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 |
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 |