Vitor Genz

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Vitor Genz
Nationality Flag of Brazil.svg Brazilian
Born11 November 1988
Brazil
NASCAR Brasil Series career
Debut season2022
Current teamR.Mattheis
Car number46
Wins7
Best finish1st in 2023
Championship titles
2023
2024
NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race-Special Edition
NASCAR Brasil Series- Brazil Championship

Vitor Genz (born 11 November 1988) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He currently drives for R.Mattheis Motorsport in the NASCAR Brasil Series. [1] He was champion of the 2023 NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race sub-championship "Special edition" and 2024 NASCAR Brasil Series sub-championship "Brazilian Championship" [2] and is known by his Driving simulator classes on IRacing and Automobilista 2. [3] He had competed in Mini Challenge Brasil, Stock Car Pro Series, Copa Petrobras de Marcas, and Império Endurance Brasil.

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Career

Early Career:

Genz debut in motorsport was in 2007 on Stock Jr Brasil and the Brazilian endurance series "Campeonato Brasileiro de Endurance" where he was champion, in the next year he moved up to the "Pick-up racing Brasil" and in the following years the "Mini Challenge Brasil" where he was runner-up in 2011 and champion in 2012. [4]

Stock Car Brasil:

In 2013 Vitor Genz debuted in Stock Car Brasil for Gramacho Competições. [5] In the series he did 117 races, having his maiden win in 2017 on Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel round, [6] his last season was in 2018 with Eisenbah Racing Team.

Império Endurance Brasil:

Genz did sporadic races in Império Endurance Brasil in the years of 2019, 2021 and 2022, where he got one win, a pole position and four podiums, in his full seasons in 2020 and 2023 [7] where he was runner-up together with Vicente Orige and Henrique Bonatti with two wins, one pole position and 8 podiums.

GT Sprint Race/Nascar Brasil:

In 2022 Vitor Genz started his career in the so called "GT Sprint Race" which would later be rebranded as NASCAR Brasil Series, In 2023 he was champion of the sub-championship "Special Edition" [8] with two wins and in 2024 he was champion of "Brazil Championship" [2] with three wins, ending with an 2nd place on overall standings.

For the 2025 NASCAR Brasil Series Vitor Genz joined the grid with R.Mattheis Motorsport. [1]

Racing record

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/ LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2007Stock Jr Brasil?200012915th
2007Campeonato Brasileiro de EnduranceLatina Veículos31102?1st
2008Pick-up Racing BrasilMottin Racing80002497th
2009Pick-up Racing BrasilMottin Racing200002319th
2010Mini Challenge Brasil6103310210th
2011Mini Challenge Brasil1632582082nd
2012Mini Challenge Brasil24753164031st
2012Campeonato Brasileiro de GT - GT4BMW Team Brasil143501017410th
2013 Stock Car Brasil Gramacho Competições 1200001630th
2014 Stock Car Brasil Boettger Competições 2100004926th
2015 Stock Car Brasil Boettger Competições 21000012415th
2016 Stock Car Brasil Eisenbahn Racing Team 20000115813th
2017 Stock Car Brasil Eisenbahn Racing Team22100210416th
2018 Stock Car Brasil Eisenbahn Racing Team2100004322th
2019 Império Endurance Brasil - P1JLM Racing1010115012th
2019 Copa Truck PP Competições20000??
2019Copa HB20-Pro?410124212th
2020 Império Endurance Brasil - P1JLM Racing6031121511th
2020 Stock Car Brasil KTF Sports 200001126th
2021 Império Endurance Brasil - P1Rsports Team10000??
2021AMG Cup Brasil Cavaleiro Sports 20100129th
2022 TCR South America ?200006622nd
2022 Império Endurance Brasil - P1Mottin Racing31002??
2022 GT Sprint Race 41111??
2023 NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race 923051924th
2023 Império Endurance Brasil - P1Motocar Racing821228502nd
2024 NASCAR Brasil Series Singus Competition1730082992nd
2025 NASCAR Brasil Series R.Mattheis Motorsport 1011031204th*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 sigcomunicacao (2025-03-12). "Campeão Brasileiro Vitor Genz dará continuidade na NASCAR Brasil com RMattheis". NASCAR Brazil. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  2. 1 2 "NASCAR Brasil: Genz conquista título; Léo Torres vence no RS". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  3. Brasil, Marketing Militec (2024-04-16). "Simulador: Vitor Genz promove maior curso de pilotagem virtual no Brasil". Militec Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  4. EB (2012-09-30). "Vitor Genz é campeão do MINI Challenge Cup". Autoracing | F1 | Indy | MotoGP | StockCar | NASCAR (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  5. "Rio Grande do Sul driver Vitor Genz debuts in Stock Car in 2013". gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  6. "Vitor Genz fatura a corrida 2 em Cascavel e é o primeiro gaúcho a vencer na Stock". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  7. "Endurance Brasil". www.imperioendurancebrasil.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  8. Brasil, Marketing Militec (2023-12-05). "Vitor Genz coroa ano inesquecível com premiação na NASCAR Awards 2023 nos EUA". Militec Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-14.