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.
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Chevrolet SS | TFT Racing | 2 | Ander Vilariño[3] | All |
7 | Romain Iannetta[3] | All | |||
RDV Compétition | 3 | Frédéric Gabillon[4] | All | ||
PK Carsport | 11 | Bert Longin[5] | All | ||
24 | Anthony Kumpen[5] | All[a] | |||
Double T by MRT Nocentini | 12 | Fabrizio Armetta[7] | 1–2, 5–6 | ||
Roberto Benedetti[8] | 3–4 | ||||
Record News Racing | 21 | William Ayer, Jr.[9] | All | ||
CAAL Racing | 51 | Eddie Cheever III[10] | 1–4 | ||
54 | Alon Day[11] | All | |||
56 | Nicolò Rocca[10] | All | |||
Whelen – Amai.fr | 55 | Jeffrey Earnhardt[8] | 3 | ||
Stéphane Sabates[12] | 4–5 | ||||
DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting | 66 | Christophe Bouchut[13] | 1–3 | ||
Mathias Lauda[12] | 4, 6 | ||||
Christian Malchárek | 5 | ||||
77 | Luke Wright[4] | 1 | |||
Stefan Oberndorfer[14] | 2 | ||||
Wilfried Boucenna[8] | 3 | ||||
Chevrolet Camaro | Double T by MRT Nocentini | 6 | Domenico Schiattarella[4] | 1 | |
Fabrizio Armetta[8] | 3 | ||||
Cesare Balistreri[15] | 5 | ||||
9 | Roberto Benedetti[4] | 1–2 | |||
Michela Cerruti[8] | 3 | ||||
Fabrizio Armetta[12] | 4 | ||||
Gianmarco Ercoli | 5–6 | ||||
Precision Performance Motorsports | 46 | Brandon Gdovic[16] | 5 | ||
GDL Racing | 68 | Renzo Calcinati[4] | 1–4 | ||
99 | Dominic Tiroch[4] | All | |||
VTS 85 | 85 | Nicolas Gaudin[4] | 1–4 | ||
Eurokart Racing Team | 88 | Simone Monforte[4] | 1–4 | ||
Ford | Ford Mustang | Active Racing Competition | 1 | Borja García[17] | 1–2 |
Dasi Racing Team | 4 | Wilfried Boucenna[4] | 1–2 | ||
TLC – Leclerc | Pierre Roché[12] | 4 | |||
Dexwet Renauer Team | 5 | Florian Renauer[18] | All | ||
15 | Martin Doubek[4] | 2–6 | |||
RDV Compétition | 8 | Hugo Bec[19] | All | ||
Knauf Racing Team | 37 | Thomas Ferrando[4] | 1–3 | ||
Wilfried Boucenna[12] | 4–6 | ||||
GDL Racing | 44 | Freddy Nordström[4] | 1–5 | ||
67 | Philipp Lietz[4] | All | |||
87 | Gianluca de Lorenzi[20] | 6 | |||
Brass Racing | 78 | Jerry De Weerdt[21] | All | ||
Motorsport 98 | 98 | Eric De Doncker[4] | All | ||
Toyota | Toyota Camry | Racing Club Partners | 20 | Tim Verbergt[20] | 6 |
CAAL Racing | 51 | Eddie Cheever III[10] | 5–6 |
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | Chevrolet SS | TFT Racing | 2 | Léonard Vernet[4] | All |
7 | Sébastien Morales[4] | 1 | |||
RDV Compétition | 3 | Ulysse Delsaux[4] | All | ||
PK Carsport | 11 | Stienes Longin[5] | All | ||
24 | Martin Van Hove[22] | 1 | |||
Maxime Dumarey[14] | 2–4, 6 | ||||
Bart Van Haeren[15] | 5 | ||||
Double T by MRT Nocentini | 12 | Simone Laureti[7] | 1–4 | ||
Roberto Benedetti | 5–6 | ||||
Record News Racing | 21 | Gabriela Prado Arantes[9] | All | ||
CAAL Racing | 51 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo[14] | 2–4 | ||
54 | Carole Perrin[4] | All | |||
56 | Nicolò Rocca[4] | 1 | |||
Guillaume Deflandre[12] | 4 | ||||
Leonardo Baccarelli[15] | 5–6 | ||||
Whelen – Amai.fr | 55 | Stéphane Sabates[12] | 4–5 | ||
DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting | 66 | Christian Malchárek[13] | All | ||
77 | Guillaume Deflandre[4] | 1–3 | |||
Chevrolet Camaro | Double T by MRT Nocentini | 6 | Ruggero Melgrati[8] | 3–4 | |
Giovanni Altoè[15] | 5 | ||||
9 | Gianmarco Ercoli[4] | All | |||
Precision Performance Motorsports | 46 | Brandon Gdovic[16] | 5 | ||
GDL Racing | 68 | Vittorio Bagnasco[4] | 1–3 | ||
Arthur Lehouck[12] | 4 | ||||
99 | Francesca Linossi[4] | All | |||
VTS 85 | 85 | Jack Gaudin[4] | 1–4 | ||
Eurokart Racing Team | 88 | Erika Monforte[4] | 1–4 | ||
Ford | Ford Mustang | Active Racing Competition | 1 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo[17] | 1 |
Dasi Racing Team | 4 | Santiago Cañizares[4] | 1[b] | ||
Moisés Soriano[4] | |||||
Eric Van de Vyver[14] | 2 | ||||
Miguel Angel Dasi Perez[8] | 3 | ||||
TLC – Leclerc | Pierre Roché[12] | 4 | |||
Dexwet Renauer Team | 5 | Florian Renauer[4] | All | ||
15 | Martin Doubek[4] | 2–6 | |||
RDV Compétition | 8 | Didier Bec[19] | All | ||
Knauf Racing Team | 37 | Thomas Ferrando[23] | All | ||
GDL Racing | 44 | Nicki Petersen[4] | 1–4 | ||
Guillaume Deflandre[15] | 5 | ||||
67 | Philipp Lietz[4] | All | |||
87 | Guillaume Deflandre[20] | 6 | |||
Brass Racing | 78 | Jerry De Weerdt[21] | All | ||
Motorsport 98 | 98 | Eric De Doncker[4] | All | ||
Toyota | Toyota Camry | Racing Club Partners | 20 | Philippe Steveny[20] | 6 |
RCP – Marc VDS | 32 | Denis Dupont[24] | 1 | ||
CAAL Racing | 51 | Salvador Tineo Arroyo[14] | 5–6 |
The schedule was announced in September 2014.[25]
Round | Race Title | Track | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning Driver | Winning Manufacturer | |
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1 | R1 | Valencia American Fest | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | 25 April | Florian Renauer | Philipp Lietz | Gianmarco Ercoli | Chevrolet |
R2 | 26 April | Philipp Lietz | Stienes Longin | Thomas Ferrando | Ford | |||
2 | R3 | Autospeedway American Style | Raceway Venray, Venray | 23 May | Philipp Lietz | Philipp Lietz | Philipp Lietz | Ford |
R4 | 24 May | Philipp Lietz | Salvador Tineo Arroyo | Philipp Lietz | Ford | |||
3 | R5 | American SpeedFest | Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley | 6 June | Florian Renauer | Thomas Ferrando | Florian Renauer | Ford |
R6 | 7 June | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Ford | |||
4 | R7 | Tours Motor Show | Tours Speedway, Tours | 27 June | Guillaume Deflandre | Gianmarco Ercoli | Stienes Longin | Chevrolet |
R8 | 28 June | Gianmarco Ercoli | Thomas Ferrando | Gianmarco Ercoli | Chevrolet | |||
5 | R9 | Magione American Style | Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria | 11 September | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Thomas Ferrando | Ford |
R10 | 12 September | Thomas Ferrando | Philipp Lietz | Salvador Tineo Arroyo | Toyota | |||
6 | R11 | American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder | 3 October | Gianmarco Ercoli | Gianmarco Ercoli | Gianmarco Ercoli | Chevrolet |
R12 | 4 October | Gianmarco Ercoli | Stienes Longin | Gianmarco Ercoli | Chevrolet |
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems |
At the final two meetings of the season, double points were awarded in each race.[26]
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | VAL | VEN | BRH | TOU | UMB | ZOL | Points | ||||||
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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 | 24 | 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 | 22 | 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 |
(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 | 21 | 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 |