Cars GlobalMag October 2013
Cars GlobalMag October features all the new cars presented at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept cars presented in Germany deserve a special chapter with a beauty contest of their own. CGM October also features a focus on the new Peugeot 308, Volkswagen e-up! electric cars, the racing spectacle of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ... and much more!
Cars GlobalMag October features all the new cars presented at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept cars presented in Germany deserve a special chapter with a beauty contest of their own. CGM October also features a focus on the new Peugeot 308, Volkswagen e-up! electric cars, the racing spectacle of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ... and much more!
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RACING - A NEW ERA FOR NASCAR IN EUROPE<br />
A BIG FIGHT IN <strong>2013</strong> THE “ELITE” CLASS<br />
The Spanish driver Ander Vilarino, at the wheel<br />
of the #2 TFTBanco Santander Chevrolet SS dominated<br />
the first part of the season by winning 6<br />
consecutive races in Nogaro, Dijon and Brands<br />
Hatch.<br />
In July the series gifted thousands of spectators<br />
with 4 vibrant races, surrounded by the magic<br />
atmosphere of the Tours American Festival, not<br />
far from Paris. On the 600m halfbanked French<br />
oval the national hero Frederic Gabillon triumphed<br />
in both the two 100 laps races at the wheel<br />
of the Rapido Racing by Still Chevrolet Camaro.<br />
If during the summer break the frenchman An-<br />
The <strong>2013</strong> season is made up<br />
of 24 sprint races in the Open and Elite<br />
divisions on six circuits: Nogaro (F),<br />
Dijon (F), Brands Hatch (UK), Tours<br />
Speedway (F), Monza (I) and Le Mans (F).<br />
thony Gandon, one the most talented young<br />
drivers in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, took<br />
the occasion to race in the U.S. in the Nationwide<br />
Series, the championship hunt restarted in<br />
Monza with the first playoff race. It was Vilarino<br />
to win Race 1 by starting from the pole<br />
while Race 2 was run with the track in damp<br />
conditions and turned out to be one of the best<br />
NWES races ever, with 4 drivers fighting for<br />
the win until the last corner of the last lap. The<br />
young Swiss Yann Zimmer, who’s also leading<br />
the Junior Trophy standings, won his first ever<br />
NASCAR race in outstanding fashion, taking<br />
the checkered flag just ahead of Gabillon and<br />
Vilarino.
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