The 2022 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the fourteenth Racecar Euro Series season, and the tenth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season began on 14 May with the NASCAR GP Spain at Circuit Ricardo Tormo and ended on 30 October with the EuroNASCAR Finals at Automotodrom Grobnik.
Alon Day became the first driver to be crowned champion for four times after he clinched the title in the final round at Rijeka. Day scored five race wins, the most of any driver in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. Swedish driver Alexander Graff finished second after scoring his maiden victory at Brands Hatch while Gianmarco Ercoli finished third after scoring three victories. Nicolò Rocca, Sebastiaan Bleekemolen and Patrick Lemarié scored a victory each at Valencia, Most, and Rijeka respectively with Lemarié's victory making him the oldest race winner in the EuroNASCAR PRO class at the age of 54 years old.
Defending series champion Loris Hezemans did not defend his title as he moved to the NASCAR Cup Series to compete part-time with Team Hezeberg, but his younger brother Liam Hezemans was crowned as the EuroNASCAR 2 champion on his debut season after scoring six race victories and nine podium finishes. Italian driver Alberto Fontana, better known as the YouTube content creator Alberto Naska, finished 9 points behind Liam in second place after scoring five victories and nine podium finishes on his debut season in stock car racing. Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis finished third in the standings and is the only other race winner of the season, having won the season opening race at Valencia.
Hendriks Motorsport won the Team's Championship for four years in a row after the team's No. 50 car finished on top with 836 points while Hendriks' second team, the No. 7 car, finished second with 779 points. Finishing 10 points behind Hendriks' No. 7 car is PK Carsport's No. 24 team and Team Bleekemolen's No. 69 team, who finished the year with 769 points on their respective tallies. PK Carsport won the tiebreaker for third by virtue of better finishing results, having scored five victories compared to Team Bleekemolen's one.
Teams and drivers NASCAR Whelen Euro Series released a provisional 37-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2022.
EuroNASCAR PRO Team Body Style Race Driver Rounds Academy Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Thomas Krasonis 1–4 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Ford Mustang Federico Monti All 5 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Patrick Lemarié All RDV Competition 3 Chevrolet Camaro Frédéric Gabillon All Panasport 4 Chevrolet Camaro Yannick Panagiotis 1 Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 7 Ford Mustang Martin Doubek All 50 Ford Mustang Toyota Camry Tobias Dauenhauer 1 Liam Hezemans 2–6 Racers Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Dario Caso 1–4, 6 9 Dario Caso 3 47 Leonardo Colavita 1–2 PK Carsport 11Chevrolet Camaro Pol van Pollaert 5 24 Alon Day 1–4, 6 Anthony Kumpen 5 SpeedHouse 14 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Marc Goossens All 33 Ford Mustang Cosimo Barberini All 40 Eyvind Brynildsen 2 Alex Sedgwick 3 Alon Day 5 64 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Alexander Graff All MK1 Racing Italia 16 Shadow DNM8 Ford Mustang Claudio Remigio Cappelli All 17 Shadow DNM8 Bernardo Manfrè 1–2 Race Art Technology 18 Toyota Camry Giorgio Maggi All Team Bleekemolen 23 Ford Mustang Henri Tuomaala All 44 All 69 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All 72 Chevrolet Camaro Ian Eric Wadén 1–2 3 Thomas Dombrowski 5 Not Only Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro Paolo Maria Silvestrini 1 Nicolò Gabossi 3–4 Vittorio Ghirelli 3 36 Ford Mustang Vittorio Ghirelli 1–2, 4–6 89 Chevrolet Camaro Davide Dallara 1–2, 4 Vittorio Ghirelli 3 90 Nicolò Gabossi 1–2 Davide Dallara 3 Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Stefano Attianese 3 Buggyra ZM Racing 29 Ford Mustang Aliyyah Koloc 1–4 38 Gustas Grinbergas 1 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Romain Iannetta All 48 Yevgen Sokolovskiy 1–5 Mike David Ortmann 6 Double T by MK1 Racing 47 Chevrolet Camaro Thomas Ferrando 3 Leonardo Colavita 4–6 The Club Motorsport 55 Chevrolet Camaro Fabrizio Armetta All 65 Riccardo Romagnoli All CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Gianmarco Ercoli All 56 Nicolò Rocca All 88 Max Lanza All Racingfuel Motorsport 58 Chevrolet Camaro Lucas Luhr 1 Christoph Lenz 2–3, 5–6 94 Bruno Staub 1 Constantin Kletzer 2 Yann Zimmer 4 Remo Lips 5 Team Japan NEEDS24 74 Toyota Camry Kenko Miura 5
EuroNASCAR 2 Team Body Style Race DriverRounds Academy Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Andrea Tronconi 1 Kasparas Vingilis 2–4 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Ford Mustang Kasparas Vingilis 1, 5–6 Arianna Casoli 2 5 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Vladimiros Tziortzis All RDV Competition 3 Chevrolet Camaro Ulysse Delsaux All Panasport 4 Chevrolet Camaro Yannick Panagiotis 1 Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 7 Ford Mustang Martin Doubek All 50 Ford Mustang Toyota Camry Liam Hezemans All Racers Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Paolo Valeri 1–4, 6 9 Dario Caso 3–4, 6 47 Leonardo Colavita 1–2 PK Carsport 11Chevrolet Camaro Christian Malcharek 5 24 Christian Malcharek 1–4, 6 SpeedHouse 14 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Arianna Casoli All 33 Ford Mustang Paul Jouffreau All 40 Matthias Hauer 1–2, 4–5 Néo Lambert 3, 6 64 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Eric Quintal All MK1 Racing Italia 16 Shadow DNM8 Ford Mustang Alfredo de Matteo 1 Claudio Remigio Cappelli 3, 6 17 Shadow DNM8 Francesco Garisto 1–2 Race Art Technology 18 Toyota Camry Claudio Remigio Cappelli 2, 4–5 Thomas Toffel 6 Team Bleekemolen 23 Ford Mustang Leevi Lintukanto 1 Tuomas Pöntinen 2–6 44 Janne Koikkalainen 1–5 69 Melvin de Groot 1–3, 5–6 Michael Bleekemolen 4 72 Chevrolet Camaro Michael Bleekemolen 1–3, 5–6 Not Only Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro Alina Loibnegger 1 Paolo Maria Silvestrini 3 36 Zoran Kastratović 6 89 Alberto Panebianco 1–3 90 Advait Deodhar 1–3 Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Patrick Schober All Buggyra ZM Racing 29 Ford Mustang Aliyyah Koloc 1–4 38 Yasmeen Koloc 1 Téo Calvet 1 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Miguel Gomes All 48 Yevgen Sokolovskiy 1–5 Hugo Sasse 6 Double T by MK1 Racing 47 Chevrolet Camaro Leonardo Colavita 3–6 The Club Motorsport 55 Chevrolet Camaro Roberto Benedetti 3 65 Roberto Benedetti All CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Luli del Castello All 56 Gil Linster All 88 Alberto "Naska" Fontana All Racingfuel Motorsport 58 Chevrolet Camaro Christoph Lenz 1, 5–6 Matthew Ellis 2–3 94 Roger Mettler 1 Alina Loibnegger All Team Japan NEEDS24 74 Toyota Camry Kenko Miura 5
EuroNASCAR Club Challenge Team Body Style Race DriverRounds Academy Motorsport 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Ford Mustang Federico Monti 1–4 5 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Vladimiros Tziortzis 4 PK Carsport 11 Chevrolet Camaro Christian Malcharek 4 24 Anthony Kumpen 4 SpeedHouse 14 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Arianna Casoli 2–4 33 Ford Mustang Paul Jouffreau 1–3 40 Néo Lambert 1–3 64 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Eric Quintal 1–3 Race Art Technology 18 Toyota Camry Giorgio Maggi 4 Not Only Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro Julian Vanheelen 1, 3 36 Vittorio Ghirelli 4 89 Eyvind Brynildsen 1 Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Julian Vanheelen 4 Buggyra ZM Racing 38 Ford Mustang Josef Machacek 1 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Andreas Kuchelbacher 1–4 48 Gordon Barnes 1–4 CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Luli del Castello 4 88 Alberto "Naska" Fontana 4 The Club Motorsport 55 Chevrolet Camaro Fabrizio Armetta 4 65 Roberto Benedetti 4 Team Bleekemolen 72 Chevrolet Camaro Thomas Dombrowski 2, 4 Racingfuel Motorsport 58 Chevrolet Camaro Christoph Lenz 1–2 Maximilian Mason 4 94 Roger Mettler 1 Mato Matosevic 2 Team Japan NEEDS24 74 Toyota Camry Kenko Miura 4
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Confirmed changes Drivers Frédéric Gabillon is scheduled to be returning to full-time competition in 2022 after only competing part-time in the 2021 season. Gabillon was due to compete full-time last season, but RDV Competition announced the withdrawal of Gabillon's entry on 20 September 2021 with preparation for the 2022 season being cited as one of the reasons of its withdrawal. On 3 November 2021, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series reveals that Loris Hezemans will not defend his title in 2022 as he moves to the United States to race in the NASCAR Cup Series with Team Hezeberg. His 2021 teammate and defending EuroNASCAR 2 champion Martin Doubek will replace Hezemans as the EuroNASCAR PRO driver of Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO's No. 7 car, marking his return as a full-time competitor in EuroNASCAR PRO. On 22 November 2021, Leonardo Colavita revealed through an interview with Leadlap that he will be racing full-time in the EuroNASCAR 2 division for 2022. Colavita previously competed part-time in both classes in 2021. Later on 24 February 2022, JTG Daugherty Racing announced that Colavita has received official support from the team and would drive the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro for Racers Motorsport. The following day, it was announced that Colavita will also compete full-time in the EuroNASCAR PRO division for the 2022 season. On 23 November 2021, it was announced that SpeedHouse will promote Paul Jouffreau to the EuroNASCAR 2 division in 2022 after one season in the EuroNASCAR Club Challenge division. Jouffreau, who signed a two-year contract extension with the team, will drive the No. 33 SpeedHouse car in EuroNASCAR 2. On 24 November 2021, it was announced that United Arab Emirates-born sisters Aliyyah and Yasmeen Koloc will make their full-time debuts in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for Buggyra ZM Racing. Aliyyah will be driving the No. 29 Ford Mustang while Yasmeen will drive the No. 38 Ford Mustang, both of whom will compete in both classes. Yasmeen was initially due to run the No. 47, but a number claiming dispute with Racers Motorsport led to Buggyra changing her car number to No. 38 as announced by the team on 8 March 2022. On 21 December 2021, CAAL Racing announced that the team have signed Gil Linster for a full-season campaign in EuroNASCAR 2 for 2022. This will mark Linster's third season with CAAL in EuroNASCAR, having previously raced with the team in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. On 22 December 2021, Thomas Krasonis announced that he will be receiving a promotion to the EuroNASCAR PRO class in 2022. Krasonis will maintain his seat at Academy Motorsport, although he will be transferred to the team's No. 1 car for the 2022 season. On 11 January 2022, Not Only Motorsport announced that Vittorio Ghirelli will be competing with the team full-time in 2022. Ghirelli previously drove for Not Only in the 2021 season's final round at Vallelunga, having previously drove for Hendriks Motorsport for most of the season before making the team switch. On 13 January 2022, Leadlap reveals that Solaris Motorsport has parted ways with Alina Loibnegger on mutual agreement due to sponsorship reasons. The announcement came after Loibnegger previously announced during an interview with Leadlap on 14 December 2021 that she will retain her EuroNASCAR 2 seat at Solaris. It's currently unknown on who will replace Loibnegger at Solaris, while NASCAR Whelen Euro Series' official social media accounts would later reveal on 20 February 2022 that Alina Loibnegger will join Not Only Motorsport for the 2022 season. It was subsequently reported through an exclusive interview with Leadlap that was published on 17 March 2022 that Loibnegger will drive the No. 25 Chevrolet Camaro for Not Only Motorsport in 2022. On 18 January 2022, CAAL Racing announced that Max Lanza will compete in the EuroNASCAR PRO class for the 2022 season with the team's No. 88 Camaro, replacing Alon Day who is set to make his return to PK Carsport. Lanza is thus scheduled to make his first EuroNASCAR PRO start since the 2019 season, where he competed part-time in the then-called Elite 1 class for The Club Motorsport. On 3 February 2022, it was announced that The Club Motorsport's owner-driver Fabrizio Armetta will be contesting the 2022 season full-time with the No. 55 Camaro fielded by his own team. This is scheduled to be Armetta's first full-time campaign in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series since 2014.