EuroNASCAR PRO – Start Records

The listing for all records related to driver starts in EuroNASCAR’s top division, EuroNASCAR PRO.

A total of 232 drivers have made at least one (1) entry in a race of NASCAR Euro Series’ top division EuroNASCAR PRO since the series’ first season under NASCAR’s official sanctioning in 2012.

A driver is considered to have entered a race if they attempted to compete in at least one official session, while a driver is considered to have started if the driver was to take the green flag at the start of a race.

Listed below are some of the records that are related to driver starts in EuroNASCAR PRO. Full details of each record can be checked through the link that was attached on their respective sections.

NOTE : The list shown below are correct as of the end of the 2024 Valencia NASCAR Fest at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Drivers shown in “bold” are drivers that have competed in at least one (1) EuroNASCAR PRO race of the 2024 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season.

MOST STARTS IN EURONASCAR PRO

Gianmarco Ercoli (left) and Frederic Gabillon (right), the drivers with the most starts in EuroNASCAR PRO
Credits: NASCAR Euro Series / Nina Weinbrenner

Both Gianmarco Ercoli (left) and Frédéric Gabillon (right) currently holds the record for the most starts in EuroNASCAR PRO. Ercoli and Gabillon started 108 EuroNASCAR PRO races in their career so far. Ercoli also holds the record for the most entries with 116, while Gabillon is the first driver to start more than 100 races in a single division of the NASCAR Euro Series.

The table below will be listing the 10 drivers with the most starts in EuroNASCAR’s top division.

Most EuroNASCAR PRO Starts - Top 10

RANK DRIVER STARTS ENTRIES CAREER SPAN
1. 🇮🇹 Gianmarco Ercoli 108 116 2015 – present
2. 🇫🇷 Frédéric Gabillon 108 109 2013 – 2019,
2021 – present
3. 🇮🇹 Dario Caso 99 100 2016 – present
4. 🇮🇹 Nicolò Rocca 95 97 2013 – 2016,
2018 – 2022
5. 🇮🇱 Alon Day 95 95 2015 – 2022
6. 🇧🇪 Marc Goossens 84 91 2016 – present
7. 🇫🇷 Romain Iannetta 82 83 2012 – 2015,
2018 – 2019,
2021 – 2022
8. 🇫🇷 Wilfried Boucenna 80 80 2012 – 2018,
2020
9. 🇫🇷 Lucas Lasserre 77 79 2017 – 2021,
2023 – present
10. 🇮🇹 Fabrizio Armetta 73 74 2013 – 2015,
2017 – 2018,
2021 – present

For more information, check out the EuroNASCAR PRO – All-Time Career Starts page in the link here.

YOUNGEST DRIVER TO START A RACE

Giles Thornton is the youngest driver to have started a race in EuroNASCAR PRO. Thornton was 15 years and 90 days old when he competed in the first race of the 2013 Michelin/Tours Evenements 100 at Tours Speedway as a driver for Scorpus Racing.

He beat the previous record set by Nicolò Rocca, who started the first race of the 2013 Nogaro 200 at the age of 19 years and 107 days old. 

The table below will be listing the 10 youngest drivers to have started a race in EuroNASCAR’s top division. Only the driver’s first start is listed.

Youngest EuroNASCAR PRO Starters - Top 10

RANK DRIVER AGE AT FIRST START FIRST START
1. 🇺🇸 Giles Thornton 15 years, 90 days 2013 Michelin/Tours Evenements 100, Race 1
2. 🇮🇹 Leonardo Colavita 16 years, 3 days 2021 Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia, Race 1
3. 🇮🇹 Mario Ercoli 16 years, 24 days 2023 EuroNASCAR Finals, Race 1
4. 🇸🇮 Mark Škulj 16 years, 188 days 2020 Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia, Race 1
5. 🇫🇷 Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 16 years, 252 days 2017 American Fan Fest, Race 1
6. 🇫🇮 Luka Nurmi 17 years, 187 days 2021 American Festival NASCAR Finals, Race 1
7. 🇦🇪 Aliyyah Koloc 17 years, 317 days 2022 Valencia NASCAR Fest, Race 1
8. 🇩🇪 Julien Rehberg 18 years, 175 days 2024 American Festival of Rome, Race 1
9. 🇫🇷 Ulysse Delsaux 18 years, 183 days 2016 Valencia NASCAR Fest, Race 1
10. 🇮🇹 Riccardo Geltrude 18 years, 219 days 2016 Valencia NASCAR Fest, Race 1

For more information, check out the EuroNASCAR PRO – Youngest and Oldest Drivers page in the link here.

OLDEST DRIVER TO START A RACE

Credits: NASCAR Euro Series / Stephane Azemard

Eric van de Vyver is currently the oldest driver to start a race in EuroNASCAR PRO. Van de Vyver was 63 years and 80 days old when he raced Alex Caffi Motorsport’s No. 1 Ford in the second race of the 2017 American Fan Fest at the Hockenheimring.

He beat the previous record set by Willy Gruber, who started the second American Festival NASCAR Finals race of 2016 at the age of 61 years and 309 days old.

The table below will be listing the 10 oldest drivers to have started a race in EuroNASCAR’s top division. Only the driver’s last start is listed.

Oldest EuroNASCAR PRO Starters - Top 10

RANK DRIVER AGE AT LAST START LAST START
1. 🇫🇷 Eric van der Vyver 63 years, 80 days 2017 American Fan Fest, Race 2
2. 🇮🇹 Dario Caso 62 years, 67 days 2024 EuroNASCAR Finals, Race 2
3. 🇦🇹 Willy Gruber 61 years, 309 days 2016 American Festival NASCAR Finals, Race 2
4. 🇮🇹 Riccardo Romagnoli 61 years, 74 days 2024 NASCAR GP Germany, Race 2
5. 🇬🇧 Colin White 59 years, 236 days 2016 Autospeedway American Style, Race 2
6. 🇺🇸 Dale Quarterley 57 years, 269 days 2018 American Festival NASCAR Finals, Race 2
7. 🇮🇹 Bernardo Manfrè 57 years, 162 days 2022 American SpeedFest IX, Race 2
8. 🇭🇷 Niko Pulić 57 years, 127 days 2020 Fracasso NASCAR GP Croatia, Race 2
9. 🇧🇪 Eric de Doncker 57 years, 110 days 2019 OMV MaxxMotion NASCAR Show, Race 2
10. 🇨🇭 Mauro Trione 57 years, 91 days 2020 Valencia Super Speedweek, Race 4

For more information, check out the EuroNASCAR PRO – Youngest and Oldest Drivers page in the link here.

THE "IRON MAN" aka. MOST CONSECUTIVE EURONASCAR PRO STARTS

Credits: NASCAR Euro Series / Klemen Sofric

Alon Day currently holds the record for the most consecutive starts in EuroNASCAR PRO. All of Day’s 95 race starts were done consecutively, with no breaks or non-starts to interrupt it.

The Israeli become EuroNASCAR PRO’s “iron man” driver when he started the second race of 2022’s Valencia NASCAR Fest, the 85th race of his career. He beat the previous record set by Frédéric Gabillon, who started 84 races in a row from the 2013 Nogaro 200 at Circuit Paul Armagnac up until the first race of the 2019 American Festival NASCAR Finals at Circuit Zolder.

The table below will be listing the 10 drivers with the most consecutive starts in EuroNASCAR’s top division.

Longest EuroNASCAR PRO Stars Streak - Top 10

RANK DRIVER STARTS RACES
1. 🇮🇱 Alon Day 95 2015 Valencia 1 - 2022 Rijeka 2
2. 🇮🇹 Gianmarco Ercoli 91 2017 Venray 2 - 2024 Zolder 2 (ongoing)
3. 🇫🇷 Frédéric Gabillon 84 2013 Nogaro 1 - 2019 Zolder 2
4. 🇫🇷 Wilfried Boucenna 56 2014 Tours 1 - 2018 Zolder 2
5. 🇧🇪 Anthony Kumpen 55 2014 Valencia 1 - 2018 Tours 1
6. 🇫🇷 Thomas Ferrando 53 2016 Valencia 1 - 2020 Zolder 2
7. 🇧🇪 Stienes Longin 47 2017 Valencia 1 - 2020 Valencia 4
8. 🇪🇸 Ander Vilariño 46 2012 Nogaro 1 - 2015 Zolder 2
9. 🇸🇪 Freddy Nordström 44 2012 Nogaro 1 - 2015 Umbria 2
10. 🇳🇱 Loris Hezemans 43 2018 Valencia 1 - 2021 Most 2

MOST RACES WITH THE SAME TEAM

Credits: NASCAR Euro Series / Klemen Sofric

Frédéric Gabillon currently holds the record for the most race with the same team. Eighty-three (83) of Gabillon’s 109 entries came from his time with RDV Competition.

He beat the previous record set by Alon Day, who made his 73rd and final entry for CAAL Racing to date in the 2021 American Festival of Rome at Autodromo Vallelunga.

The table below will be listing the 10 drivers that participated the most races with the same team in EuroNASCAR’s top division.

Drivers with the Most Races in the Same Team - Top 10

RANK DRIVER ENTRIES STARTS TEAM
1. 🇫🇷 Frédéric Gabillon 83 82 RDV Competition
2. 🇮🇱 Alon Day 73 73 CAAL Racing
3. 🇧🇪 Anthony Kumpen 72 71 PK Carsport
4. 🇳🇱 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 62 60 Team Bleekemolen
5. 🇮🇹 Gianmarco Ercoli 59 59 CAAL Racing
6. 🇮🇹 Nicolò Rocca 52 51 CAAL Racing
7. 🇨🇿 Martin Doubek 50 46 Hendriks Motorsport
8. 🇧🇪 Stienes Longin 49 49 PK Carsport
9. 🇪🇸 Ander Vilariño 46 46 TFT Racing
10. 🇳🇱 Loris Hezemans 45 45 Hendriks Motorsport

LONGEST GAP BETWEEN TWO STARTS

Credits: NASCAR Euro Series / Stephane Azemard

Davide Amaduzzi currently holds the record for the longest gap between two starts in EuroNASCAR PRO.

A gap of 8 years and 17 days separates Amaduzzi’s starts on the 2013 Le Mans Finals at Bugatti Circuit and the 2021 American Festival of Rome at Autodromo Vallelunga, breaking the previous record of 4 years and 99 days that was set by Éric Hélary.

The table below will be listing the 10 longest gap between two starts in EuroNASCAR’s top division.

Longest Gap Between Two EuroNASCAR PRO Starts - Top 10

RANK DRIVER RACES TIME GAP
1. 🇮🇹 Davide Amaduzzi 2013 Le Mans 2 - 2021 Vallelunga 1 8 years, 17 days
2. 🇨🇭 Yann Zimmer 2014 Umbria 2 - 2022 Most 1 7 years, 347 days
3. 🇮🇹 Cesare Balistreri 2015 Umbria 2 - 2023 Vallelunga 1 7 years, 300 days
4. 🇧🇪 Anthony Kumpen 2018 Tours 1 - 2022 Zolder 1 4 years, 100 days
5. 🇫🇷 Éric Hélary 2013 Tours 2 - 2017 Zolder 1 4 years, 99 days
6. 🇮🇹 Simone Laureti 2019 Brands Hatch 2 - 2023 Valencia 1 3 years, 338 days
7. 🇩🇪 Mirco Schultis 2017 Valencia 2 - 2020 Valencia 4 3 years, 242 days
8. 🇪🇸 Ander Vilariño 2015 Zolder 2 - 2019 Valencia 1 3 years, 191 days
9. 🇮🇹 Max Lanza 2019 Valencia 2 - 2022 Valencia 1 3 years, 30 days
10. 🇯🇵 Kenko Miura 2019 Zolder 2 - 2022 Zolder 1 3 years, 3 days

Disclaimer: Information taken for this page are taken from data that are verified through Racing Reference, DriverDB, Speedsport Magazine and NASCAR Euro Series. Main photo is from NASCAR Euro Series / Nina Weinbrenner. Credits for all other photos are listed underneath each image.

Last Updated: 3 February 2025