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.

2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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Non-championship event:
Trofeo Angelo Caffi
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

Elite 1 Division
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
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 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[lower-alpha 1]
Carlo Alberto Forte[4] 4–5[lower-alpha 1]
RDV Compétition Brazil 47 Marconi Abreu[2] All

Elite 2 Division
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] 5–6
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 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
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
  • 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
  1. Carlo Alberto Forte competed in the Saturday race, while Kenko Miura competed in the Sunday race.

Schedule and results

Calendar changes
  • 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
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
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
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Elite 1

(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

References
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