Tours Motor Speedway - ELITE 2 TOURS EVENEMENTS 75
ERCOLI TAKES THE LEAD
Wins Second Race Of The Season In Tight GWC Finish
Tours Speedway, France - June 28, 2015 - Gianmarco Ercoli (#9 Double T by MRT Nocentini Chevrolet Camaro)exciting Tours won an action-packed Tours Evenements 75 at Tours Speedway by edging Ulysse Delsaux (#3 Tepac RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) in a intense Green-White-Checkered finish after leading flag to flag. The Italian also increased to 8 points his lead on Thomas Ferrando (#37 Knauf Racing Team Ford Mustang) in ELITE 2 Division standings.
PHOTO - CREDITS: NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES /STEPHANE AZEMARD
This is Ercoli’s second season win after the season opener in Valencia, while 17-year-old Delsaux climbed on the podium for the first time in his career.
“It's a dream for me! Winning a NASCAR race on an oval is fabulous, it's just the first step to the USA, but it means we are on the right path!”, said the winner. “I want to thank all the team, they gave me a great car! It was an outstanding weekend and I'm proud to be part of Nocentini’s comeback to Victory Lane! It was possible thanks to the hard work of Double T.”
There was no shortage of action in the race, as Ercoli and Ferrando put up an intense duel for the lead that ended only in the last lap, when Delsaux took advantage of inside line to overtake Ferrando. The three young talents drove constantly inches from each other side by side, especially on the five restarts that punctuated the Tours Evenements 75.
Salvador Tineo Arroyo (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) came from the eight place on the grid to score important points and lead the Rookie Cup by finishing fourth, just in front of Philipp Lietz (#67 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), who keeps the points leader in sight despite falling 10 points back.
Lietz’s teammate Nicki Petersen (#44 GDL Racing Ford Mustang) ended up sixth, ahead of local hero Pierre Roché (#4 TLC - Leclerc Ford Mustang) and Stéphane Sabates (#55 Whelen - Amaï.fr Chevrolet Camaro), who also won the Gentleman Trophy classification. Florian Renauer (#5 Dexwet Renauer Team Ford Mustang) and Didier Bec (#8 RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) completed the top-10.
Carole Perrin (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) brought home the Lady Cup despite a 30 seconds penalty for an avoidable contact and not respecting track limits after ending up seventh under the checkered flag.
Yesterday’s winner Stienes Longin (#11 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) fell victim of a contact with Guillaume Deflandre (#56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) and had to retire. Deflander was also protagonist of another contact, this time with Francesca Linossi (#99 GDL Racing Ford Mustang), on lap 69, which led to the Green-White-Checkered finish.
The ELITE 2 Division will return to action on September 12-13 at the Autodromo dell’Umbria di Magione, Italy for the first round of the 2015 playoffs.
Tours Speedway Live Streaming on Fanschoice.tv
All the four races from Tours Speedway will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv http://bit.ly/nweslive with the following schedule:
Saturday June 27, 2:15 PM CET - ELITE 1 Round 7
Saturday June 27, 6:55 PM CET - ELITE 2 Round 7
Sunday June 28, 10:30 AM CET - ELITE 1 Round 8
Sunday June 28, 3:30 PM CET - ELITE 2 Round 8
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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