2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

NASCAR released the 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 25 March 2019. Elite 1 Elite 2 ;Notes Driver changes • Former Cup Series driver, 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve is set to make his Euro Series debut for Go Fas Racing in the Elite 1 class, replacing Romain Iannetta who switched teams to Racing Engineering. • On May 14, it was announced that Christophe Bouchut had parted ways from Dexwet-df1 Racing after the Saturday race at Franciacorta, citing personal issues as the cause of leave. • On May 18, it was announced that Racing-Total's NASCAR Whelen Euro Series operations will be rebranded to Marko Stipp Motorsport. Marko Stipp Motorsport will continue the partnership that Racing-Total had with AmD Tuning. On the same race week, Florian Venturi left Go Fas Racing citing a disagreement between him and team boss Alain Lord Mounir as the cause of leave as Vittorio Ghirelli switched teams from Racers Motorsport to PK Carsport, replacing Andre Castro in the No. 24 team starting from Venray. Castro would move to Marko Stipp Motorsport to drive in the No. 46 team for the rest of the season. • On July 16, it was announced that PK Carsport will field a third car for Dylan Derdaele and Pol van Pollaert for the final two race weeks of the season at Hockenheim and Zolder. Originally numbered #999, it was later changed to #98 when the Entry List for Hockenheim was released. • On July 22, it was announced that Guillaume Deflandre would make his Elite 1 debut for Dexwet-df1 Racing for the rounds at Hockenheim and Zolder and was currently working for a full-time return in the 2020 season. ==Rule changes==

• General Tire will replace BFGoodrich as the official tire supplier on a six-year contract starting from 2019. • On 3 January 2019, NASCAR announced a series of Whelen Euro Series rule changes for 2019. • A maximum of 20 slick tires will be allocated to each driver for all qualifying and race session. Tires used during practice sessions and wet-weather tires will not be counted towards the 20 tire limit. • Teams will use a new three-way shock absorber that were developed by Team FJ. • A new rear spoiler design, made from transparent polycarbonate and steel, will be used. The new spoiler is also designed to give drivers better visibility. • An enhanced technical inspection process system, with support from NASCAR R&D Center, will be used on all races. • Elite 2's first qualifying session will have its time increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, while the time given at the Superpole qualifying session for Elite 2 weren't changed. All Elite 1 qualifying sessions will have the same amount of time as in previous seasons. ==Schedule==

NASCAR released the provisional calendar on 2 November 2018. Elite 1 Elite 2 Calendar changes • NASCAR Euro Series will expand its calendar by adding Autodrom Most as the fourth round for the 2019 season. The races are scheduled to be held on 29 and 30 June. • Raceway Venray returns to the series after being absent from the calendar in 2018. Unlike the previous events, only one race is going to be held for both classes, with a 75-lap Elite 2 race scheduled for 13 July while a 100-lap Elite 1 race is scheduled for the following day. The Elite 2 race was later shortened into a 70-lap race. • An All-Star event titled the "All-Star Time Attack" is initially scheduled to be held at a street circuit in the city of Chinon on 22 and 23 June. This was later revealed to be an exhibition event that will be run as part of the annual Chinon Classic car meet. • All Elite 1 races, with the exception of the Elite 1 Venray round, will have its total race distance increased by 15 kilometers. ==Results==

Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final two races in Hockenheim and Zolder, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points. Should a driver competes in all 9 races between Valencia and Venray, then only the best 8 results of those 9 races were counted towards the Championship. Elite 1 (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained. ;Notes: • 1 – Christophe Bouchut received no championship points during the Most weekend. • 2 – Eric De Doncker received 5 championship points despite being a non-starter. • 3 – Julio Carayol Casas received 1 championship point for non-starting a race despite withdrawing from the Valencia race meeting. Elite 2 (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained. ;Notes: • 1 – The points scored by Moreno di Silvestre at Franciacorta was initially credited to Meisam Taheri in the championship, despite Taheri didn't take part in any of the races at Franciacorta. This inaccuracy was later rectified at Hockenheim, where the points from Franciacorta were correctly credited to di Silvestre in the post-race point standings. • 2 – Eric De Doncker and Jennifer Jo Cobb received 0 championship points despite being a non-starter. Team's Championship (Top 15) ==See also==