2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the ninth Racecar Euro Series season, and the fifth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Anthony Kumpen enters the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 class. Stienes Longin entered the season as the defending Elite 2 champion, but he will not defend his title as he moved up to the Elite 1 class.

2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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Non-championship event:
Trofeo Angelo Caffi

1. Circuit Ricardo Tormo

2. Brands Hatch

3. Raceway Venray

4. Hockenheimring

5. Autodromo di Franciacorta

6. Circuit Zolder

Locations of the European racing circuits

Alon Day (pictured in 2013) won his first Euro Series title in 2017.

In the Elite 1 class, Alon Day won his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 53 points over Anthony Kumpen. In the Elite 2 class, Thomas Ferrando won his first Elite 2 title, finishing ahead of PK Carsport's Guillaume Dumarey by 91 points. Knauf Racing, represented by the No. 37 team, won their first (and only) team's championship title.

The season also included one non-championship event, the Trofeo Angelo Caffi, which was held at a temporary track that were laid down for the 2017 Bologna Motor Show and was won by Lorenzo Marcucci.

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division

The car of Elite 1 title defender Anthony Kumpen in 2017.

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	PK Carsport[1]	11	Stienes Longin[1]	All
			24	Anthony Kumpen[1]	All
		Mishumotors	33	Mirco Schultis[2]	1
				Bruno Junqueira[3]	2
				Dominik Farnbacher[4]	4
				Lucas Lasserre[5]	5–6
			70	Patrick Simon[2]	1, 4
				Alex Kapadia[3]	2
				Mirco Schultis[5]	5–6[a]
				Nicki Petersen	5–6[a]
		CAAL Racing	44	Freddy Nordström[2]	All
			54	Alon Day[2]	All
			56	Salvador Tineo Arroyo[2]	All
		Racing-Total	46	Marko Stipp[3]	2–4, 6
		DF1 Racing	66	Christophe Bouchut[2]	1–5
Ford	Ford Mustang	Alex Caffi Motorsport	1	Borja García[2]	1
				Bobby Labonte[3]	2
				Carmen Boix Gil[6]	3
				Eric Van de Vyver[4]	4
				Nicola Larini[5]	5
				Francesco Parli	6
			27	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[4]	4
				Éric Hélary	6
		RDV Compétition	3	Frédéric Gabillon[2]	All
			28	Meisam Taheri	6
			31	Hugo Bec	5
				Didier Bec	6
		Scuderia Giudici	4	Claudio Giudici[2]	1–2, 5
		Renauer Motorsport	5	Martin Doubek[2]	1–2, 4, 6
		Racers Motorsport	7	Alessandro Ciompi[2]	1
				Borja García[3]	2–6
			8	Dario Caso[2]	All
			9	Gianmarco Ercoli[2]	All
		MRT by Nocentini	12	Renzo Calcinati[5]	5
		Dog Racing	14	Carlo Alberto Forte[2]	1
			77	Meisam Taheri[3]	2–5
			95	Lucas Lasserre[2]	1, 4
		Knauf Racing	37	Thomas Ferrando[2]	All
			73	Wilfried Boucenna[2]	All
		The Club Motorsports	41	Fabrizio Armetta[4]	4–6
		Braxx Racing[7]	78	Jerry De Weerdt[7]	1–3, 5–6
			90	Marc Goossens[3]	2–3, 5–6
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker[2]	1, 4
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Alex Caffi Motorsport	2	Rodolfo González[2]	1–2
				Kenko Miura[6]	3–4, 6[b]
				Carlo Alberto Forte[4]	4–5[b]
		RDV Compétition Brazil	47	Marconi Abreu[2]	All

Elite 2 Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	PK Carsport[1]	11	Justin Kunz[1]	All
			24	Guillaume Dumarey[1]	All
		Mishumotors	33	Günther Deutsch[2]	1
				Roger Bromiley[3]	2
				Nicki Petersen[5]	5–6
			70	Mirco Schultis[2]	1–2, 4–6
		CAAL Racing	44	Gil Linster[2]	All
			54	Arianna Casoli[2]	All
			56	Felipe Rabello[2]	All
		Racing-Total	46	Carmen Boix Gil[3]	2
				Marko Stipp[6]	3
				Nicki Petersen[4]	4
				Guillaume Deflandre	6
		DF1 Racing	66	Maciej Dreszer[2]	1–5
Ford	Ford Mustang	Alex Caffi Motorsport	1	Carmen Boix Gil[2]	1, 3–6
			27	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[4]	4
				Pierre-Yves Rosoux	6
		RDV Compétition	3	Ulysse Delsaux[2]	All
			28	Meisam Taheri	6
			31	Didier Bec[5]	5
				Hugo Bec	6
		Scuderia Giudici	4	Andrea Perlini[2]	1–2
				Claudio Giudici[5]	5
		Renauer Motorsport	5	Martin Doubek[2]	1–2, 4, 6
		Racers Motorsport	7	Simone Laureti[2]	All
			8	Dario Caso[2]	All
			9	Gianmarco Ercoli	1
				Marco Spinelli[5]	5
				Maciej Dreszer	6
		MRT by Nocentini	12	Renzo Calcinati[5]	5
		Dog Racing	14	Evan Pichard Arnaud[2]	1
			77	Meisam Taheri[3]	2–5
			95	Meisam Taheri[2]	1
				Evan Pichard Arnaud[3]	2, 4
		Knauf Racing	37	Thomas Ferrando[2]	All
			73	Paul Guiod[2]	All
		The Club Motorsports	41	Roberto Benedetti[4]	4–6
		Braxx Racing[7]	78	Jerry De Weerdt[7]	1–3, 5–6
		Motorsport 98	98	Eric De Doncker[2]	1, 4
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Alex Caffi Motorsport	2	Kenko Miura[2]	1, 3–4, 6
				Yuya Sakamoto[3]	2
				Denny Zardo[5]	5
		RDV Compétition Brazil	47	Marconi Abreu[2]	All

Elite Club Division

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Chevrolet SS	Gruber Racing	26	Willy Gruber[2]	1
		DF1 Racing	66	Deo Alves[2]	1
Ford	Ford Mustang	Alex Caffi Motorsport	1	Eric Muet[2]	1
		Renauer Motorsport	5	Andreas Kuchelbacher[2]	1
		Dog Racing	14	Marcelo Silva[2]	1
			95	Alfredo Cardoso[2]	1
		RDV Compétition	31	Yann Schar[2]	1
Toyota	Toyota Camry	Alex Caffi Motorsport	2	Luciano Carcheri[2]	1

Team changes

• PK Carsports's Elite 1 driver Bert Longin left the series after three seasons to focus on his European Le Mans Series and Belcar campaigns. His seat was filled by his son Stienes who won the Elite 2 championship in 2016. In the Elite 2 class, Guillaume Dumarey joines the series.^[1]
• Brass Racing was forced to make a name change. As the name was EU registered by another company, the racing team is now called "Braxx Racing" for 2017.^[7]
• German endurance racing team Mishumotors made their NASCAR Euro Series debut in 2017.^[2]

Notes

1. Mirco Schultis competed in the Saturday race at Zolder, while Nicki Petersen competed in the Sunday race.
2. Carlo Alberto Forte competed in the Saturday race, while Kenko Miura competed in the Sunday race.

Schedule and results

Calendar changes

• Raceway Venray announced its date on October 25, switching from the Pinkster weekend (June 2 through 4th in 2017) to an entirely new date on 15th and 16 July, held in conjunction with the LMV8 Eurocup.^[8]
• Tours Speedway will not return to the schedule for 2017 after being a staple of the series for five consecutive seasons and the first oval the series visited.^[8]
• The series returns to Germany during the last weekend of July using the National Circuit at the Hockenheimring.^[9]
• Franciacorta has replaced Adria as the host for the Semi-Finals.^[10]

Elite 1

Round		Race Title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer
1	R1	Valencia NASCAR Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	8 April	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Ford
	R2			9 April	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Ford
2	R3	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	10 June	Anthony Kumpen	Anthony Kumpen	Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet
	R4			11 June	Anthony Kumpen	Frédéric Gabillon	Alon Day	Chevrolet
3	R5	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	15 July	Anthony Kumpen	Borja García	Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet
	R6			16 July	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Ford
4	R7	American Fan Fest	Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim	29 July	Alon Day	Alon Day	Borja García	Ford
	R8			30 July	Alon Day	Anthony Kumpen	Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet
5	R9	American NASCAR Weekend	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	16 September	Frédéric Gabillon	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet
	R10			17 September	Alon Day	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet
6	R11	American Festival NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	14 October	Alon Day	Alon Day	Alon Day	Chevrolet
	R12			15 October	Alon Day	Marc Goossens	Marc Goossens	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, Cheste	8 April	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R2			9 April	Thomas Ferrando	Ulysse Delsaux	Ulysse Delsaux	Ford
2	R3	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	10 June	Guillaume Dumarey	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R4			11 June	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
3	R5	Autospeedway American Style	Raceway Venray, Venray	15 July	Guillaume Dumarey	Felipe Rabello	Felipe Rabello	Chevrolet
	R6			16 July	Felipe Rabello	Ulysse Delsaux	Felipe Rabello	Chevrolet
4	R7	American Fan Fest	Hockenheimring (National), Hockenheim	29 July	Ulysse Delsaux	Felipe Rabello	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R8			30 July	Felipe Rabello	Ulysse Delsaux	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
5	R9	American NASCAR Weekend	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	16 September	Ulysse Delsaux	Denny Zardo	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R10			17 September	Denny Zardo	Thomas Ferrando	Denny Zardo	Toyota
6	R11	American Festival NASCAR Finals	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	14 October	Thomas Ferrando	Guillaume Dumarey	Thomas Ferrando	Ford
	R12			15 October	Guillaume Dumarey	Thomas Ferrando	Guillaume Deflandre	Chevrolet

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course

Standings

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Elite 1

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led.

Pos	Driver	VAL		BRH		VEN		HOC		FRA		ZOL		Points
1	Alon Day	20	3	3	1*	3	5	4	2	1*	1*	1*	4	661
2	Anthony Kumpen	23	4	1*	7	1*	2	2	1*	6	16	3	3	609
3	Borja García	1*	1*	2	9	2	1*	1*	6	9	15	6	6	600
4	Frédéric Gabillon	14	2	22	2	11	8	3	3	2	4	4	2	596
5	Stienes Longin	2	19	7	22	8	3	7	7	5	3	5	5	569
6	Salvador Tineo Arroyo	2	19	7	22	8	3	7	7	5	3	5	5	557
7	Gianmarco Ercoli	9	15	5	6	DNS	6	6	8	7	6	11	11	535
8	Thomas Ferrando	6	7	6	5	5	16	8	12	8	5	9	14	531
9	Wilfried Boucenna	5	10	16	20	12	13	9	9	10	20	12	10	492
10	Marc Goossens			4	3	13	7			3	2	2	1*	491
11	Marconi Abreu	13	12	21	15	6	10	11	13	15	8	23	23	454
12	Freddy Nordström	7	9	17	8	14	11	19	10	19	DNS	8	21	439
13	Dario Caso	19	16	18	19	Wth	15	14	20	13	21	17	12	430
14	Jerry De Weerdt	17	13	23	14	7	12			18	17	16	18	408
15	Meisam Taheri			19	17			13	22			22	20	392
16	Lucas Lasserre	8	DNS					23	17	4	18	7	7	386
17	Christophe Bouchut	3	5	8	23	Wth	17	21	5	16	11			357
18	Marko Stipp			20	13	15	9	12	19			18	13	295
19	Martin Doubek	16	DNS	13	12			24	16			13	15	276
20	Fabrizio Armetta							22	23	22	22	15	24	247
21	Carlo Alberto Forte	21	18					17	DNS		14			192
22	Rodolfo González	11	8	15	11									187
23	Hugo Bec									17	10			170
24	Claudio Giudice	18	17	12	16					DNS	DNS			136
25	Kenko Miura					9	DNS	DNS	18			19	17	130
26	Nicki Petersen									14	12		16	124
27	Patrick Simon	10	11					20	14					121
28	Renzo Calcinati									20	9			118
29	Nicola Larini									11	19			116
30	Mirco Schultis	15	14									DNS	Wth	87
30	Eric De Doncker	12	DNS					16	24					87
32	Bobby Labonte			14	10									64
32	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer							10	15					64
34	Alex Kapadia			10	18									61
35	Éric Hélary											14	9	60
36	Dominik Farnbacher							18	11					59
37	Bruno Junqueira			11	21									57
38	Eric van de Vyver							15	21					53
39	Francesco Parli											21	22	46
40	Alessandro Ciompi	22	DNS											38

See also

• Sports portal

• 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
• 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series