Deodhar Lasse Sørensen | 711 |
Pos | No. | Team | Elite 1 Driver(s) | Elite 2 Driver(s) | Points |
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