EuroNASCAR revealed an Entry List of 23 teams and 49 drivers across all three divisions for the 2025 NASCAR GP Czech Republic at Autodrom Most.
NASCAR Euro Series have officially announced the Entry List for this week’s NASCAR GP Czech Republic. A total of 49 drivers, split into 23 teams across all three divisions, are set to be competing in Autodrom Most.
The two months long summer break has created changes in the Entry List for not only drivers, but also teams. Most notably, the #34 team will be fielded by a returning team: Race Art Technology.
It is unknown as of yet on why the #34 team changed owners from M Racing to Race Art. The big crash at Vallelunga and poor results at Brands Hatch in spite of Thomas Toffel’s podium in the wet conditions might’ve played a factor, but as of right now nothing is confirmed.
There’s also a surprise change at Italian powerhouse CAAL Racing, who will not bring the #88 Avangarde Group Camaro.
Max Lanza, the No. 88’s usual EuroNASCAR PRO driver, will temporarily move to the No. 89 team in the place of Max Marzorati. Roberto Bendetti joins Marzorati in the sidelines as Davide Frulio is set to race the No. 89 TEKNA Camaro in EuroNASCAR OPEN.
Fellow Italian teams Academy Motorsport also had changes to its driver roster. Marc Goossens is unable to compete due to his commitments as team manager of RedAnt Racing.
RedAnt is scheduled to take part in 24 Hours of Zolder, which for 2025 is held on the same weekend as the NASCAR GP Czech Republic.
With Goossens unavailable, team co-owner Federico Monti joins Andres Beers in the No. 1 IceFactory Europe Ford Mustang. It’s set to be Monti’s first EuroNASCAR PRO start since the 2022 finale at Rijeka.
Interestingly, Monti will not compete in Rookie Challenge. The Italian will be replaced by Daniel Boys in the No. 1 seat at Rookie Challenge.
The move effectively meant that Monti forfeited his chance to defend the title in 2025. It ensures that a new Rookie Challenge champion will be crowned at the Zolder finale.
Lucas Lasserre’s SpeedHouse will replace Arianna Casoli with Monegasque Fabrice Pantani as she’s still not cleared to make her return. Pantani primarily competes in historic racing, but he also has experience in GT and touring car racing as well as rallying.
His entry will be backed by Motors Formula Team (MFT), who has had past associations with Buggyra Racing during the Czech-Emirati team’s short lived EuroNASCAR stint.
EuroNASCAR OPEN will also feature two Americans on the grid. Brands Hatch surprise package Jordan O’Brien returns to Club Competition’s No. 22 Dinoil Camaro, while Mike Wise gets another shot with Lux Motorsport in the No. 21 GT Omega Camaro.
In addition, as previously reported, Team Bleekemolen is set for changes across all three divisions. For EuroNASCAR PRO, local driver Michal Makeš is set to make his series debut in the Dutch team’s in-house No. 76 Toyota Camry squad.
Makeš will be joined by Michael Bleekemolen, who completes his full return to EuroNASCAR’s second division. Granddaughter Robin completed the changes with her upcoming debut in Rookie Challenge with the No. 69 team.
Robin is part of a 17 drivers strong field in Rookie Challenge, a record high for the regularity based division. Fifteen of them are points scoring contenders, with only Valerio Marzi and Garrett Lowe competing under the practice provision rules.
Out of the fifteen, there are four debutants. Outside of Robin and Makeš, Sebastian Roiko and Brenna Schubert are also set to make their debut in Autodrom Most.
Information on Roiko is scarce, but two things are known. Roiko hails from Finland and he will be racing the No. 17 Ford Mustang for Hendriks Motorsport, giving Hendriks a third entry for Czechia.
Schubert is set to compete in the No. 22 team, creating an all-American line-up alongside O’Brien. In contrast to Roiko, information for Schubert is more readily available.
Schubert is a 24-year old Pennsylvanian that currently competes in Prodigy Racing League (PRL) with BS+ Competition. PRL is the same championship that Garrett Lowe raced prior to making the jump to EuroNASCAR.
Unlike Lowe, Schubert’s background lies in engineering. She got a chance to work as Penn State University’s Formula Student team chassis and aero specialist during her college days.
This ignited her drive to compete professionally as a driver, culminating in her victory at the 2024 PT Autosport Aspiring Driver Shootout. The $100,000 scholarship she received from this was then used to secure her PRL contract with BS+ Competition.
As such, the NASCAR GP Czech Republic presents Schubert with the opportunity to learn and develop a good set of skills for a possible future in stock car racing.
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