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2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the seventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the third under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding.

1. Circuit Ricardo Tormo

2. Raceway Venray

3. Brands Hatch

4. Tours Speedway

5. Autodromo dell'Umbria

6. Circuit Zolder

Locations of the European racing circuits

The Elite 1 championship was won for the third time in four years by Ander Vilariño in the No. 2 TFT Racing Chevrolet Camaro.^[1] He scored three victories during the season, and ultimately won the championship by 35 points ahead of CAAL Racing driver Alon Day, who also took three victories – coming at the final two meetings of the season, at Magione and Zolder – during his first season in the championship. Third place, 13 points further in arrears, was Vilariño's team-mate Romain Iannetta, who won a race at Brands Hatch. Three other drivers won races during the season; Nicolò Rocca was another three-time winner for CAAL Racing, but he finished down in ninth in the drivers' championship, while Eddie Cheever III and defending champion Anthony Kumpen won a race apiece at Valencia and Venray respectively. Rocca won the Race And Win Pole Award for scoring the highest number of pole positions with four; the other two poles went to Day.

The Elite 2 championship was won by Gianmarco Ercoli, who won four races driving his No. 9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro.^[2] Ercoli won the championship by 20 points ahead of Philipp Lietz, who won both races at Venray for GDL Racing. Third place in the championship – four points behind Lietz – went to Knauf Racing Team's Thomas Ferrando, who achieved three victories during 2015. The season's other race-winners finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the championship; Stienes Longin won at Tours Speedway for PK Carsport, Salvador Tineo Arroyo won at Magione for CAAL Racing and Dexwet Renauer Team's Florian Renauer was a race-winner at Brands Hatch.

Championship standings

At the final two meetings of the season, double points were awarded in each race.^[26]

Elite 1

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

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Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points
1	Ander Vilariño	2	1*	7	2	3	1	3	1*	2	5	6	6	662
2	Alon Day	9	19	11	9	10	3	4	8	1*	16	1*	1*	627
3	Romain Iannetta	20	5	3	3	1*	2*	15	6	10	2	5	5	614
4	Anthony Kumpen	5	3	16	1*	5	5	18	9	4	10	3	3	610
5	Eddie Cheever III	1*	4	6	5	4	9	6	7	19	18*	2	2	599
6	Frédéric Gabillon	18	2	2	4	2	16	2	2	14	3	16	4	587
7	Philipp Lietz	8	10	4	8	9	8	8	5	5	17	7	9	575
8	Florian Renauer	7	7	8	16	6	4	11	14	7	6	10	8	571
9	Nicolò Rocca	3	11	1*	7	18	22	1*	3	3	1	18	DNS	561
10	Wilfried Boucenna	13	6	10	6	21	19	14	10	6	11	9	7	545
11	Hugo Bec	10	16	17	10	13	13	10	11	9	13	11	12	519
12	Bert Longin	17	22	5	15	8	6	12	12	15	4	15	17	509
13	Dominic Tiroch	22	12	DNS	17	11	12	7	18	20	7	8	11	491
14	William Ayer, Jr.	15	20	15	DNS	17	14	16	16	11	14	14	15	457
15	Eric De Doncker	12	14	12	13	15	11	17	19	22	DNS	12	13	452
16	Freddy Nordström	16	17	9	11	12	10	9	13	8	12			394
17	Jerry De Weerdt	14	18			DNS	15	DNS	17	12	DNS	13	14	365
18	Fabrizio Armetta	21	13			7	24			17	9	17	16	344
19	Martin Doubek			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	DNS	10	227
20	Gianmarco Ercoli			14	DNS			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	207
21	Roberto Benedetti	11	23	DNS	12	14	18							159
22	Christian Malchárek			13	14					16	DNS			155
23	Mathias Lauda							5	4			22	DNS	147
24	Simone Monforte	24	15	18	DNS	19	21							139
25	Brandon Gdovic									18	8			124
26	Stéphane Sabates							20	DNS	21	DNS			124
27	Cesare Balistreri									13	15			120
28	Tim Verbergt											4	DNS	114
29	Renzo Calcinati							19	15					76
30	Borja García	4	9											75
31	Gianluca de Lorenzi											DNS	DNS	68
32	Christophe Bouchut	19	DNS			DNS	DNS							64
33	Domenico Schiattarella	6	21											61
34	Jeffrey Earnhardt					20	7							61
35	Nicolas Gaudin					16	17							56
36	Pierre Roché							13	20					55
37	Luke Wright	23	8											54
38	Michela Cerruti					22	20							46
	Thomas Ferrando	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	VAL		VEN		BRH		TOU		UMB		ZOL		Points

Elite 2

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

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[Kumpen-7] In the first race at Raceway Venray, Kumpen's Chevrolet chassis was damaged in a crash with Hugo Bec.^[6] For the second race, Kumpen competed in a Ford chassis.

[24] Santiago Cañizares competed in the Saturday race in Valencia, while Moisés Soriano competed in the Sunday race.

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Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Ander Vilariño^[3]	All
		TFT Racing	7	Romain Iannetta^[3]	All
		RDV Compétition	3	Frédéric Gabillon^[4]	All
		PK Carsport	11	Bert Longin^[5]	All
		PK Carsport	24	Anthony Kumpen^[5]	All^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Fabrizio Armetta^[7]	1–2, 5–6
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Roberto Benedetti^[8]	3–4
		Record News Racing	21	William Ayer, Jr.^[9]	All
		CAAL Racing	51	Eddie Cheever III^[10]	1–4
			54	Alon Day^[11]	All
			56	Nicolò Rocca^[10]	All
		Whelen – Amai.fr	55	Jeffrey Earnhardt^[8]	3
		Whelen – Amai.fr	55	Stéphane Sabates^[12]	4–5
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Christophe Bouchut^[13]	1–3
				Mathias Lauda^[12]	4, 6
				Christian Malchárek	5
			77	Luke Wright^[4]	1
				Stefan Oberndorfer^[14]	2
				Wilfried Boucenna^[8]	3
	Chevrolet Camaro	Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Domenico Schiattarella^[4]	1
				Fabrizio Armetta^[8]	3
				Cesare Balistreri^[15]	5
			9	Roberto Benedetti^[4]	1–2
				Michela Cerruti^[8]	3
				Fabrizio Armetta^[12]	4
				Gianmarco Ercoli	5–6
		Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Brandon Gdovic^[16]	5
		GDL Racing	68	Renzo Calcinati^[4]	1–4
		GDL Racing	99	Dominic Tiroch^[4]	All
		VTS 85	85	Nicolas Gaudin^[4]	1–4
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Simone Monforte^[4]	1–4
Ford	Ford Mustang	Active Racing Competition	1	Borja García^[17]	1–2
		Dasi Racing Team	4	Wilfried Boucenna^[4]	1–2
		TLC – Leclerc	4	Pierre Roché^[12]	4
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Florian Renauer^[18]	All
		Dexwet Renauer Team	15	Martin Doubek^[4]	2–6
		RDV Compétition	8	Hugo Bec^[19]	All
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando^[4]	1–3
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Wilfried Boucenna^[12]	4–6
		GDL Racing	44	Freddy Nordström^[4]	1–5
			67	Philipp Lietz^[4]	All
			87	Gianluca de Lorenzi^[20]	6
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt^[21]	All
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker^[4]	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Racing Club Partners	20	Tim Verbergt^[20]	6
Toyota	Toyota Camry	CAAL Racing	51	Eddie Cheever III^[10]	5–6

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	TFT Racing	2	Léonard Vernet^[4]	All
		TFT Racing	7	Sébastien Morales^[4]	1
		RDV Compétition	3	Ulysse Delsaux^[4]	All
		PK Carsport	11	Stienes Longin^[5]	All
			24	Martin Van Hove^[22]	1
				Maxime Dumarey^[14]	2–4, 6
				Bart Van Haeren^[15]	5
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Simone Laureti^[7]	1–4
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	12	Roberto Benedetti	5–6
		Record News Racing	21	Gabriela Prado Arantes^[9]	All
		CAAL Racing	51	Salvador Tineo Arroyo^[14]	2–4
			54	Carole Perrin^[4]	All
			56	Nicolò Rocca^[4]	1
				Guillaume Deflandre^[12]	4
				Leonardo Baccarelli^[15]	5–6
		Whelen – Amai.fr	55	Stéphane Sabates^[12]	4–5
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	66	Christian Malchárek^[13]	All
		DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	77	Guillaume Deflandre^[4]	1–3
	Chevrolet Camaro	Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Ruggero Melgrati^[8]	3–4
			6	Giovanni Altoè^[15]	5
			9	Gianmarco Ercoli^[4]	All
		Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Brandon Gdovic^[16]	5
		GDL Racing	68	Vittorio Bagnasco^[4]	1–3
			68	Arthur Lehouck^[12]	4
			99	Francesca Linossi^[4]	All
		VTS 85	85	Jack Gaudin^[4]	1–4
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Erika Monforte^[4]	1–4
Ford	Ford Mustang	Active Racing Competition	1	Salvador Tineo Arroyo^[17]	1
		Dasi Racing Team	4	Santiago Cañizares^[4]	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
				Moisés Soriano^[4]	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
				Eric Van de Vyver^[14]	2
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez^[8]	3
		TLC – Leclerc		Pierre Roché^[12]	4
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Florian Renauer^[4]	All
		Dexwet Renauer Team	15	Martin Doubek^[4]	2–6
		RDV Compétition	8	Didier Bec^[19]	All
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando^[23]	All
		GDL Racing	44	Nicki Petersen^[4]	1–4
			44	Guillaume Deflandre^[15]	5
			67	Philipp Lietz^[4]	All
			87	Guillaume Deflandre^[20]	6
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt^[21]	All
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker^[4]	All
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Racing Club Partners	20	Philippe Steveny^[20]	6
		RCP – Marc VDS	32	Denis Dupont^[24]	1
		CAAL Racing	51	Salvador Tineo Arroyo^[14]	5–6

Round		Race Title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia American Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	25 April	Florian Renauer	Philipp Lietz	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
1	R2	Valencia American Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	26 April	Philipp Lietz	Stienes Longin	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
2	R3	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	23 May	Philipp Lietz	Philipp Lietz	Philipp Lietz	Ford
2	R4	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	24 May	Philipp Lietz	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	Philipp Lietz	Ford
3	R5	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	6 June	Florian Renauer	Thomas Ferrando	Florian Renauer	Ford
3	R6	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	7 June	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
4	R7	Tours Motor Show	Tours Speedway, Tours	27 June	Guillaume Deflandre	Gianmarco Ercoli	Stienes Longin	Chevrolet
4	R8	Tours Motor Show	Tours Speedway, Tours	28 June	Gianmarco Ercoli	Thomas Ferrando	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
5	R9	Magione American Style	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	11 September	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
5	R10	Magione American Style	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	12 September	Thomas Ferrando	Philipp Lietz	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	Toyota
6	R11	American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	3 October	Gianmarco Ercoli	Gianmarco Ercoli	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet
6	R12	American Festival Circuit Zolder NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	4 October	Gianmarco Ercoli	Stienes Longin	Gianmarco Ercoli	Chevrolet

2015_NASCAR_Whelen_Euro_Series

2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division

Elite 2 Division

Schedule and results

Elite 1

Elite 2

Championship standings

Elite 1

Elite 2

See also

Notes

References

External links

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