2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is located in Europe
1. Circuit Ricardo Tormo
2. Raceway Venray
3. Brands Hatch
4. Tours Speedway
5. Adria International Raceway
6. Circuit Zolder
Locations of the European racing circuits

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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 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

(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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