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 |
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Academy Motorsport [2] | 1 | Ford Mustang | Vladimiros Tziortzis [44] | All |
2 | EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 | Thomas Krasonis [45] | All | |
Iceboys [14] | 4 | Ford Mustang | Ossi Peltola [14] | 6 |
Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO [15] [16] | 7 | Ford Mustang | Martin Doubek [46] [16] | All |
50 | Tobias Dauenhauer [18] [16] | All | ||
Vict Motorsport [19] | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro | Paolo Valeri [19] | 1, 3–6 |
9 | Leonardo Colavita [20] | 4–6 | ||
RDV Competition [11] | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro | Didier Bec [13] | 1 |
PK Carsport [21] | 11 | Chevrolet Camaro | Pol van Pollaert [9] | 5 |
Solaris Motorsport | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro | Alina Loibnegger [22] | All |
42 Racing [23] | 17 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | Bernardo Manfrè [25] | 1 |
Francesco Garisto [6] | 2 | |||
Alfredo de Matteo [14] | 6 | |||
42 | Francesco Garisto [23] | 1, 3–6 | ||
DF1 Racing Iceboys with DF1 Racing [N 1] | 22 | Chevrolet Camaro | Justin Kunz [47] [48] | All |
23 | Chevrolet Camaro 3 Ford Mustang 3 | Leevi Lintukanto [28] | All | |
44 | Chevrolet Camaro | Ian Eric Wadén [27] [29] | 1–3, 5 | |
66 | Simon Pilate [31] | All | ||
77 | Shaun Hollamby [6] [30] | 2 | ||
Gil Linster [4] [49] | 3–5 | |||
Double V Racing [50] | 27 | Ford Mustang | Pierluigi Veronesi [50] | All |
Marko Stipp Motorsport | 46 | Chevrolet Camaro | Miguel Gomes [51] | All |
48 | Evgeny Sokolovsky [34] | All | ||
CAAL Racing | 54 | Chevrolet Camaro | Arianna Casoli [52] | 1–3, 5–6 |
56 | Ford Mustang | Advait Deodhar [53] | All | |
88 | Chevrolet Camaro | Max Lanza [54] | All | |
The Club Motorsport [39] | 55 | Chevrolet Camaro | Fabrizio Armetta [39] | 1, 6 |
Speedhouse | 64 | Ford Mustang | Eric Quintal [3] | 1, 3–6 |
Matthias Hauer [6] | 2 | |||
Team Bleekemolen [40] [41] | 69 | Ford Mustang | Michael Bleekemolen [41] | 1–3 |
Melvin de Groot [20] [55] | 4–5 | |||
Not Only Motorsport [42] | 89 | Chevrolet Camaro | Alberto Panebianco [43] | All |
90 | Naveh Talor [43] | All |
Team | No. | Body Style | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Academy Motorsport | 1 | Ford Mustang | Vladimiros Tziortzis [3] | All |
2 | EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 | Federico Monti [3] | All | |
Iceboys [14] | 4 | Ford Mustang | Hugo Roch [4] | 5 |
Vict Motorsport | 9 | Chevrolet Camaro | Leonardo Colavita [4] | 2–5 |
RDV Competition | 10 | Chevrolet Camaro | Jerome Mure [3] | 1–4 |
Solaris Motorsport | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro | Alina Loibnegger [4] | 2–5 |
Speedhouse by 42 Racing | 17 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | Marcel Berndt [3] | 1–2 |
42 Racing | 42 | Shadow DNM8 [24] | Francesco Garisto [4] | 2–5 |
Double V Racing | 27 | Ford Mustang | Mitch Maguerez [20] | 3 |
Kasparas Vingilis [14] | 5 | |||
Marko Stipp Motorsport | 46 | Chevrolet Camaro | Andreas Kuchelbacher [56] | 2–5 |
48 | Gordon Barnes [56] | All | ||
CAAL Racing | 54 | Chevrolet Camaro | Yasmeen Koloc [20] | 3 |
56 | Ford Mustang | Aliyyah Koloc [20] | 3 | |
Speedhouse | 64 | Ford Mustang | Paul Jouffreau [57] [3] | All |
DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet Camaro | Norling Kristoffer [14] | 5 |
Not Only Motorsport | 89 | Chevrolet Camaro | Nicolò Gabossi [43] | All |
90 | Simona Lenci [43] | 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 | |
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1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 15 May |
R2 | 16 May | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest VIII | Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown | 3 July |
R4 | 4 July | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Autodrom Most, Most | 28 August |
R6 | 29 August | |||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | Automotodrom Grobnik, Čavle | 18 September |
R8 | 19 September | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 9 October |
R10 | 10 October | |||
6 | R11 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | Autodromo di Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma | 30 October |
R12 | 31 October |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | |
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1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 15 May |
R2 | 16 May | |||
2 | R3 | NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest VIII | Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown | 3 July |
R4 | 4 July | |||
3 | R5 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Autodrom Most, Most | 28 August |
R6 | 29 August | |||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | Automotodrom Grobnik, Čavle | 18 September |
R8 | 19 September | |||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 9 October |
R10 | 10 October | |||
6 | R11 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | Autodromo di Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma | 30 October |
R12 | 31 October |
Round | Race Title | Track | Date |
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R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 14 May |
R2 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Autodrom Most, Most | 27 August |
R3 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | Automotodrom Grobnik, Čavle | 17 September |
R4 | NASCAR GP Belgium | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 8 October |
R5 | NASCAR GP Italy - American Festival of Rome | Autodromo di Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma | 30 October |
Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Winning driver | Winning manufacturer | |
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1 | R1 | Valencia NASCAR Fest | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Ford |
R2 | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Ford | ||
2 | R3 | American Speedfest VIII | Advait Deodhar | Advait Deodhar | Advait Deodhar | Advait Deodhar | Ford |
R4 | Advait Deodhar | Simon Pilate | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Ford | ||
3 | R5 | OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Ford |
R6 | Tobias Dauenhauer | Naveh Talor | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Ford | ||
4 | R7 | Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Martin Doubek | Ford |
R8 | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Ford | ||
5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Belgium | Vladimiros Tziortzis | Tobias Dauenhauer | Naveh Talor | Naveh Talor | Chevrolet |
R10 | Tobias Dauenhauer | Naveh Talor | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Ford | ||
6 | R11 | American Festival of Rome | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Tobias Dauenhauer | Ford |
R12 | Tobias Dauenhauer | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | Martin Doubek | 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] | ||||||
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1 | Loris Hezemans | 1* | 1* | 2 | 1* | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5* | 412 | ||
2 | Gianmarco Ercoli | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | (12) | 10* | 1* | (21) | 8^ | 3 | 2 | 409 (449) |
3 | Lucas Lasserre | 8 | 6 | (12) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | (11) | 2 | 3 | 5^ | 4 | 399 (441) |
4 | Nicolò Rocca | 2 | 5 | 3 | (8) | 5 | (10) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 394 (450) |
5 | Vittorio Ghirelli | (6) | 4 | 4 | (6) | 4 | 1* | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 381 (442) |
6 | Alon Day | 5 | (19) | 1* | (19) | 1* | 17 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1* | 19 | 3 | 367 (402) |
7 | Giorgio Maggi | (24) | 8 | 8 | 4^ | 7 | 6 | 18 | (23) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 357 (383) |
8 | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | (19) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | (12) | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 338 (380) |
9 | Jacques Villeneuve | 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1* | 1* | 331 | ||||
10 | Henri Tuomaala | 15 | (23) | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16 | (20) | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 291 (320) |
11 | Davide Dallara | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | (24) | 18 | (22) | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 281 (299) |
12 | Evgeny Sokolovsky | 16 | 15^ | 16 | (18) | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | (18) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 271 (308) |
13 | Francesco Sini | 22 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 11^ | 8 | 16 | 10 | 261 | ||
14 | Marc Goossens | 9 | 10 | 11 | (16) | 3^ | (11) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 248 (295) | ||
15 | Bernardo Manfrè | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 16^ | 20 | 13 | 235 | ||
16 | Dario Caso | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 233 | ||
17 | Federico Monti | 18 | 15 | 22 | DNS2 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 229 | ||
18 | Patrick Lemarié | 23 | DNS1 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 8 | DNS5 | 223 | ||
19 | Ulysse Delsaux | 13 | 12 | (13) | 11 | (13) | 8 | 9^ | 10 | 9 | 11 | Wth | Wth | 218 (265) |
20 | Romain Iannetta | 17 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 217 | ||||||
21 | Leonardo Colavita | 14 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 189 | ||||||
22 | Frédéric Gabillon | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 170 | ||||||
23 | Fabrizio Armetta | 20 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 12^ | 156 | ||||||
24 | Davide Amaduzzi | 13 | 14 | 138 | ||||||||||
25 | Luka Nurmi | 17 | 20 | 118 | ||||||||||
26 | Ian Eric Wadén | 17 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 22 | DNS3 | 92 | ||||||
27 | Andrea Nori | 12^ | 22 | 14 | 22 | 82 | ||||||||
28 | Nicolò Gabossi | 20 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 77 | ||||||||
29 | Stienes Longin | 1* | 7 | 70 | ||||||||||
30 | Thomas Ferrando | 4 | 7 | 63 | ||||||||||
31 | Alexander Graff | 10 | 9 | 55 | ||||||||||
32 | Simon Pilate | 9^ | 17 | Wth | Wth | 52 | ||||||||
33 | Michaela Dorcikova | 16 | 13^ | 49 | ||||||||||
34 | Alex Sedgwick | 21 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
35 | Luigi Ferrara | 10 | 20 | 44 | ||||||||||
36 | Martin Doubek | 20 | 12 | 42 | ||||||||||
37 | Pierre Combot | 12 | DNS4 | 34 | ||||||||||
38 | Igor Romanov | 19 | 21 | 34 | ||||||||||
39 | Scott Jeffs | 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 | Martin Doubek | 1* | 1* | 6 | (13) | 3 | (19) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 445 (487) |
2 | Tobias Dauenhauer | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* | (6)* | 1* | 3 | (4) | 1* | 13 | 428 (489) |
3 | Naveh Talor | 6^ | 12 | 10 | 4 | (19) | 6 | (20) | 7^ | 1* | 7 | 10 | 2 | 381 (416) |
4 | Justin Kunz | (21) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | (23) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 377 (407) |
5 | Francesco Garisto | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | (18) | (19) | 3 | 4 | 362 (399) |
6 | Vladimiros Tziortzis | 2 | 3 | (9) | 5 | (20) | 3^ | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 360 (405) |
7 | Pierluigi Veronesi | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | (21) | (19) | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 347 (379) |
8 | Simon Pilate | (18) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 9 | (18) | 4 | 21 | 334 (371) |
9 | Max Lanza | 5 | (21) | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | (17) | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 333 (368) |
10 | Alberto Panebianco | 9 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 10^ | (12) | 4 | 11 | (13) | 6 | 13 | 19 | 326 (375) |
11 | Leevi Lintukanto | 12 | (DNS)1 | (21) | 10 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 319 (338) |
12 | Advait Deodhar | (17) | 7 | 1* | 3 | 2 | (20) | 5 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 318 (355) |
13 | Thomas Krasonis | 7 | (22) | 20 | 9^ | (DNS)2 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 305 (322) |
14 | Evgeny Sokolovsky | 10 | 10 | 12 | (15) | 8 | (17) | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 303 (344) |
15 | Miguel Gomes | 14 | 14 | 16 | (18) | 13 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 15^ | (23) | 11 | 14 | 289 (321) |
16 | Paolo Valeri | 20 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 275 | ||
17 | Eric Quintal | 15 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 251 | ||
18 | Arianna Casoli | 13 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 15^ | 20 | 17 | 248 | ||
19 | Leonardo Colavita | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 230 | ||||||
20 | Alina Loibnegger | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 17 | (19) | 17 | (20) | 19 | 16 | 227 (261) |
21 | Alfredo de Matteo | 8^ | 8^ | 166 | ||||||||||
22 | Ian Eric Wadén | 11 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 7 | DNS3 | 24 | 163 | ||||
23 | Gil Linster | 17 | 5 | 9^ | 9 | 20 | 11 | 156 | ||||||
24 | Melvin de Groot | 7 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 109 | ||||||||
25 | Ossi Peltola | 22 | DNS | 80 | ||||||||||
26 | Michael Bleekemolen | DNS1 | 15^ | 14 | 21 | Wth | Wth | 70 | ||||||
27 | Shaun Hollamby | 15^ | 6 | 57 | ||||||||||
28 | Pol van Pollaert | 7 | 17 | 50 | ||||||||||
29 | Fabrizio Armetta | 22 | 11 | Wth | Wth | 41 | ||||||||
30 | Didier Bec | 19 | 16 | 39 | ||||||||||
31 | Matthias Hauer | 18 | 17 | 39 | ||||||||||
Bernardo Manfrè | DNS4 | DNS4 | 0 |
Pos | No. | Team | Body Style | EuroNASCAR PRO Driver(s) | EuroNASCAR 2 Driver(s) | Points |
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1 | 7 | Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO | Ford | Loris Hezemans | Martin Doubek | 969 |
2 | 22 | DF1 Racing | Chevrolet | Nicolò Rocca | Justin Kunz | 875 |
3 | 50 | Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO | Ford | Vittorio Ghirelli | Tobias Dauenhauer | 867 |
4 | 88 | CAAL Racing | Chevrolet | Alon Day | Max Lanza | 787 |
5 | 64 | Speedhouse | Ford | Lucas Lasserre | Eric Quintal Matthias Hauer | 777 |
6 | 90 | Not Only Motorsport | Chevrolet | Andrea Nori Igor Romanov Nicolò Gabossi Vittorio Ghirelli | Naveh Talor | 738 |
7 | 54 | CAAL Racing | Chevrolet | Gianmarco Ercoli | Arianna Casoli | 729 |
8 | 89 | Not Only Motorsport | Chevrolet | Davide Dallara | Alberto Panebianco | 704 |
9 | 23 | Iceboys with DF1 Racing | Chevrolet 3 Ford 3 | Henri Tuomaala | Leevi Lintukanto | 692 |
10 | 48 | Marko Stipp Motorsport | Chevrolet | Evgeny Sokolovsky | Evgeny Sokolovsky | 677 |
11 | 66 | DF1 Racing | Chevrolet | Patrick Lemarié Simon Pilate | Simon Pilate | 627 |
12 | 46 | Marko Stipp Motorsport | Chevrolet | Scott Jeffs Romain Iannetta Pierre Combot | Miguel Gomes | 626 |
13 | 69 | Team Bleekemolen | Ford | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | Michael Bleekemolen Melvin de Groot | 574 |
14 | 2 | Academy Motorsport | EuroNASCAR FJ | Federico Monti | Thomas Krasonis | 556 |
15 | 1 | Academy Motorsport | Ford | Thomas Ferrando Michaela Dorcikova | Vladimiros Tziortzis | 549 |
Pos | No. | Team | Body Style | EuroNASCAR PRO Driver(s) | EuroNASCAR 2 Driver(s) | Points |
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