Barry Maessen (born November 12, 1976, in

Ysselsteyn Ysselsteyn is a village in the municipality of Venray in Limburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture. Ysselsteyn has an extensive hog raising industr ...

) is a Dutch racecar driver. Maessen is the son of BriSCA F1 racer, circuit developer and entrepreneur Harry Maessen. The Dutch driver will be the first Dutch racing driver in 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 ...

Racing career

Oval racing

After starting in

motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...

Maessen started his racing career in the Saloon stockcars and BriSCA F2. For the 2000 season the Dutch driver raced a

Peugeot 205 The Peugeot 205 is a four-passenger, front-engine, supermini ( B-segment) car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot over a sixteen-year production run from 1983 to 1999, over a single generation. Developed from ''Projet'' M24 and introduced on 2 ...

in the

Hot Rods Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed and acceleration. One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up and ma ...

class at the short oval of

Raceway Venray Raceway Venray, formerly known as Circuit de Peel, is a motorsport racing circuit in Venray, Netherlands. The track consists of a banked half mile oval with a flat quarter mile oval inside and features a karting track using portions of both along ...

. After winning the trackchampionship in 2001 Maessen switched to a

Peugeot 206 The Peugeot 206 is a supermini car (B-segment) designed and produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot since May 1998 as a replacement to the Peugeot 205. Developed under the codename ''T1'', it was released in September 1998 in hatchback for ...

for the 2002 season. The Dutch driver raced the Peugeot until 2008 when he switched to a

Volkswagen Corrado The Volkswagen Corrado is a compact four passenger (2+2), three door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive liftback coupe marketed by Volkswagen from 1988 until 1995, and manufactured by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany. Designed by Herbert Schäfer, ...

until 2012. The 2012 season proved to be Maessen's last season in the Hot rod class. As the "Circuit de Peel" was heavily renovated into the current

Maessen focussed on the half mile oval.

Circuit racing

Harry Maessen introduced the BRL V6 series for 2004 his son Barry joined the series racing one of the

Ford Mondeo The Ford Mondeo is a Mid-size/large family car, large (D-segment) car manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company, Ford since 1993 across five generations for model years 1993-2022. As Ford self-declared world car, the Mondeo was intended to ...

silhouettes. Maessen achieved many top ten finishes in the strong field. His first podium in the series came in 2010 when the class was included as a separate class in the

Dutch Supercar Challenge The Supercar Challenge is a motor racing series centered on the Benelux. A special feature is that touring cars, GTs and Sportscars can all participate on an equal basis within the same class, enabled by very open regulations. The championship was ...

. For 2011 and 2012 the BRL V6 raced at the renewed

. Maessen continued in the Dutch Supercar Challenge racing a Dodge Viper SRT10. With Van Berlo Racing Maessen won five races and won the GT class of the championship. After a partial season in 2013 Maessen joined Team Raceway Venray with their self developed Vicora V8. Maessen gave the car its maiden win at

Circuit Zolder The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlamen, is an undulating motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. History Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, ...

Stock car racing

With the introduction of the BRL V6 on the half mile oval at Raceway Venray Maessen joined the series and took two third places in the championship. The following seasons Maessen graduated into the LMV8 SuperCup late model stock car series. In the 2015 season the Dutch driver finished second in the championship. For 2016 Maessen joined the

Personal life

Barry Maessen graduated from the Hub van Doornecollege in 1993 studying auto engineering. Since April 2025 Barry is confirmed to be in a relationship with Dutch singer Sieneke.

Motorsport results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2

References

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