The 2023 NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race was the twelfth Sprint Race Brasil season, and the first under the NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race branding following NASCAR’s acquisition of the series in 2022. The season started on 19 March with the first round at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna in Goiânia and ended on 10 December with the second round at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo.
Three championships were contested for the 2023 season: Brazilian Championship, Overall and Special Edition. Despite only consisting of six out of the eight rounds held, the Brazilian Championship was recognized as its primary championship. The Brazilian Championship PRO division title won by the 2021 champions Júlio Campos and Léo Torres after Torres secured pole position in the points awarding Superpole session of the final round at Interlagos. The results from Qualifying also secured the PROAM division title for brothers Leonardo Reis and Rafael Reis, while a victory in his division on the penultimate race gave Henry Couto the AM championship title.
Léo Torres also clinched his first Overall title after winning the penultimate race, giving him an insurmountable amount of points to runner-up Vitor Genz. Guilherme Backes and Brendon Zonta was crowned as the Overall champions in the PROAM and AM divisions respectively. The Special Edition championship in the PRO, PROAM and AM divisions were respectively won by Vitor Genz and Rafael Dias, Guilherme Backes and Gabriel Casagrande, and rapper MC Gui.
Teams and drivers
All entries in the series are operated by Sprint Race. Two drivers may share driving duties and collect points for the same entry. All cars used a 3.6 L (3,600 cc) V6 engine and the car models represented are used for aesthetic purposes only.
PRO Body Style Race Driver Rounds Chevrolet Camaro 09 Arthur Gama 1–4, 7–8 2 Guga Lima 1–2 Marco Garcia 2 3 Alex Seid 5–6 11 Rafael Dias 1–4, 7–8 Leandro Martins 8 71 Valdeno Brito 6 Nathan Brito 6 88 Beto Monteiro All Alex Seid 1–4, 7–8 Kiko Porto 5 Celso Neto 6 Ford Mustang 1 Léo Torres All Júlio Campos 1–4, 7–8 26 Paul Tracy 6 27 Lucas Mendes All Rodrigo Sperafico 1–4, 7–8 46 Vitor Genz All Raphael Teixeira 1 Edgar Bueno Neto 2–4, 7–8 Rafael Dias 5–6 54 Diogo Moscato All
PROAM Body Style Race Driver Rounds Chevrolet Camaro 09 Arthur Gama 5–6 Célio Vinicius 5 Marcus Índio 6 2 Marco Garcia 4 4 Cayan Chianca 1–4, 7–8 Pedro Bürger 1–4 11 Rafael Dias 8 Leandro Martins 8 16 Antonio Junqueira 5–6, 8 28 Guilherme Backes 1–4, 7–8 43 Guilherme Backes 5–6 Gabriel Casagrande 5–6 57 Felipinho Tozzo All João Bortoluzzi All Lourenço Beirão All Giovani Girotto 1–5 Marco Garcia 6 Jeff Giassi 7–8 80 Rafael Seibel 1–4 Vinny Azevedo 5 Rodolpho Santos 5 87 Jorge Martelli All 90 Erick Schotten 7 Ford Mustang 13 Witold Ramasauskas 5–8 32 Leonardo Reis 1–4, 7–8 Rafael Reis 1–4, 7–8 63 Luís Trombini 6, 8 Zezinho Muggiati 8 98 Luan Lopes 1
AM Body Style Race Driver Rounds Chevrolet Camaro 12 Edson Reis All 31 Roberto Possas 1–4, 7–8 78 Leonardo Yoshii All Ford Mustang 00 Henry Couto 1–4, 7–8 08 Alexandre Kauê 1–5, 7–8 Fabio Gubert 2–8 Brendon Zonta All Rômulo Molinari 1–4, 7–8 Dorivaldo Gondra Jr. 5–6 42 Fernando Nakamura 1–4 59 Cassiano Lopes 1–4, 7–8 Dorivaldo Gondra Jr. 1–4, 7–8 77 Pedro Bezerra 5–6 98 MC Gui 2–8 Notes
Schedule The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 12 January 2023. All races of the 2023 season will be held on road courses, with the exception of the fifth round at Goiânia where it uses the track's External Circuit oval layout instead.
Round Track Date 1 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) (), Goiânia 19 March R2 2 R3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 30 April R4 3 R5 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina), Londrina 3 June R6 4 R7 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel 2 July R8 5 R9 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) (), Goiânia 30 July R10 R11 6 R12 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 10 September R13 R14 7 R15 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã, Viamão 15 October R16 8 R17 Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 10 December R18
Calendar changes
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul, which hosted the 2022 season opening round, was removed from the schedule due to the venue undergoing renovations. Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) will be hosting the season opening round in its place. Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel returned to the schedule after a single season of hiatus. On 7 June 2023, NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race announced that the second Autódromo José Carlos Pace round will now host the season finale on 10 December instead of the fifth round of the season. The schedule change was requested by the Municipality of São Paulo due to "the need to carry out a schedule of works" that needed to be done at Interlagos. The second round at Goiânia's Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, which was initially scheduled to host the final round on 19 November, will now host the fifth round of the season on 30 July.
Results Bold indicates overall winner.
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most Laps Led PRO winners PROAM Winners AM winners1 Goiânia Leonardo Reis Luan Lopes Leonardo Reis Arthur Gama Luan Lopes Rômulo Molinari2 Lourenço Beirão Arthur Gama Diogo Moscato Vitor Genz Rafael Reis Leonardo Yoshii3 Interlagos Guilherme Backes Arthur Gama Lourenço Beirão Léo Torres Lourenço Beirão Henry Couto4 Beto Monteiro Rafael Dias Júlio Campos Júlio Campos Leonardo Reis Henry Couto5 Londrina Léo Torres Jorge Martelli Léo Torres Léo Torres Jorge Martelli Henry Couto6 Vitor Genz Júlio Campos Júlio Campos Júlio Campos Leonardo Reis Henry Couto7 Cascavel Vitor Genz Edgard Bueno Neto Leonardo Reis Rafael Dias Rafael Dias Leonardo Reis MC Gui8 Rodrigo Sperafico Rafael Dias Rafael Dias Rafael Reis Leonardo Yoshii9 Goiânia Lucas Mendes Arthur Gama Kiko Porto Kiko Porto Arthur Gama MC Gui10 Alex Seid Vitor Genz Vitor Genz João Bortoluzzi Leonardo Yoshii11 Rafa Dias Léo Torres Diogo Moscato Antonio Junqueira Alexandre Kaue12 Velo Città Vitor Genz Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Jorge Martelli MC Gui13 Gabriel Casagrande Rafael Dias Rafael Dias Gabriel Casagrande Edson Reis14 Vitor Genz Gabriel Casagrande Vitor Genz Gabriel Casagrande Brendon Zonta15 Tarumã Arthur Gama Arthur Gama Arthur Gama Arthur Gama Cayan Chianca Henry Couto16 Júlio Campos Júlio Campos Vitor Genz Júlio Campos Cayan Chianca MC Gui17 Interlagos Léo Torres Arthur Gama Léo Torres Léo Torres Witold Ramasaukas Henry Couto18 Leonardo Reis Júlio Campos Júlio Campos Witold Ramasaukas Henry Couto Notes:
Standings Overall Points are awarded to the driver's entry. While the drivers from all classes would compete at the same time, they would only score points on their respective classes, nonetheless the exception is the special edition race 1 and 2 that scored based on the final result not taking into account the class position. If an entrant entered two drivers, then both drivers would earn points for their entry. Drivers must complete at least 75% of the race in order to be classified for points. Drivers are allowed to discard points from one Special Edition score and one Brazilian championship score towards their final tally in the overall standings.
Brazilian championship points
RacesPosition, points per race1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12thRaces & Superpole252016141210864321
Special edition points
RacesPosition, points per race1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th Race 1 & Race 2181716151413121110987654321Race 3 & Superpole252016141210864321 0 (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. S - Driver who started the race, if they were part of a two-driver entry. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - Superpole position. † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance. PosDriver GOI1 INT1 LON CAS GOI2 VEL TAR INT2 Points PRO 1 Léo TorresRetS192S11*S1333S221013*Ret2463S11*1S1 0 390 2 Vitor Genz201S9S882 S 61S15Ret4S1*S3Ret122 S176*S1068S 0 311 3 Alex Seid8S43S27S44320S75111537837S772S12 20 293 4 Diogo Moscato42*RetDNS387744621453121910454 10 281 5 Júlio CamposRet19S21*S11*S33S331 S111*S 0 280 6 Beto Monteiro84S32S74S43S2013DQRetSRet6117S77S7212S 12 264 7 Rafael Dias5 1454DNS1913*1*Ret413 SRet1S2S2DQ11POPO 0 259 8 Lucas MendesDQS663S47SRet6S231154Ret47Ret5SRet21415S 0 233 9 Arthur Gama12045RetRet25Ret1*2333 0 192 10 Edgar Bueno Neto 98S8S26115S 17S6106S8 0 153 11 Rodrigo SperaficoDQ6S6S34S7Ret62 S5RetS214S15 0 146 12 Valdeno Brito Ret3104S 0 41 Nathan Brito Ret3S10S4 13 Guga Lima7314RetS 039 14 Raphael Teixeira20S 1 0 35 15 Kiko Porto 1*3SDQSRet 0 34 16 Celso Neto Ret6S11S7 0 30 17 Marco Garcia 14SRet 0 8 PROAM 1 Guilherme BackesRet8151556147891SRetRet61S11717586 0 293 2 Lourenço Beirão1017S1*S1213RetS62S13102SRet9104RetS9S5S566S5 0 278 3 Leonardo Reis3*S586S63S51S5154SDNS223 S 12 246 Rafael Reis35S8S66S3515S15S4DNS2S23S 4 Felipinho Tozzo17S1113S119RetS857S122S35146S9Ret17S161717S 0 233 João Bortoluzzi1711S1311S9SRet85S71223S5S1469SRetS1716S17S17 5 Witold Ramasauskas 83765216898232 3 200 6 Jorge Martelli1910RetDNS251536Ret4DNSDNS23DNSRetRetRet2247 0 195 7 Cayan Chianca6RetS7S7Ret9SRet6S19231559 0 172 8 Giovani Girotto10S17112S13SRet6213S102RetS9S 0 158 9 Antonio Junqueira Ret542776651022 0 126 10 Gabriel Casagrande 91RetSRetS611 S1S 0 117 11 Pedro Bürger6SRet77SRetS9Ret619S 0 88 12 Rafael Seibel91811Ret11Ret12712 0 88 13 Jeff Giassi55S665S 0 82 14 Arthur Gama5*8S88S1355S10S 6 80 15 Marco Garcia Ret821104SRet9 0 50 16 Luís Trombini 158RetRetRet115S 0 46 17 Luan Lopes27 045 18 Célio Vinicius588S8 0 41 19 Zezinho Mugiiatti Ret1S15 0 35 20 Marcus Índio1355S10S 0 31 21 Vinny Azevedo1175DQS 0 30 Rodolpho Santos117S5SDQ 22 Rafael Dias97SRet 0 22 Leandro Martins97SRet 23 Erick Schotten 21Ret 0 8 AM 1 Brendon Zonta1115S16S131412SRet911S151RetRetS91SRet11S12S11131S19 0 302 2 Henry Couto12Ret1091010134109128310 0281 3 Edson Reis15161210121518716162911113121414Ret18213 3273 4 MC GuiRetDNSRet131011764121282141311914714 5 252 5 Léonardo Yoshii189DNSDNS17111129Ret3614124RetDNS13DQ16412 0 251 6 Fabio Gubert1718S19S14175S14145S13S7176151518S1412520S 3 216 7 Alexandre Kauê141317S181914S17514S145137S1814S125S20 0 212 8 Rômulo Molinari11S151613S14S12Ret9S111211S13119S 0 212 9 Dorivaldo Gondra Jr.1621S19S141518S193DNSS151SRetSRet91RetS11RetSRet19618S 0 208 10 Cassiano Lopes16S211914S15S18193SDNSRetRetS196S18 0 118 11 Roberto PossasRetDNS18171616DQ6DNS161520821 0 92 12 Fernando Nakamura1312Ret16181716818 0 90 13 Pedro Bezerra136141016513Ret 063 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Paul Tracy 1DQ16 -
Brazilian Championship Each drivers' worst score is dropped.