Brands Hatch American SpeedFest III - ELITE 1 Round 6
VILARINO KEEPS STREAK GOING
Second Win Of 2015, Fith At Brands Hatch  

Brands Hatch, UK - June 7th, 2015 - Ander Vilarino (#2 TFT-Banco Santander Chevrolet SS) won a thrilling ELITE 1 Round 6 at Brands Hatch in the contest of the third edition of the American SpeedFest, scoring his second win of the season, the 19th of his NASCAR career and keeping alive a streak of wins on the British track that dates back to 2012.    

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The Spaniard started from the third spot on the grid and dived past polesitter and teammate Romain Iannetta (#7 TFT Chevrolet SS) at the Druids corner on lap 16 of 30 after overtaking reigning champion Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) for second. The Spaniard then defended his lead on a late restart and Iannetta and him gave team TFT their first one-two finish of the season.

"I'm over the moon! Today we finish first and second. I win the race and Romain finsh second, yesterday he won and I finished third. It's a great week-end for the TFT team. We had some engine problems during the whole weekend and the guys did a fantastic job; I dedicate this vctory to the team, to my wife and to Olivia Duval, who was with me in Brands Hatch last year and today is her birthday," said Vilarino.

After slipping from third to fifth in the early stages of the race, Alon Day (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) inherited third place when Kumpen and Eddie Cheever III (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) got together in turn 5 on lap 15 and finished third to climb on the podium for the first time in his NASCAR career, also leading the Junior "Jerome Sarran Trophy classification". Cheever vas penalized for the contact and ended up 9th under the checkered flag.

Florian Renauer (#5 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang) ended up fourth ahead of Kumpen, who completed the top-5 ahead of his teammate Bert Longin (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) after announcing that he will compete in four NASCAR races in the US this year, making his debut in the NASCAR XFINITY Series.

Jeffrey Earnhardt finished seventh in his second EuroNASCAR race at the end of a solid race that saw him clib up to fifth before surrendering some positions in the last restart. Philipp Lietz (#67 GDL Racing Ford Mustang) was eight and led the Challenger Trophy classification. Freddy Nordström (#44 GDL Racing Ford Mustang) finished 10th, right behind Cheever.

A frantic start led to a yellow flag on lap 2, caused by a contact between Frederic Gabillon (#3 Tepac RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) and Nicolò Rocca (#56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) that resulted in a drivethrough penalty for the Frenchman.  

The race was also interrupted with a red flag, following a contact that left Michela Cerruti (#9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro) and Wilfried Boucenna (#77 DF1 Racing Chevrolet SS) out of the race. Fabrizio Armetta (#9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet SS) was excluded from the race for causing the accident.  

Vilarino gains some ground on Cheever (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) in the standings and will enter the Tours Speedway event later this month with a good advantage on the Italian. Iannetta moves up to third, ahead of Kumpen.

ABOUT NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was founded in 2008 and established the NASCAR official European Series in January 2012 thanks to a long-term partnership signed with NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), Team FJ, a Motorsports company located in Blois, France, and Whelen Engineering as title sponsor of the Series.The season is made up of 24 races, equally split among ELITE 1 and ELITE 2 divisions, on the best European tracks. Euro NASCAR introduced a stunning innovation on July 7-8, 2012 by organizing the first ever NASCAR race on an oval track in Europe on a half-mile speedway built in the downtown of Tours (France). With four races in two days, these 400 HP V8 monsters provide pure racing action and thrilling bumper-to-bumper battles as well as a lot of family fun around the track! In the pure NASCAR tradition, race fans can get closer to the action than ever and feel the unique in Europe paddock atmosphere thanks to drivers, teams and cars always available for the spectators.The series attracts drivers from all over the world, all willing to fight on track for the win and take the first step towards becoming a NASCAR star in the U.S.

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