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.

2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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Non-championship event:
Trofeo Angelo Caffi

1. Circuit Ricardo Tormo

2. Raceway Venray

3. Brands Hatch

4. Tours Speedway

5. Adria International Raceway

6. Circuit Zolder

Locations of the European racing circuits

Rules changes

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series presented a new technical package at the Circuit Zolder Finals on October 2, 2015.^[1] 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^[2] in a testing session at Fontenay Le Comte, France.

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	PK Carsport	11	Bert Longin[3]	All
			24	Anthony Kumpen[3]	All
			46	Brandon Gdovic[4]	1
		Raceway Venray	14	Barry Maessen[5]	2, 6
			21	Colin White[5]	2
				Maik Barten[6]	6
		Dexwet Renauer Team	26	Willy Gruber[7]	All
		Alex Caffi Motorsports	33	Renger van der Zande[6]	6
		CAAL Racing	44	Freddy Nordström[8]	All
			54	Alon Day[9]	All
			56	Nicolò Rocca[7]	All
		DF1 Racing	66	Mathias Lauda[10]	1–2
				William Ayer, Jr.[11]	3
				Freddie Hunt[12]	5
			88	Simone Monforte[7]	1–2
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Simone Monforte[12]	5–6
Ford	Ford Mustang	SPV Racing	1	Borja García[13]	1–4
				Roman Mavlanov	5
				Felipe Rabello[6]	6
			69	William Ayer, Jr.[13]	1
				Christian Malchárek	3
				Lars Lindberg	4
				Carlo Forte[12]	5
		RDV Compétition	3	Frédéric Gabillon[14]	All
			31	Ulysse Delsaux[14]	All
			47	Marconi de Abreu[7]	All
		Scuderia Giudici	4	Claudio Giudici[5]	2
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Florian Renauer[7]	1–3
				Martin Doubek	5–6
			15	Roman Mavlanov[7]	1
				Peter Gross[11]	3, 5–6
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Carlo Forte[7]	1–3
				Borja García[12]	5
			7	Riccardo Geltrude[7]	1–5
				Borja García[6]	6
			9	Gianmarco Ercoli[15]	All
			12	Gian Maria Gabbiani[16]	All
		Vict Motorsport	8	Dario Caso[17]	All
		Alex Caffi Motorsports	23	Alex Caffi[12]	5–6
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando[18]	All
			73	Wilfried Boucenna[18]	All
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt[19]	All
			90	Marc Goossens[19]	1–3, 5–6
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker[20]	1–3, 5–6

Elite 2 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	PK Carsport	11	Stienes Longin[3]	1–3, 5–6
			24	Gabriele Gardel[3]	All
			46	Christian Malchárek[3]	1
		Raceway Venray	14	Marko Stipp[5]	2, 6
			21	Maik Barten[5]	2
				Guillaume Deflandre[6]	6
		Dexwet Renauer Team	26	Willy Gruber[7]	All
		Alex Caffi Motorsports	33	Mirco Schultis[6]	6
		CAAL Racing	44	Justin Kunz[8]	All
			54	Salvador Tineo Arroyo[21]	All
			56	Guillaume Deflandre[7]	1–4
				Arianna Casoli[12]	5–6
		DF1 Racing	66	Freddie Hunt[7]	1–3, 6
				Guillaume Deflandre[12]	5
			88	Alexandre Guiod[7]	1
				Roman Mavlanov[5]	2–3
		Eurokart Racing Team	88	Erika Monforte[12]	5–6
Ford	Ford Mustang	SPV Racing	1	Shawn Paul Wakefield[13]	1–4
				Roman Mavlanov[12]	5–6
			69	Rayane Ait-Adjedjou[13]	1
				Christian Malchárek	3
				Lars Lindberg	4
				Shawn Paul Wakefield[12]	5–6
		RDV Compétition	3	Hugo Bec[14]	All
			31	Didier Bec[14]	All
			47	Marconi de Abreu[7]	All
		Scuderia Giudici	4	Claudio Giudici[5]	2
		Dexwet Renauer Team	5	Martin Doubek[7]	1–3, 5–6
			15	Roman Mavlanov[7]	1
				Peter Gross[11]	3, 5–6
		Double T by MRT Nocentini	6	Marco Spinelli[7]	1–2
				Erika Monforte	3
				Giovanni Altoè[12]	5
			7	Riccardo Geltrude[7]	All
			9	Simone Laureti[7]	All
			12	Renzo Calcinati[16]	All
		Vict Motorsport	8	Arianna Casoli[17]	1–4
				Dario Caso[12]	5–6
		PK Carsport	11	Stienes Longin	4
		Alex Caffi Motorsports	23	Mauro Serra[12]	5
				Luca Tosini[6]	6
		Knauf Racing Team	37	Thomas Ferrando[18]	All
			73	Paul Guiod[22]	All
		Brass Racing	78	Jerry De Weerdt[19]	All
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker[20]	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.^[23]

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 (Indy), 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

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

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 (Indy), 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

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

Standings

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

See also

• Sports portal

• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series