The 2012 Racecar Euro Series was the 4th season of Racecar Euro Series season, and the first EuroNASCAR season under NASCAR sanctioning. The season began on April 8 with the Nogaro 200 at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 14 October with the Le Mans Finals at Bugatti Circuit after five championship rounds and a non-championship round at Tours Speedway. NASCAR's standard rules, such as beneficiary rule and green-white-checker finish, were adopted by the series starting from this season.
TFT Racing driver Ander Vilariño was crowned as the first Driver's Champion in the NASCAR years after scoring six race wins during the season, edging Romain Thievin by 16 points in the final standings. Thievin did not win a race, but managed to score a podium in nine championship races. Fellow Spaniard Javier Villa was third, 64 points adrift from Vilariño. Villa took one victory at Brands Hatch, his only win in EuroNASCAR. Romain Iannetta and Gaël Castelli were the other winners in the championship rounds while Ben Kennedy and 2011 champion Éric Hélary took one win each in the Tours non-championship round. French driver Carole Perrin scored a third place finish in the fifth race at Spa-Francorchamps, making her the only female driver to finish on the podium in EuroNASCAR's top division as of the 2023 season.
In the Open division, Simon Escallier became the first champion of the present-day EuroNASCAR 2 division. Escallier swept the races at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on his way to championship victory, 44 points ahead of Alain Grand. Six other drivers scored victories in 2012, most of them were taken by part-time competitors. Outside of Escallier, Vincent Gonneau was the only other full-time driver to win a race. Martin van Hove and Olivier Porta took two race wins while Adriano Medeiros, Loic Deman and Marc Duez secured one victory each.
Schedule With the exception of the non-championship round at Tours Speedway, all races in the 2012 season were held as support races for another championship.
RoundRace titleTrackDateSupporting 1 R1Nogaro 200 Circuit Paul Armagnac, NogaroApril 8 FIA GT1 World Championship R2April 9 2 R3Brands Hatch 200 Brands Hatch, SwanleyMay 19 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters R4May 20 3 R5Spa 200 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaJune 9 Belgian Touring Car Series R6June 10 NC NC1Michelin / Tours Evenements 100 Tours Speedway, ToursJuly 7 None NC2July 8 4 R7Valencia Semifinals Circuito Ricardo Tormo, ChesteSeptember 29 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters R8September 30 5 R9Le Mans Finals Circuit Bugatti, Le MansOctober 13 European Truck Racing Championship R10October 14
Results
Elite Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer1 R1 Nogaro 200 Ander Vilariño Javier Villa Romain Thievin Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet R2 Javier Villa Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet2 R3 Brands Hatch 200 Romain Thievin Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet R4 Ander Vilariño Javier Villa Ander Vilariño Javier Villa TFT Racing Chevrolet3 R5 Spa 200 Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet R6 Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Romain Iannetta Romain Iannetta Orhes Competition DodgeNC NC1 Michelin / Tours Evenements 100 Romain Fournillier Carole Perrin Unknown Ben Kennedy TFT Racing Chevrolet NC2 Carole Perrin Javier Villa Unknown Éric Hélary Still Racing Chevrolet4 R7 Valencia SemiFinals Javier Villa Javier Villa Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet R8 Javier Villa Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet5 R9 Le Mans Finals Ander Vilariño Gaël Castelli Unknown Gaël Castelli Rapido Racing Ford R10 Gaël Castelli Gaël Castelli Unknown Gaël Castelli Rapido Racing Ford
Open Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer1 R1 Nogaro 200 Eric Quintal Vincent Gonneau Eric Quintal Martin van Hove TFT Racing Dodge R2 Simon Escallier Eric Quintal Vincent Gonneau Martin van Hove TFT Racing Dodge2 R3 Brands Hatch 200 Philippe Marie Adriano Medeiros Unknown Vincent Gonneau Gonneau Racing Chevrolet R4 Martin van Hove Martin van Hove Unknown Adriano Medeiros Autosport 42 Chevrolet3 R5 Spa 200 Loic Deman Loic Deman Loic Deman Loic Deman Rapido Racing Ford R6 Gerald Cormon Unknown Marc Duez Marc Duez TFT Racing ChevroletNC NC1 Michelin / Tours Evenements 100 Unknown Unknown Unknown Sebastien Baron Rapido Racing Ford NC2 Vincent Gonneau Unknown Vincent Gonneau Vincent Gonneau Gonneau Racing Chevrolet4 R7 Valencia SemiFinals Simon Escallier Josh Burdon Simon Escallier Simon Escallier Scorpus Racing Dodge R8 Eric Quintal Eric Quintal Unknown Simon Escallier Scorpus Racing Dodge5 R9 Le Mans Finals Olivier Porta Olivier Porta Unknown Olivier Porta TFT Racing Chevrolet R10 Donald Reignoux Josh Burdon Unknown Olivier Porta TFT Racing Chevrolet
Standings
Elite (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. RankDriverNOG1NOG2BRH1BRH2SPA1SPA2 TOU1TOU2 VAL1VAL2LMS1LMS2Points1 Ander Vilariño 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 7 106672 Romain Thievin 2 3 2 3 2 10 3 2 2 26513 Javier Villa (J) 4 2 3 1 19 3 2 3 6 66034 Antoine Lioen 13 7 6 4 5 11 4 5 15 95675 Romain Iannetta 5 16 5 9 20 1 10 4 3 3566
See also 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2012 ARCA Racing Series 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series 2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series 2012 ARCA Racing Series
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