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.

Rules changes The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series presented a new technical package at the Circuit Zolder Finals on October 2, 2015. 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 in a testing session at Fontenay Le Comte, France.

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division Manufacturer Car Team Race Driver Rounds Chevrolet Chevrolet SS PK Carsport 11 Bert Longin All 24 Anthony Kumpen All 46 Brandon Gdovic 1 Raceway Venray 14 Barry Maessen 2, 6 21 Colin White 2 Maik Barten 6 Dexwet Renauer Team 26 Willy Gruber All Alex Caffi Motorsports 33 Renger van der Zande 6 CAAL Racing 44 Freddy Nordström All 54 Alon Day All 56 Nicolò Rocca All DF1 Racing 66 Mathias Lauda 1–2 William Ayer, Jr. 3 Freddie Hunt 5 88 Simone Monforte 1–2 Eurokart Racing Team 88 Simone Monforte 5–6 Ford Ford Mustang SPV Racing 1 Borja García 1–4 Roman Mavlanov 5 Felipe Rabello 6 69 William Ayer, Jr. 1 Christian Malchárek 3 Lars Lindberg 4 Carlo Forte 5 RDV Compétition 3 Frédéric Gabillon All 31 Ulysse Delsaux All 47 Marconi de Abreu All Scuderia Giudici 4 Claudio Giudici 2 Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Florian Renauer 1–3 Martin Doubek 5–6 15 Roman Mavlanov 1 Peter Gross 3, 5–6 Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Carlo Forte 1–3 Borja García 5 7 Riccardo Geltrude 1–5 Borja García 6 9 Gianmarco Ercoli All 12 Gian Maria Gabbiani All Vict Motorsport 8 Dario Caso All Alex Caffi Motorsports 23 Alex Caffi 5–6 Knauf Racing Team 37 Thomas Ferrando All 73 Wilfried Boucenna All Brass Racing 78 Jerry De Weerdt All 90 Marc Goossens 1–3, 5–6 Motorsport 98 98 Eric De Doncker 1–3, 5–6

Elite 2 Division Manufacturer Car Team Race Driver Rounds Chevrolet Chevrolet SS PK Carsport 11 Stienes Longin 1–3, 5–6 24 Gabriele Gardel All 46 Christian Malchárek 1 Raceway Venray 14 Marko Stipp 2, 6 21 Maik Barten 2 Guillaume Deflandre 6 Dexwet Renauer Team 26 Willy Gruber All Alex Caffi Motorsports 33 Mirco Schultis 6 CAAL Racing 44 Justin Kunz All 54 Salvador Tineo Arroyo All 56 Guillaume Deflandre 1–4 Arianna Casoli 5–6 DF1 Racing 66 Freddie Hunt 1–3, 6 Guillaume Deflandre 5 88 Alexandre Guiod 1 Roman Mavlanov 2–3 Eurokart Racing Team 88 Erika Monforte 5–6 Ford Ford Mustang SPV Racing 1 Shawn Paul Wakefield 1–4 Roman Mavlanov 5–6 69 Rayane Ait-Adjedjou 1 Christian Malchárek 3 Lars Lindberg 4 Shawn Paul Wakefield 5–6 RDV Compétition 3 Hugo Bec All 31 Didier Bec All 47 Marconi de Abreu All Scuderia Giudici 4 Claudio Giudici 2 Dexwet Renauer Team 5 Martin Doubek 1–3, 5–6 15 Roman Mavlanov 1 Peter Gross 3, 5–6 Double T by MRT Nocentini 6 Marco Spinelli 1–2 Erika Monforte 3 Giovanni Altoè 5 7 Riccardo Geltrude All 9 Simone Laureti All 12 Renzo Calcinati All Vict Motorsport 8 Arianna Casoli 1–4 Dario Caso 5–6 PK Carsport 11 Stienes Longin 4 Alex Caffi Motorsports 23 Mauro Serra 5 Luca Tosini 6 Knauf Racing Team 37 Thomas Ferrando All 73 Paul Guiod All Brass Racing 78 Jerry De Weerdt All Motorsport 98 98 Eric De Doncker 1–3, 5–6

Driver changes Freddy Nordström moved from GDL Racing to CAAL Racing. Ander Vilariño will leave the series, leaving TFT Racing for other racing opportunities.

Schedule and results The schedule was announced in October 2015.

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 (), 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

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 (), 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

Standings

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

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