VALENCIA, Spain – Alon Day put together another dominant performance to win Sunday’s first EuroNASCAR PRO race at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
The driver of the No. 24 PK Carsport Chevrolet Camaro led all 18 laps at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, scoring his fourth victory of the season and the 24th of his career. Day enters the season finale later Sunday afternoon with a 24-point lead over Lasse Soerensen in the series standings.
At the green flag, Day immediately took the lead. His teammate Stienes Longin started right next to him on the front row, but the Belgian was involved in an incident in turn three of the first lap that triggered a safety car period. Day drove away again on the ensuing restart on lap six.
As soon as the 29-year-old from Ashdod opened a solid gap on his chasers, he started saving his equipment and took his second consecutive checkered flag in Valencia, Spain.
“It was a tough one at the beginning and it’s a bummer to lose my teammate in the first lap,” said Day. “It could have been an amazing result for my team PK Carsport like yesterday. Everything went well for me. I was put under pressure by Loris Hezemans, but he suddenly fell back and I don’t know what happened to him. The moment he disappeared, I decided to save my tires and the brakes. 50 percent of the job is done, but there is still one race to go.”
Soerensen started from 11th on the grid and had a lot of work to do to keep his championship hopes alive. The Danish giant at the wheel of the No. 66 DF1 Racing Chevrolet Camaro climbed back to second, winning the Junior Trophy in the process. He had an intense battle with series newcomer Olivier Hart, who was ranked eighth after a 10-second-penalty for infringing track limits.
Lucas Lasserre rounded out the EuroNASCAR PRO podium with a huge comeback from 15th to third and also scored the eight bonus points for the most gained positions during the race. The Frenchman was particularly happy to celebrate after his team rebuilt the No. 33 Mishumotors car during the night following a crash in EuroNASCAR 2.
Gianmarco Ercoli was fourth overall and second in the Junior Trophy classification. Giorgio Maggi followed in fifth to close the under-25 podium with a solid performance. Davide Dallara scored a positive ninth place and thus grabbed the Challenger Trophy for bronze and silver drivers in EuroNASCAR PRO. Dario Caso was second in the special classification ahead of rookie Yevgen Sokolovskiy.