Brands Hatch American SpeedFest III - ELITE 2 Round 6
FERRANDO CONQUERS BRANDS HATCH
Storms To Second Win Of The Season
Brands Hatch, UK - June 7th, 2015 - The third edition of the Brands Hatch American SpeedFest ended with Thomas Ferrando (#37 Knauf Racing Team Ford Mustang) storming to a flag-to-flag win in the ELITE 2 Round 6 in front the historic track’s huge crowd. This is the Frenchman’s second win of the season and the fourth of his NASCAR career.
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“I’m really happy to win again with the Knauf Ford Mustang. Yesterday It was very difficult because I made a big mistake but we managed to be up front today. Really really happy,” said the 17-year-old.
Ferrando started from the pole and jumped to an early lead, but a yellow flag waved on lap 17 after Didier Bec’s (#8 RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) lost oil on track and some cars – including Florian Renauer (#5 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang), who was second – slipped off track. Salvador Tineo Arroyo (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) took advantage of the situation and took second place, defending it on restart with three laps to go and finishing just behind Ferrando under the checkered flag, leading the Rookie Cup classification.
The restart saw Longin win the battle for third ahead of Renauer and Philipp Lietz (#67 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), who took the championship lead. Reigning ELITE 2 champion Maxime Dumarey (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) was sixth, with Francesca Linossi (#99 GDL Racing Ford Mustang) right behind him leading the Lady Cup.
Championship leader Gianmarco Ercoli (#9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro) ended up 8th after being involved in a contact with Christian Malcharek (#66 DF1 Racing Chevrolet SS) that costed him many positions and resulted in a penalty for the Slovakian driver, who finished 14th.
Eric De Doncker (#98 Insulco Motorsport 98 Ford Mustang) led the Legend Trophy with the ninth position under the checkered flag and Ulysse Delsaux (#3 Tepac RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) rounded out the top-10.
The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series heads now to Tours Speedway, which will host the final round of the regular season on June 27-28.
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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