It all comes down to this: four double-points paying races, a total of 66 laps around the 4-Km road course in the Belgian forest of Zolder will decide who will wear the Euro NASCAR crown and who will win Titles and Trophies at the end of the 2019 season.
Opened in 1963, the fast and ondulated Circuit Zolder will host the final event of the NWES season for the fifth consecutive time. 30 cars and 60 driver are entered in the NASCAR GP Belgium.
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In the ELITE 1 Division, the Euro NASCAR title looks to be a matter between Loris Hezemans and Nicolo Rocca, with the Dutchman leading the Italian by 21 points with two races left. Hezemans comes from an unprecedented four wins in a row, while Rocca has been the only opponent to keep up the pace with the #50 Mustang.
The battle between the two will be one to remember, but the grid will also feature a stronger than ever field and no less than 8 drivers who previously won at Zolder. Three of them – Alon Day, Frederic Gabillon and Marc Goossens – won in the top division, while Gianmarco Ercoli, Stienes Longin, Thomas Ferrando, Guillaume Deflandre and Ulysse Delsaux won in the ELITE 2 Division. Day leads the way with five wins and an astonishing four pole positions out of four attempts.
Once again the ELITE 2 Division will have a new winner. The championship seems to be hanging between two rookies: points leader Giorgio Maggi and Lasse Soerensen. The two are separated by 11 points and with 10 points being the gap between first and second place in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series playoffs, there will be no other options than to attack for both of them.
Third-placed Vittorio Ghirelli will want to bounce back after a disappointing Hockenheim weekend, as will Advait Deodhar, while Myatt Snider will go for his maiden NWES win at yet another track that’s totally new to him. Will they, or perhaps Nicholas Risitano or Jesse Vartiainen, who just got his best Euro NASCAR result in Germany, be able to challenge the top two drivers?
The ELITE Club Division will award the third title of its young history with four drivers separated by 38 points entering the last event of the season. Giovanni Trione is leading 2017 champion Andreas Kuchelbacher and Alain Mosqueron by 8 markers. Alessio Bacci, Alina Loibnegger and Callum Cripps closely follow.
Qualifying and all the races from the NASCAR GP Belgium will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv, the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Youtube channel and Facebook page, on Motorsport.tv and on a vast network of websites and social media profiles.
ELITE 1 Division
Six different polemen in 2019 – Starting from the pole at Zolder may prove the key to the Euro NASCAR title and six different drivers won pole positions in the ELITE 1 Division so far this season. Will there be a seventh one in Belgium?
Tuomaala closing in on Challenger Trophy title – Hockenheim wasn’t the best weekend for Challenger Trophy leader Henri Tuomaala, but the Finn contained the damage and will enter the NASCAR GP Belgium with 44 points on Kenko Miura and 48 on Dario Caso.
Goossens and Sedgwick return – Both Marc Goossens and Alex Sedgwick will make their return in the Euro NASCAR Finals with Braxx Racing. The Belgian won his and Braxx Racing’s first NWES race at Zolder, his home track, on October 15th, 2017.
ELITE 2 Division
Bleekemolen vs. Waden for the Legend Trophy – A single point separates Michael Bleekemolen and Ian Eric Waden at the top of the Legend Trophy classification. Whoever will finish ahead of the other in Belgium will succeed to Jerry De Weerdt in the history books.
Sven Van Laere debuts – 2017 Renault Clio Cup Benelux Champion Sven Van Laere will make his NASCAR debut in his home NASCAR GP at Zolder. The 46-year-old Gent-native will drive the #78 Braxx Racing Ford Mustang alongside longtime friend Marc Goossens.
Justin Kunz the most experienced driver – The driver with the most starts at Zolder in the ELITE 2 Division will be Justin Kunz with six. The German amassed one top-5 and five top-10s and his best result at the Belgian track is a fourth place in 2017.
