JV en EuroNASCAR, go Jacques, go !

Both Longin and Rocca dramatically closed the points gap in the ELITE 1 standing from Alon Day, who now leads by just one point on Longin and nine points on Rocca. After a less than ideal start, Day made contact with Jacques Villeneuve – the Canadian also had to bring his Go Fas Racing Chevrolet Camaro to an early stop – and suffered a puncture. Day was penalized for an avoidable collision with the former Formula One champion.

UPDATE: Alon Day received a 10-point penalty for the contact with Villeneuve that brings him down to third in the standings. Longin now leads with eight points on Rocca and nine on Day.

Jacques Villeneuve is a driver that can potentially pull off a surprise this weekend. Villeneuve has plenty of experience in ovals thanks to his previous experience of competing in Champ Car and NASCAR and while his oval results in NASCAR has been less than stellar, he has one notable oval victory in his name – the 1995 Indy 500.

After being involved in collisions that are no fault of his own that forced him to retire in both races at Most, Villeneuve will be eager to bounce back and perform well in his first oval race since the 2014 Indy 500, as well as his first oval race in a NASCAR car since the 2010 Brickyard 400.

The @EuroNASCAR Elite 1 Qualifying for @RacewayVenray is about to begin soon! Remember, same format as yesterday: 30 minutes, in batches of 4 ordered by Practice order initially, no Superpoles, and as many laps as you want!