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2025 NASCAR Brasil Series

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The 2025 NASCAR Brasil Series was the third season of the NASCAR Brasil Series after the rebrand of "Sprint Race" Series. It consisted of 9 rounds starting on March 22 in Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura, Campo Grande and finished on December 7 in Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo. It was the last season with the 2020 generation of "Sprint Race" cars using V6 3.6L 300 hp engines, with the new car released for the 2026 season being launched in 2025.[1] Following the 2024 changes, The PRO, PRO/AM and AM classes were changed by the NASCAR Brasil and NASCAR Challenge classes, were both classes run together and compete against each other, but drivers score points in their own class, both classes compete in a third championship together in the Overall championship.[2]

Rubens Barrichello was the "Brazilian Champion" and "Overall Champion" gaining the two main championships of 2025 Nascar Brasil season.
Gabriel Casagrande won the "Special Edition" championship which consisted in the last three rounds of the season

The 2024 NASCAR Brasil champions Gabriel Casagrande and Alex Seid ran in separated cars after being a duo in the 2024 season, in 2025 Gabriel Casagrande did a solo campaign while Seid ran sharing a car with Júlio Campos.[3][4] The Overall is considered the primary championship within the series and the winner driver is made present in the NASCAR Awards Banquet.[5] Vitor Genz was the NASCAR Brasil sub-class champion while Victor Andrade got the NASCAR Challenge championship. For Special Edition championship, consisted by Interlagos and Circuito dos Cristais oval round in 2024, Gabriel Casagrande and Alex Seid were the champions, for 2025 it had an addition of one more round, consisting of three rounds with nine races.

In the 2025 season, Rubens Barrichello was crowned champion of the "Brazilian championship" after winning the first race in Velo Città round in August,[6][7] with that he will be present in the NASCAR Awards Banquet together with other 2025 season NASCAR champions. Jorge Martelli was crowned the "Challenge" sub-class champion of the "Brazilian championship".[8]

After the final round at Interlagos in December, Rubens Barrichello was crowned "Overall Champion" after beating Thiago Camilo, and with that he will put his name in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, while Jorge Martelli was the "Challenge overall champion". Gabriel Casagrande was the "Special Edition Champion" which consisted in the last three rounds in Curvelo, Autódromo Velo Città and Interlagos Circuit.

Teams and drivers

In the 2025 all cars were run by private teams for the first time,[9] moving on from the series operation since the Sprint Race era. Four teams was elected to run 6 cars each, with the teams being: Full Time Sports,[10] R. Mattheis Motorsport,[11] Team RC[12] and MX Motorsports.[12] In January MX Motorsport announced that will partner with the traditional Stock Car Pro Series team A.Mattheis Motorsport calling themselves MX Vogel.[13] All teams run the same spec-car with aesthetics made to remember the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang body.[14] For 2025, the Chevrolet Camaro body will switch from ZL1 to SS model.

More information Body Style, Team ...
NASCAR Brasil 2025 teams and drivers
Body StyleTeam No.Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro Team RC 0 Brazil Cacá Bueno[15] All
10 Brazil Adalberto Baptista[16] 1, 3–8
Brazil Bruno Baptista 2
11 Brazil Witold Ramasauskas[17] All
57 Brazil Felipe Tozzo[18] All
87 Brazil Jorge Martelli[19] All
99 Brazil Galid Osman[20] All
R.Mattheis Motorsport 1 Brazil Ricardo Zonta[21] 2–9
3 Brazil Gianluca Petecof[22] 1
4 Brazil Cayan Chianca[23] 1–6
12 Brazil Emerson Reck 3–4
17 Brazil Pietro Rimbano 5–6
34 Brazil Dudes Castroneves 8–9
37 Brazil Raphael Teixeira[24] 1–6
Brazil Daniel Mencacci[21] 2
Brazil Pablo Marçal 3
39 Brazil Marcel Jorand[22] 1
46 Brazil Vitor Genz[25] 1–7
55 Brazil Brendon Zonta 7–8
56 Brazil Gabryel Romano[26] 1–6
77 Brazil Valdeno Brito 7–9
78 Brazil Léo Yoshii[21] 2
94 Brazil Luan Lopes 8
Brazil Vinny Azevedo 8-9
Brazil Leandro Parizotto 9
Ford Mustang Full Time Sports 21 Brazil Thiago Camilo[22] All
8 Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina[27] All
14 Brazil Thiago Lopes[22] 1, 9
15 BrazilTito Giaffone[28] All
22 Brazil Victor Andrade[29] All
Brazil Felipe Barrichelo Bartz 7
84 Brazil Vinícius Canhedo[21] 2–7,9
91 Brazil Rubens Barrichello[30] 1–3, 5–9
Brazil Eduardo Barrichello[31] 9
95 Brazil Alceu Feldmann Neto 8
MX Vogel 5 Brazil Léo Torres[13] 1–6
6 Portugal Lourenço Beirão[21] 2, 5, 7
7 Brazil Julio Campos[32] All
Brazil Alex Seid[4]
9 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro[33] 1, 3–4, 6,
16 Brazil Antonio Junqueira[22] 1, 3–4, 6,8
28 Brazil Guilherme "Gui" Backes[13] All
44 Brazil João Barion 7
51 Brazil Ricardo Rotilli 9
76 Brazil Pedro Bezerra 8–9
83 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande[3] All
88 Brazil Beto Monteiro[21] 2, 5
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Notes:

  Nascar Brasil Championship drivers
  Challenge Championship drivers

Schedule

The pre-calendar for the 2025 season of NASCAR Brazil was announced in November 16 starting March 30 and having the last round in December 7.[34] On January 10, the first official calendar was announced with 9 rounds, one more than the 2024 season, and having 21 races in total. The Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura will open the season on March 22 with the Autódromo José Carlos Pace being the last round of the season. The Brazilian championship will consist in 6 rounds with 2 races each and the "Special Edition" championship will consist in 3 rounds with 3 races each.[35]

On February 11 the calendar was updated, the unannounced tracks were confirmed being Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã track in Viamão, and the Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul in Santa Cruz do Sul. As well were determined the Special edition rounds.[36]

On May 19, Autódromo Velo Città was confirmed in place of the planned round on Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul.[37]

Location of circuits scheduled to host a NASCAR Brasil Series round in 2025
More information Round, Track ...
RoundTrack Event name Date
1 Mato Grosso do Sul Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura
Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande		 22–23 March
2 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
Paraná, Londrina		 #sunsetLondrina 12–13 April
3 São Paulo (state) Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, São Paulo		 #sprintrace 17–18 May
4 Rio Grande do Sul Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã
Rio Grande do Sul, Viamão		 #inverserace 14–15 June
5 Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel
Paraná, Cascavel		 #100miles 11–12 July
6 São Paulo (state) Autódromo Velo Città
São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu		 #matchpoint 23–24 August
7 Minas Gerais Circuito dos Cristais
Minas Gerais, Curvelo		 #ovaltrack 20–21 September
8 São Paulo (state) Autódromo Velo Città
São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu		 #specialedition 1–2 November
9 São Paulo (state) Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, São Paulo		 #specialedition 6–7 December
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Notes:

  Brazilian Championship round
  Special Edition round

Results and standings

Bold indicates overall winner.

More information Circuit, Round ...
Circuit Round Race Pole position Fastest lap NASCAR Brasil

Winners

 Challenge

Winners

Mato Grosso do Sul Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura 1 1 Brazil Vitor Genz Brazil Cayan Chianca Brazil Vitor Genz Brazil Jorge Martelli
2 Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Jorge Martelli Brazil Jorge Martelli
Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 2 3 Brazil Bruno Baptista Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina
4 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Léo Torres Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina
São Paulo (state) Autódromo José Carlos Pace 3 5 Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Galid Osman Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Felipe Tozzo
6 Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Gabryel Romano
Rio Grande do Sul Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 4 7 Brazil Galid Osman Brazil Léo Torres Brazil Jorge Martelli Brazil Jorge Martelli
8 Brazil Júlio Campos/Alex Seid Brazil Jorge Martelli Brazil Jorge Martelli Brazil Jorge Martelli
Paraná (state) Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 5 9 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Cayan Chianca Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina
10 - Brazil Cayan Chianca Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Gabryel Romano
São Paulo (state) Autódromo Velo Città 6 11 Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Jorge Martelli
12 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina
Minas Gerais Circuito dos Cristais 7 13 Brazil Jorge Martelli Brazil Jorge Martelli - Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina
14 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Gabriel Casagrande -
15 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Galid Osman[a] Brazil Jorge Martelli
São Paulo (state) Autódromo Velo Città 8 16 Brazil Tito Giaffone Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Tito Giaffone
17 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Ricardo Zonta Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Jorge Martelli
18 Brazil Thiago Camilo Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil "Gui" Backes
São Paulo (state) Autódromo José Carlos Pace 9 19 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil "Gui" Backes Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil "Gui" Backes
20 Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Rubens Barrichello Brazil Jorge Martelli
21 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Brazil Ricardo Zonta Brazil Vitor Genz Brazil "Gui" Backes
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Notes:

  Brazilian Championship round
  Special Edition round
Brazilian championship points
More information Races, Position, points per race ...
Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Races 1 & Race 2 25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Superpole 5 4 3 2 1 0
#Inverse Race and

#Matchpoint Qualy

 25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
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Note: In Tarumã "Inverse Race" and Velo Città "Matchpoint" qualy points are awarded the same way as Race 1 and Race 2 results.

Special edition points
More information Races, Position, points per race ...
Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Race 1 & Race 2 and Qualy Races 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 3 & Stage 2 25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0
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Notes:

Bold- Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time. †– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - Superpole position.

More information Pos, Driver ...
Pos Driver Mato Grosso do Sul
CAM		 Paraná (state)
LON		 São Paulo (state)
INT1		 Rio Grande do Sul
TAR		 Paraná (state)
CAS		 São Paulo (state)
VEL1		 Minas Gerais
CUR		 São Paulo (state)
VEL2		 São Paulo (state)
INT2		 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 S1 S2 R1 R2 QR1 QR2 S1 S2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
NASCAR Brasil Championship
1 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 3 15 11 32 1 14 WD WD 1 2 12 1 7 10 4 6 6 9 Ret 1 5 300
2 Brazil Thiago Camilo Ret 11 1 153 2 21 194 DSQ 5 1 111 2 10 9 8 2 2 2 2 Ret 8 274
3 Brazil Cacá Bueno 13 141 9 10 8 8 27 Ret Ret 4 23 3 3 5 3 1 9 4 4 4 3 252
4 Brazil Vitor Genz 1 33 Ret Ret 6 4 82 Ret 6 3 48 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 5 3 2 1 247
5 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande 2 16† 2 Ret1 11 7 4 10 2 11 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 1 3 2 241
6 Brazil Galid Osman Ret 102 3 24 4 12 91 2 4 5 8 7 2 2 1 7 12 12 15 10 22 240
7 Brazil Jorge Martelli 4 15 8 Ret 13 Ret 111 1 10 14 3 12 6 15 5 8 3 17 9 7 14 194
8 Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina 7 Ret 4 5 16 135 188 4 7 Ret Ret6 6 1 3 6 12 13 7 8 8 9 172
9 Brazil Victor Andrade Ret Ret 6 4 10 33 126 3 3 15 Ret7 14 8 15 14 Ret 18 5 Ret 6 146
10 Brazil "Gui" Backes 6 6 10 14 21 19 2012 9 14 9 Ret5 8 3 18 Ret 10 7 6 6 11 4 133
11 Brazil Léo Torres 5 9 18 1 7 62 310 5 12 6 5 5 129
12 Brazil Witold Ramasauskas Ret 5 5 8 5 5 10 Ret 16 19 1611 4 8 16 Ret 20 10 8 Ret 5 12 117
13 Brazil Felipe Tozzo 10 7 7 9 9 20 59 5 15 17 Ret4 13 2 4 9 16 19 20 11 9 15 115
14 Brazil Júlio Campos/Alex Seid 8 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret 65 Ret 20 Ret 7 Ret 5 7 2 4 11 10 Ret Ret 10 115
15 Brazil Ricardo Zonta 16 12 15 21 11 14 8 7 912 10 6 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 6 7 88
16 Brazil Tito Giaffone 9 13 13 11 Ret 16 Ret 7 11 10 69 17 4 12 10 3 17 11 12 Ret 13 84
17 Brazil Valdeno Brito 4 6 12 Ret 5 3 7 15 11 77
18 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 17 8 20 14 14 13 17 16 10 16 5 17 14 21 21 Ret 10 13 20 41
19 Brazil Cayan Chianca 19† Ret4 14 Ret5 3 Ret 173 11 18 Ret WD WD 37
20 Brazil Antonio Junqueira 11 2 Ret 10 Ret 8 14 11 19 15 14 36
21 Brazil Felipe Barrichello Bartz 9 8 15 21
22 Brazil Gabryel Romano 14 18† Ret 16 14 9 15 6 13 8 Ret Ret 20
23 Brazil Eduardo Barrichello Ret 1 18
24 Brazil João Barion 7 14 16 17
25 Brazil Raphael Teixeira 18† 4 - DSQ - 15 16 Ret WD WD WD WD 14
26 Brazil Dudes Castroneves 13 16 16 13 Ret 17 14
27 Brazil Vinicius Canhedo 19 13 19 17 13 12 21 13 15 Ret 9 Ret 13 14 12 16 13
28 BrazilVinny Azevedo 17 22 19 16 17 18 13
29 Brazil Beto Monteiro 15 6 Ret 12 11
29 Brazil Nick Monteiro 12 Ret 18 11 7 Ret 12 15 11
31 Brazil Brendon Zonta 7 19 17 18 18 13 11
32 Brazil Pietro Rimbano 9 18 1310 9 11
33 Brazil Pedro Bezerra 15 20 15 17 14 Ret 9
34 Portugal Lourenço Beirão Ret 7 19 Ret Ret 20 18 8
35 BrazilLuan Lopes 17 22 19 8
36 Brazil Alceu Feldmann Neto Ret 14 DSQ 5
37 Brazil Leandro Parizoto 16 17 18 5
38 Brazil Ricardo Rotilli Ret 16 19 3
39 Brazil Bruno Baptista 12 Ret 1
40 Brazil Thiago Lopes 15 17† DNS Ret 21 0
41 Brazil Marcel Jorand 16 19† 0
42 Brazil Léo Yoshii 17 17 0
43 Brazil Emerson Rack 17 18 WD WD 0
44 Brazil Daniel Mencacci 20 - 0
45 Brazil Gianluca Petecof Ret Ret 0
46 Brazil Pablo Marçal Ret - 0
Challenge Championship
1 Brazil Jorge Martelli 1 1 3 Ret 2 Ret 13 1 2 5 15 3 6 5 1 2 1 8 3 1 4 356
2 Brazil Alfredinho Ibiapina 3 Ret 1 1 4 4 71 2 1 Ret Ret3 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 354
3 Brazil "Gui" Backes 2 3 4 5 9 9 84 7 5 2 Ret2 2 3 7 Ret 3 2 1 1 4 1 293
4 Brazil Felipe Tozzo 5 4 2 2 1 10 22 3 6 7 Ret1 5 2 2 3 7 9 10 5 3 5 277
5 Brazil Tito Giaffone 4 6 6 3 Ret 6 Ret7 5 3 3 24 8 4 3 4 1 7 3 6 Ret 3 240
6 Brazil Adalberto Baptista 11 5 8 5 59 9 7 6 36 7 5 6 6 11 11 11 4 6 10 175
7 Brazil Vinicius Canhedo 8 4 7 7 45 8 8 4 6 Ret 9 Ret 5 8 5 6 154
8 Brazil Gabryel Romano 8 8 Ret 6 3 1 66 4 4 1 Ret9 Ret 139
9 Brazil Antonio Junqueira 6 2 Ret 2 Ret8 6 57 4 10 5 5 110
10 Brazil Nick Monteiro 7 Ret 6 3 3 Ret 48 6 90
11 Brazil Dudes Castroneves 6 6 7 7 Ret 7 38
12 Brazil Pedro Bezerra 8 10 6 10 7 Ret 35
13 Brazil Brendon Zonta 8 8 8 9 8 4 34
14 Brazil Vinny Azevedo 4 12 9 9 Ret 8 34
15 Brazil João Barion 7 4 7 25
16 Brazil Emerson Rack 5 8 18
17 Brazil Léo Yoshii 7 7 16
18 Brazil Ricardo Rotilli Ret 8 9 15
19 Brazil Luan Lopes 4 12 9 14
20 Brazil Thiago Lopes 9 7 DNS Ret 11 14
20 Brazil Bruno Baptista 5 Ret 12
22 Brazil Marcel Jorand 10 9 7
23 Brazil Alceu Feldmann Neto Ret 4 DSQ 5
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    The duo Júio Campos/Alex Seid were the winners of Curvelo round after an 7 seconds punishment for Galid Osman, but after an judicial decision to revert the driver punishment he retook back his win

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