PRACTICE: Kumpen Below The Record

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series drivers are back on track at Tours Speedway for the final meeting of the regular season on the first purpose-built NASCAR short track in Europe. At the end the Friday’s two practice sessions, Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS) led the ELITE 1 division classification thanks to his 16.478 seconds lap around the .403-mile oval. The Belgian, who went .013 seconds below the current track record set by Nicolò Rocca (#56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) in 2015, was followed by NASCAR Next driver Alon Day (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS). The israeli driver topped the Junior Jérôme Sarran Trophy by edging Gianmarco Ercoli (#9 Double-T by Nocentini Ford Mustang). Frederic Gabillon was fourth fastest, a mere .010 seconds slower than Day. Thomas Ferrando completed a top-5 encompassed in less than two tenths of a second.

Dario Caso led the Challenger Trophy classification with his 12th fastest time, just .637 from the leader.

Brands Hatch winner Salvador Tineo Arroyo (#54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) was fastest in the ELITE 2 Division with a lap in 16.752 seconds, ahead of Ferrando and Gabriele Gardel (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS). Italian rookie Riccardo Geltrude (#7 Double-T by Nocentini Ford Mustang) led the Rookie Cup with the fourth fastest lap time overall. RDV Compétition driver Hugo Bec (#3 Tepac RDV Compétition Ford Mustang) rounded out the top-5 three tenths of a second behind the leader.

Renzo Calcinati (#12 Virgin Radio Double-T by Nocentini Ford Mustang) was 9th fastest and dominated the Legend Trophy classification, while Arianna Casoli (#8 Vict Motorsport Ford Mustang) led the Lady Cup.

Qualifying will start at 10:00am CET on Saturday June 25 and each driver will have two flying laps to go for the pole position. All the action from Tours Speedway will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv (http://bit.ly/nweslive). Live updates from the track will be available on the Race Central Live page on NASCAR Home Tracks (http://bit.ly/nwes16x04rcl) and on the official NWES social media profiles on Twitter (@EuroNASCAR), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NASCARWhelenEuroSeries/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/euronascar/).

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