Racecar Series - Nascar's French "filière"

[NaBUru38]

The Racecar Series (www.racecar-series.com) is a French road course-only stock car racing series linked with FFSA and VdeV. It uses Chevrolet V8 5.7L 450hp engines and tubular chassis. Nascar is growing a link with the series to attract the best drivers to West, East and (particularly, I guess) Canadian series.

2010 Racecar Series calendar:
3-5 April - Nogaro (FFSA Super Série)
23-25 April - Lédenon (FFSA Super Série)
7-9 May - Dijon (FFSA Super Série)
25-27 June - Val de Vienne (FFSA Super Série)
23-25 July - Nürburgring (FIA European Truck)
17-19 September - Le Mans (24 Heures Camions)
11-14 November - Daytona (non-championship race, road course)

[fieldodreams79]

stockcars on the Daytona road course?!
Horrors!
If Big Bill was alive, never would've been allowed.

from the same site that NaBUru38 linked is the SPECS/HYPE pdf page.
looks to be entertaining.....too bad we in the states will probably never see or hear about it unless we are on 10-tenths

thanks for sharing!

[Quintin03]

If they'd drive at the oval there would be noone showing up would there? NASCAR is given a possibility and they immediately use it. Indy has hosted Stock cars while it has a history of not doing so. This isn't much different in my eyes.

[ptclaus98]

I wonder if any of the teams might be looking for a welder?

[FIRE]

We talked about this series earlier, see this topic (from post #33):
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...hlight=racecar

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Quintin03

If they'd drive at the oval there would be noone showing up would there? NASCAR is given a possibility and they immediately use it. Indy has hosted Stock cars while it has a history of not doing so. This isn't much different in my eyes.

i was being sarcastic but don't think very many will show at Daytona regardless of which track they use.

[jondownunder]

Was interested to see the series has FIA blessing as an international series now, and there's a round at Brands Hatch supporting DTM

2011 Racecar Euro-Series calendar:

FIA international series

- 6 meetings / 18 races on the best european tracks :

NOGARO (FR) April 21th to 25th 2011
MOTORLAND ARAGON (SP) May 27th to 29th 2011
ZANDVOORT (NL) June 10th to 13th 2011
MAGNY-COURS (FR) July 2nd to 3rd 2011
BRANDS HATCH (GB) September 2nd to 4th 2011
LE MANS (FR) October 7th to 9th 2011

- 2 All-star meetings

SPA (Bel) July 8th to 9th 2011
DAYTONA (USA) November 10th to 13th 2011

[FIRE]

This season they have also Mustang, Camaro and Charger body.

[R59]

I've emailed the organisers for more information.

[FIRE]

On www.racecar-series.com you can find also a lot of info.

[PabloTeK]

Interesting car, looks like an early NSCS CoT that's melted slightly... Shame they don't fancy somewhere like The Rock or Donington really or I'd be right on the case

[Matt]

Originally Posted by PabloTeK

Interesting car, looks like an early NSCS CoT that's melted slightly... Shame they don't fancy somewhere like The Rock or Donington really or I'd be right on the case

It's a Canadian Tire car.

[andy97]

A piece about them coming to Brands in todays Motorsport News.

There must be an opportunity to have some form of series that allows the remaining ASCARS, the Late Model European Series, these & the remains of the SPEEDCAR series to run together on a mix of Ovals & road courses, surely? Or work together to promote some sort of "package" or "ladder of opportunity"

[Peter Scillitoe]

Originally Posted by andy97

A piece about them coming to Brands in todays Motorsport News.

There must be an opportunity to have some form of series that allows the remaining ASCARS, the Late Model European Series, these & the remains of the SPEEDCAR series to run together on a mix of Ovals & road courses, surely? Or work together to promote some sort of "package" or "ladder of opportunity"

Just got back from Brands Hatch. In practice today they looked and sounded impressive. Looking forward to seeing them race tomorrow.

Think one of the problems for ASCAR was that they only ran at the Rock. A mix of ovals and road courses might have been good for for their health and longevity.

[kelvin88]

Come on then! What was the racing like??

[brands hatch]

Really very good! Close, action packed, something a bit different, they look good, sound good...just an all round great series IMO

[Peter Scillitoe]

One of the main reasons I attended this event was to see these cars. I thought they were brilliant, races good, drivers and teams were very friendly, and ideal on the Indy Circuit. I spoke to a number of marshals, and they all enjoyed these cars; I did not hear a bad word. Hope they come back next year. As I said in an earlier post, this is where ASCAR could have been if they had not apparently been tied to Rockingham.

[rustyfan]

Saw the coverage from Brands Hatch on MotorsTV today and really enjoyed it. Shame on me for not following the series more closely this year.

[andy97]

The Autosport report was complimentary.

[Lam Pak]

this championship come to china next year. michael ho and champ motorsport organize the championship.

[Peter Scillitoe]

Interesting bit of news today on the MSV Brands Hatch website

[andy97]

OK, I'll include the link: http://news.motorsportvision.co.uk/r...es-nascar.aspx

The car at Autosport looked good.