2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the seventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the third under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding.

The Elite 1 championship was won for the third time in four years by Ander Vilariño in the No. 2 TFT Racing Chevrolet Camaro.[1] He scored three victories during the season, and ultimately won the championship by 35 points ahead of CAAL Racing driver Alon Day, who also took three victories – coming at the final two meetings of the season, at Magione and Zolder – during his first season in the championship. Third place, 13 points further in arrears, was Vilariño's team-mate Romain Iannetta, who won a race at Brands Hatch. Three other drivers won races during the season; Nicolò Rocca was another three-time winner for CAAL Racing, but he finished down in ninth in the drivers' championship, while Eddie Cheever III and defending champion Anthony Kumpen won a race apiece at Valencia and Venray respectively. Rocca won the Race And Win Pole Award for scoring the highest number of pole positions with four; the other two poles went to Day.

The Elite 2 championship was won by Gianmarco Ercoli, who won four races driving his No. 9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro.[2] Ercoli won the championship by 20 points ahead of Philipp Lietz, who won both races at Venray for GDL Racing. Third place in the championship – four points behind Lietz – went to Knauf Racing Team's Thomas Ferrando, who achieved three victories during 2015. The season's other race-winners finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the championship; Stienes Longin won at Tours Speedway for PK Carsport, Salvador Tineo Arroyo won at Magione for CAAL Racing and Dexwet Renauer Team's Florian Renauer was a race-winner at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

Ander Vilariño, the 2015 Whelen Euro Series champion.
Alon Day finished second in the Elite 1 category.
Romain Iannetta (seen here in his 2007 LMP2 car) finished in third place in the Elite 1 category.

Elite 1 Division

Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS France TFT Racing 2 Spain Ander Vilariño[3] All
7 France Romain Iannetta[3] All
France RDV Compétition 3 France Frédéric Gabillon[4] All
Belgium PK Carsport 11 Belgium Bert Longin[5] All
24 Belgium Anthony Kumpen[5] All[lower-alpha 1]
Italy Double T by MRT Nocentini 12 Italy Fabrizio Armetta[7] 1–2, 5–6
Italy Roberto Benedetti[8] 3–4
Brazil Record News Racing 21 Brazil William Ayer, Jr.[9] All
Italy CAAL Racing 51 Italy Eddie Cheever III[10] 1–4
54 Israel Alon Day[11] All
56 Italy Nicolò Rocca[10] All
France Whelen – Amai.fr 55 United States Jeffrey Earnhardt[8] 3
France Stéphane Sabates[12] 4–5
Austria DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting 66 France Christophe Bouchut[13] 1–3
Austria Mathias Lauda[12] 4, 6
Slovakia Christian Malchárek 5
77 United Kingdom Luke Wright[4] 1
Germany Stefan Oberndorfer[14] 2
France Wilfried Boucenna[8] 3
Chevrolet Camaro Italy Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Italy Domenico Schiattarella[4] 1
Italy Fabrizio Armetta[8] 3
Italy Cesare Balistreri[15] 5
9 Italy Roberto Benedetti[4] 1–2
Italy Michela Cerruti[8] 3
Italy Fabrizio Armetta[12] 4
Italy Gianmarco Ercoli 5–6
United States Precision Performance Motorsports 46 United States Brandon Gdovic[16] 5
San Marino GDL Racing 68 Italy Renzo Calcinati[4] 1–4
99 Austria Dominic Tiroch[4] All
France VTS 85 85 France Nicolas Gaudin[4] 1–4
Italy Eurokart Racing Team 88 Italy Simone Monforte[4] 1–4
Ford Ford Mustang Spain Active Racing Competition 1 Spain Borja García[17] 1–2
Spain Dasi Racing Team 4 France Wilfried Boucenna[4] 1–2
France TLC – Leclerc France Pierre Roché[12] 4
Austria Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Austria Florian Renauer[18] All
15 Czech Republic Martin Doubek[4] 2–6
France RDV Compétition 8 France Hugo Bec[19] All
France Knauf Racing Team 37 France Thomas Ferrando[4] 1–3
France Wilfried Boucenna[12] 4–6
San Marino GDL Racing 44 Sweden Freddy Nordström[4] 1–5
67 Austria Philipp Lietz[4] All
87 Italy Gianluca de Lorenzi[20] 6
Belgium Brass Racing 78 Belgium Jerry De Weerdt[21] All
Belgium Motorsport 98 98 Belgium Eric De Doncker[4] All
Toyota Toyota Camry Luxembourg Racing Club Partners 20 Belgium Tim Verbergt[20] 6
Italy CAAL Racing 51 Italy Eddie Cheever III[10] 5–6

Elite 2 Division

Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS France TFT Racing 2 Switzerland Léonard Vernet[4] All
7 France Sébastien Morales[4] 1
France RDV Compétition 3 France Ulysse Delsaux[4] All
Belgium PK Carsport 11 Belgium Stienes Longin[5] All
24 Belgium Martin Van Hove[22] 1
Belgium Maxime Dumarey[14] 2–4, 6
Belgium Bart Van Haeren[15] 5
Italy Double T by MRT Nocentini 12 Italy Simone Laureti[7] 1–4
Italy Roberto Benedetti 5–6
Brazil Record News Racing 21 Brazil Gabriela Prado Arantes[9] All
Italy CAAL Racing 51 Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo[14] 2–4
54 France Carole Perrin[4] All
56 Italy Nicolò Rocca[4] 1
Belgium Guillaume Deflandre[12] 4
Italy Leonardo Baccarelli[15] 5–6
France Whelen – Amai.fr 55 France Stéphane Sabates[12] 4–5
Austria DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting 66 Slovakia Christian Malchárek[13] All
77 Belgium Guillaume Deflandre[4] 1–3
Chevrolet Camaro Italy Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Italy Ruggero Melgrati[8] 3–4
Italy Giovanni Altoè[15] 5
9 Italy Gianmarco Ercoli[4] All
United States Precision Performance Motorsports 46 United States Brandon Gdovic[16] 5
San Marino GDL Racing 68 Italy Vittorio Bagnasco[4] 1–3
France Arthur Lehouck[12] 4
99 Italy Francesca Linossi[4] All
France VTS 85 85 France Jack Gaudin[4] 1–4
Italy Eurokart Racing Team 88 Italy Erika Monforte[4] 1–4
Ford Ford Mustang Spain Active Racing Competition 1 Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo[17] 1
Spain Dasi Racing Team 4 Spain Santiago Cañizares[4] 1[lower-alpha 2]
Spain Moisés Soriano[4]
France Eric Van de Vyver[14] 2
Spain Miguel Angel Dasi Perez[8] 3
France TLC – Leclerc France Pierre Roché[12] 4
Austria Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Austria Florian Renauer[4] All
15 Czech Republic Martin Doubek[4] 2–6
France RDV Compétition 8 France Didier Bec[19] All
France Knauf Racing Team 37 France Thomas Ferrando[23] All
San Marino GDL Racing 44 Denmark Nicki Petersen[4] 1–4
Belgium Guillaume Deflandre[15] 5
67 Austria Philipp Lietz[4] All
87 Belgium Guillaume Deflandre[20] 6
Belgium Brass Racing 78 Belgium Jerry De Weerdt[21] All
Belgium Motorsport 98 98 Belgium Eric De Doncker[4] All
Toyota Toyota Camry Luxembourg Racing Club Partners 20 Belgium Philippe Steveny[20] 6
Luxembourg RCP – Marc VDS 32 Belgium Denis Dupont[24] 1
Italy CAAL Racing 51 Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo[14] 5–6

Schedule and results

The schedule was announced in September 2014.[25]

Elite 1

Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia American Fest Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 25 April Italy Nicolò Rocca Spain Ander Vilariño Italy Eddie Cheever III Chevrolet
R2 26 April Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Spain Ander Vilariño Chevrolet
2 R3 Autospeedway American Style Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 23 May Italy Nicolò Rocca Italy Nicolò Rocca Italy Nicolò Rocca Chevrolet
R4 24 May Italy Nicolò Rocca Belgium Anthony Kumpen Belgium Anthony Kumpen Ford[lower-alpha 1]
3 R5 American SpeedFest United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 6 June Italy Nicolò Rocca France Romain Iannetta France Romain Iannetta Chevrolet
R6 7 June France Romain Iannetta France Romain Iannetta Spain Ander Vilariño Chevrolet
4 R7 Tours Motor Show France Tours Speedway, Tours 27 June Italy Nicolò Rocca Spain Ander Vilariño Italy Nicolò Rocca Chevrolet
R8 28 June Spain Ander Vilariño France Frédéric Gabillon Spain Ander Vilariño Chevrolet
5 R9 Magione American Style Italy Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria 11 September Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
R10 12 September Israel Alon Day Italy Nicolò Rocca Italy Nicolò Rocca Chevrolet
6 R11 American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 3 October Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
R12 4 October Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Israel Alon Day Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Elite 2

Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia American Fest Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 25 April Austria Florian Renauer Austria Philipp Lietz Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Chevrolet
R2 26 April Austria Philipp Lietz Belgium Stienes Longin France Thomas Ferrando Ford
2 R3 Autospeedway American Style Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 23 May Austria Philipp Lietz Austria Philipp Lietz Austria Philipp Lietz Ford
R4 24 May Austria Philipp Lietz Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo Austria Philipp Lietz Ford
3 R5 American SpeedFest United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 6 June Austria Florian Renauer France Thomas Ferrando Austria Florian Renauer Ford
R6 7 June France Thomas Ferrando France Thomas Ferrando France Thomas Ferrando Ford
4 R7 Tours Motor Show France Tours Speedway, Tours 27 June Belgium Guillaume Deflandre Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Belgium Stienes Longin Chevrolet
R8 28 June Italy Gianmarco Ercoli France Thomas Ferrando Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Chevrolet
5 R9 Magione American Style Italy Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria 11 September France Thomas Ferrando France Thomas Ferrando France Thomas Ferrando Ford
R10 12 September France Thomas Ferrando Austria Philipp Lietz Spain Salvador Tineo Arroyo Toyota
6 R11 American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 3 October Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Chevrolet
R12 4 October Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Belgium Stienes Longin Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Championship standings

At the final two meetings of the season, double points were awarded in each race.[26]

Elite 1

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver VAL VEN BRH TOU UMB ZOL Points
1 Ander Vilariño 2 1* 7 2 3 1 3 1* 2 5 6 6 662
2 Alon Day 9 19 11 9 10 3 4 8 1* 16 1* 1* 627
3 Romain Iannetta 20 5 3 3 1* 2* 15 6 10 2 5 5 614
4 Anthony Kumpen 5 3 16 1* 5 5 18 9 4 10 3 3 610
5 Eddie Cheever III 1* 4 6 5 4 9 6 7 19 18* 2 2 599
6 Frédéric Gabillon 18 2 2 4 2 16 2 2 14 3 16 4 587
7 Philipp Lietz 8 10 4 8 9 8 8 5 5 17 7 9 575
8 Florian Renauer 7 7 8 16 6 4 11 14 7 6 10 8 571
9 Nicolò Rocca 3 11 1* 7 18 22 1* 3 3 1 18 DNS 561
10 Wilfried Boucenna 13 6 10 6 21 19 14 10 6 11 9 7 545
11 Hugo Bec 10 16 17 10 13 13 10 11 9 13 11 12 519
12 Bert Longin 17 22 5 15 8 6 12 12 15 4 15 17 509
13 Dominic Tiroch 22 12 DNS 17 11 12 7 18 20 7 8 11 491
14 William Ayer, Jr. 15 20 15 DNS 17 14 16 16 11 14 14 15 457
15 Eric De Doncker 12 14 12 13 15 11 17 19 22 DNS 12 13 452
16 Freddy Nordström 16 17 9 11 12 10 9 13 8 12 394
17 Jerry De Weerdt 14 18 DNS 15 DNS 17 12 DNS 13 14 365
18 Fabrizio Armetta 21 13 7 DSQ 17 9 17 16 344
19 Martin Doubek DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 10 227
20 Gianmarco Ercoli 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 207
21 Roberto Benedetti 11 23 DNS 12 14 18 159
22 Christian Malchárek 13 14 16 DNS 155
23 Mathias Lauda 5 4 DSQ DNS 147
24 Simone Monforte 24 15 18 DNS 19 21 139
25 Brandon Gdovic 18 8 124
26 Stéphane Sabates 20 DNS 21 DNS 124
27 Cesare Balistreri 13 15 120
28 Tim Verbergt 4 DNS 114
29 Renzo Calcinati 19 15 76
30 Borja García 4 9 75
31 Gianluca de Lorenzi DNS DNS 68
32 Christophe Bouchut 19 DNS DNS DNS 64
33 Domenico Schiattarella 6 21 61
34 Jeffrey Earnhardt 20 7 61
35 Nicolas Gaudin 16 17 56
36 Pierre Roché 13 20 55
37 Luke Wright 23 8 54
38 Michela Cerruti 22 20 46
Thomas Ferrando DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver VAL VEN BRH TOU UMB ZOL Points

Elite 2

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver VAL VEN BRH TOU UMB ZOL Points
1 Gianmarco Ercoli 1* 2* 5 3 5 8 2 1* 22 5 1* 1* 663
2 Philipp Lietz 3 14 1* 1* 2 5 4 5 8 2 6 5 643
3 Thomas Ferrando 4 1 2 2 16 1* 3 3 1* 21 4 4 639
4 Stienes Longin 2* 8 6 4 20 3 1* 19 2 3 7 2 621
5 Salvador Tineo Arroyo 20 5 3 5 3 2 6 4 3 1* 2 17 620
6 Florian Renauer 21 3 4 9 1* 4 7 9 23 7 3 3 589
7 Ulysse Delsaux 6 20 8 7 8 10 5 2 6 9 12 10 572
8 Eric De Doncker 7 10 11 10 6 9 14 12 17 17 11 8 537
9 Francesca Linossi 19 7 12 11 9 7 15 18 21 8 10 9 524
10 Carole Perrin 11 9 10 18 21 11 10 15 14 10 16 6 519
11 Didier Bec 15 18 15 15 12 20 9 10 10 18 15 14 490
12 Léonard Vernet 8 11 13 12 22 15 13 11 19 16 14 12 486
13 Guillaume Deflandre 10 17 7 6 23 DNS 20 DSQ 20 20 8 18 440
14 Jerry De Weerdt 13 13 15 16 17 14 12 15 13 13 438
15 Gabriela Prado Arantes 18 19 18 DNS 18 17 18 16 18 19 17 16 429
16 Martin Doubek 16 16 7 12 9 11 9 7 415
17 Christian Malchárek DNS DNS 19 14 10 14 12 17 15 12 DNS DNS 402
18 Maxime Dumarey 9 8 11 6 DNS DNS 5 19 319
19 Nicki Petersen 5 4 20 19 4 13 8 6 273
20 Roberto Benedetti 7 6 19 11 266
21 Leonardo Baccarelli 16 22 18 15 210
22 Stéphane Sabates 19 8 13 23 183
23 Simone Laureti 12 12 14 13 14 21 178
24 Brandon Gdovic 4 4 160
25 Bart Van Haeren 5 13 140
26 Erika Monforte 14 15 DNS DNS 17 DNS 128
27 Giovanni Altoè 11 14 126
28 Pierre Roché 11 7 70
29 Martin Van Hove 16 6 66
30 Sébastien Morales 9 16 63
31 Philippe Steveny DNS DNS 60
32 Arthur Lehouck 16 13 59
33 Ruggero Melgrati 13 18 57
34 Eric Van de Vyver 17 17 54
35 Jack Gaudin 19 19 50
36 Santiago Cañizares 17 27
37 Vittorio Bagnasco DNS DNS 26
38 Moisés Soriano 21 23
Nicolò Rocca DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver VAL VEN BRH TOU UMB ZOL Points

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In the first race at Raceway Venray, Kumpen's Chevrolet chassis was damaged in a crash with Hugo Bec.[6] For the second race, Kumpen competed in a Ford chassis.
  2. ↑ Santiago Cañizares competed in the Saturday race in Valencia, while Moisés Soriano competed in the Sunday race.

References

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  2. ↑ Guiglia, Gian Luca (4 October 2015). "Ercoli Wins And Grabs ELITE 2 Title". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Barbieux, Eric (4 February 2015). "Romain Iannetta signe chez TFT Racing" [Romain Iannetta signs with TFT Racing]. US-Racing.com (in French). US Racing. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. 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 "NWES Valencia 4/25/2015-4/26/2015 Entry List". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "PK Carsport Confirms Winning Team". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Guiglia, Gian Luca (23 May 2015). "Rocca Scores Emotional Win". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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  11. ↑ "@Alon_Day joins @caalracing to compete in the ELITE 1 division in 2015.". Twitter.com. Twitter, Inc. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "NWES Magione 9/12/2015 - 9/13/2015 Entry List". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Gdovic Heads To Europe". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  17. 1 2 "New Spanish Team Going For The Ultimate Prize!". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Florian Renauer startet in der NASCAR 2015" [Florian Renauer starts in NASCAR in 2015]. wallstreet:online (in German). wallstreet:online AG. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  19. 1 2 "RDV Competition Launches Title Attack". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "NWES Zolder Finals 10/3-10/4 2015 Entry List". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Brass Racing Returns Full-Time To Whelen Euro Series". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin opt for young talent". PK Carsport. Priadus. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Knauf France To Sponsor Thomas Ferrando". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Dupont Returns To NWES For 2015". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Whelen Euro Adds Second Oval In 2015". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  26. ↑ Guiglia, Gian Luca (7 September 2015). "Magione Semi Finals". NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 24 October 2015. The Italian weekend marks the beginning of the playoffs, in which every race will award double points. The Circuit Zolder, in Belgium, will host the 2015 Finals on October 3–4.

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