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2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the ninth Racecar Euro Series season, and the fifth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Anthony Kumpen enters the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 class. Stienes Longin entered the season as the defending Elite 2 champion, but he will not defend his title as he moved up to the Elite 1 class.

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Locations of the European racing circuits
Alon Day (pictured in 2013) won his first Euro Series title in 2017.

In the Elite 1 class, Alon Day won his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 53 points over Anthony Kumpen. In the Elite 2 class, Thomas Ferrando won his first Elite 2 title, finishing ahead of PK Carsport's Guillaume Dumarey by 91 points. Knauf Racing, represented by the No. 37 team, won their first (and only) team's championship title.

The season also included one non-championship event, the Trofeo Angelo Caffi, which was held at a temporary track that were laid down for the 2017 Bologna Motor Show and was won by Lorenzo Marcucci.

Teams and drivers edit

Elite 1 Division edit

 
The car of Elite 1 title defender Anthony Kumpen in 2017.
Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS   PK Carsport[1] 11   Stienes Longin[1] All
24   Anthony Kumpen[1] All
  Mishumotors 33   Mirco Schultis[2] 1
  Bruno Junqueira[3] 2
  Dominik Farnbacher[4] 4
  Lucas Lasserre[5] 5–6
70   Patrick Simon[2] 1, 4
  Alex Kapadia[3] 2
  Mirco Schultis[5] 5–6[a]
  Nicki Petersen 5–6[a]
  CAAL Racing 44   Freddy Nordström[2] All
54   Alon Day[2] All
56   Salvador Tineo Arroyo[2] All
  Racing-Total 46   Marko Stipp[3] 2–4, 6
  DF1 Racing 66   Christophe Bouchut[2] 1–5
Ford Ford Mustang   Alex Caffi Motorsport 1   Borja García[2] 1
  Bobby Labonte[3] 2
  Carmen Boix Gil[6] 3
  Eric Van de Vyver[4] 4
  Nicola Larini[5] 5
  Francesco Parli 6
27   Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[4] 4
  Éric Hélary 6
  RDV Compétition 3   Frédéric Gabillon[2] All
28   Meisam Taheri 6
31   Hugo Bec 5
  Didier Bec 6
  Scuderia Giudici 4   Claudio Giudici[2] 1–2, 5
  Renauer Motorsport 5   Martin Doubek[2] 1–2, 4, 6
  Racers Motorsport 7   Alessandro Ciompi[2] 1
  Borja García[3] 2–6
8   Dario Caso[2] All
9   Gianmarco Ercoli[2] All
  MRT by Nocentini 12   Renzo Calcinati[5] 5
  Dog Racing 14   Carlo Alberto Forte[2] 1
77   Meisam Taheri[3] 2–5
95   Lucas Lasserre[2] 1, 4
  Knauf Racing 37   Thomas Ferrando[2] All
73   Wilfried Boucenna[2] All
  The Club Motorsports 41   Fabrizio Armetta[4] 4–6
  Braxx Racing[7] 78   Jerry De Weerdt[7] 1–3, 5–6
90   Marc Goossens[3] 2–3, 5–6
  Motorsport 98 98   Eric De Doncker[2] 1, 4
Toyota Toyota Camry   Alex Caffi Motorsport 2   Rodolfo González[2] 1–2
  Kenko Miura[6] 3–4, 6[b]
  Carlo Alberto Forte[4] 4–5[b]
  RDV Compétition Brazil 47   Marconi Abreu[2] All

Elite 2 Division edit

Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS   PK Carsport[1] 11   Justin Kunz[1] All
24   Guillaume Dumarey[1] All
  Mishumotors 33   Günther Deutsch[2] 1
  Roger Bromiley[3] 2
  Nicki Petersen[5] 5–6
70   Mirco Schultis[2] 1–2, 4–6
  CAAL Racing 44   Gil Linster[2] All
54   Arianna Casoli[2] All
56   Felipe Rabello[2] All
  Racing-Total 46   Carmen Boix Gil[3] 2
  Marko Stipp[6] 3
  Nicki Petersen[4] 4
  Guillaume Deflandre 6
  DF1 Racing 66   Maciej Dreszer[2] 1–5
Ford Ford Mustang   Alex Caffi Motorsport 1   Carmen Boix Gil[2] 1, 3–6
27   Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[4] 4
  Pierre-Yves Rosoux 6
  RDV Compétition 3   Ulysse Delsaux[2] All
28   Meisam Taheri 6
31   Didier Bec[5] 5
  Hugo Bec 6
  Scuderia Giudici 4   Andrea Perlini[2] 1–2
  Claudio Giudici[5] 5
  Renauer Motorsport 5   Martin Doubek[2] 1–2, 4, 6
  Racers Motorsport 7   Simone Laureti[2] All
8   Dario Caso[2] All
9   Gianmarco Ercoli 1
  Marco Spinelli[5] 5
  Maciej Dreszer 6
  MRT by Nocentini 12   Renzo Calcinati[5] 5
  Dog Racing 14   Evan Pichard Arnaud[2] 1
77   Meisam Taheri[3] 2–5
95   Meisam Taheri[2] 1
  Evan Pichard Arnaud[3] 2, 4
  Knauf Racing 37   Thomas Ferrando[2] All
73   Paul Guiod[2] All
  The Club Motorsports 41   Roberto Benedetti[4] 4–6
  Braxx Racing[7] 78   Jerry De Weerdt[7] 1–3, 5–6
  Motorsport 98 98   Eric De Doncker[2] 1, 4
Toyota Toyota Camry   Alex Caffi Motorsport 2   Kenko Miura[2] 1, 3–4, 6
  Yuya Sakamoto[3] 2
  Denny Zardo[5] 5
  RDV Compétition Brazil 47   Marconi Abreu[2] All

Elite Club Division edit

Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS   Gruber Racing 26   Willy Gruber[2] 1
  DF1 Racing 66   Deo Alves[2] 1
Ford Ford Mustang   Alex Caffi Motorsport 1   Eric Muet[2] 1
  Renauer Motorsport 5   Andreas Kuchelbacher[2] 1
  Dog Racing 14   Marcelo Silva[2] 1
95   Alfredo Cardoso[2] 1
  RDV Compétition 31   Yann Schar[2] 1
Toyota Toyota Camry   Alex Caffi Motorsport 2   Luciano Carcheri[2] 1

Team changes edit

  • PK Carsports's Elite 1 driver Bert Longin left the series after three seasons to focus on his European Le Mans Series and Belcar campaigns. His seat was filled by his son Stienes who won the Elite 2 championship in 2016. In the Elite 2 class, Guillaume Dumarey joines the series.[1]
  • Brass Racing was forced to make a name change. As the name was EU registered by another company, the racing team is now called "Braxx Racing" for 2017.[7]
  • German endurance racing team Mishumotors made their NASCAR Euro Series debut in 2017.[2]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Mirco Schultis competed in the Saturday race at Zolder, while Nicki Petersen competed in the Sunday race.
  2. ^ a b Carlo Alberto Forte competed in the Saturday race, while Kenko Miura competed in the Sunday race.

Schedule and results edit

Calendar changes edit

  • Raceway Venray announced its date on October 25, switching from the Pinkster weekend (June 2 through 4th in 2017) to an entirely new date on 15th and 16 July, held in conjunction with the LMV8 Eurocup.[8]
  • Tours Speedway will not return to the schedule for 2017 after being a staple of the series for five consecutive seasons and the first oval the series visited.[8]
  • The series returns to Germany during the last weekend of July using the National Circuit at the Hockenheimring.[9]
  • Franciacorta has replaced Adria as the host for the Semi-Finals.[10]

Elite 1 edit

Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 8 April   Borja García   Borja García   Borja García Ford
R2 9 April   Borja García   Borja García   Borja García Ford
2 R3 American SpeedFest   Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 10 June   Anthony Kumpen   Anthony Kumpen   Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R4 11 June   Anthony Kumpen   Frédéric Gabillon   Alon Day Chevrolet
3 R5 Autospeedway American Style   Raceway Venray, Venray 15 July   Anthony Kumpen   Borja García   Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R6 16 July   Borja García   Borja García   Borja García Ford
4 R7 American Fan Fest   Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim 29 July   Alon Day   Alon Day   Borja García Ford
R8 30 July   Alon Day   Anthony Kumpen   Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
5 R9 American NASCAR Weekend   Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato 16 September   Frédéric Gabillon   Alon Day   Alon Day Chevrolet
R10 17 September   Alon Day   Alon Day   Alon Day Chevrolet
6 R11 American Festival NASCAR Finals   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 14 October   Alon Day   Alon Day   Alon Day Chevrolet
R12 15 October   Alon Day   Marc Goossens   Marc Goossens Ford
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Elite 2 edit

Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 8 April   Thomas Ferrando   Thomas Ferrando   Thomas Ferrando Ford
R2 9 April   Thomas Ferrando   Ulysse Delsaux   Ulysse Delsaux Ford
2 R3 American SpeedFest   Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 10 June   Guillaume Dumarey   Thomas Ferrando   Thomas Ferrando Ford
R4 11 June   Thomas Ferrando   Thomas Ferrando   Thomas Ferrando Ford
3 R5 Autospeedway American Style   Raceway Venray, Venray 15 July   Guillaume Dumarey   Felipe Rabello   Felipe Rabello Chevrolet
R6 16 July   Felipe Rabello   Ulysse Delsaux   Felipe Rabello Chevrolet
4 R7 American Fan Fest   Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim 29 July   Ulysse Delsaux   Felipe Rabello   Thomas Ferrando Ford
R8 30 July   Felipe Rabello   Ulysse Delsaux   Thomas Ferrando Ford
5 R9 American NASCAR Weekend   Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato 16 September   Ulysse Delsaux   Denny Zardo   Thomas Ferrando Ford
R10 17 September   Denny Zardo   Thomas Ferrando   Denny Zardo Toyota
6 R11 American Festival NASCAR Finals   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 14 October   Thomas Ferrando   Guillaume Dumarey   Thomas Ferrando Ford
R12 15 October   Guillaume Dumarey   Thomas Ferrando   Guillaume Deflandre Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Standings edit

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Elite 1 edit

(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.

Pos Driver  
VAL 		 
BRH 		 
VEN 		 
HOC 		 
FRA 		 
ZOL 		Points
1   Alon Day 20 3 3 1* 3 5 4 2 1* 1* 1* 4 661
2   Anthony Kumpen 23 4 1* 7 1* 2 2 1* 6 16 3 3 609
3   Borja García 1* 1* 2 9 2 1* 1* 6 9 15 6 6 600
4   Frédéric Gabillon 14 2 22 2 11 8 3 3 2 4 4 2 596
5   Stienes Longin 2 19 7 22 8 3 7 7 5 3 5 5 569
6   Salvador Tineo Arroyo 2 19 7 22 8 3 7 7 5 3 5 5 557
7   Gianmarco Ercoli 9 15 5 6 DNS 6 6 8 7 6 11 11 535
8   Thomas Ferrando 6 7 6 5 5 16 8 12 8 5 9 14 531
9   Wilfried Boucenna 5 10 16 20 12 13 9 9 10 20 12 10 492
10   Marc Goossens 4 3 13 7 3 2 2 1* 491
11   Marconi Abreu 13 12 21 15 6 10 11 13 15 8 23 23 454
12   Freddy Nordström 7 9 17 8 14 11 19 10 19 DNS 8 21 439
13   Dario Caso 19 16 18 19 Wth 15 14 20 13 21 17 12 430
14   Jerry De Weerdt 17 13 23 14 7 12 18 17 16 18 408
15   Meisam Taheri 19 17 13 22 22 20 392
16   Lucas Lasserre 8 DNS 23 17 4 18 7 7 386
17   Christophe Bouchut 3 5 8 23 Wth 17 21 5 16 11 357
18   Marko Stipp 20 13 15 9 12 19 18 13 295
19   Martin Doubek 16 DNS 13 12 24 16 13 15 276
20   Fabrizio Armetta 22 23 22 22 15 24 247
21   Carlo Alberto Forte 21 18 17 DNS 14 192
22   Rodolfo González 11 8 15 11 187
23   Hugo Bec 17 10 170
24   Claudio Giudice 18 17 12 16 DNS DNS 136
25   Kenko Miura 9 DNS DNS 18 19 17 130
26   Nicki Petersen 14 12 16 124
27   Patrick Simon 10 11 20 14 121
28   Renzo Calcinati 20 9 118
29   Nicola Larini 11 19 116
30   Mirco Schultis 15 14 DNS Wth 87
30   Eric De Doncker 12 DNS 16 24 87
32   Bobby Labonte 14 10 64
32   Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 10 15 64
34   Alex Kapadia 10 18 61
35   Éric Hélary 14 9 60
36   Dominik Farnbacher 18 11 59
37   Bruno Junqueira 11 21 57
38   Eric van de Vyver 15 21 53
39   Francesco Parli 21 22 46
40   Alessandro Ciompi 22 DNS 38

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "PK Carsport op oorlogssterkte in raceseizoen 2017! Het ultieme doel is: titels halen". Racexpress.nl. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av "NWES Valencia4\7\2017 Practice". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "NWES Brands Hatch 6/9/2017 Free Practice Results". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "NWES Hockenheim 7/28/2017 Practice Results". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NWES Franciacorta 9/15/2017 Practice Results". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "NWES Venray 7/15/2017 Practice Results". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Naamsverandering: Brass Racing wordt Braxx Racing in 2017, Belg Marc Goossens terug in NASCAR". Racexpress.nl. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Nieuwe datum voor NASCAR Whelen Euro Series op Raceway Venray". Racexpress.nl. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ "NWES Moves Hockenheim Race To Last Week Of July". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. ^ "NASCAR Unveils 2017 Whelen Euro Calendar". hometracks.nascar.com/. Retrieved 29 November 2016.[permanent dead link]

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