The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the thirteenth Racecar Euro Series season, and the ninth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season began at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with the NASCAR GP Spain on 15 May and ended on 31 October with the NASCAR GP Italy at Autodromo Vallelunga.
Despite not taking part in the fifth round at Zolder to compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval, Loris Hezemans was crowned as champion at Vallelunga after winning four races and finishing 7 races inside the podium, his second title in the series. He finished the season 3 points ahead of Gianmarco Ercoli, who scored a race win at Rijeka and 7 podium finishes. Lucas Lasserre finished third despite being winless, tying his best championship finish in the series under NASCAR's official sanctioning. Defending series champion Alon Day won three races but was unable to defend his title after retiring four times while defending EuroNASCAR 2 champion Vittorio Ghirelli, who scored his maiden top class victory at Most, had his championship hopes dashed after a crash in the final race of the season. Stienes Longin and Jacques Villeneuve were the other race winners, Longin winning his home race at Zolder while Villeneuve swept the weekend at Vallelunga.
In the EuroNASCAR 2 class, Martin Doubek won the title after teammate Tobias Dauenhauer crashed late in the final round of the season. Both drivers scored a total of five race wins and nine podiums each, but Dauenhauer's incident on the final race handed the championship to Doubek who won the title by 17 points. Not Only Motorsport driver Naveh Talor finished third after scoring his maiden win at Zolder. Indian driver Advait Deodhar was the only other race winner of the season, scoring a victory in the first race at Brands Hatch.
Hendriks Motorsport won the Teams Championship for a record third time as the team's No. 7 car, driven by series champions Hezemans and Doubek, would finish the season on top of the Teams standings with 969 points. DF1 Racing's No. 22 team finished second with 875 points, 94 points adrift from Hendriks' No. 7 team, while the No. 50 Hendriks team would finish third with 867 points.
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series released a provisional 26-car entry list for the teams participating on 14 April 2021. [1]
Team | No. | Body Style | Race Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All |
2 | EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | 4 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 6 |
![]() | 7 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All |
50 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1, 3–6 |
9 | ![]() | 4–6 | ||
![]() | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 5 |
![]() | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All |
![]() | 17 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 6 | |||
42 | ![]() | 1, 3–6 | ||
![]() ![]() | 22 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All |
23 | Chevrolet Camaro 3 Ford Mustang 3 | ![]() | All | |
44 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1–3, 5 | |
66 | ![]() | All | ||
77 | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | 3–5 | |||
![]() | 27 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All |
![]() | 46 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All |
48 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 54 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1–3, 5–6 |
56 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All | |
88 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All | |
![]() | 55 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1, 6 |
![]() | 64 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 1, 3–6 |
![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 69 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 1–3 |
![]() | 4–5 | |||
![]() | 89 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All |
90 | ![]() | All |
Team | No. | Body Style | Race Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All |
2 | EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | 4 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 5 |
![]() | 9 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 2–5 |
![]() | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 1–4 |
![]() | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 2–5 |
![]() | 17 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | 42 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | ![]() | 2–5 |
![]() | 27 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 3 |
![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | 46 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 2–5 |
48 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 54 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 3 |
56 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | 3 | |
![]() | 64 | Ford Mustang | ![]() | All |
![]() | 66 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | 5 |
![]() | 89 | Chevrolet Camaro | ![]() | All |
90 | ![]() | All |
The provisional calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 20 November 2020. [68] All races of the 2021 season will be held on road courses.
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | ![]() | 15 May |
R2 | 16 May | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest VIII | ![]() | 3 July |
R4 | 4 July | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | ![]() | 28 August |
R6 | 29 August | |||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | ![]() | 18 September |
R8 | 19 September | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | ![]() | 9 October |
R10 | 10 October | |||
6 | R11 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | ![]() | 30 October |
R12 | 31 October |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | ![]() | 15 May |
R2 | 16 May | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest VIII | ![]() | 3 July |
R4 | 4 July | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | ![]() | 28 August |
R6 | 29 August | |||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | ![]() | 18 September |
R8 | 19 September | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | ![]() | 9 October |
R10 | 10 October | |||
6 | R11 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | ![]() | 30 October |
R12 | 31 October |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date |
---|---|---|---|
R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | ![]() | 14 May |
R2 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | ![]() | 27 August |
R3 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | ![]() | 17 September |
R4 | NASCAR GP Belgium | ![]() | 8 October |
R5 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | ![]() | 30 October |
Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Winning driver | Winning manufacturer | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | Valencia NASCAR Fest | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford | ||
2 | R3 | American Speedfest VIII | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford | ||
3 | R5 | OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
R6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford | ||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
R8 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford | ||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chevrolet |
R10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford | ||
6 | R11 | American Festival of Rome | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
R12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford |
Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final round at Vallelunga, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points. Only the best 8 results from the first 10 races and the results from the double-points rewarding final round at Vallelunga will count towards the final standings in the drivers championship.
(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 | ![]() ESP | ![]() GBR | ![]() CZE | ![]() CRO | ![]() BEL | ![]() ITA | Points [78] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1* | 1* | 2 | 1* | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5* | 412 | ||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | (12) | 10* | 1* | (21) | 8^ | 3 | 2 | 409 (449) |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | (12) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | (11) | 2 | 3 | 5^ | 4 | 399 (441) |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 3 | (8) | 5 | (10) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 394 (450) |
5 | ![]() | (6) | 4 | 4 | (6) | 4 | 1* | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 381 (442) |
6 | ![]() | 5 | (19) | 1* | (19) | 1* | 17 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1* | 19 | 3 | 367 (402) |
7 | ![]() | (24) | 8 | 8 | 4^ | 7 | 6 | 18 | (23) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 357 (383) |
8 | ![]() | (19) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | (12) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 338 (380) |
9 | ![]() | 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1* | 1* | 331 | ||||
10 | ![]() | 15 | (23) | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16 | (20) | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 291 (320) |
11 | ![]() | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | (24) | 18 | (22) | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 281 (299) |
12 | ![]() | 16 | 15^ | 16 | (18) | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | (18) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 271 (308) |
13 | ![]() | 22 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 11^ | 8 | 16 | 10 | 261 | ||
14 | ![]() | 9 | 10 | 11 | (16) | 3^ | (11) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 248 (295) | ||
15 | ![]() | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 16^ | 20 | 13 | 235 | ||
16 | ![]() | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 233 | ||
17 | ![]() | 18 | 15 | 22 | DNS2 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 229 | ||
18 | ![]() | 23 | DNS1 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 8 | DNS5 | 223 | ||
19 | ![]() | 13 | 12 | (13) | 11 | (13) | 8 | 9^ | 10 | 9 | 11 | Wth | Wth | 218 (265) |
20 | ![]() | 17 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 217 | ||||||
21 | ![]() | 14 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 189 | ||||||
22 | ![]() | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 170 | ||||||
23 | ![]() | 20 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 12^ | 156 | ||||||
24 | ![]() | 13 | 14 | 138 | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 17 | 20 | 118 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() | 17 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 22 | DNS3 | 92 | ||||||
27 | ![]() | 12^ | 22 | 14 | 22 | 82 | ||||||||
28 | ![]() | 20 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 77 | ||||||||
29 | ![]() | 1* | 7 | 70 | ||||||||||
30 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 63 | ||||||||||
31 | ![]() | 10 | 9 | 55 | ||||||||||
32 | ![]() | 9^ | 17 | Wth | Wth | 52 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | 16 | 13^ | 49 | ||||||||||
34 | ![]() | 21 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
35 | ![]() | 10 | 20 | 44 | ||||||||||
36 | ![]() | 20 | 12 | 42 | ||||||||||
37 | ![]() | 12 | DNS4 | 34 | ||||||||||
38 | ![]() | 19 | 21 | 34 | ||||||||||
39 | ![]() | 20 | 20 | 34 |
(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 | ![]() ESP | ![]() GBR | ![]() CZE | ![]() CRO | ![]() BEL | ![]() ITA | Points [78] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1* | 1* | 6 | (13) | 3 | (19) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 445 (487) |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* | (6)* | 1* | 3 | (4) | 1* | 13 | 428 (489) |
3 | ![]() | 6^ | 12 | 10 | 4 | (19) | 6 | (20) | 7^ | 1* | 7 | 10 | 2 | 381 (416) |
4 | ![]() | (21) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | (23) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 377 (407) |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | (18) | (19) | 3 | 4 | 362 (399) |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | (9) | 5 | (20) | 3^ | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 360 (405) |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | (21) | (19) | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 347 (379) |
8 | ![]() | (18) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 9 | (18) | 4 | 21 | 334 (371) |
9 | ![]() | 5 | (21) | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | (17) | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 333 (368) |
10 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 10^ | (12) | 4 | 11 | (13) | 6 | 13 | 19 | 326 (375) |
11 | ![]() | 12 | (DNS)1 | (21) | 10 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 319 (338) |
12 | ![]() | (17) | 7 | 1* | 3 | 2 | (20) | 5 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 318 (355) |
13 | ![]() | 7 | (22) | 20 | 9^ | (DNS)2 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 305 (322) |
14 | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 12 | (15) | 8 | (17) | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 303 (344) |
15 | ![]() | 14 | 14 | 16 | (18) | 13 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 15^ | (23) | 11 | 14 | 289 (321) |
16 | ![]() | 20 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 275 | ||
17 | ![]() | 15 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 251 | ||
18 | ![]() | 13 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 15^ | 20 | 17 | 248 | ||
19 | ![]() | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 230 | ||||||
20 | ![]() | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 17 | (19) | 17 | (20) | 19 | 16 | 227 (261) |
21 | ![]() | 8^ | 8^ | 166 | ||||||||||
22 | ![]() | 11 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 7 | DNS3 | 24 | 163 | ||||
23 | ![]() | 17 | 5 | 9^ | 9 | 20 | 11 | 156 | ||||||
24 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 109 | ||||||||
25 | ![]() | 22 | DNS | 80 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() | DNS1 | 15^ | 14 | 21 | Wth | Wth | 70 | ||||||
27 | ![]() | 15^ | 6 | 57 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() | 7 | 17 | 50 | ||||||||||
29 | ![]() | 22 | 11 | Wth | Wth | 41 | ||||||||
30 | ![]() | 19 | 16 | 39 | ||||||||||
31 | ![]() | 18 | 17 | 39 | ||||||||||
![]() | DNS4 | DNS4 | 0 |
Pos | No. | Team | Body Style | EuroNASCAR PRO Driver(s) | EuroNASCAR 2 Driver(s) | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | ![]() | Ford | ![]() | ![]() | 969 |
2 | 22 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | 875 |
3 | 50 | ![]() | Ford | ![]() | ![]() | 867 |
4 | 88 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | 787 |
5 | 64 | ![]() | Ford | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 777 |
6 | 90 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 738 |
7 | 54 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | 729 |
8 | 89 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | 704 |
9 | 23 | ![]() | Chevrolet 3 Ford 3 | ![]() | ![]() | 692 |
10 | 48 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | 677 |
11 | 66 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 627 |
12 | 46 | ![]() | Chevrolet | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 626 |
13 | 69 | ![]() | Ford | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 574 |
14 | 2 | ![]() | EuroNASCAR FJ | ![]() | ![]() | 556 |
15 | 1 | ![]() | Ford | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 549 |
Pos | No. | Team | Body Style | EuroNASCAR PRO Driver(s) | EuroNASCAR 2 Driver(s) | Points |
In his first laps in a pure EuroNASCAR car, Marcel Berndt ended up sixth at the wheel of his #17 Speedhouse by 42 Racing Shadow DNM8.