2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the eleventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the seventh under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Alon Day and Ulysse Delsaux entered the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 category respectively, however Delsaux will not defend his title as he will move up to Elite 1 for the 2019 season.

In the Elite 1 class, Loris Hezemans wins his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 49 points over PK Carsport driver Stienes Longin. In the Elite 2 class, despite not starting every race of the season, Lasse Sørensen won the title after he scored 7 race wins and finishing in the podium in all but one of his 11 starts. Sørensen and Giorgio Maggi arrived to the final race of the season at Circuit Zolder with only one point separating them in the championship, and Sørensen would finish ahead of Maggi in the race to win the title by 9 points. Hendriks Motorsport, represented by the No. 50 team of Hezemans and Maggi, won the Team's Championship title by 112 points from PK Carsport's No. 24 team.

Teams and drivers NASCAR released the 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2019.

Elite 1 Team Body Style Race Driver Rounds Alex Caffi Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Rubén García Jr. 1 Alex Caffi 2 Jennifer Jo Cobb 3 Christophe Bouchut 4 Michaela Dorcikova 6 2 Chevrolet SS Chevrolet Camaro Kenko Miura All 27 Ford Mustang Thomas Ferrando 1–3 RDV Competition 3 Chevrolet SS Frédéric Gabillon All 36 Chevrolet Camaro Ulysse Delsaux All Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Martin Doubek 1–2, 4–7 50 Loris Hezemans All Racers Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Dario Caso All 9 Ford Mustang Gianmarco Ercoli All 19 Ford Mustang Chevrolet Camaro Simone Laureti 1–4 Racing-Total JJCR Racing-Total AmD Tuning 10 Chevrolet Camaro Julio Carayol Casas 1 46 Ford Mustang Ant Whorton-Eales 1–2 PK Carsport 11 Chevrolet Camaro Stienes Longin All 24 Nicolò Rocca All 98 Ford Mustang Dylan Derdaele 6–7 Solaris Motorsport 12 Chevrolet Camaro Francesco Sini 1–4, 6–7 Marko Stipp - DF1 Racing 22 Ford Mustang Ioannis Smyrlis 6 Memphis Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro Henri Tuomaala All 77 Alexander Graff All CAAL Racing 27 Ford Mustang Thomas Ferrando 4–7 31 Chevrolet SS Mauro Trione All 54 Alon Day All 56 Marco Santamaria 6 Go Fas Racing 32 Chevrolet Camaro Jacques Villeneuve All Mishumotors 33 Chevrolet Camaro Lucas Lasserre 1–4, 6–7 70 Chevrolet SS Chevrolet Camaro Bobby Labonte 1 Eric Filgueiras 2–3 Salvador Tineo Arroyo 4 Daniel Keilwitz 6 The Club Motorsports 41 Chevrolet Camaro Max Lanza 1, 3 Lorenzo Marcucci 6 42 Racing by FS Motorsport 42 Ford Mustang Luigi Ferrara 2 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Ford Mustang Ant Whorton-Eales 3 Salvador Tineo Arroyo 5, 7 Racing Engineering 48 Ford Mustang Ander Vilariño All 88 Romain Iannetta All Speedhouse 64 64 Chevrolet SS Salvador Tineo Arroyo 1–3, 6 Dexwet-df1 Racing 66 Chevrolet Camaro Christophe Bouchut 1–2 Lasse Sørensen 3–4 99 Ellen Lohr 1–5 Guillaume Deflandre 6–7 Team Bleekemolen Ford Mustang Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All Braxx Racing 78 Ford Mustang Marc Goossens 1–3, 7 90 Chevrolet Camaro Alex Sedgwick 1–3, 7 Scott Jeffs 6 Motorsport 98 98 Ford Mustang Eric De Doncker 1–4

Elite 2

Team Body Style Race Driver Rounds Alex Caffi Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Thomas Krasonis 1–4, 6 2Chevrolet SS]] Chevrolet Camaro Jesse Vartiainen All 27 Ford Mustang Pierluigi Veronesi 1–3 Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Martin Doubek 1–2, 4–7 50 Giorgio Maggi All Racers Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Nicholas Risitano All 9 Ford Mustang Vittorio Ghirelli 1–3 Alessandro Brigatti 4, 6–7 Simone Laureti 5 19 Ford Mustang Chevrolet Camaro Alessandro Brigatti 1–3 Florian Venturi 4 Racing-Total JJCR Racing-Total AmD Tuning 10 Chevrolet Camaro Jennifer Jo Cobb 1 46 Ford Mustang Shaun Hollamby 1–2 PK Carsport 11 Chevrolet Camaro Bert Longin 1–2 Freddy Nordström 3 Vittorio Ghirelli 4 Barry Maessen 5 Niels Albert 7 24 Andre Castro 1–4 Vittorio Ghirelli 5–7 98 Ford Mustang Pol van Pollaert 6–7 Solaris Motorsport 12 Chevrolet Camaro Naveh Talor 1–4, 6–7 Marko Stipp – DF1 Racing 22 Ford Mustang Ioannis Smyrlis 6 Memphis Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro Ian Eric Wadén All 77 Freddie Hemborg 1–5, 7 Janne Koikkalainen 6 CAAL Racing 27 Ford Mustang Pierluigi Veronesi 4–7 31 Chevrolet SS Meisam Taheri 1 Moreno di Silvestre 2 Advait Deodhar 3–4, 6–7 54 Arianna Casoli 1–4, 6–7 56 Moreno di Silvestre 6 Go Fas Racing 32 Chevrolet Camaro Florian Venturi 1–3 Mishumotors 33 Chevrolet Camaro Ben Creanor 1–4, 6–7 70 Chevrolet SS Chevrolet Camaro Mirco Schultis 1–4, 6 The Club Motorsports 41 Chevrolet Camaro Max Lanza 1–3, 6 42 Racing by FS Motorsport 42 Ford Mustang Claudio Remigio Cappelli 2 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Ford Mustang Shaun Hollamby 3 Andre Castro 5–6 Racing Engineering 48 Ford Mustang Myatt Snider All 88 Eric Clément 2–4 Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón 5 Hugo de Sadeleer 6–7 Speedhouse 64 64 Chevrolet SS Eric Quintal 1 Advait Deodhar 2 Matthias Hauer 3, 6–7 Dexwet-df1 Racing 66 Chevrolet Camaro Advait Deodhar 1 Lasse Sørensen 2–7 99 Justin Kunz All Team Bleekemolen Ford Mustang Michael Bleekemolen All Braxx Racing 78 Ford Mustang Jerry de Weerdt 1–3 Sven van Laere 7 90 Chevrolet Camaro Scott Jeffs 1–3 Motorsport 98 98 Ford Mustang Eric De Doncker 1–4

Notes

Driver changes Former Cup Series driver, 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve is set to make his Euro Series debut for Go Fas Racing in the Elite 1 class, replacing Romain Iannetta who switched teams to Racing Engineering. DTM's only female race winner Ellen Lohr is set to make her Euro Series debut for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class. She will drive the #99 car, which was driven by Advait Deodhar in the Elite 2 class last season. Deodhar himself will stay with the team as he will make his first full-season campaign in the Elite 2 class with the #66 team for the 2019 season. Justin Kunz will make a switch from Racing Total to Dexwet-df1 Racing for 2019. Defending Elite 2 champion Ulysse Delsaux will move up to the Elite 1 class to drive the No. 36 RDV Competition entry, replacing Bobby Labonte who moved to Mishumotors to drive the No. 70 Camaro. 2016 Mini Challenge UK Cooper S Class champion Scott Jeffs will make his Euro Series for Braxx Racing in the Elite 2 class. He will partner with Alex Sedgwick in the No. 90 entry for the 2019 season. Pierluigi Veronesi will make a switch from BVR Motorsport to Alex Caffi Motorsport for 2019. Jesse Vartiainen is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut for Alex Caffi Motorsport in the No. 2 Elite 2 entry. He previously made an appearance at the Hockenheim round last season for Caffi. Ben Creanor is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the No. 33 Elite 2 entry for Mishumotors. Shaun Hollamby, the owner of BTCC team AmD Essex, is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the No. 46 Elite 2 entry for Racing Total, replacing the departing Justin Kunz. Martin Doubek will compete in both classes again for 2019 after competing in the Elite 1 class only in 2018. Giorgio Maggi will move from ADAC GT Masters to make his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Maggi will drive the No. 50 Elite 2 entry for Hendriks Motorsport. Thomas Ferrando will switch teams to Alex Caffi Motorsport after Knauf Racing folded in the off-season. Ferrando will drive the No. 27 Elite 1 entry for the 2019 season. 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series champion Rubén García Jr. is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the season opening round at Valencia as part of a driver exchange program between Euro Series and Mexico Series. Ander Vilariño returns to the series after a three-year absence. He will drive Racing Engineering's No. 48 car on a full-time basis. Jennifer Jo Cobb is scheduled to compete for the majority of the season in the No. 10 Racing-Total car in the Elite 2 class. Due to a clash in schedule with the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Cobb is currently not listed to take part in Franciacorta and Most, although she is currently in talks with the team for a chance to compete in all Euro Series races. 2018 Mini Challenge UK champion Ant Whorton-Eales is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut with the No. 46 Racing-Total team in Elite 1. Tom Boonen, Niels Albert, and Bert Longin was initially announced to share a ride in the No. 11 PK Carsport car in Elite 2 for 2019. Freddy Nordström and Vittorio Ghirelli would also race for the No. 11 team at Brands Hatch and Most respectively, while Niels Albert would be replaced by Barry Maessen on Albert's scheduled debut at Venray. Naveh Talor is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut with Solaris Motorsport in the Elite 2 class. Fredrik Hemborg is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in Memphis Racing's No. 77 Camaro. Hemborg will replace Guillaume Deflandre in the team's Elite 2 seat. Henri Tuomaala and Ian Eric Wadén are scheduled to make their first full season Euro Series campaign in 2019 with the No. 23 Camaro of Memphis Racing. ThorSport Racing driver and 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Myatt Snider will make his Euro Series debut this season, driving Racing Engineering's No. 48 Mustang in the Elite 2 class in conjunction with his part-time Truck Series effort. Braxx Racing team owner Jerry de Weerdt will step down from the No. 78 Ford seat in the Elite 1 class to focus on his Elite 2 class campaign. Marc Goossens will replace him in the No. 78 Elite 1 seat. Nicolò Rocca is scheduled to make a return to full-time racing in 2019 with PK Carsport. Rocca will replace Anthony Kumpen, who is currently suspended due to failing a drug test during the 2018 24 Hours of Zolder. Partnering with Rocca in the No. 24 seat will be former USF2000 driver Andre Castro, who will make his Euro Series debut this season. Kumpen himself would eventually move to a management role in PK Carsport as he currently works as the team manager for the Euro Series operations of the team.

Team changes Solaris Motorsport will field a car in the Elite 2 class for Israeli driver Naveh Talor in the 2019 season. They previously fielded the No. 12 car in the Elite 1 class only. DF1 Racing's #99 car is set to run as a full-time team in 2019. The #99 car was run as a part-time Elite 2 class effort in 2018, with Advait Deodhar driving the car in Brands Hatch and Hockenheim. Team Bleekemolen will enter the championship with the No. 69 Mustang for father and son duo Michael and Sebastiaan Bleekemolen. The team also potentially will field a second car if the team can earn enough sponsorship money. RDV Competition's No. 18 entry will be renumbered to the No. 36. In addition, the No. 36 entry will use a Chevrolet Camaro chassis instead of a Toyota Camry chassis. Alex Caffi Motorsport will expand into a three-car team with the addition of the #27 Mustang to the team after signing a collaboration deal with BVR Motorsport, who fielded the No. 27 team last season. Hendriks Motorsport will expand into a two-car team with the addition of the No. 7 Mustang to the team for 2019. The No. 7 team was part of the Belgium Driver Academy team in the 2018 season. CAAL Racing will downsize to a two-car team, shutting down the No. 44 and No. 56 team and adding the No. 31 team following a merger between CAAL and Race Art - Blu Mot, who fielded the No. 31 team in the 2018 season. Former Formula 2 and European Le Mans Series team Racing Engineering will make their debut in the series. The team will field the No. 48 and No. 88 Mustang for the 2019 season. Eric De Doncker's Motorsport 98 returns to the series after a one-year absence. Memphis Racing will expand into a two-car team with the addition of the No. 23 Camaro. Racers Motorsport will field a third entry with the No. 19 team for the 2019 season. They initially planned to field a third entry in 2018, but ultimately the team would field only two cars.