Tours Speedway

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Tours Speedway
LocationParc des expositions, Tours, France
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates47°22′42″N 0°43′29″E / 47.3782°N 0.7247°E / 47.3782; 0.7247
Opened7 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-07)
Closed2018
Major eventsNASCAR Whelen Euro Series (2012–2016, 2018)
Websitehttp://www.tours-speedway.com
Length0.575 (Middle line) 0.615 (outer line) km (0.357 miles)
Turns4
Banking

Tours Speedway was an oval speedway located in Tours, France. The track is located at the parkingplace of the Parc des expositions east of the city. It was first used in 2012. The only event raced on the track is the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.

On October, 2nd, Tours announced that the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race will be the last NASCAR race in this track.

Race results

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Year Class Driver Team Car
2012 Elite United States Ben Kennedy TFT Racing Chevrolet
France Éric Hélary Still Racing Chevrolet
Open France Frédéric Johais Overdrive Racing Chevrolet
France Vincent Gonneau Gonneau Racing Chevrolet
2013 Elite France Frédéric Gabillon Rapido Racing Chevrolet
France Frédéric Gabillon Rapido Racing Chevrolet
Open France Julien Goupy Rapido Racing Chevrolet
Australia Josh Burdon Scorpus Racing Chevrolet
2014 Elite 1 Spain Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
Austria Mathias Lauda DF1 Racing Chevrolet
Elite 2 Belgium Denis Dupont RCP - Marc VDS Toyota
Belgium Denis Dupont RCP - Marc VDS Toyota
2015 Elite 1 Italy Nicolò Rocca CAAL Racing Chevrolet
Spain Ander Vilariño TFT Racing Chevrolet
Elite 2 Belgium Stienes Longin PK Carsport Chevrolet
Italy Gianmarco Ercoli Double-T by MRT Chevrolet
2016 Elite 1 France Frédéric Gabillon RDV Competition Ford
France Frédéric Gabillon RDV Competition Ford
Elite 2 Italy Riccardo Geltrude Double-T by MRT Ford
Belgium Stienes Longin PK Carsport Chevrolet
2018 Elite 1 France Frédéric Gabillon RDV Competition Toyota
Israel Alon Day CAAL Racing Toyota
Elite 2 France Ulysse Delsaux RDV Competition Toyota
France Ulysse Delsaux RDV Competition Toyota
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