NWES 2015 Season - ELITE 1 Semi Final 1
DAY GOES FLAG TO FLAG
The CAAL Racing Driver Dominates In Maiden Win
Magione, Italy - September 12, 2015 - Alon Day (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) put on a dominant performance in scoring his maiden NASCAR win at the ELITE 1 Semi Final 1 at the Autodromo dell'Umbria in Magione, Italy.
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“My strategy was to survive at turn one and push as much as I could and manage to stay in a good position. There was a safety car, so i had to do everything again,” said the winner. “I’m just very happy. All the team, all the mecanics did a fantastic job. Tomorrow will be harder, even if I’m on pole, because the tyres are older. It’s going to be interesting.”
After posting a record setting pole position, the 24-year-old from Israel had a perfect start and quickly opened a gap on the rest of the field, led by his teammates Eddie Cheever III (#51 CAAL Racing Toyota Camry) and Nicolò Rocca (#56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS). Cheever stopped on lap 11 due to a problem with his car and on lap 16 Ander Vilarino (#2 TFT-Banco Santander Chevrolet SS), who started fourth, took advantage of a restart to pass Rocca for second and maximize his gain in terms of points. The spaniard crossed the finish line 4 seconds behind Day, edging Rocca, Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) and Philipp Lietz (#67 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), who also led the Challenger Trophy classification. Day also led Junior “Jerome Sarran” Trophy classification.
Wilfried Boucenna (#37 Knauf Racing Team Ford Mustang) came from ninth on the grid to sixth under the checkered flag ahead of Florian Renauer (#5 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang) and Freddy Nordström (#44 GDL Racing Ford Mustang). Hugo Bec (#8 RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) and Romain Iannetta (#7 TFT Chevrolet SS), who suffered a couple of contacts during the race, rounded out the top-10.
It was an unlucky debut for Brandon Gdovic (#46 Precision Performance Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro), who had a contact in the early stages of the race and was later forced to retire.
Vilarino extended his margin in the championship standings on the now-second Rocca, who is leading an incredibly tight group of drivers looking to have their say in the title hunt.
The ELITE 1 Semi Final 2 will start on Sunday at 14:30 CET (8:30 ET) and will be broadcasted live on Fanschoice.tv -
http://bit.ly/nweslive. Live text updates will be available on NASCAR Home Tracks on the Race Central Live page
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Magione American Style Live Streaming on Fanschoice.tv
All the four races from the Autodromo dell'Umbria di Magione Semi Finals will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv
http://bit.ly/nweslive with the following schedule:
Saturday September 12, 12:45 PM CET - ELITE 1 Semi Final 1
Saturday September 12, 5:15 PM CET - ELITE 2 Semi Final 1
Sunday September 13, 10:15 AM CET - ELITE 2 Semi Final 2
Sunday September 13, 2:15 PM CET - ELITE 2 Semi Final 2
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ABOUT NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES
The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was founded in 2008 and established the NASCAR official European Series in January 2012 thanks to a long-term partnership signed with NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), Team FJ, a Motorsports company located in Blois, France, and Whelen Engineering as title sponsor of the Series.The season is made up of 24 races, equally split among ELITE 1 and ELITE 2 divisions, on the best European tracks. Euro NASCAR introduced a stunning innovation on July 7-8, 2012 by organizing the first ever NASCAR race on an oval track in Europe on a half-mile speedway built in the downtown of Tours (France). With four races in two days, these 400 HP V8 monsters provide pure racing action and thrilling bumper-to-bumper battles as well as a lot of family fun around the track! In the pure NASCAR tradition, race fans can get closer to the action than ever and feel the unique in Europe paddock atmosphere thanks to drivers, teams and cars always available for the spectators.The series attracts drivers from all over the world, all willing to fight on track for the win and take the first step towards becoming a NASCAR star in the U.S.
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