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Locations of the circuits scheduled to host a NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race in 2024

The 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the sixteenth Racecar Euro Series season, and the twelfth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season is scheduled to start on 13 April with the Valencia NASCAR Fest at Circuit Ricardo Tormo and will end on 13 October with the EuroNASCAR Finals at Circuit Zolder. Gianmarco Ercoli and Paul Jouffreau are the reigning champions in EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 respectively, although Jouffreau will not defend his title after he announced a full-time move to EuroNASCAR PRO. RDV Competition is the reigning Team's champion.

Teams and drivers

EuroNASCAR PRO

Team No. Body Style Race Driver Rounds
France RDV Competition 3 Ford Mustang France Paul Jouffreau[1] TBA
Italy Academy Motorsport 5 Chevrolet Camaro Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis[2][3] TBA
Netherlands Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Czech Republic Martin Doubek [cs][4] TBA
50 Toyota Camry Netherlands Liam Hezemans[5] TBA
United Kingdom Lux Motorsport[6] 21 Chevrolet Camaro TBA TBA
Italy Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang TBA TBA
France SpeedHouse Racing 33 Ford Mustang TBA TBA
Switzerland Race Art Technology 34 Chevrolet Camaro Switzerland Thomas Toffel[7] TBA
Germany Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Greece Thomas Krasonis[8] TBA
Italy CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Italy Gianmarco Ercoli[9] TBA
88 Italy Max Lanza[10] TBA
Netherlands Race Planet Team Bleekemolen[11][12] 66 TBA France Thomas Dombrowski[13] TBA
69 Toyota Camry Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[11][12] TBA
Germany Bremotion 99 Chevrolet Camaro TBA TBA

EuroNASCAR 2

Team No. Body Style Race Driver Rounds
France RDV Competition 3 Ford Mustang TBA TBA
Italy Academy Motorsport 5 Chevrolet Camaro Italy Claudio Remigio Cappelli[14] TBA
Netherlands Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Czech Republic Martin Doubek [cs][4] TBA
50 Toyota Camry Luxembourg Gil Linster[15] TBA
United Kingdom Lux Motorsport[6] 21 Chevrolet Camaro United Kingdom Jack Davidson[6] TBA
Italy Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Italy Simone Giussani[16] TBA
France SpeedHouse Racing 33 Ford Mustang France Florian Richard[17] TBA
Switzerland Race Art Technology 34 Chevrolet Camaro Switzerland Thomas Toffel[7] TBA
Germany Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Greece Thomas Krasonis[8] TBA
Italy CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Belgium Sven van Laere[18][19] TBA
88 TBA TBA
Netherlands Race Planet Team Bleekemolen[11][12] 66 TBA France Thomas Dombrowski[13] TBA
69 Toyota Camry Netherlands Melvin de Groot[11][12] TBA
Germany Bremotion 99 Chevrolet Camaro Germany Dominique Schaak[20][21][22] TBA

EuroNASCAR Club Challenge

Team No. Body Style Race Driver Rounds
Switzerland Race Art Technology 34 Chevrolet Camaro Switzerland Edouard Fatio[7] TBA

Confirmed changes

Drivers

  • On 30 October 2023, it was announced that reigning EuroNASCAR 2 champion Paul Jouffreau will be stepping up to the EuroNASCAR PRO division for the full season in 2024. Jouffreau competed part-time in EuroNASCAR PRO in 2023, winning two races and finishing ninth in the standings.[1]
  • On 2 December 2023, Dominique Schaak announced that he will be making his first full-season appearance in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He is set to compete with Bremotion's #99 Chevrolet Camaro in EuroNASCAR 2, having previously made his series debut with the same team at Oschersleben last year.[20][22]
  • On 9 December 2023, Thomas Krasonis announced that he will be racing with Marko Stipp Motorsport in both classes for 2024. He raced in EuroNASCAR PRO only during the 2023 season.[8]
  • On 13 January 2024, it was revealed that Jack Davidson will be switching teams from Marko Stipp Motorsport to his family-owned team Lux Motorsport for the 2024 season. Lux is currently looking for a driver to accompany Davidson as his EuroNASCAR PRO teammate in the No. 21 team.[6]
  • On 29 January 2024, it was announced that Claudio Remigio Cappelli will be switching teams from Race Art Technology to Academy Motorsport, becoming the new EuroNASCAR 2 driver for Academy's No. 5 team.[14]
  • On 30 January 2024, CAAL Racing announced that Sven van Laere will be switching teams to the No. 54 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2024 season, replacing Alberto Naska whose status is currently unknown.[18][19]
  • On 1 February 2024, reigning Legend Cars Italia champion Simone Giussani was announced to be the new EuroNASCAR 2 driver of Double V Racing for the 2024 season.[16]
  • On 3 February 2024, SpeedHouse Racing announced that Florian Richard, who finished runner-up in EuroNASCAR Club Challenge in 2023, will be promoted to EuroNASCAR 2 as the driver of the No. 33 Ford Mustang.[17]

Teams

  • On 13 January 2024, Lux Motorsport announced that they will be entering NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, fielding the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from GTOmega. Lux previously competed in Mini Challenge UK from 2019 to 2022.[6]
  • Team Bleekemolen will incorporate Race Planet, a driving experience company owned by the Bleekemolen family that has been sponsoring the team since their debut season in 2019, into their entry name. The team will be officially listed as Race Planet Team Bleekemolen for the season. Team Bleekemolen's No. 69 team is also set to be running the Toyota Camry body model instead of the Ford Mustang.[11]
  • Academy Motorsport plans to be running the Chevrolet Camaro body for the No. 5 team instead of the EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 body that had been used since 2021.[14]
  • SpeedHouse Racing will be bringing back the No. 33 team for the 2024 season. The No. 33 team didn't enter a single race in 2023 despite being listed in the season preliminary Entry List.

Schedule

The provisional calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 11 October 2023.[23]

EuroNASCAR PRO

Round Race Title Track Date
1 R1 NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 13 April
R2 14 April
2 R3 NASCAR GP Italy – American Festival of Rome Italy Autodromo Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma 18 May
R4 19 May
3 R5 NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest 11, Powered by Lucas Oil[24] United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), West Kingsdown 8 June
R6 9 June
4 R7 NASCAR Oval GP Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 30 June
5 R8 NASCAR GP Czech Republic Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 31 August
R9 1 September
6 R10 EuroNASCAR Semi-Finals – NASCAR GP Germany Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 21 September
R11 22 September
7 R12 EuroNASCAR Finals – NASCAR GP Belgium Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 12 October
R13 13 October
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

EuroNASCAR 2

Round Race Title Track Date
1 R1 NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 13 April
R2 14 April
2 R3 NASCAR GP Italy – American Festival of Rome Italy Autodromo Vallelunga, Campagnano di Roma 18 May
R4 19 May
3 R5 NASCAR GP UK – American SpeedFest 11, Powered by Lucas Oil[24] United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), West Kingsdown 8 June
R6 9 June
4 R7 NASCAR Oval GP Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 29 June
5 R8 NASCAR GP Czech Republic Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 31 August
R9 1 September
6 R10 EuroNASCAR Semi-Finals – NASCAR GP Germany Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 21 September
R11 22 September
7 R12 EuroNASCAR Finals – NASCAR GP Belgium Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 12 October
R13 13 October
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Calendar changes

  • Raceway Venray returns to the schedule after a four-year absence. The 1/2-mile oval is set to host the fourth round of the season on 29-30 June. It was originally announced to be a doubleheader race, but a schedule update in February 2024 revealed that the round will only consist of one race per class similar to the 2019 event.[25][26]
  • NASCAR GP Italy and NASCAR GP UK swapped dates, with the round at Vallelunga now hosting the second round instead of the third.
  • EuroNASCAR's Playoffs will be expanded into a two-round format for the first time since 2019. The rounds at Oschersleben and Zolder will host the series' double-points paying rounds. Despite this, the driver's championship retains the system used in the previous three seasons where only the best 8 results from the first 10 races will count towards the final standings alongside all results from the double-points races.

Rule changes

  • On 31 January 2024, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series announced that the current generation of cars will be receiving a 2024 Evo package that will be put into use starting from the season opening round at Valencia. The Evo package were made to improve drivability and driver comfort, with the following changes being implemented.[27]
    • The front spindle has been modified to provide a better steering geometry angle.
    • A new three-point caliper brackets will be introduced to provide a stronger fitting for the brakes.
    • A new rear spring package is added to improve acceleration and traction on cornering.
    • A rally-inspired roof scoop made out of carbon fiber and a set of hood louvers will be introduced to improve cooling for both driver and the car. These changes were made to address concerns from series competitors after they encountered problems with excess heat being maintained inside the car during the 2023 NASCAR GP Italy at Vallelunga, which was highly affected by high summer temperatures in Italy.
    • A speed limiter system will be added to better control speeds on pit lane and during Full Course Yellow situations.
    • The Ford Mustang body style will receive a facelift to better match the seventh-generation Ford Mustang Dark Horse model that is currently in production.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "PAUL JOUFFREAU AND RDV COMPETITION TO CONTINUE THEIR EURONASCAR FAIRYTALE". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ "VLADIMIROS TZIORTZIS RETURNS TO ACADEMY / ALEX CAFFI MOTORSPORT". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Tziortzis aims for title and passport to American NASCAR". cyprus-mail.com. Cyprus Mail. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "FORMER EURONASCAR 2 CHAMPION MARTIN DOUBEK READY TO CELEBRATE HIS TENTH NWES SEASON". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Liam Hezemans returns to Hendriks Motorsport for EuroNASCAR PRO campaign". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Davidson family forms new EuroNASCAR team Lux Motorsport". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Race Art Technology confirms Thomas Toffel and Edouard Fatio". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Thomas Krasonis to compete in EuroNASCAR Pro and EuroNASCAR 2 with Marko Stipp Motorsport in 2024". thomaskrasonis.com. Thomas Krasonis Racing. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "EuroNASCAR PRO Champion Gianmarco Ercoli set for title defense with CAAL Racing". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Max Lanza confermato tra i professionisti della EuroNASCAR anche nel 2024" [Max Lanza confirmed among EuroNASCAR professionals again in 2024]. maxlanzadriver.com (in Italian). Max Lanza. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Sebastiaan Bleekemolen and Melvin de Groot set to team up again for 2024". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "Sebastiaan Bleekemolen ook komend seizoen te bewonderen in de NASCAR Whelen Euro Series" [Sebastiaan Bleekemolen also to be admired next season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series]. raceplanet.nl (in Dutch). Bleekemolen's Race Planet. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b "French youngster Thomas Dombrowski returns to Race Planet Team Bleekemolen". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  14. ^ a b c "Academy / Alex Caffi Motorsports signs Claudio Cappelli for the 2024 NWES season". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Hendriks Motorsport prepares title run with Gil Linster in EuroNASCAR 2". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Double V Racing signs newcomer Simone Giussani for EuroNASCAR 2". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  17. ^ a b "SPEEDHOUSE announce new rising star Florian RICHARD". allspeedhouse.com. SpeedHouse Racing. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Sven Van Laere klaar voor een nieuw seizoen in de NASCAR Whelen Euro Series" [Sven Van Laere ready for a new season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series]. autosport.be (in Dutch). Autosport.be. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Sven van Laere returns to CAAL Racing for the 2024 NWES season". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  20. ^ a b "DOMINIQUE SCHAAK JOINS BREMOTION FOR FIRST FULL EURONASCAR SEASON". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Erste volle EuroNASCAR-Saison: Dominique Schaak heuert für 2024 bei Bremotion an" [First full EuroNASCAR season: Dominique Schaak joins Bremotion for 2024]. leadlap.de (in German). Leadlap. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Dominique Schaak fährt für Bremotion in der EuroNASCAR 2024" [Dominique Schaak drives for Bremotion in EuroNASCAR 2024]. bremotion.de (in German). Bremotion Sport Marketing GmbH. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  23. ^ "THE 2024 EURONASCAR CALENDAR IS HERE!". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  24. ^ a b "American SpeedFest and US AutoShow to be powered by Lucas Oil until 2025". brandshatch.co.uk. MotorSport Vision. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  25. ^ "2024 EURONASCAR PRO SCHEDULE & TICKETS". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  26. ^ "2024 EURONASCAR 2 SCHEDULE & TICKETS". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  27. ^ "EuroNASCAR Management Group announces 2024 evo package for the EuroNASCAR car". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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