CAAL Racing

Italy CAAL Racing
BaseTodi, Province of Perugia
Team principal(s)Luca Canneori
Current seriesNASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Former seriesSuperstars Series
Euro V8 Series
Current driversEuroNASCAR PRO:
54. Gianmarco Ercoli
56. Marc Goossens
88. Max Lanza
EuroNASCAR 2:
54. Alberto "Naska" Fontana
56. Sven van Laere
88. Roberto Benedetti
Teams'
Championships		Campionato Italiano Superstars:
2004–2005, 2009
International Superstars Series:
2007–2008
Drivers'
Championships		Campionato Italiano Superstars:
2004: Francesco Ascani
International Superstars Series:
2007: Giuliano Alessi
2008: Stefano Gabellini
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series:
2017–2018: Alon Day

CAAL Racing is an Italian racing team based in Todi, Province of Perugia that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team has won the Elite 1 championship twice in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as well as winning the team championship five times in the defunct Superstars Series. The team priorly fielded the No. 54 Chevrolet Camaro for Gianmarco Ercoli and Luli del Castello, the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro for Nicolò Rocca and Gil Linster, and the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for Max Lanza and Alberto "Naska" Fontana and is currently fielding the No. 54 Chevrolet Camaro for Gianmarco Ercoli and Alberto "Naska" Fontana, the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro for Marc Goossens and Sven van Laere, and the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for Max Lanza and Roberto Benedetti.

History

Superstars Series

CAAL Racing has been active in the Superstars Series since its inaugural season in 2004. The team fielded Francesco Ascani in a BMW M5 E39. The Italian driver won races at Varano and Monza. Ascani won the inaugural season of the start up series beating the only other full time driver, Mauro Simoncini, by 14 points. The following season the team, as well as the series, expanded. Ascani was retained by the team and two part-time drivers, Leonardo Baccarelli and Albert Colajanni joined the line-up. Ascani won the opening race at Adria and the team scored three more podium finishes clinching the team championship again.

In 2006 the team was beaten by Audi Sport Italia for the teams championship. Marco Gregori was the team's best driver placing fourth in the series championship. Ascani raced a new BMW 550i E60. The team continued to enter the BMW M5 E39 alongside the BMW 550i E60 in 2007. The team entered eleven different drivers in its three cars during the season. Only Giuliano Alessi raced all rounds scoring four podium finishes in the overall championship. The Italian won the International Superstars Series winning at Adria and Vallelunga. CAAL Racing driver Stefano Gabellini was very successful in 2008 winning two races in the overall championship. He finished second in the series standings, behind Gianni Morbidelli. Gabellini won the International Superstars Series. Gabellini again finished second in the overall series in 2009.

For 2010 the team switched from the BMW to the Mercedes C63 AMG. CAAL Racing driver Luigi Ferrara won both opening races at Monza. Scoring five more podium finishes Ferrara finished third in the series standings. Ferrari also finished third in the series championship in 2011 winning one race, at Misano. For 2012 Vitantonio Liuzzi was the series only full time driver. The team also received factory support from Mercedes-AMG.[1] Liuzzi was the best Mercedes driver finishing second in the series championship. The former Formula 1 driver won at Monza and the Hungaroring.

The 2013 season was the last Superstars Series season in its original form. Liuzzi left the team to join Romeo Ferraris. None of the four teams drivers competed all the rounds, nor achieved major results. Financial reasons caused the series to reform as the EuroV8 Series for 2014.[2] Diego Romanini scored the best results for the team with a third place at the season finale at the Hockenheimring.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

The car used by CAAL Racing's Salvador Tineo Arroyo in 2017

In 2013 the team debuted in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the final two rounds at Monza and Le Mans. Fabrizio Armetta noted the best result, a fifth place in the Elite 1 class and two fourth places in Elite 2.[3] After the strong outing, the team decided to enter three cars for the 2014 season.[4] Eddie Cheever III, who raced his first season out of single-seaters, was the team's star performer. Cheever won races at Brands Hatch, Magione and the season finale at Le Mans. The Italian-American finished third in the Elite 1 series standings. Cheever remained for 2015 winning the season opener at Valencia. In the course of the season Cheever was surpassed by series newcomer Alon Day. Day won at Magione and both races at Zolder. The third car was manned by Nicolò Rocca who won at Venray, Tours and Magione. Despite the team winning seven out of twelve races, the series championship was won by Ander Vilariño with TFT Racing. Day was the best placed driver in the championship finishing second. The 2016 season was less successful with only Day remaining with the team, again winning three races. Day won races at Valencia, Brands Hatch and Adria. As he struggled on the ovals at Venray and Tours, taking only one top five finish, Day finished third in the championship standings.

For the 2019 season, the team initially fielded two cars: The No. 31 team driven by Mauro Trione and Meisam Taheri, and the No. 54 team driven by Alon Day and Arianna Casoli.[5] Moreno di Silvestre would later replace Taheri at Franciacorta before Advait Deodhar took over the seat starting from Brands Hatch. CAAL would later take over the No. 27 entry from Alex Caffi Motorsport starting from the fourth race week of the season at Autodrom Most, bringing its drivers Thomas Ferrando and Pierluigi Veronesi to the team as well. Day scored three wins that year but was relegated to fourth in the standings after scoring three retirements. Ferrando would score his maiden Elite 1 victory that year in the penultimate race at Circuit Zolder whilst Deodhar finished fourth in the Elite 2 standings after scoring his maiden podium finish at Brands Hatch.

Day left the team at the end of the 2019 season and CAAL would resign former driver Gianmarco Ercoli to replace Day in the No. 54 team for 2020.[6] Despite the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, CAAL expanded into a four-car team that year by adding the No. 98 Ford Mustang team, driven by Marc Goossens and Dylan Derdaele, to the team's roster. The team also renumbered the No. 27 entry to the No. 88 car and signed Max Lanza to join Thomas Ferrando in the team for that year.[7][8][9] CAAL only won one race that year, courtesy of Ercoli at Vallelunga, and Goossens would finish the season as the team's best finishing driver in fifth place.

CAAL downscaled into a three-car team in 2021, shutting down the team's No. 31 entry following Mauro Trione's retirement in the off-season and renumbering the team's No. 98 entry to the No. 56 entry. The team resigned Alon Day and Advait Deodhar after both drivers left the team in 2020, with Day rejoining after PK Carsport withdrew from that year's championship whilst Deodhar rejoined after he took a hiatus in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic.[10][11] Day, who competed with the No. 88 team, won three races that year but was unable to defend his title after scoring four retirements. Ercoli, who won one race at Rijeka that year, went on to score his best year in the PRO class so far after he finished second in the championship, just three points off that year's champion Loris Hezemans. Deodhar would become the first Indian driver to win a race in a NASCAR-sanctioned championship after he won from pole position in the first race at Brands Hatch.[12]

Day, Deodhar, and Arianna Casoli all left CAAL at the end of the 2021 season. Day left to rejoin PK after the team rejoined the championship in 2022 whilst Deodhar and Casoli switched teams to Not Only Motorsport and SpeedHouse respectively. Luli del Castello was signed by the team to replace Casoli in the No. 54 team whilst Max Lanza was promoted to EuroNASCAR PRO to replace Day's vacated seat in the No. 88 team.[13][14] The team also signed Alberto Fontana, better known as the YouTube content creator Alberto Naska, to partner Lanza as the No. 88 team's new EuroNASCAR 2 driver.[15] Former drivers Nicolò Rocca and Gil Linster would rejoined the team to drive the No. 56 entry that year.[16][17]

In 2023, the team fields in the No. 54 car Gianmarco Ercoli for EuroNascar PRO and Alberto Fontana for EuroNascar 2. In the No. 56 car Marc Goossens is racing in EuroNascar PRO and Sven van Laere in EuroNascar 2, whilst in the No. 88 Max Lanza is racing in EuroNascar PRO and Roberto Benedetti in EuroNascar 2. Gil Linster switched to Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) driving No. 50 car in EuroNascar 2, whilst 2022 EuroNascar 2 champion Liam Hezemans is driving the Toyota Camry in EuroNascar PRO.

Complete NASCAR results

Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2 results

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

  1. ^ "Superstar Series: AMG officieel partner CAAL Racing". Autosport.nl. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Superstars: Superstars ter ziele. Serie houdt op te bestaan". Autosport.nl. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Fabrizio Armetta". The Third Turn. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ "CAAL Racing raises its game in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series". Automobilsport. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Alon Day leads CAAL Racing's lineup to chase history". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "GIANMARCO ERCOLI AND CAAL RACING BACK TOGETHER TO AIM AT THE NWES TITLE". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  7. ^ "MARC GOOSSENS AND DYLAN DERDAELE TO JOIN CAAL RACING". NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  8. ^ "THOMAS FERRANDO RENEWS WITH CAAL RACING AND SECURES SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH YACCO". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ^ "MAX LANZA JOINS CAAL RACING FOR THE 2020 EURONASCAR SEASON". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ "ALON DAY RETURNS TO CAAL RACING TO CHASE HISTORY". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  11. ^ "ADVAIT DEODHAR SET FOR EURONASCAR 2 COMEBACK WITH CAAL RACING". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  12. ^ "ADVAIT DEODHAR SET FOR EURONASCAR 2 COMEBACK WITH CAAL RACING". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  13. ^ "CAAL RACING TARGETS THREE BIG TROPHIES WITH GIANMARCO ERCOLI AND LULI DEL CASTELLO". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  14. ^ "MAX LANZA CONTINUES WITH CAAL RACING AND MOVES TO EURONASCAR PRO". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  15. ^ "ALBERTO NASKA TO ENTER THE NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES WITH CAAL RACING". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Circuit Ricardo Tormo EuroNASCAR PRO Free Practice 1 Results" (PDF). euronascar.com. NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  17. ^ "2022 EURONASCAR SEASON: GIL LINSTER BACK WITH CAAL RACING". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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