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.

2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
Non-championship event:
Trofeo Angelo Caffi
Locations of the European racing circuits

Rules changes

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

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

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

Driver changes

Schedule and results

The schedule was announced in October 2015.[23]

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

Standings
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Elite 1

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

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

Elite 2

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

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

See also

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