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2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

The 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the eighth Racecar Euro Series season, and the fourth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Ander Vilariño enters the season as the defending champion, although he does not defend his title.

Rules changes

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The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series presented a new technical package at the Circuit Zolder Finals on October 2, 2015.[1] The package includes improvements to the braking system, suspensions and a revised aerodynamic configuration. The Chevrolet SS body was unveiled at Zolder, while the Ford Mustang body made its debut on December 5, 2015[2] in a testing session at Fontenay Le Comte, France.

Teams and drivers

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Elite 1 Division

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Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS Belgium  PK Carsport 11 Belgium  Bert Longin[3] All
24 Belgium  Anthony Kumpen[3] All
46 United States  Brandon Gdovic[4] 1
Netherlands  Raceway Venray 14 Netherlands  Barry Maessen[5] 2, 6
21 United Kingdom  Colin White[5] 2
Netherlands  Maik Barten[6] 6
Austria  Dexwet Renauer Team 26 Austria  Willy Gruber[7] All
Monaco  Alex Caffi Motorsports 33 Netherlands  Renger van der Zande[6] 6
Italy  CAAL Racing 44 Sweden  Freddy Nordström[8] All
54 Israel  Alon Day[9] All
56 Italy  Nicolò Rocca[7] All
Austria  DF1 Racing 66 Austria  Mathias Lauda[10] 1–2
Brazil  William Ayer, Jr.[11] 3
United Kingdom  Freddie Hunt[12] 5
88 Italy  Simone Monforte[7] 1–2
Italy  Eurokart Racing Team 88 Italy  Simone Monforte[12] 5–6
Ford Ford Mustang Spain  SPV Racing 1 Spain  Borja García[13] 1–4
Russia  Roman Mavlanov 5
Brazil  Felipe Rabello[6] 6
69 Brazil  William Ayer, Jr.[13] 1
Slovakia  Christian Malchárek 3
Sweden  Lars Lindberg 4
Italy  Carlo Forte[12] 5
France  RDV Compétition 3 France  Frédéric Gabillon[14] All
31 France  Ulysse Delsaux[14] All
47 Brazil  Marconi de Abreu[7] All
Italy  Scuderia Giudici 4 Italy  Claudio Giudici[5] 2
Austria  Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Austria  Florian Renauer[7] 1–3
Czech Republic  Martin Doubek 5–6
15 Russia  Roman Mavlanov[7] 1
Austria  Peter Gross[11] 3, 5–6
Italy  Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Italy  Carlo Forte[7] 1–3
Spain  Borja García[12] 5
7 Italy  Riccardo Geltrude[7] 1–5
Spain  Borja García[6] 6
9 Italy  Gianmarco Ercoli[15] All
12 Italy  Gian Maria Gabbiani[16] All
Italy  Vict Motorsport 8 Italy  Dario Caso[17] All
Monaco  Alex Caffi Motorsports 23 Monaco  Alex Caffi[12] 5–6
France  Knauf Racing Team 37 France  Thomas Ferrando[18] All
73 France  Wilfried Boucenna[18] All
Belgium  Brass Racing 78 Belgium  Jerry De Weerdt[19] All
90 Belgium  Marc Goossens[19] 1–3, 5–6
Belgium  Motorsport 98 98 Belgium  Eric De Doncker[20] 1–3, 5–6

Elite 2 Division

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Manufacturer Car Team No. Race Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Chevrolet SS Belgium  PK Carsport 11 Belgium  Stienes Longin[3] 1–3, 5–6
24 Switzerland  Gabriele Gardel[3] All
46 Slovakia  Christian Malchárek[3] 1
Netherlands  Raceway Venray 14 Germany  Marko Stipp[5] 2, 6
21 Netherlands  Maik Barten[5] 2
Belgium  Guillaume Deflandre[6] 6
Austria  Dexwet Renauer Team 26 Austria  Willy Gruber[7] All
Monaco  Alex Caffi Motorsports 33 Germany  Mirco Schultis[6] 6
Italy  CAAL Racing 44 Germany  Justin Kunz[8] All
54 Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo[21] All
56 Belgium  Guillaume Deflandre[7] 1–4
Italy  Arianna Casoli[12] 5–6
Austria  DF1 Racing 66 United Kingdom  Freddie Hunt[7] 1–3, 6
Belgium  Guillaume Deflandre[12] 5
88 France  Alexandre Guiod[7] 1
Russia  Roman Mavlanov[5] 2–3
Italy  Eurokart Racing Team 88 Italy  Erika Monforte[12] 5–6
Ford Ford Mustang Spain  SPV Racing 1 United Kingdom  Shawn Paul Wakefield[13] 1–4
Russia  Roman Mavlanov[12] 5–6
69 Algeria  Rayane Ait-Adjedjou[13] 1
Slovakia  Christian Malchárek 3
Sweden  Lars Lindberg 4
United Kingdom  Shawn Paul Wakefield[12] 5–6
France  RDV Compétition 3 France  Hugo Bec[14] All
31 France  Didier Bec[14] All
47 Brazil  Marconi de Abreu[7] All
Italy  Scuderia Giudici 4 Italy  Claudio Giudici[5] 2
Austria  Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Czech Republic  Martin Doubek[7] 1–3, 5–6
15 Russia  Roman Mavlanov[7] 1
Austria  Peter Gross[11] 3, 5–6
Italy  Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Italy  Marco Spinelli[7] 1–2
Italy  Erika Monforte 3
Italy  Giovanni Altoè[12] 5
7 Italy  Riccardo Geltrude[7] All
9 Italy  Simone Laureti[7] All
12 Italy  Renzo Calcinati[16] All
Italy  Vict Motorsport 8 Italy  Arianna Casoli[17] 1–4
Italy  Dario Caso[12] 5–6
Belgium  PK Carsport 11 Belgium  Stienes Longin 4
Monaco  Alex Caffi Motorsports 23 Monaco  Mauro Serra[12] 5
Monaco  Luca Tosini[6] 6
France  Knauf Racing Team 37 France  Thomas Ferrando[18] All
73 France  Paul Guiod[22] All
Belgium  Brass Racing 78 Belgium  Jerry De Weerdt[19] All
Belgium  Motorsport 98 98 Belgium  Eric De Doncker[20] 1–3, 5–6

Driver changes

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Schedule and results

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The schedule was announced in October 2015.[23]

Elite 1

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Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain  Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 23 April Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Israel  Alon Day Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R2 24 April Israel  Alon Day France  Frédéric Gabillon Israel  Alon Day Chevrolet
2 R3 Autospeedway American Style Netherlands  Raceway Venray, Venray 15 May Spain  Borja García Belgium  Anthony Kumpen France  Frédéric Gabillon Ford
R4 16 May Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
3 R5 American SpeedFest United Kingdom  Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 11 June Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Israel  Alon Day Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R6 12 June Israel  Alon Day France  Frédéric Gabillon Israel  Alon Day Chevrolet
4 R7 Tours Motor Show France  Tours Speedway, Tours 25 June France  Frédéric Gabillon France  Frédéric Gabillon France  Frédéric Gabillon Ford
R8 26 June France  Frédéric Gabillon France  Ulysse Delsaux France  Frédéric Gabillon Ford
5 R9 American Speed Weekend Semi-finals Italy  Adria International Raceway, Adria 17 September Israel  Alon Day Israel  Alon Day Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R10 18 September Israel  Alon Day Israel  Alon Day Israel  Alon Day Chevrolet
6 R11 American Festival NASCAR Finals Belgium  Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 8 October Israel  Alon Day Spain  Borja García Belgium  Anthony Kumpen Chevrolet
R12 9 October Spain  Borja García France  Frédéric Gabillon France  Frédéric Gabillon Ford
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Elite 2

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Round Race Title Track Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 R1 Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain  Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 23 April Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
R2 24 April Belgium  Stienes Longin Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
2 R3 Autospeedway American Style Netherlands  Raceway Venray, Venray 15 May Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
R4 16 May Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
3 R5 American SpeedFest United Kingdom  Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley 11 June Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
R6 12 June Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo France  Thomas Ferrando Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Chevrolet
4 R7 Tours Motor Show France  Tours Speedway, Tours 25 June Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Italy  Riccardo Geltrude Ford
R8 26 June Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Ford
5 R9 American Speed Weekend Semi-finals Italy  Adria International Raceway, Adria 17 September Switzerland  Gabriele Gardel Belgium  Stienes Longin Switzerland  Gabriele Gardel Chevrolet
R10 18 September Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
6 R11 American Festival NASCAR Finals Belgium  Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 8 October Belgium  Stienes Longin Belgium  Stienes Longin Switzerland  Gabriele Gardel Chevrolet
R12 9 October Belgium  Stienes Longin Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo Belgium  Stienes Longin Chevrolet
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course

Standings

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Elite 1

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

Pos Driver Spain 
VAL
Netherlands 
VEN
United Kingdom 
BRH
France 
TOU
Italy 
ADR
Belgium 
ZOL
Points
1 Belgium  Anthony Kumpen 1 4 2 1 1 10 4 5 1 2 1 7 657
2 France  Frédéric Gabillon 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 646
3 Israel  Alon Day 6 1 16 13 3 1 16 4 2 1 7 3 614
4 Italy  Nicolò Rocca 4 21 4 7 20 6 5 3 4 6 3 20 553
5 Belgium  Bert Longin 7 9 11 10 11 10 7 3 4 19 8 535
6 France  Thomas Ferrando 24 8 12 9 8 7 3 2 18 9 10 9 533
7 France  Wilfried Boucenna 8 5 6 15 7 5 6 6 21 8 8 14 529
8 Italy  Gianmarco Ercoli 5 13 14 4 11 9 11 13 22 10 4 5 525
9 France  Ulysse Delsaux 11 24 9 19 12 14 7 10 8 20 9 10 496
10 Sweden  Freddy Nordström 19 6 23 20 6 8 13 8 6 23 6 13 494
11 Spain  Borja García 3 3 3 2 5 4 8 16 23 22 22 23 480
12 Italy  Dario Caso 13 17 11 18 22 16 15 12 16 12 14 16 460
13 Brazil  Marconi de Abreu 16 18 10 17 16 18 14 15 12 13 15 21 450
14 Belgium  Jerry De Weerdt 17 15 22 16 17 17 17 13 15 17 18 433
15 Austria  Willy Gruber 15 16 20 24 21 12 11 17 19 18 22 413
16 Italy  Riccardo Geltrude 22 12 8 6 24 13 2 9 19 11 362
17 Belgium  Marc Goossens 9 20 13 8 4 3 21 2 343
18 Italy  Gian Maria Gabbiani 14 19 17 23 14 19 9 14 20 18 314
19 Monaco  Alex Caffi 7 5 20 6 284
20 Belgium  Eric De Doncker 12 11 13 12 11 12 262
21 Italy  Carlo Forte 25 23 19 14 23 22 11 21 260
22 Czech Republic  Martin Doubek 10 7 23 11 258
23 Italy  Simone Monforte 23 10 21 21 9 16 235
24 Netherlands  Barry Maessen 5 3 12 17 204
25 Austria  Florian Renauer 21 7 7 10 9 21 189
26 Austria  Peter Gross 19 23 14 17 170
27 Netherlands  Renger van der Zande 5 4 158
28 Brazil  William Ayer, Jr. 18 22 18 20 119
29 United Kingdom  Freddie Hunt 15 14 118
30 Netherlands  Maik Barten 13 13 116
31 Brazil  Felipe Rabello 16 19 6
32 Austria  Mathias Lauda 10 14 64
33 Italy  Claudio Giudici 18 12 58
34 Slovakia  Christian Malchárek 15 15 58
35 United Kingdom  Colin White 15 22 51
36 United States  Brandon Gdovic 20 25 6
37 Russia  Roman Mavlanov DNQ DNQ 30

Elite 2

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

Pos Driver Spain 
VAL
Netherlands 
VEN
United Kingdom 
BRH
France 
TOU
Italy 
ADR
Belgium 
ZOL
Points
1 Belgium  Stienes Longin 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 24 1 650
2 Switzerland  Gabriele Gardel 4 23 11 4 23 6 5 5 1 2 1 5 604
3 France  Thomas Ferrando 24 8 12 9 8 7 3 2 18 9 10 9 590
4 Spain  Salvador Tineo Arroyo 2 2 4 5 3 1 4 6 19 3 17 2 571
6 France  Hugo Bec 7 4 23 7 5 11 6 3 4 21 6 11 539
7 Belgium  Guillaume Deflandre 3 3 24 10 4 22 12 4 14 23 7 8 504
8 Czech Republic  Martin Doubek 9 6 9 9 24 23 5 4 3 6 500
9 Brazil  Marconi de Abreu 11 10 16 6 12 20 11 13 10 10 12 13 499
10 Germany  Justin Kunz 12 17 18 14 13 10 11 8 5 20 7 491
11 Belgium  Jerry De Weerdt 13 13 14 20 9 13 16 11 11 10 15 486
12 Italy  Renzo Calcinati 14 12 5 22 10 7 9 9 22 11 23 463
13 France  Paul Guiod 15 14 21 12 9 8 9 8 18 19 8 22 463
14 Russia  Roman Mavlanov 5 5 22 16 18 21 3 7 5 21 461
15 France  Didier Bec 17 15 12 11 11 14 14 14 20 12 16 14 457
16 Italy  Simone Laureti 10 16 19 13 13 12 8 15 DNQ 15 13 16 431
17 Austria  Willy Gruber 16 21 10 15 DNQ 15 10 21 18 18 18 413
18 United Kingdom  Shawn Paul Wakefield 20 20 13 19 20 16 16 12 17 20 21 19 406
19 Italy  Arianna Casoli 19 18 17 21 19 17 17 15 17 19 20 404
20 Belgium  Eric De Doncker 8 7 5 4 9 300
21 Italy  Dario Caso 6 9 22 DNQ 220
22 Germany  Marko Stipp 7 14 14 12 195
23 Austria  Peter Gross 17 18 12 13 183
24 Italy  Erika Monforte 16 15 13 14 183
25 United Kingdom  Freddie Hunt 23 8 6 15 19 17 176
26 Monaco  Luca Tosini 9 10 138
27 Slovakia  Christian Malchárek 21 11 8 7 129
28 Germany  Mirco Schultis 15 17 112
29 Italy  Marco Spinelli DNQ 9 8 18 108
30 Italy  Giovanni Altoé 22 16 100
31 Monaco  Mauro Serra 16 DNQ 76
32 Netherlands  Maik Barten 15 8 65
33 Italy  Claudio Giudici 20 17 51
34 Algeria  Rayane Ait-Adjedjou 18 19 51
35 France  Alexandre Guiod DNQ 25 21

See also

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References

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