The 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the sixteenth Racecar Euro Series season, and the twelfth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season is scheduled to start on 13 April with the Valencia NASCAR Fest at Circuit Ricardo Tormo and will end on 13 October with the EuroNASCAR Finals at

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. Gianmarco Ercoli and Paul Jouffreau are the reigning champions in EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 respectively, although Jouffreau will not defend his title after he announced a full-time move to EuroNASCAR PRO. RDV Competition is the reigning Team's champion.

Teams and drivers

EuroNASCAR PRO

EuroNASCAR 2

EuroNASCAR Club Challenge

Confirmed changes

Drivers

* On 30 October 2023, it was announced that reigning EuroNASCAR 2 champion Paul Jouffreau will be stepping up to the EuroNASCAR PRO division for the full season in 2024. Jouffreau competed part-time in EuroNASCAR PRO in 2023, winning two races and finishing ninth in the standings. * On 2 December 2023, Dominique Schaak announced that he will be making his first full-season appearance in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He is set to compete with Bremotion's #99 Chevrolet Camaro in EuroNASCAR 2, having previously made his series debut with the same team at Oschersleben last year. * On 9 December 2023, Thomas Krasonis announced that he will be racing with Marko Stipp Motorsport in both classes for 2024. He raced in EuroNASCAR PRO only during the 2023 season. * On 13 January 2024, it was revealed that Jack Davidson will be switching teams from Marko Stipp Motorsport to his family-owned team Lux Motorsport for the 2024 season. Lux is currently looking for a driver to accompany Davidson as his EuroNASCAR PRO teammate in the No. 21 team. * On 29 January 2024, it was announced that Claudio Remigio Cappelli will be switching teams from Race Art Technology to Academy Motorsport, becoming the new EuroNASCAR 2 driver for Academy's No. 5 team. * On 30 January 2024,

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announced that Sven van Laere will be switching teams to the No. 54 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2024 season, replacing

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who went on to race in other competitions. * On 1 February 2024, reigning Legend Cars Italia champion Simone Giussani was announced to be the new EuroNASCAR 2 driver of Double V Racing for the 2024 season. Giussani will replace Patrick Schober, who is switching teams to RDV Competition. * On 3 February 2024, SpeedHouse Racing announced that Florian Richard, who finished runner-up in EuroNASCAR Club Challenge in 2023, will be promoted to EuroNASCAR 2 as the driver of the No. 33

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. * On 14 February 2024, Marko Stipp Motorsport announced the signing of Victor Neumann, who will be making his full-season debut in 2024. Neumann will race the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro on both EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2. * On 6 March 2024, 3F Racing announced that

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will be competing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2024. Vargas will be racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class and is due to be partnered with several "guest drivers" that will be taking part in EuroNASCAR 2. * On 9 March 2024, it was announced that Nick Strickler will be racing with Marko Stipp Motorsport for the full 2024 season in both EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2. Strickler had previously raced with the team in the 2023 season finale round at

. * On 22 March 2024,

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revealed to Autosport.be that he will be stepping back his efforts to a part-time season with a second

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entry in 2024, stating that he will be focusing his efforts on managing his son Henri-Constant's karting career. Kumpen also revealed that Vittorio Ghirelli has been signed as his replacement in the No. 24 team in 2024. Ghirelli had previously raced with PK in the

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season.

Teams

* On 13 January 2024, Lux Motorsport announced that they will be entering NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, fielding the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from GTOmega. Lux previously competed in

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from 2019 to 2022. * Team Bleekemolen will incorporate Race Planet, a driving experience company owned by the Bleekemolen family that has been sponsoring the team since their debut season in

, into their entry name. The team will be officially listed as Race Planet Team Bleekemolen for the season. Team Bleekemolen's No. 69 team is also set to be running the Toyota Camry body model instead of the

. * Academy Motorsport will run two

-bodied cars for the 2024 season, having used a combination of Ford and EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 bodies since

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. There were initially plans for the No. 5 team to run the Chevrolet Camaro body, but pre-season testing reveals that both cars are set to race the Mustang body. * SpeedHouse Racing will be bringing back the No. 33 team for the 2024 season. The No. 33 team didn't enter a single race in 2023 despite being listed in the season preliminary Entry List. * Marko Stipp Motorsport will be expanding into a three-car team with the addition of the No. 47 team for Victor Neumann. United Arab Emirates based investement company AIX Investment Group will sponsor the team for the 2024 season. * The Club Motorsport's No. 65 team will be rebranded into the No. 43 team for the 2024 season, as revealed in an

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post that was made by their scheme designers Giaky Design Racing Graphics. * On 6 March 2024, 3F Racing announced their plan to compete full-time in 2024, having previously taking part in a part-time campaign in 2023. * On 22 March 2024,

team manager

revealed that the team will be expanding into a two-car effort once more with the addition of a currently unnumbered part-time entry for himself. * On 28 March 2024, Bremotion announced their intention to expand into a two-car team for 2024. The second entry will make its debut in the second round at

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Schedule

The provisional calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 11 October 2023.

EuroNASCAR PRO

EuroNASCAR 2

Calendar changes

* Raceway Venray returns to the schedule after a four-year absence. The 1/2-mile oval is set to host the fourth round of the season on 29-30 June. It was originally announced to be a doubleheader race, but a schedule update in February 2024 revealed that the round will only consist of one race per class similar to the 2019 event. * NASCAR GP Italy and NASCAR GP UK swapped dates, with the round at

now hosting the second round instead of the third. * EuroNASCAR's Playoffs will be expanded into a two-round format for the first time since

. The rounds at Oschersleben and Zolder will host the series' double-points paying rounds. Despite this, the driver's championship retains the system used in the previous three seasons where only the best 8 results from the first 10 races will count towards the final standings alongside all results from the double-points races.

Rule changes

* On 31 January 2024, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series announced that the current generation of cars will be receiving a 2024 Evo package that will be put into use starting from the season opening round at Valencia. The Evo package were made to improve drivability and driver comfort, with the following changes being implemented. ** The front

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has been modified to provide a better steering geometry angle. ** A new three-point caliper brackets will be introduced to provide a stronger fitting for the brakes. ** A new rear spring package is added to improve acceleration and traction on cornering. ** A rally-inspired roof scoop made out of carbon fiber and a set of hood louvers will be introduced to improve cooling for both driver and the car. These changes were made to address concerns from series competitors after they encountered problems with excess heat being maintained inside the car during the 2023 NASCAR GP Italy at

, which was highly affected by high summer temperatures in Italy. ** A speed limiter system will be added to better control speeds on pit lane and during Full Course Yellow situations. ** The

body style will receive a facelift to better match the seventh-generation Ford Mustang Dark Horse model that is currently in production.

References

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