NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2015 Season
ELITE 2 Final 1: Ercoli Takes One-Point Lead
Wins third race of the season in close three-way battle
Circuit Zolder, Belgium, Belgium - October 3, 2015 - Gianmarco Ercoli (#9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro) led from flag to flag the ELITE 2 Final 1 in a tight battle for the lead with Salvador Tineo Arroyo (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) and Florian Renauer (#5 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang) that ended only under the checkered flag.
PHOTO - CREDITS: NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES / STEPHANE AZEMARD
After 16 tense laps of Circuit Zolder, the Italian, who started from the pole, brought home a fundamental race, raising his season count to three wins and taking the points lead by just one point on Tineo. The Spaniard tried a last-lap dive on the leader, but didn’t manage to overtake him and had to defend his position from Renauer to win the Rookie Cup classification. The trio crossed the finish line separated by just over 2.5 seconds, for the delight of the Belgian fans.
"The weekend started pretty good for us. We've been fast from the beginning and we hope we will be fast tomorrow too,” said Ercoli. ‘It was a hard race as I had a lot of pressure from behind but the car was really good and we managed to win. I have to thank all of my guys for the hard work and we hope to be at the top tomorrow."
Thomas Ferrando (#37 Knauf Racing Team Ford Mustang) had the better hand on Maxime Dumarey (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) for the fourth position, keeping himself in contention for the ELITE 2 title, as did Philipp Lietz (#67 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), who had to switch to the spare car after being involved in the last-lap accident in the ELITE 1 Division. The Austrian managed to bring home a solid sixth place and despite losing the points lead, he’s just 2 points behind Ercoli with the first four separated by just 8 points.
Stienes Longin (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS), Guillaume Deflandre (#87 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), Martin Doubek (#15 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang) and Francesca Linossi (#99 GDL Racing Ford Mustang) rounded out the top-10, with Italian taking the win in the Lady Cup classification. Eric De Doncker (#98 Insulco Motorsport 98 Ford Mustang) led the Legend Trophy classification thanks to the eleventh place under the checkered flag, while Jerry De Weerdt (#78 Brass Racing Ford Mustang) ended up 13th to lead the Gentleman Trophy.
The ELITE 2 Final 2 will go green at 11:25 CET on Sunday, October 4 and fans will be able to follow live on Fanschoice.tv (
http://bit.ly/nweslive) and nascarhometrack.com (
http://bit.ly/nwes6x15RCL).
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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