The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the thirteenth Racecar Euro Series season, and the ninth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season began at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with the NASCAR GP Spain on 15 May and ended on 31 October with the NASCAR GP Italy at Autodromo Vallelunga.
Despite not taking part in the fifth round at Zolder to compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval, Loris Hezemans was crowned as champion at Vallelunga after winning four races and finishing 7 races inside the podium, his second title in the series. He finished the season 3 points ahead of Gianmarco Ercoli, who scored a race win at Rijeka and 7 podium finishes. Lucas Lasserre finished third despite being winless, tying his best championship finish in the series under NASCAR's official sanctioning. Defending series champion Alon Day won three races but was unable to defend his title after retiring four times while defending EuroNASCAR 2 champion Vittorio Ghirelli, who scored his maiden top class victory at Most, had his championship hopes dashed after a crash in the final race of the season. Stienes Longin and Jacques Villeneuve were the other race winners, Longin winning his home race at Zolder while Villeneuve swept the weekend at Vallelunga.
In the EuroNASCAR 2 class, Martin Doubek won the title after teammate Tobias Dauenhauer crashed late in the final round of the season. Both drivers scored a total of five race wins and nine podiums each, but Dauenhauer's incident on the final race handed the championship to Doubek who won the title by 17 points. Not Only Motorsport driver Naveh Talor finished third after scoring his maiden win at Zolder. Indian driver Advait Deodhar was the only other race winner of the season, scoring a victory in the first race at Brands Hatch.
Hendriks Motorsport won the Teams Championship for a record third time as the team's No. 7 car, driven by series champions Hezemans and Doubek, would finish the season on top of the Teams standings with 969 points. DF1 Racing's No. 22 team finished second with 875 points, 94 points adrift from Hendriks' No. 7 team, while the No. 50 Hendriks team would finish third with 867 points.
Teams and drivers NASCAR Whelen Euro Series released a provisional 26-car entry list for the teams participating on 14 April 2021.
EuroNASCAR PRO Team Body Style Race Driver Rounds Academy Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Thomas Ferrando 1 Michaela Dorcikova 3 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Federico Monti 2–6 5 Jacques Villeneuve 1, 3–4, 6 Patrick Lemarié 5 24 Chevrolet Camaro Alex Sedgwick 2 RDV Competition 3 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Frédéric Gabillon 1–3 10 Chevrolet Camaro Ulysse Delsaux All Iceboys 4 Ford Mustang Luka Nurmi 6 Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 7 Ford Mustang Loris Hezemans 1–4, 6 Martin Doubek 5 18 Giorgio Maggi All 50 Vittorio Ghirelli 1–5 Vict Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Dario Caso 1, 3–6 9 Leonardo Colavita 4–6 PK Carsport 11 Chevrolet Camaro Stienes Longin 5 Solaris Motorsport 12 Chevrolet Camaro Francesco Sini 1, 3–6 42 Racing 17Shadow DNM8 Bernardo Manfrè 1–4, 6 42 Luigi Ferrara 1 DF1 Racing Iceboys with DF1 Racing 22 Chevrolet Camaro Nicolò Rocca All 23 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Henri Tuomaala All 44Chevrolet Camaro Ian Eric Wadén 1, 3, 5 Alexander Graff 2 66 Patrick Lemarié 1, 3–4, 6 Simon Pilate 2, 5 77 Marc Goossens 1–4 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46Chevrolet Camaro Scott Jeffs 2 Romain Iannetta 3–4, 6 Pierre Combot 5 48 Evgeny Sokolovsky All CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Gianmarco Ercoli All 56 Ford Mustang Marc Goossens 5 Davide Amaduzzi 6 88 Chevrolet Camaro Alon Day All The Club Motorsport 55 Chevrolet Camaro Fabrizio Armetta 1, 4, 6 Speedhouse 64 Ford Mustang Lucas Lasserre All Team Bleekemolen 69 Ford Mustang Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All Not Only Motorsport 89 Chevrolet Camaro Davide Dallara All 90 Andrea Nori 1, 3 Igor Romanov 2 Nicolò Gabossi 4–5 Vittorio Ghirelli 6
EuroNASCAR 2 Team Body Style Race Driver Rounds Academy Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Vladimiros Tziortzis All 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Thomas Krasonis All Iceboys 4 Ford Mustang Ossi Peltola 6 Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 7 Ford Mustang Martin Doubek All 50 Tobias Dauenhauer All Vict Motorsport 8 Chevrolet Camaro Paolo Valeri 1, 3–6 9 Leonardo Colavita 4–6 RDV Competition 10 Chevrolet Camaro Didier Bec 1 PK Carsport 11 Chevrolet Camaro Pol van Pollaert 5 Solaris Motorsport 12 Chevrolet Camaro Alina Loibnegger All 42 Racing 17Shadow DNM8 Bernardo Manfrè 1 Francesco Garisto 2 Alfredo de Matteo 6 42 Francesco Garisto 1, 3–6 DF1 Racing Iceboys with DF1 Racing 22 Chevrolet Camaro Justin Kunz All 23 Chevrolet Camaro Ford Mustang Leevi Lintukanto All 44Chevrolet Camaro Ian Eric Wadén 1–3, 5 66 Simon Pilate All 77 Shaun Hollamby 2 Gil Linster 3–5 Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Pierluigi Veronesi All Marko Stipp Motorsport 46Chevrolet Camaro Miguel Gomes All 48 Evgeny Sokolovsky All CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Arianna Casoli 1–3, 5–6 56 Ford Mustang Advait Deodhar All 88Chevrolet Camaro Max Lanza All The Club Motorsport 55 Chevrolet Camaro Fabrizio Armetta 1, 6 Speedhouse 64 Ford Mustang Eric Quintal 1, 3–6 Matthias Hauer 2 Team Bleekemolen 69 Ford Mustang Michael Bleekemolen 1–3 Melvin de Groot 4–5 Not Only Motorsport 89 Chevrolet Camaro Alberto Panebianco All 90 Naveh Talor All
EuroNASCAR Club Challenge TeamBody StyleRace Driver Rounds Academy Motorsport 1 Ford Mustang Vladimiros Tziortzis All 2 EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 Federico Monti All Iceboys 4 Ford Mustang Hugo Roch 5 Vict Motorsport 9 Chevrolet Camaro Leonardo Colavita 2–5 RDV Competition 10 Chevrolet Camaro Jerome Mure 1–4 Solaris Motorsport 12 Chevrolet Camaro Alina Loibnegger 2–5 Speedhouse by 42 Racing 17 Shadow DNM8 Marcel Berndt 1–2 42 Racing 42 Shadow DNM8 Francesco Garisto 2–5 Double V Racing 27 Ford Mustang Mitch Maguerez 3 Kasparas Vingilis 5 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevrolet Camaro Andreas Kuchelbacher 2–5 48 Gordon Barnes All CAAL Racing 54 Chevrolet Camaro Yasmeen Koloc 3 56 Ford Mustang Aliyyah Koloc 3 Speedhouse 64 Ford Mustang Paul Jouffreau All DF1 Racing 66 Chevrolet Camaro Norling Kristoffer 5 Not Only Motorsport 89 Chevrolet Camaro Nicolò Gabossi All 90 Simona Lenci All
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Driver changes Ander Vilariño was initially scheduled to compete full-time with DF1 Racing this year, but opted not to participate in the 2021 season. Vilariño was initially scheduled to compete the full 2020 season with the team, but withdrew due to family and business concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic before returning as part of DF1-MSM Racing in the season ending doubleheader at Valencia. On 7 December 2020, it was reported that Paul Jouffreau is set to make his debut in the series as the EuroNASCAR 2 class driver for Speedhouse. It was later revealed that Jouffreu was signed to become Speedhouse's Club Challenge class driver. On 4 February 2021, DF1 Racing announced that the team has signed both Patrick Lemarié and Simon Pilate to drive the No. 66 car for the 2021 season. Both drivers will move from FEED Vict Racing to replace Lasse Sørensen and Andreas Jochimsen respectively. On 3 March 2021, it was announced that Francesco Garisto will be returning to 42 Racing in 2021 after he switched teams to Marko Stipp Motorsport midway through 2020 due to 42 Racing being forced to withdraw from the second half of the 2020 season due to COVID-related problems. On 4 March 2021, it was announced that Jacques Villeneuve will be switching teams to Academy Motorsport for the 2021 season. Villeneuve will be moving from FEED Vict Racing and is scheduled to be returning to full-time competition after he competed part-time in 2020 due to schedule clashes with Canal+'s Formula One broadcasting schedule. On 18 March 2021, it was reported that Henri Tuomaala and Ian Eric Wadén will be returning to the series in 2021 with DF1 Racing. Tuomaala and Wadén were initially scheduled to enter the 2020 season with DF1 and Memphis Racing respectively, but they ultimately withdrew due to the restrictions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Later on 27 April 2021, it was announced that Leevi Lintukanto, who made his debut at Valencia last year with Not Only Motorsport, will become Tuomaala's teammate for the season opener at Valencia while Wadén will compete in both classes in 2021. On 23 March 2021, PK Carsport driver Stienes Longin announces that he will be temporarily exiting the series to compete in the newly established BMW M2 CS Racing Cup Benelux for PK, citing travel restriction concerns as the reason for his temporary exit from EuroNASCAR as he focuses on a return in 2022. On 26 March 2021, Marko Stipp Motorsport announced that Evgeny Sokolovsky will be driving the team's No. 48 car on both classes this year, bringing in sponsorship from Gulf Grandprix Originals. Sokolovsky competed full-time in the EuroNASCAR PRO class and took part in 8 races of the EuroNASCAR 2 class as a replacement driver for the injured Gašper Dernovšek last year. On 31 March 2021, it was announced that RDV Competition driver and three-time series runner-up Frédéric Gabillon will be returning to Euro Series for a possible final season after he and RDV Competition withdrew from the 2020 season due to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. His teammate Ulysse Delsaux, who also withdrew from the 2020 season due to the effects of the pandemic, was later reported on the following day to be planning to make his return to the series in 2021. Delsaux's return to the series was announced on 8 May 2021, with the same announcement also revealing that Didier Bec would be making his return to the series as the EuroNASCAR 2 teammate of Delsaux in the No. 10 RDV team. On 2 April 2021, it was announced that Nicholas Risitano will be leaving the series to join the SR&R team in the Italian GT Championship for 2021. Solaris Motorsport would later announce on 5 May 2021 that former Club Challenge competitor Alina Loibnegger will be making her debut in Euro Series' two main classes as the team's new EuroNASCAR 2 class driver. On 9 April 2021, it was announced that Portuguese driver Miguel Gomes will be making his debut in the series as the full-time EuroNASCAR 2 class driver of Marko Stipp Motorsport's No. 46 Chevrolet. On 12 April 2021, Bleekemolen's Race Planet reveals that Sebastiaan Bleekemolen will be returning to the series after he and the team withdrew from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sebastiaan is planning to compete in both Euro Series and the newly established BMW M2 CS Racing Cup Benelux for 2021. Later on 30 April 2021, it was announced that Sebastiaan's father Michael would also return to the championship to compete in EuroNASCAR 2 as the teammate of Sebastiaan. On 23 April 2021, Hendriks Motorsport announced that defending EuroNASCAR 2 championship Vittorio Ghirelli will be promoted to the EuroNASCAR PRO class in 2021. Ghirelli is scheduled to drive the team's No. 50 car, replacing Loris Hezemans who will be transferred to the team's No. 7 car. On 25 April 2021, it was announced that defending series champion Alon Day will be returning to CAAL Racing after making a switch to PK Carsport in 2020. Day will be driving the team's No. 88 Monster Energy Chevrolet. On 29 April 2021, it was announced that Indian driver Advait Deodhar will be returning to the championship after taking a sabbatical in 2020. Deodhar will be driving CAAL Racing's No. 56 car in the EuroNASCAR 2 class. On 1 May 2021, it was announced that Thomas Krasonis will be returning to the championship to race the No. 2 car of Academy Motorsport in the EuroNASCAR 2 division.