2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season

The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season was the sixth Racecar Euro Series season, and the second under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season consisted of six meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 12 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and ending on 12 October at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

The Elite division title went down to the final race of the season, and was ultimately decided in favour of PK Carsport driver Anthony Kumpen, by just a single point. Kumpen only won one race during the season, coming at the final race weekend, but with top-ten finishes in each of the season's races, it allowed him to just fend off the defending champion Ander Vilariño of TFT Racing. Vilariño won the most races during the season with four and took the most podium finishes with nine, but lost the title due to the series' double points system that was in effect for the final two events of the season. Third place in the championship went to CAAL Racing's Eddie Cheever III, who took three wins during the season. A total of seven drivers won races in the division during the season, which set a new series record. Aside from the top trio in the championship, Yann Zimmer won at Valencia, Borja García and Frédéric Gabillon both won at the Nürburgring, while Mathias Lauda won a race at Tours Speedway, the series' first race to be held in wet conditions at an oval.

In the Elite 2 class, the championship battle was won by another PK Carsport driver as Maxime Dumarey sealed the title with a fifth place finish in the final race of the season. Dumarey finished outside the top ten on only one occasion, and achieved a single victory during the season, coming at Magione. Finishing in the runner-up position, seven points adrift of Dumarey, was Renauer Motorsport's Philipp Lietz, who like Dumarey, only finished outside the top ten on one occasion. Lietz won the other race to be held at Magione, and moved ahead of Thomas Ferrando (OverDrive) in the standings, after Ferrando was forced to retire from the final Le Mans race. Ferrando was a double winner during the season, winning both races at the Nürburgring. Eight drivers won races during the season, with no driver winning more than two races. Neal Van Vaerenbergh (Valencia), Wilfred Boucenna (Brands Hatch) and Denis Dupont (Tours) were other double winners, with the remaining race wins taken by Guillaume Rousseau and Gabriele Gardel, at Le Mans.

With championship titles in both classes, PK Carsport were comfortable winners of the teams' championship, which counted points as a whole from both classes. PK Carsport finished 135 points clear of their nearest contenders, TFT – Banco Santander.

Teams and drivers

Elite Division

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	TFT Racing	Chevrolet SS	2	Ander Vilariño	All
			7	Anthony Gandon	All
	Events4you by Nocentini	Chevrolet Camaro	6	Fabrizio Del Monte	1
				Marco Spinelli	4–6
	RDV Compétition	Chevrolet SS	10	Franck Violas	2
				Wilfried Boucenna	4–6
			23	Romain Iannetta	1–3
				Hugo Bec	4
				Franck Violas	5
			28	Frédéric Greiling	6
	PK Carsport	Chevrolet SS	11	Bert Longin	All
			24	Anthony Kumpen	All
	Still Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	12	Frédéric Gabillon	All
			44	Freddy Nordström	All
	OverDrive	Chevrolet Camaro	22	Andrea Larini	1–2
				Wilfried Boucenna	3
		Chevrolet SS	33	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1
	CAAL Racing	Chevrolet SS	25	Nicolò Rocca	All
			31	Fabrizio Armetta	All
			51	Eddie Cheever III	All
	Autosport 42	Chevrolet Camaro	42	Carole Perrin	3
	Flag Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	52	William Ayer, Jr.	2
	DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	Chevrolet SS	66	Mathias Lauda	All
			77	Christophe Bouchut	1–4
				Yann Zimmer	5
	Brazil Team	Chevrolet SS	82	William Ayer, Jr.	1
				Cassiano Rodrigues	2
				Victor Guerin	3–6
			83	Victor Guerin	1–2
				Cassiano Rodrigues	3–4
	VTS 85	Chevrolet Camaro	85	Nicolas Gaudin	2, 6
	Euro Kart Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	88	Simone Monforte	All
	Max Papis Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	99	Kevin Gilardoni	1
Dodge	Brass Racing	Dodge Challenger	78	Jerry De Weerdt	6
Ford	Ford Autolix Competition	Ford Mustang	1	Borja García	All
			4	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	1
				Pol Rosell	2
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez	3
				Jose Manuel de Los Milagros	4–6
			19	Amir El Hage	1
	TFT Racing	Ford Mustang	3	Yann Zimmer	1
	RDV Compétition	Ford Mustang	8	Hugo Bec	1–3
				Didier Bec	4–6
	Exotics Racing by Still	Ford Mustang	9	Romain Thievin	2
	Bull Racing Team	Ford Mustang	13	Guillaume Rousseau	All
	GDL Racing	Ford Mustang	67	Gianluca de Lorenzi	5–6
	Renauer Motorsport	Ford Mustang	86	Dominic Tiroch	All
Toyota	VGJL Motorsports	Toyota Camry	17	Victor Gonzalez, Jr.	2
	VdeV Sport			Pierre Roché	3
	Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS	Toyota Camry	32	Bas Leinders	All
			46	Markus Palttala	2, 4
				Nathalie Maillet	5–6

Elite Division II

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	TFT Racing	Chevrolet SS	2	Eric Quintal	All
			7	Marsilio Canuti	1
				Léonard Vernet	2–6
	Events4you by Nocentini	Chevrolet Camaro	6	Alessandro Tonoli	1
				Ruggero Melgrati	4, 6
				Marco Spinelli	5
	RDV Compétition	Chevrolet SS	10	Ulysse Delsaux	2–6
			23	Ulysse Delsaux	1
				Frédéric Greiling	2
				Franck Violas	3–5
			28	Franck Violas	6
	PK Carsport	Chevrolet SS	11	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	1
				Jerry De Weerdt	2
				Stienes Longin	3–4
				Gabriele Gardel	6
			24	Maxime Dumarey	All
	Still Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	12	Frédéric Greiling	1
				Stéphane Sabates	2–3, 5
				Joaquin Gabarrón	6
			44	Joseph Cozzella	1–3
				Pascal Hugot	6
	OverDrive	Chevrolet Camaro	22	Thomas Ferrando	All
		Chevrolet SS	33	Wilfried Boucenna	1–2
	CAAL Racing	Chevrolet SS	25	Nicolò Rocca	1
				Luca Pirri	2, 4
				Lorenzo Marcucci	3
				Gianmarco Ercoli	5–6
			31	Francesca Linossi	1
				Gianmarco Ercoli	2–4
				Leonardo Baccarelli	5–6
			51	Simone Laureti	All
	Flag Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	52	Paulo Bonifacio	2
	DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	Chevrolet SS	66	Francesca Linossi	2–4
			77	Marsilio Canuti	2–3
	Brazil Team	Chevrolet SS	82	Marçal Melo	All
			83	Alex Fabiano	1–4
	VTS 85	Chevrolet Camaro	85	Jack Gaudin	2, 6
	Euro Kart Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	88	Erika Monforte	All
	Max Papis Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	99	Luca Pirri	1
Dodge	Brass Racing	Dodge Challenger	78	Jerry De Weerdt	6
Ford	Ford Autolix Competition	Ford Mustang	1	Salvador Tineo	2
				Amir El Hage	3–6
			4	Philippe Valenza	1
				Miguel Angel Dasi Perez	3
				Salvador Tineo	4
				Carlos Martínez de Campos	5–6
			19	Pablo Gallego	1
	TFT Racing	Ford Mustang	3	Léonard Vernet	1
	RDV Compétition	Ford Mustang	8	Didier Bec	1, 3–6
				Hugo Bec	2
	Exotics Racing by Still	Ford Mustang	9	David Perisset	2
	Bull Racing Team	Ford Mustang	13	Jérôme Laurin	1–2, 4
				Philippe Baudinière	3
				Guillaume Rousseau	5–6
	GDL Racing	Ford Mustang	67	Gianluca de Lorenzi	5–6
	Renauer Motorsport	Ford Mustang	86	Philipp Lietz	All
Toyota	VGJL Motorsports	Toyota Camry	17	Bradley Smith	2
	VdeV Sport			Eric van de Vyver	3
	Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS	Toyota Camry	32	Denis Dupont	All
			46	Nathalie Maillet	All

Schedule and results

The schedule was announced in December 2013.^[1]

Round		Race Title	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer	Winning Division II
1	R1	Valencia NASCAR Fest	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	12 April	Bert Longin	Ander Vilariño	Yann Zimmer	Ford	Neal Van Vaerenbergh
	2			13 April		Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet	Neal Van Vaerenbergh
2	3	American SpeedFest	Brands Hatch (Indy), Swanley	7 June	Eddie Cheever III	Ander Vilariño	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet	Wilfred Boucenna
	4			8 June		Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet	Wilfred Boucenna
3	5	Tours Speedway	Tours Speedway, Tours	6 July	Eddie Cheever III	Borja García	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet	Denis Dupont
	6			7 July		Mathias Lauda	Mathias Lauda	Chevrolet	Denis Dupont
4	7	Nürburgring 200	Nürburgring (GP/D), Rhineland-Palatinate	19 July	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Borja García	Ford	Thomas Ferrando
	8			20 July		Frédéric Gabillon	Frédéric Gabillon	Chevrolet	Thomas Ferrando
5	9	Magione – Semifinal	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Umbria	20 September	Eddie Cheever III	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Chevrolet	Maxime Dumarey
	10			21 September		Eddie Cheever III	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet	Philipp Lietz
6	11	Le Mans – Final	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	11 October	Ander Vilarino	Ander Vilarino	Anthony Kumpen	Chevrolet	Guillaume Rousseau
	12			12 October		Eddie Cheever III	Eddie Cheever III	Chevrolet	Gabriele Gardel

See also

• 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series
• 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
• 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series season

References

External links

• Official website