2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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Locations of the circuits hosting a NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race in 2019
Loris Hezemans, the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 1 Champion.
Lasse Sørensen, the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 2 Champion.

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 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 13 April
R2 14 April
2 R3 NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend Italy Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato 11 May
R4 12 May
3 R5 NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 1 June
R6 2 June
4 R7 NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 29 June
R8 30 June
5 R9 NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 14 July
6 R10 NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals Germany Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim 21 September
R11 22 September
7 R12 NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 5 October
R13 6 October
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Elite 2

Round Race title Track Date
1 R1 NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 13 April
R2 14 April
2 R3 NASCAR GP Italy – American NASCAR Weekend Italy Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato 11 May
R4 12 May
3 R5 NASCAR GP UK – American Speedfest VII United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 1 June
R6 2 June
4 R7 NASCAR GP Czech Republic – OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 29 June
R8 30 June
5 R9 NASCAR GP Netherlands – American Car Fest Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 13 July
6 R10 NASCAR GP Germany – American Fan Fest Semi-finals Germany Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim 21 September
R11 22 September
7 R12 NASCAR GP Belgium – American Festival NASCAR Finals Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 5 October
R13 6 October
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

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

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Ford
R2 Spain Ander Vilariño Netherlands Loris Hezemans Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Ford
3 R3 American NASCAR Weekend Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
R4 Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
3 R5 American Speedfest VII Belgium Stienes Longin France Frédéric Gabillon Belgium Stienes Longin Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
R6 France Frédéric Gabillon Netherlands Loris Hezemans France Frédéric Gabillon France Frédéric Gabillon Chevrolet
4 R7 OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show Italy Nicolò Rocca Italy Nicolò Rocca Netherlands Loris Hezemans Italy Nicolò Rocca Chevrolet
R8 Italy Nicolò Rocca Italy Nicolò Rocca Netherlands Loris Hezemans Netherlands Loris Hezemans Ford
5 R9 American Car Fest Canada Jacques Villeneuve Canada Jacques Villeneuve Canada Jacques Villeneuve Netherlands Loris Hezemans Ford
6 R10 American Fan Fest Semi-finals Netherlands Loris Hezemans Israel Alon Day[a] Netherlands Loris Hezemans Netherlands Loris Hezemans Ford
R11 Israel Alon Day Italy Nicolò Rocca Netherlands Loris Hezemans Netherlands Loris Hezemans Ford
7 R12 American Festival NASCAR Finals France Thomas Ferrando Canada Jacques Villeneuve France Thomas Ferrando France Thomas Ferrando Ford
R13 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Belgium Stienes Longin Belgium Stienes Longin Belgium Stienes Longin Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Elite 2

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest United States Myatt Snider United States Myatt Snider United States Andre Castro Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Ford
R2 United States Myatt Snider United States Myatt Snider Italy Nicholas Risitano Italy Nicholas Risitano Chevrolet
3 R3 American NASCAR Weekend France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi United States Andre Castro Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
R4 France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi Chevrolet
3 R5 American Speedfest VII United States Andre Castro France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
R6 France Florian Venturi France Florian Venturi United States Andre Castro Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
4 R7 OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Ford
R8 Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Denmark Lasse Sørensen Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
5 R9 American Car Fest Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Czech Republic Martin Doubek Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Chevrolet
6 R10 American Fan Fest Semi-finals Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Ford
R11 Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Denmark Lasse Sørensen Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
7 R12 American Festival NASCAR Finals Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Denmark Lasse Sørensen Denmark Lasse Sørensen Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
R13 Denmark Lasse Sørensen Switzerland Giorgio Maggi Denmark Lasse Sørensen Denmark Lasse Sørensen Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

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.

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Points 403534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321111114

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 Spain
VAL
Italy
FRA
United Kingdom
BRH
Czech Republic
MOS
Netherlands
VEN
Germany
HOC
Belgium
ZOL
Points[60]
1 Netherlands Loris Hezemans 7 3 4 2 9 12 (19)* 1* 1 1* 1* 5 6 551 (569)
2 Belgium Stienes Longin 2 2 8 4 2* 2 2 2 (13) 25 18 3 1* 502 (526)
3 Italy Nicolò Rocca 5 5 6 5 3 9 1 (11) 2 2 2 24 8^ 499 (525)
4 Israel Alon Day 3 4 1* 1* 1 3 20 (22) 8 14 26 6 2 473 (488)
5 Spain Ander Vilariño 1* 1* 25 6 (26) 5 10 9 4 23 14 10^ 12 463 (474)
6 Italy Gianmarco Ercoli (25) 21 7 19 7 7 7 16 15 4 3 4 5 452 (464)
7 France Thomas Ferrando (29) 9^ 14 25 14^ 13 3 4 17 3 6 1* 20 451 (459)
8 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 11 (25) 3 3 15 8 22 19 3* 5 7 14 7 431 (443)
9 France Ulysse Delsaux 16 (23) 15 11 13 14 11 5 7^ 9 10 11 11 429 (443)
10 France Romain Iannetta 24 7 (26) 9 6 6 18 3 6 21 4 13 13 427 (438)
11 Sweden Alexander Graff 10 (20) 13^ 10 12 4 9 8 18 18 8 19 14 408 (425)
12 France Frédéric Gabillon 8 6 18 (26) 11 1* 17 21 5 6 5 23 DNS 394 (405)
13 Italy Francesco Sini 12 19 9 7 DNS 11 6 18 11 12 16 9 388
14 Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo (20) 8 19 13 16 15 16 7^ 9 10 15 20 17 383 (400)
15 Finland Henri Tuomaala 19 17 12 (20) 17 16 8 12 10 20 19 15 16 367 (384)
16 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 17 12 16 12 (21) 17 5 10 14 24 25 12 22 354 (370)
17 France Lucas Lasserre 4 24 17 8 5 24 4 17 7 DNS 25 10 336
18 Switzerland Mauro Trione 21^ 27 (29) 15^ 23 28 15 14 16 22 20 17 18 308 (316)
19 Japan Kenko Miura 22 16 22 (27) 19 21 23 20 12 26 17 22 19 303 (313)
20 Belgium Marc Goossens 11 11 2 21 4 19 2 3 290
21 Italy Dario Caso (DNS) 13 23 16 18 18 21 13 11 12^ 27 18 23 265 (266)
22 Czech Republic Martin Doubek 14 10 27 DNS 12 6 19 29 21 21 DNS 262
23 United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick 6 26 10 22 10 20 7 4 254
24 Belgium Guillaume Deflandre 19 11 8 15 190
25 Germany Ellen Lohr 23 (28) 21 14 22 23 14^ 15 20 148 (157)
26 Belgium Dylan Derdaele 28 24 9 21 125
27 United Kingdom Scott Jeffs 13 9^ 104
28 Greece Ioannis Smyrlis 15 16 86
29 United Kingdom Ant Whorton-Eales 27 15 Wth Wth 8 26 72
30 Germany Marco Santamaria 16 22 72
31 Italy Lorenzo Marcucci 27 13 68
32 Slovakia Michaela Dorcikova 17 23 68
33 Italy Simone Laureti DNS DNS 24 17 24 22 Wth Wth 63
34 United States Eric Fligueiras 20 24 20 25 59
35 Germany Daniel Keilwitz 8 DNS 58
36 France Christophe Bouchut 9 DNS 11 DNS DNS1 231 56
37 Belgium Eric De Doncker 26 DNS Wth Wth 25 29 13 DNS2 54
38 Italy Luigi Ferrara 5 23 46
39 United States Bobby Labonte 18 14 42
40 Mexico Rubén García Jr. 15 18 41
41 Denmark Lasse Sørensen 28 10^ Wth Wth 40
42 Monaco Alex Caffi 28 18 28
43 Italy Max Lanza 28 22 Wth Wth 24
44 United States Jennifer Jo Cobb 27 27 20
45 Spain Julio Carayol Casas Wth3 Wth3 2
Pos Driver Spain
VAL
Italy
FRA
United Kingdom
BRH
Czech Republic
MOS
Netherlands
VEN
Germany
HOC
Belgium
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 Spain
VAL
Italy
FRA
United Kingdom
BRH
Czech Republic
MOS
Netherlands
VEN
Germany
HOC
Belgium
ZOL
Points[60]
1 Denmark Lasse Sørensen 1 3 1^ 1 2 1* 7 2 1* 1 1* 573
2 Switzerland Giorgio Maggi 1 7 3 4 (12) 3 1* 2 5 1* 5 2* 2 564 (589)
3 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli 2 3 6 5 4 (10) 7 3 1* 25 14^ 4 4 488 (515)
4 India Advait Deodhar 5 23 5 9 2 6 4 7 10 7 13 6 465
5 Italy Nicholas Risitano (27) 1* 7 16 18 8 8 4 6 6 6 14 7 462 (472)
6 United States Myatt Snider (23) 6 2 6 10 7 10 5 2 9 10 19 5 458 (472)
7 Italy Pierluigi Veronesi 7 8 10 13 9 15 (19) 16 9 5 9 8^ 9 457 (475)
8 Czech Republic Martin Doubek 3 5 17 DNS 6 20 13 7^ 6 3 12 409
9 Germany Justin Kunz (22) 9 4 7 8 14 5 10 11 DNS 21 5 11 406 (421)
10 Finland Jesse Vartiainen (26) 25 19 26 11 11 22 11 8 4 4 21 10 385 (396)
11 Italy Alessandro Brigatti 28 26 23 20 5 9 21 9^ 22 3 6 3 375
12 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen 10 14 18 (28) 7 20 14 13 10 14 17 10 20 371 (380)
13 Finland Ian Eric Wadén 17 15 11^ 18 15 18 (18) 12 15 13 13 18 15 371 (390)
14 Israel Naveh Talor 12 12 8 15 DNS 16^ 17 8 24 11 17 19 350
15 Italy Arianna Casoli 16 16 21 25 19 21 15 17 18 15 11 17 332
16 United Kingdom Ben Creanor 11 22 25 17 24 17 12 15 8 26 DNS 14^ 319
17 Sweden Freddie Hemborg (25) 4 12 14 21 12 9 6 14 7 13 314 (326)
18 United States Andre Castro (24)* 2 22* 2 14 2 3 19 4^ 23 25 280 (293)
19 Germany Mirco Schultis 8^ 13 15 24 17 19 13^ 14 16 24 257
20 Greece Thomas Krasonis 13 11 26 22 6 22 16 21 17 12 255
21 Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer 3 2 15 21 214
22 Germany Matthias Hauer 26 24 19 19 12 18 198
23 Belgium Pol van Pollaert 11 23 20 8 172
24 Italy Max Lanza 4 28 20 27 Wth Wth 15 20 155
25 Italy Moreno di Silvestre 131 111 12 16 148
26 United Kingdom Scott Jeffs 6 24 28 12^ 16 5 135
27 France Florian Venturi 21 29 27 1* 3* 4* PO PO 133
28 Belgium Jerry de Weerdt 15 10^ 14 19 20 25 123
29 United Kingdom Shaun Hollamby 18 17 16 21 25 26 99
30 Belgium Eric De Doncker 14 18 Wth Wth 13 DNS 11 DNS2 93
31 Belgium Bert Longin 20 21 9 8 90
32 Finland Janne Koikkalainen 20 18 72
33 France Eric Clément DNS 23 22 23 20 18 70
34 Greece Ioannis Smyrlis 21 22 62
35 Italy Claudio Remigio Cappelli 24 10 40
36 Iran Meisam Taheri 9 27 38
37 Sweden Freddy Nordström 23 13 38
38 France Eric Quintal 19 19 36
39 Netherlands Barry Maessen 3 34
40 Italy Simone Laureti 12 25
41 United States Jennifer Jo Cobb DNS2 20 17
Spain Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón PO 0
Drivers ineligible for Elite 2 points
Belgium Niels Albert 9 16 -
Belgium Sven van Laere 16 DNS -
Pos Driver Spain
VAL
Italy
FRA
United Kingdom
BRH
Czech Republic
MOS
Netherlands
VEN
Germany
HOC
Belgium
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 Netherlands Hendriks Motorsport Netherlands Loris Hezemans Switzerland Giorgio Maggi 1092
2 24 Belgium PK Carsport Italy Nicolò Rocca United States Andre Castro
Italy Vittorio Ghirelli
980
3 48 Spain Racing Engineering Spain Ander Vilariño United States Myatt Snider 928
4 9 Italy Racers Motorsport Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Italy Vittorio Ghirelli
Italy Alessandro Brigatti
Italy Simone Laureti
928
5 27 Monaco Alex Caffi Motorsport 3
Italy CAAL Racing 4
France Thomas Ferrando Italy Pierluigi Veronesi 902
6 54 Italy CAAL Racing Israel Alon Day Italy Arianna Casoli 852
7 11 Belgium PK Carsport Belgium Stienes Longin Belgium Bert Longin
Sweden Freddy Nordström
Italy Vittorio Ghirelli
Netherlands Barry Maessen
Belgium Niels Albert
816
8 23 Sweden Memphis Racing Finland Henri Tuomaala Finland Ian Eric Wadén 787
9 77 Sweden Memphis Racing Sweden Alexander Graff Sweden Freddie Hemborg
Finland Janne Koikkalainen
778
10 8 Italy Racers Motorsport Italy Dario Caso Italy Nicholas Risitano 778
11 31 Italy CAAL Racing Switzerland Mauro Trione Iran Meisam Taheri
Italy Moreno di Silvestre
India Advait Deodhar
767
12 12 Italy Solaris Motorsport Italy Francesco Sini Israel Naveh Talor 734
13 99 Austria Dexwet-df1 Racing Germany Ellen Lohr
Belgium Guillaume Deflandre
Germany Justin Kunz 723
14 2 Monaco Alex Caffi Motorsport Japan Kenko Miura Finland Jesse Vartiainen 723
15 66 Austria Dexwet-df1 Racing France Christophe Bouchut
Denmark Lasse Sørensen
India Advait Deodhar
Denmark Lasse Sørensen
711
Pos No. Team Elite 1 Driver(s) Elite 2 Driver(s) Points

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