2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the sixth Racecar Euro Series season, and the second under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season consisted of six meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 12 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and ending on 12 October at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

The Elite division title went down to the final race of the season, and was ultimately decided in favour of PK Carsport driver Anthony Kumpen, by just a single point. Kumpen only won one race during the season, coming at the final race weekend, but with top-ten finishes in each of the season's races, it allowed him to just fend off the defending champion Ander Vilariño of TFT Racing. Vilariño won the most races during the season with four and took the most podium finishes with nine, but lost the title due to the series' double points system that was in effect for the final two events of the season. Third place in the championship went to CAAL Racing's Eddie Cheever III, who took three wins during the season. A total of seven drivers won races in the division during the season, which set a new series record. Aside from the top trio in the championship, Yann Zimmer won at Valencia, Borja García and Frédéric Gabillon both won at the Nürburgring, while Mathias Lauda won a race at Tours Speedway, the series' first race to be held in wet conditions at an oval.

In the Elite 2 class, the championship battle was won by another PK Carsport driver as Maxime Dumarey sealed the title with a fifth-place finish in the final race of the season. Dumarey finished outside the top ten on only one occasion, and achieved a single victory during the season, coming at Magione. Finishing in the runner-up position, seven points adrift of Dumarey, was Renauer Motorsport's Philipp Lietz, who like Dumarey, only finished outside the top ten on one occasion. Lietz won the other race to be held at Magione, and moved ahead of Thomas Ferrando (OverDrive) in the standings, after Ferrando was forced to retire from the final Le Mans race. Ferrando was a double winner during the season, winning both races at the Nürburgring. Eight drivers won races during the season, with no driver winning more than two races. Neal Van Vaerenbergh (Valencia), Wilfred Boucenna (Brands Hatch) and Denis Dupont (Tours) were other double winners, with the remaining race wins taken by Guillaume Rousseau and Gabriele Gardel, at Le Mans.

With championship titles in both classes, PK Carsport were comfortable winners of the teams' championship, which counted points as a whole from both classes. PK Carsport finished 135 points clear of their nearest contenders, TFT – Banco Santander.

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Ander Vilariño	All
			7	Anthony Gandon	All
		RDV Compétition	10	Franck Violas	2
				Wilfried Boucenna	4–6
			23	Romain Iannetta	1–3
				Hugo Bec	4
				Franck Violas	5
			28	Frédéric Greiling	6
		PK Carsport	11	Bert Longin	All
			24	Anthony Kumpen	All
		OverDrive	33	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1
		CAAL Racing	25	Nicolò Rocca	All
			31	Fabrizio Armetta	All
			51	Eddie Cheever III	All
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Mathias Lauda	All
			77	Christophe Bouchut	1–4
				Yann Zimmer	5
		Brazil Team	82	William Ayer, Jr.	1
				Cassiano Rodrigues	2
				Victor Guerin	3–6
			83	Victor Guerin	1–2
				Cassiano Rodrigues	3–4
	Chevrolet Camaro	Events4you by Nocentini	6	Fabrizio Del Monte	1
				Marco Spinelli	4–6
		Still Racing	12	Frédéric Gabillon	All
			44	Freddy Nordström	All
		OverDrive	22	Andrea Larini	1–2
				Wilfried Boucenna	3
		Autosport 42	42	Carole Perrin	3
		Flag Racing	52	William Ayer, Jr.	2
		VTS 85	85	Nicolas Gaudin	2, 6
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Simone Monforte	All
		Max Papis Racing	99	Kevin Gilardoni	1
Dodge	Dodge Challenger	Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt	6
Ford	Ford Mustang	Ford Autolix Competition	1	Borja García	All
			4	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	1
				Pol Rosell	2
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez	3
				Jose Manuel de Los Milagros	4–6
			19	Amir El Hage	1
		TFT Racing	3	Yann Zimmer	1
		RDV Compétition	8	Hugo Bec	1–3
				Didier Bec	4–6
		Exotics Racing by Still	9	Romain Thievin	2
		Bull Racing Team	13	Guillaume Rousseau	All
		GDL Racing	67	Gianluca de Lorenzi	5–6
		Renauer Motorsport	86	Dominic Tiroch	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	VGJL Motorsports	17	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	2
		VdeV Sport		Pierre Roché	3
		Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS	32	Bas Leinders	All
			46	Markus Palttala	2, 4
				Nathalie Maillet	5–6

Elite 2 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Eric Quintal	All
			7	Marsilio Canuti	1
				Léonard Vernet	2–6
		RDV Compétition	10	Ulysse Delsaux	2–6
			23	Ulysse Delsaux	1
				Frédéric Greiling	2
				Franck Violas	3–5
			28	Franck Violas	6
		PK Carsport	11	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	1
				Jerry De Weerdt	2
				Stienes Longin	3–4
				Gabriele Gardel	6
			24	Maxime Dumarey	All
		OverDrive	33	Wilfried Boucenna	1–2
		CAAL Racing	25	Nicolò Rocca	1
				Luca Pirri Ardizzone	2, 4
				Lorenzo Marcucci	3
				Gianmarco Ercoli	5–6
			31	Francesca Linossi	1
				Gianmarco Ercoli	2–4
				Leonardo Baccarelli	5–6
			51	Simone Laureti	All
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Francesca Linossi	2–4
			77	Marsilio Canuti	2–3
		Brazil Team	82	Marçal Melo	All
			83	Alex Fabiano	1–4
	Chevrolet Camaro	Events4you by Nocentini	6	Alessandro Tonoli	1
				Ruggero Melgrati	4, 6
				Marco Spinelli	5
		Still Racing	12	Frédéric Greiling	1
				Stéphane Sabates	2–3, 5
				Joaquin Gabarrón	6
			44	Joseph Cozzella	1–3
				Pascal Hugot	6
		OverDrive	22	Thomas Ferrando	All
		Flag Racing	52	Paulo Bonifacio	2
		VTS 85	85	Jack Gaudin	2, 6
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Erika Monforte	All
		Max Papis Racing	99	Luca Pirri Ardizzone	1
Dodge	Dodge Challenger	Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt	6
Ford	Ford Mustang	Ford Autolix Competition	1	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	2
				Amir El Hage	3–6
			4	Philippe Valenza	1
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez	3
				Salvador Tineo Arroyo	4
				Carlos Martínez de Campos	5–6
			19	Pablo Gallego	1
		TFT Racing	3	Léonard Vernet	1
		RDV Compétition	8	Didier Bec	1, 3–6
				Hugo Bec	2
		Exotics Racing by Still	9	David Perisset	2
		Bull Racing Team	13	Jérôme Laurin	1–2, 4
				Philippe Baudinière	3
				Guillaume Rousseau	5–6
		GDL Racing	67	Gianluca de Lorenzi	5–6
		Renauer Motorsport	86	Philipp Lietz	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	VGJL Motorsports	17	Bradley Smith	2
		VdeV Sport		Eric van de Vyver	3
		Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS	32	Denis Dupont	All
			46	Nathalie Maillet	All

Schedule and results

The schedule was announced in December 2013.^[1]

Elite 1

Round		Race Title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia NASCAR Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	12 April	Bert Longin	Ander Vilariño	Yann Zimmer	Ford
	R2			13 April	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
2	R3	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	7 June	Eddie Cheever III	Ander Vilariño	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet
	R4			8 June	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
3	R5	Tours Speedway	Tours Speedway, Tours	6 July	Eddie Cheever III	Borja García	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
	R6			7 July	Borja García	Mathias Lauda	Mathias Lauda	Chevrolet
4	R7	Nürburgring 200	Nürburgring (GP/D), Rhineland-Palatinate	19 July	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Borja García	Ford
	R8			20 July	Ander Vilariño	Frédéric Gabillon	Frédéric Gabillon	Chevrolet
5	R9	Magione – Semifinal	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	20 September	Eddie Cheever III	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet
	R10			21 September	Ander Vilariño	Eddie Cheever III	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet
6	R11	Le Mans – Final	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	11 October	Ander Vilarino	Ander Vilarino	Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet
	R12			12 October	Ander Vilariño	Eddie Cheever III	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

Elite 2

Round		Race Title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia NASCAR Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	12 April	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	Chevrolet
	R2			13 April	Neal Van Vaerenbergh		Neal Van Vaerenbergh	Chevrolet
2	R3	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	7 June	Marsilio Canuti	Wilfried Boucenna	Wilfried Boucenna	Chevrolet
	R4			8 June	Wilfried Boucenna		Wilfried Boucenna	Chevrolet
3	R5	Tours Speedway	Tours Speedway, Tours	6 July	Maxime Dumarey	Denis Dupont	Denis Dupont	Toyota
	R6			7 July	Denis Dupont		Denis Dupont	Toyota
4	R7	Nürburgring 200	Nürburgring (GP/D), Rhineland-Palatinate	19 July	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Chevrolet
	R8			20 July	Thomas Ferrando		Thomas Ferrando	Chevrolet
5	R9	Magione – Semifinal	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	20 September	Maxime Dumarey	Maxime Dumarey	Maxime Dumarey	Chevrolet
	R10			21 September	Maxime Dumarey		Philipp Lietz	Ford
6	R11	Le Mans – Final	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	11 October	Guillaume Rousseau	Denis Dupont	Guillaume Rousseau	Ford
	R12			12 October	Denis Dupont		Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

See also

• 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series
• 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
• 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series

References

1. "2014 Calendar : The promises of a great success!!!". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

External links

• Official website