37 comprise NWES grid for 2022

Save for the pandemic-impacted 2021, the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series grid continues to grow with each season. For this weekend’s season opener at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo, thirty-seven cars will comprise the field across the EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 levels; the thirty-seven is a series record, trumping the thirty for 2021.

As with any Silly Season, 2022 sees new faces in new places, perhaps most notably in three-time champion Alon Day moving from CAAL Racing to PK Carsport, with whom he won the 2020 title. Some drivers graduate from EuroNASCAR 2 to PRO like Tobias Dauenhauer and reigning champion Martin Doubek.

Others have never raced in the Euro Series before. Such débutants include sports car veteran Lucas Luhr, YouTube personality Alberto Naska, touring car regulars Christoph Lenz and Riccardo Romagnoli, European Abarth Trophy star Cosimo Barberini, and rally driver Yannick Panagiotis who worked as co-driver to NWES CEO Jérôme Galpin at the Dakar Rally in January. Reigning champion Loris Hezemans will not defend his title as he is in America competing in the Cup Series, but his younger brother Liam is racing in EuroNASCAR 2 for the first time as a team-mate to Doubek.

European Truck Racing Championship outfit Buggyra ZM Racing will join NWES and field a pair of newcomers in sisters Aliyyah and Yasmeen Koloc. David Vršecký, a twice champion of the truck series, is scheduled to race part-time for the team, as is Gustas Grinbergas, who helped Cup Series driver Cody Ware win the 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series. Racingfuel Motorsport is also a new organisation with Luhr.

Eleven cars are in the Club Challenge.

EuroNASCAR

Number	Team	EuroNASCAR PRO driver	EuroNASCAR 2 driver	Car
1	Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport	Thomas Krasonis	Andrea Tronconi*	Ford Mustang
2	Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport	Federico Monti	Kasparas Vingilis*	EuroNASCAR FJ
3	RDV Competition	Frédéric Gabillon	Ulysse Delsaux	EuroNASCAR FJ
4	Panasport	Panagiotis Yannick	Yannick Panagiotis*	Ford Mustang
5	Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport	Patrick Lemarié	Vladimiros Tziortzis	EuroNASCAR FJ
7	Hendriks Motorsport	Martin Doubek	Martin Doubek	Ford Mustang
8	Racers Motorsport	Dario Caso	Paolo Valeri	Chevrolet Camaro
14	Speedhouse	Marc Goossens	Arianna Casoli #	Ford Mustang
16	MK1 Racing – RaceArt Technology	Cappelli Claudio Remigio	Alfredo de Matteo	Shadow DNM8
17	MK1 Racing – RaceArt Technology	Manfre Bernardo	Francesco Garisto*	Shadow DNM8
18	Race Art Technology	Giorgio Maggi		Toyota Camry
23	Team Bleekemolen	Henri Tuomaala	Leevi Lintukanto	Chevrolet Camaro
24	PK Carsport	Alon Day	Malcharek Christian	Chevrolet Camaro
25	Not Only Motorsport	Paolo Maria Silvestrini	Alina Loibnegger #	Chevrolet Camaro
27	Double V	Nicolo Rocca	Patrick Schober*	Ford Mustang
29	Buggyra ZM Racing	Aliyyah Koloc	Aliyyah Koloc*#	Ford Mustang
33	Speedhouse	Cosimo Barberini	Paul Jouffreau*	Ford Mustang
36	Not Only Motorsport	Vittorio Ghirelli		Chevrolet Camaro
38	Buggyra ZM Racing	Gustas Grinbergas	Yasmeen Koloc*#	Ford Mustang
40	Speedhouse		Matthias Hauer	Ford Mustang
44	Team Bleekemolen	Jonne Rautjarvi	Janne Koikkalainen*	Chevrolet Camaro
46	Marko Stipp Motorsport	Romain Iannetta	Miguel Gomes	Chevrolet Camaro
47	Racers Motorsport	Leonardo Colavita	Leonardo Colavita	Chevrolet Camaro
48	Marko Stipp Motorsport	Yevgen Sokolovskiy	Yevgen Sokolovskiy	Chevrolet Camaro
50	Hendriks Motorsport	Tobias Dauenhauer	Liam Hezemans*	Ford Mustang
54	CAAL Racing	Gianmarco Ercoli	Luli del Castello*#	Chevrolet Camaro
55	The Club Motorsport	Fabrizio Armetta		Chevrolet Camaro
56	CAAL Racing		Gil Linster	Ford Mustang
58	Racingfuel Motorsport	Lucas Luhr	Christoph Lenz*	Chevrolet Camaro
64	Speedhouse	Alexander Graff	Eric Quintal	Ford Mustang
65	The Club Motorsport	Riccardo Romagnoli	Roberto Benedetti	Chevrolet Camaro
69	Team Bleekemolen	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Melvin de Groot	Ford Mustang
72	Team Bleekemolen	Ian Eric Wadén	Michael Bleekemolen	Ford Mustang
88	CAAL Racing	Massimiliano Lanza	Alberto Naska*	Chevrolet Camaro
89	Not Only Motorsport	Davide Dallara	Alberto Panebianco	Chevrolet Camaro
90	Not Only Motorsport	Nicolò Gabossi	Advait Deodhar	Chevrolet Camaro
94	Racingfuel Motorsport	Bruno Staub	Roger Mettler*	Chevrolet Camaro

Italics – Junior Trophy
Bold – Challenger Trophy
Underline – Legend Trophy
# – Lady Trophy
* – Rookie Trophy

Club Challenge

Number	Team	Driver	Car
2	Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport	Monti Federico	EuroNASCAR FJ
25	Not Only Motorsport	Julian Vanheelen	Chevrolet Camaro
33	Speedhouse	Paul Jouffreau	Chevrolet Camaro
38	Buggyra ZM Racing	Josef Machacek	Ford Mustang
40	Speedhouse	Neo Lambert	Ford Mustang
46	Marko Stipp Motorsport	Andreas Kuchelbacher	Chevrolet Camaro
48	Marko Stipp Motorsport	Gordon Barnes	Chevrolet Camaro
58	Racingfuel Motorsport	Christoph Lenz	Chevrolet Camaro
64	Speedhouse	Eric Quintal	Ford Mustang
89	Not Only Motorsport	Eivind Brynildsen	Chevrolet Camaro
94	Racingfuel Motorsport	Roger Mettler	Chevrolet Camaro