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The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the eleventh Racecar Euro Series season, and the seventh under the
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series The NASCAR Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series, Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series, and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's four international-sanctioned s ...
branding.
Alon Day Alon Day (; born November 4, 1991) is an Israeli professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Venturini Motorsports. Day is the first Israeli driver to compete in a ...
and
Ulysse Delsaux Ulysse Delsaux (born 22 September 1997) is a French professional racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 14 Ford Mustang for SpeedHouse Racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is a one-time champio ...
entered the season as the defending champion in the Elite 1 and Elite 2 category respectively, however Delsaux will not defend his title as he will move up to Elite 1 for the 2019 season. In the Elite 1 class,
Loris Hezemans Loris Hezemans (born 26 May 1997) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He last competed full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe, driving the No. 12 Audi R8 LMS GT3 for Comtoyou Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 ...
wins his first Elite 1 title, winning the championship by 49 points over
PK Carsport Pekaracing NV, competing as PK Carsport, is a racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as well as the Belcar, Belcar Trophy in conjunction with Russell Racing. The team has previously competed in other series such as ...
driver
Stienes Longin Stienes Longin (born 30 July 1991 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian professional racing driver. Longin currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for PK Carsport in the Elite 1 class and in Belc ...
. In the Elite 2 class, despite not starting every race of the season, Lasse Sørensen won the title after he scored 7 race wins and finishing in the podium in all but one of his 11 starts. Sørensen and Giorgio Maggi arrived to the final race of the season at
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with only one point separating them in the championship, and Sørensen would finish ahead of Maggi in the race to win the title by 9 points. Hendriks Motorsport, represented by the No. 50 team of Hezemans and Maggi, won the Team's Championship title by 112 points from
PK Carsport Pekaracing NV, competing as PK Carsport, is a racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as well as the Belcar, Belcar Trophy in conjunction with Russell Racing. The team has previously competed in other series such as ...
's No. 24 team.


Teams and drivers

NASCAR released the 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2019.


Elite 1


Elite 2

;Notes


Driver changes

*Former Cup Series driver,
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winner and
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champion
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is set to make his Euro Series debut for Go Fas Racing in the Elite 1 class, replacing
Romain Iannetta Romain Iannetta (born 27 November 1979 in Villecresnes) is a French racing driver who last competed in the GT4 European Series, driving the No. 77 Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo for Full Motorsport. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Seri ...
who switched teams to
Racing Engineering Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, where all car prep ...
. *
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's only female race winner
Ellen Lohr Ellen Lohr (born 12 April 1965 in Mönchengladbach) is a German race car driver. She currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class. She is one of Germany's mo ...
is set to make her Euro Series debut for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the Elite 1 class. She will drive the #99 car, which was driven by Advait Deodhar in the Elite 2 class last season. Deodhar himself will stay with the team as he will make his first full-season campaign in the Elite 2 class with the #66 team for the 2019 season. *
Justin Kunz Justin Kunz (born 11 July 1997, in Appenweier) is a German stock car racing driver who last competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro in the Elite 2 class. He previously competed in th ...
will make a switch from Racing Total to Dexwet-df1 Racing for 2019. *Defending Elite 2 champion
Ulysse Delsaux Ulysse Delsaux (born 22 September 1997) is a French professional racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 14 Ford Mustang for SpeedHouse Racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is a one-time champio ...
will move up to the Elite 1 class to drive the No. 36 RDV Competition entry, replacing
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who moved to Mishumotors to drive the No. 70 Camaro. *2016
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Cooper S Class champion Scott Jeffs will make his Euro Series for Braxx Racing in the Elite 2 class. He will partner with Alex Sedgwick in the No. 90 entry for the 2019 season. *Pierluigi Veronesi will make a switch from BVR Motorsport to Alex Caffi Motorsport for 2019. *Jesse Vartiainen is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut for Alex Caffi Motorsport in the No. 2 Elite 2 entry. He previously made an appearance at the
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round last season for Caffi. *Ben Creanor is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the No. 33 Elite 2 entry for Mishumotors. *
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, the owner of
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team
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, is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the No. 46 Elite 2 entry for Racing Total, replacing the departing
Justin Kunz Justin Kunz (born 11 July 1997, in Appenweier) is a German stock car racing driver who last competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for Dexwet-df1 Racing in the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro in the Elite 2 class. He previously competed in th ...
. *Martin Doubek will compete in both classes again for 2019 after competing in the Elite 1 class only in 2018. *Giorgio Maggi will move from
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to make his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Maggi will drive the No. 50 Elite 2 entry for Hendriks Motorsport. *Thomas Ferrando will switch teams to Alex Caffi Motorsport after Knauf Racing folded in the off-season. Ferrando will drive the No. 27 Elite 1 entry for the 2019 season. *2018
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champion Rubén García Jr. is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in the season opening round at Valencia as part of a driver exchange program between Euro Series and Mexico Series. *
Ander Vilariño Ander Vilariño Facal (born 6 November 1979 in Hondarribia) is a Spanish auto racing driver that is currently competing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 22 Chevrolet Camaro for DF1 Racing. Vilariño is one of the most succes ...
returns to the series after a three-year absence. He will drive
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's No. 48 car on a full-time basis. *
Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb (born June 12, 1973) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. She competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 10 truck for her own team, Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. She has als ...
is scheduled to compete for the majority of the season in the No. 10 Racing-Total car in the Elite 2 class. Due to a clash in schedule with the
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, Jo Cobb is currently not listed to take part in Franciacorta and Most, although she is currently in talks with the team for a chance to compete in all Euro Series races. *
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champion Ant Whorton-Eales is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut with the No. 46 Racing-Total team in Elite 1. *
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,
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, and Bert Longin was initially announced to share a ride in the No. 11
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car in Elite 2 for 2019. Freddy Nordström and Vittorio Ghirelli would also race for the No. 11 team at
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and Most respectively, while
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would be replaced by Barry Maessen on Albert's scheduled debut at
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. *Naveh Talor is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut with Solaris Motorsport in the Elite 2 class. *Fredrik Hemborg is scheduled to make his Euro Series debut in Memphis Racing's No. 77 Camaro. Hemborg will replace Guillaume Deflandre in the team's Elite 2 seat. *Henri Tuomaala and Ian Eric Wadén are scheduled to make their first full season Euro Series campaign in 2019 with the No. 23 Camaro of Memphis Racing. *
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driver and
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Rookie of the Year
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will make his Euro Series debut this season, driving
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's No. 48 Mustang in the Elite 2 class in conjunction with his part-time Truck Series effort. *Braxx Racing team owner Jerry de Weerdt will step down from the No. 78 Ford seat in the Elite 1 class to focus on his Elite 2 class campaign.
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will replace him in the No. 78 Elite 1 seat. *
Nicolò Rocca Nicolò Rocca (born 14th December 1993 in Turin.) is an Italian professional racing driver that competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving most recently the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro for CAAL Racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. His best res ...
is scheduled to make a return to full-time racing in 2019 with
PK Carsport Pekaracing NV, competing as PK Carsport, is a racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as well as the Belcar, Belcar Trophy in conjunction with Russell Racing. The team has previously competed in other series such as ...
. Rocca will replace
Anthony Kumpen Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as driver and team manager for PK Carsport in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the series, win ...
, who is currently suspended due to failing a drug test during the 2018
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. Partnering with Rocca in the No. 24 seat will be former
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driver Andre Castro, who will make his Euro Series debut this season. Kumpen himself would eventually move to a management role in PK Carsport as he currently works as the team manager for the Euro Series operations of the team.


Team changes

*Solaris Motorsport will field a car in the Elite 2 class for Israeli driver Naveh Talor in the 2019 season. They previously fielded the No. 12 car in the Elite 1 class only. *DF1 Racing's #99 car is set to run as a full-time team in 2019. The #99 car was run as a part-time Elite 2 class effort in 2018, with Advait Deodhar driving the car in
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and
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. *Team Bleekemolen will enter the championship with the No. 69 Mustang for father and son duo
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Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen (born 9 August 1978 in Haarlem) is a Dutch racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for the family-owned Team Bleekemolen in the No. 69 Ford Mustang in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. His bro ...
. The team also potentially will field a second car if the team can earn enough sponsorship money. *RDV Competition's No. 18 entry will be renumbered to the No. 36. In addition, the No. 36 entry will use a
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chassis instead of a
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chassis. * Alex Caffi Motorsport will expand into a three-car team with the addition of the #27 Mustang to the team after signing a collaboration deal with BVR Motorsport, who fielded the No. 27 team last season. *Hendriks Motorsport will expand into a two-car team with the addition of the No. 7 Mustang to the team for 2019. The No. 7 team was part of the Belgium Driver Academy team in the 2018 season. * CAAL Racing will downsize to a two-car team, shutting down the No. 44 and No. 56 team and adding the No. 31 team following a merger between CAAL and Race Art - Blu Mot, who fielded the No. 31 team in the 2018 season. *Former
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and
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team
Racing Engineering Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, where all car prep ...
will make their debut in the series. The team will field the No. 48 and No. 88 Mustang for the 2019 season. * Eric De Doncker's Motorsport 98 returns to the series after a one-year absence. *Memphis Racing will expand into a two-car team with the addition of the No. 23 Camaro. *Racers Motorsport will field a third entry with the No. 19 team for the 2019 season. They initially planned to field a third entry in 2018, but ultimately the team would field only two cars. *
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's Speedhouse 64 will make their debut in the series, fielding the No. 64 car for the 2019 season. *Braxx Racing will downsize from a three-car team into a two-car team after the team shut down the No. 91 entry. *Both
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and AmD Tuning entered a partnership with Racing-Total for the 2019 season. *Mishumotors' No. 70 team is set to run full-time in 2019 after the team ran part-time in 2018. * Knauf Racing did not submit an entry for the 2019 season. It is presumed that the team folded in the off-season.


Mid-season changes

*Starting from the rounds at
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, Lasse Sørensen will be driving for the No. 66 Dexwet-df1 Racing team in the Elite 2 class, replacing Advait Deodhar who moved to Speedhouse 64 for Franciacorta before switching teams again to CAAL Racing starting from
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onwards. *On May 14, it was announced that
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had parted ways from Dexwet-df1 Racing after the Saturday race at Franciacorta, citing personal issues as the cause of leave. *On May 18, it was announced that Racing-Total's NASCAR Whelen Euro Series operations will be rebranded to Marko Stipp Motorsport. Marko Stipp Motorsport will continue the partnership that Racing-Total had with AmD Tuning. *During the race week at Most, the No. 27 entry switched teams from Alex Caffi Motorsport to CAAL Racing for the rest of the season. On the same race week, Florian Venturi left Go Fas Racing citing a disagreement between him and team boss Alain Lord Mounir as the cause of leave as Vittorio Ghirelli switched teams from Racers Motorsport to
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, replacing Andre Castro in the No. 24 team starting from Venray. Castro would move to Marko Stipp Motorsport to drive in the No. 46 team for the rest of the season. *On July 16, it was announced that
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will field a third car for Dylan Derdaele and Pol van Pollaert for the final two race weeks of the season at
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and
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. Originally numbered #999, it was later changed to #98 when the Entry List for Hockenheim was released. *On July 22, it was announced that Guillaume Deflandre would make his Elite 1 debut for Dexwet-df1 Racing for the rounds at
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and
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and was currently working for a full-time return in the 2020 season.


Rule changes

*
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will replace
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as the official tire supplier on a six-year contract starting from 2019. *On 3 January 2019, NASCAR announced a series of Whelen Euro Series rule changes for 2019. **A maximum of 20 slick tires will be allocated to each driver for all qualifying and race session. Tires used during practice sessions and wet-weather tires will not be counted towards the 20 tire limit. **Teams will use a new three-way shock absorber that were developed by Team FJ. **A new rear spoiler design, made from transparent polycarbonate and steel, will be used. The new spoiler is also designed to give drivers better visibility. **An enhanced technical inspection process system, with support from NASCAR R&D Center, will be used on all races. **Elite 2's first qualifying session will have its time increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, while the time given at the Superpole qualifying session for Elite 2 weren't changed. All Elite 1 qualifying sessions will have the same amount of time as in previous seasons.


Schedule

NASCAR released the provisional calendar on 2 November 2018.


Elite 1


Elite 2


Calendar changes

*NASCAR Euro Series will expand its calendar by adding
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as the fourth round for the 2019 season. The races are scheduled to be held on 29 and 30 June. *
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returns to the series after being absent from the calendar in 2018. Unlike the previous events, only one race is going to be held for both classes, with a 75-lap Elite 2 race scheduled for 13 July while a 100-lap Elite 1 race is scheduled for the following day. The Elite 2 race was later shortened into a 70-lap race. *An All-Star event titled the "All-Star Time Attack" is initially scheduled to be held at a street circuit in the city of
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on 22 and 23 June. This was later revealed to be an exhibition event that will be run as part of the annual Chinon Classic car meet. *All Elite 1 races, with the exception of the Elite 1 Venray round, will have its total race distance increased by 15 kilometers.


Results


Elite 1


Elite 2


Standings

Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in
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, and
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, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final two races in
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and
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, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points. Should a driver competes in all 9 races between
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, then only the best 8 results of those 9 races were counted towards the Championship.


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. ^ – Most positions gained. ;Notes: *1 –
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received no championship points during the Most weekend. *2 – Eric De Doncker received 5 championship points despite being a non-starter. *3 – Julio Carayol Casas received 1 championship point for non-starting a race despite withdrawing from the Valencia race meeting.


Elite 2

( 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. ^ – Most positions gained. ;Notes: *1 – The points scored by Moreno di Silvestre at Franciacorta was initially credited to Meisam Taheri in the championship, despite Taheri didn't take part in any of the races at Franciacorta. This inaccuracy was later rectified at Hockenheim, where the points from Franciacorta were correctly credited to di Silvestre in the post-race point standings. *2 – Eric De Doncker and
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received 0 championship points despite being a non-starter.


Team's Championship (Top 15)


See also

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References

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