Gil Linster | |||||||
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Born | Frisange, Luxembourg | 3 November 1993||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 68 (Kimmel Racing) | ||||||
First race | 2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 18, 2024. |
Gil Linster (born November 3, 1993) is a Luxembourgish professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driving the No. 50 Toyota Camry for Hendriks Motorsport, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 68 Ford for Kimmel Racing.
In 2017, Linster ran full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 2, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet for CAAL Racing, where he finished ninth in the standings with a best finish of fourth at the season ending race at Circuit Zolder. [1] [2] He returned with the team the following year, where he finished fifth in the standings with a best finish of fifth at Tours Speedway. [3] [4]
After not competing in the series for the next two years, Linster returned to the series in 2021, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet for DF1 Racing at Autodrom Most, Automotodrom Grobnik, and Zolder, where he earned a best finish of fifth at the second Most race. [5]
In 2022, Linster ran the full Elite 2 schedule, returning to CAAL Racing to drive the No. 56 Chevrolet. [6] Across the year, he earned six top-ten finishes, including a his first pole position at Zolder, and finished eleventh in the final points standings. Linster would leave the teams afterwards to drive the No. 50 Toyota for Hendriks Motorsport in 2023. [7] After starting the season with eight straight finishes inside the top-five, he went on to get his first career win at Zolder later in the year to finish third in the points standings.
In 2024, Linster participated in pre-season testing for the ARCA Menards Series at Daytona International Speedway driving for Kimmel Racing in the No. 68 Ford. [8] [9] The opportunity came about after Linster competed in a late-model race at New Smyrna Speedway the previous year, where he went into contact with the team through his spotter for the New Smyrna race, Tony Blanchard. [10] Several days after the test, it was announced that Linster will attempt to make his ARCA debut at Daytona with Kimmel Racing in the No. 68. [11] [12] Afterwards, it was announced that he will return to Hendriks Motorsport in the Euro Series in 2024. [13]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Pts | |||
2017 | CAAL Racing | 44 | Chevy | VAL 10 | VAL 20 | BRH 10 | BRH 10 | VEN 14 | VEN 5 | HOC 5 | HOC 5 | FRA 21 | FRA 21 | ZOL 9 | ZOL 4 | 9th | 491 | |||
2018 | VAL 9 | VAL 7 | FRA 6 | FRA 26 | BRH 10 | BRH 8 | TOU 5 | TOU 8 | HOC 16 | HOC 10 | ZOL 16 | ZOL 10 | 5th | 423 | ||||||
2021 | DF1 Racing | 77 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | GBR | GBR | CZE 17 | CZE 5 | CRO 9 | CRO 9 | BEL 20 | BEL 11 | ITA | ITA | 23rd | 156 | |||
2022 | CAAL Racing | 56 | Chevy | ESP 4 | ESP 5 | GBR 11 | GBR 18 | ITA 23 | ITA 8 | CZE 7 | CZE 4 | BEL 2 | BEL 23 | CRO 13 | CRO 26 | 11th | 298 | |||
2023 | Hendriks Motorsport | 50 | Toyota | ESP 4 | ESP 4 | GBR 4 | GBR 5 | ITA 3 | ITA 4 | CZE 4 | CZE 4 | GER 18 | GER 7 | BEL 1 | BEL 6 | 3rd | 406 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2024 | Kimmel Racing | 68 | Ford | DAY 7 | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [14] |
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