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 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis[2][3] TBA
Netherlands Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Czech Republic Martin Doubek[4] TBA
Germany Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Greece Thomas Krasonis[5] 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 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 TBA TBA
Netherlands Hendriks Motorsport 7 Ford Mustang Czech Republic Martin Doubek[4] TBA
Germany Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Greece Thomas Krasonis[5] TBA
Germany Bremotion 99 Chevrolet Camaro Germany Dominique Schaak[6][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.[6]
  • 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.[5]

Schedule

The provisional calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 11 October 2023.[8]

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[9] United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), West Kingsdown 8 June
R6 9 June
4 R7 NASCAR Oval GP Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 29 June
R8 30 June
5 R9 NASCAR GP Czech Republic Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 31 August
R10 1 September
6 R11 EuroNASCAR Semi-Finals – NASCAR GP Germany Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 21 September
R12 22 September
7 R13 EuroNASCAR Finals – NASCAR GP Belgium Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 12 October
R14 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[9] United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), West Kingsdown 8 June
R6 9 June
4 R7 NASCAR Oval GP Netherlands Raceway Venray, Venray 29 June
R8 30 June
5 R9 NASCAR GP Czech Republic Czech Republic Autodrom Most, Most 31 August
R10 1 September
6 R11 EuroNASCAR Semi-Finals – NASCAR GP Germany Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 21 September
R12 22 September
7 R13 EuroNASCAR Finals – NASCAR GP Belgium Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 12 October
R14 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.
  • 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
  6. 1 2 "DOMINIQUE SCHAAK JOINS BREMOTION FOR FIRST FULL EURONASCAR SEASON". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "THE 2024 EURONASCAR CALENDAR IS HERE!". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  9. 1 2 "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.
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