Vilarino takes second win of the season

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Brands Hatch - ELITE 1 Sunday Race



Vilarino takes second win of the season

Anthony Kumpen leads the championship standings

 

Brands Hatch, UK - The thousands of fans gathered at Brands Hatch for the second edition of the American SpeedFest enjoyed an astounding performance by 2-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Champion Ander Vilarino (#2 TFT-Banco Santander Chevrolet SS), who won for the second time this season leading every lap of the ELITE 1 Sunday Race after starting from the pole position. Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) finished second and took the championship lead.

Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard



This is Vilarino’s 15th career win in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and the 4th on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit: “I’m very happy for this win! I want to thank all the #2 TFT-Banco Santader team because they gave me a great car,” said the Spaniard. “It’s great to win here in the UK, in front of so many passionate fans. I definitely want to continue this way for the rest of the season”.

Vilarino had a very good start but it wasn’t easy for him. He had to push very hard to build a 2.5 seconds advantage over Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) in the first part of the 25-minutes race. The yellow flag waved with less than 8 minutes to go when William Ayer Jr. (#52 Flag Racing Chevrolet Camaro) found himself in the gravel at Paddock Hill Bend. The following restart saw Vilarino maintain the lead ahead of Kumpen and Christophe Bouchut (#77 DF-1 Racing by B66 Chevrolet Camaro) – the Frenchman passed Borja Garcia (#1 Ford Autolix Competition Ford Mustang) on lap 18 – but the race was neutralized again due to a contact at the first corner involving Mathias Lauda (#66 DF-1 Racing by B66 Chevrolet Camaro), yesterday’s winner Eddie Cheever III (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) and Romain Iannetta (#23 RDV Compétition - Mc Donald's Chevrolet SS).

Vilarino took the checkered flag, followed by Kumpen and Bouchut. Garcia finished fourth while Bas Leinders (#32 RCP - Marc VDS Toyota Camry) had the better hand in a nail-biting battle for fifth place edging Frederic Gabillon (#12 Still Racing Chevrolet Camaro), Fabrizio Armetta (#31 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) and Nicolò Rocca (#25 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS). Markus Palttala (#46 RCP - Marc VDS Toyota Camry) and Anthony Gandon (#7 TFT-Red Line Chevrolet SS) completed the top-10.

Rocca won the Jerome Sarran Trophy classification ahead of Gandon and Simone Monforte (#88 Euro Kart Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro), while Armetta climbed the top spot of the podium in the Challenger Trophy, preceding Dominic Tiroch (#86 TB Renauer Motorsport Ford Mustang) and Cassiano Rodrigues (#82 Brazil Team Chevrolet SS).

The next ELITE 1 race will take at the Tours Speedway, the half-mile oval built in downtown Tours that every year hosts the Daytona 500 of the European NASCAR Championship.

 
Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard
 

 

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