2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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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.
Elite 1
Rule changes
- General Tire will replace BFGoodrich as the official tire supplier on a six-year contract starting from 2019.[56]
- On 3 January 2019, NASCAR announced a series of Whelen Euro Series rule changes for 2019.[57]
- A maximum of 20 slick tires will be allocated to each driver for all qualifying and race session. Tires used during practice sessions and wet-weather tires will not be counted towards the 20 tire limit.
- Teams will use a new three-way shock absorber that were developed by Team FJ.
- A new rear spoiler design, made from transparent polycarbonate and steel, will be used. The new spoiler is also designed to give drivers better visibility.
- An enhanced technical inspection process system, with support from NASCAR R&D Center, will be used on all races.
- Elite 2's first qualifying session will have its time increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, while the time given at the Superpole qualifying session for Elite 2 weren't changed. All Elite 1 qualifying sessions will have the same amount of time as in previous seasons.
Schedule
NASCAR released the provisional calendar on 2 November 2018.[58]
Elite 1
| Round | Race title | Track | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | 13 April | |
| R2 | 14 April | |||
| 2 | R3 | NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend | 11 May | |
| R4 | 12 May | |||
| 3 | R5 | NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII | 1 June | |
| R6 | 2 June | |||
| 4 | R7 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | 29 June | |
| R8 | 30 June | |||
| 5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest | 14 July | |
| 6 | R10 | NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals | 21 September | |
| R11 | 22 September | |||
| 7 | R12 | NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals | 5 October | |
| R13 | 6 October | |||
Elite 2
| Round | Race title | Track | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest | 13 April | |
| R2 | 14 April | |||
| 2 | R3 | NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend | 11 May | |
| R4 | 12 May | |||
| 3 | R5 | NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII | 1 June | |
| R6 | 2 June | |||
| 4 | R7 | NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show | 29 June | |
| R8 | 30 June | |||
| 5 | R9 | NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest | 13 July | |
| 6 | R10 | NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals | 21 September | |
| R11 | 22 September | |||
| 7 | R12 | NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals | 5 October | |
| R13 | 6 October | |||
Calendar changes
- NASCAR Euro Series will expand its calendar by adding Autodrom Most as the fourth round for the 2019 season. The races are scheduled to be held on 29 and 30 June.
- Raceway Venray returns to the series after being absent from the calendar in 2018. Unlike the previous events, only one race is going to be held for both classes, with a 75-lap Elite 2 race scheduled for 13 July while a 100-lap Elite 1 race is scheduled for the following day. The Elite 2 race was later shortened into a 70-lap race.
- An All-Star event titled the "All-Star Time Attack" is initially scheduled to be held at a street circuit in the city of Chinon on 22 and 23 June. This was later revealed to be an exhibition event that will be run as part of the annual Chinon Classic car meet.[59]
- All Elite 1 races, with the exception of the Elite 1 Venray round, will have its total race distance increased by 15 kilometers.[57]
Results
Elite 1
Elite 2
Standings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Elite 1
(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 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | (19)* | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 5 | 6 | 551 (569) | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 2 | (13) | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1* | 502 (526) | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | (11) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8^ | 499 (525) | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 1* | 1* | 1 | 3 | 20 | (22) | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 473 (488) | |
| 5 | 1* | 1* | 25 | 6 | (26) | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 10^ | 12 | 463 (474) | |
| 6 | (25) | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 452 (464) | |
| 7 | (29) | 9^ | 14 | 25 | 14^ | 13 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1* | 20 | 451 (459) | |
| 8 | 11 | (25) | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 3* | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 431 (443) | |
| 9 | 16 | (23) | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7^ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 429 (443) | |
| 10 | 24 | 7 | (26) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 427 (438) | |
| 11 | 10 | (20) | 13^ | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 408 (425) | |
| 12 | 8 | 6 | 18 | (26) | 11 | 1* | 17 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | DNS | 394 (405) | |
| 13 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 7 | DNS | 11 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 388 | ||
| 14 | (20) | 8 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 7^ | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 383 (400) | |
| 15 | 19 | 17 | 12 | (20) | 17 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 367 (384) | |
| 16 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 12 | (21) | 17 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 354 (370) | |
| 17 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 7 | DNS | 25 | 10 | 336 | ||
| 18 | 21^ | 27 | (29) | 15^ | 23 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 308 (316) | |
| 19 | 22 | 16 | 22 | (27) | 19 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 303 (313) | |
| 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 290 | ||||||
| 21 | (DNS) | 13 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 12^ | 27 | 18 | 23 | 265 (266) | |
| 22 | 14 | 10 | 27 | DNS | 12 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 21 | 21 | DNS | 262 | |||
| 23 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 254 | ||||||
| 24 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 190 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 23 | (28) | 21 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 14^ | 15 | 20 | 148 (157) | |||||
| 26 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 125 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 13 | 9^ | 104 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | 15 | 16 | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | 27 | 15 | Wth | Wth | 8 | 26 | 72 | ||||||||
| 30 | 16 | 22 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 31 | 27 | 13 | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | 17 | 23 | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | DNS | DNS | 24 | 17 | 24 | 22 | Wth | Wth | 63 | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 59 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 8 | DNS | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 9 | DNS | 11 | DNS | DNS1 | 231 | 56 | ||||||||
| 37 | 26 | DNS | Wth | Wth | 25 | 29 | 13 | DNS2 | 54 | ||||||
| 38 | 5 | 23 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | 18 | 14 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | 15 | 18 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | 28 | 10^ | Wth | Wth | 40 | ||||||||||
| 42 | 28 | 18 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | 28 | 22 | Wth | Wth | 24 | ||||||||||
| 44 | 27 | 27 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Wth3 | Wth3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | VAL |
FRA |
BRH |
MOS |
VEN |
HOC |
ZOL |
Points | ||||||
- Notes
- 1 – Christophe Bouchut received no championship points during the Most weekend.
- 2 – Eric De Doncker received 5 championship points despite being a non-starter.
- 3 – Julio Carayol Casas received 1 championship point for non-starting a race despite withdrawing from the Valencia race meeting.
Elite 2
(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 | 1 | 3 | 1^ | 1 | 2 | 1* | 7 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 573 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | (12) | 3 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 1* | 5 | 2* | 2 | 564 (589) | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | (10) | 7 | 3 | 1* | 25 | 14^ | 4 | 4 | 488 (515) | |
| 4 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 465 | ||
| 5 | (27) | 1* | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 462 (472) | |
| 6 | (23) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 458 (472) | |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 15 | (19) | 16 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8^ | 9 | 457 (475) | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 | DNS | 6 | 20 | 13 | 7^ | 6 | 3 | 12 | 409 | |||
| 9 | (22) | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 11 | DNS | 21 | 5 | 11 | 406 (421) | |
| 10 | (26) | 25 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 385 (396) | |
| 11 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 9^ | 22 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 375 | ||
| 12 | 10 | 14 | 18 | (28) | 7 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 371 (380) | |
| 13 | 17 | 15 | 11^ | 18 | 15 | 18 | (18) | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 371 (390) | |
| 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 15 | DNS | 16^ | 17 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 350 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 332 | ||
| 16 | 11 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 26 | DNS | 14^ | 319 | ||
| 17 | (25) | 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 314 (326) | |||
| 18 | (24)* | 2 | 22* | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4^ | 23 | 25 | 280 (293) | |||
| 19 | 8^ | 13 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 13^ | 14 | 16 | 24 | 257 | ||||
| 20 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 255 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 214 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 198 | ||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 172 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 27 | Wth | Wth | 15 | 20 | 155 | ||||||
| 25 | 131 | 111 | 12 | 16 | 148 | ||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 12^ | 16 | 5 | 135 | ||||||||
| 27 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 1* | 3* | 4* | PO | PO | 133 | ||||||
| 28 | 15 | 10^ | 14 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 123 | ||||||||
| 29 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 99 | ||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 18 | Wth | Wth | 13 | DNS | 11 | DNS2 | 93 | ||||||
| 31 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 90 | ||||||||||
| 32 | 20 | 18 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | DNS | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 70 | ||||||||
| 34 | 21 | 22 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 35 | 24 | 10 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 9 | 27 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | 23 | 13 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | 19 | 19 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | 3 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | 12 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 41 | DNS2 | 20 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| PO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Drivers ineligible for Elite 2 points | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 16 | - | |||||||||||||
| 16 | DNS | - | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | VAL |
FRA |
BRH |
MOS |
VEN |
HOC |
ZOL |
Points | ||||||
- Notes
- 1 – The points scored by Moreno di Silvestre at Franciacorta was initially credited to Meisam Taheri in the championship, despite Taheri didn't take part in any of the races at Franciacorta. This inaccuracy was later rectified at Hockenheim, where the points from Franciacorta were correctly credited to di Silvestre in the post-race point standings.
- 2 – Eric De Doncker and Jennifer Jo Cobb received 0 championship points despite being a non-starter.
Team's Championship (Top 15)
| Pos | No. | Team | Elite 1 Driver(s) | Elite 2 Driver(s) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 1092 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 980 | |||
| 3 | 48 | 928 | |||
| 4 | 9 | 928 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 902 | |||
| 6 | 54 | 852 | |||
| 7 | 11 | 816 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 787 | |||
| 9 | 77 | 778 | |||
| 10 | 8 | 778 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 767 | |||
| 12 | 12 | 734 | |||
| 13 | 99 | 723 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 723 | |||
| 15 | 66 | 711 | |||
| Pos | No. | Team | Elite 1 Driver(s) | Elite 2 Driver(s) | Points |