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Krasonis: “The Championship was completed as it should have been!”

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After a highly strenuous season, which had started at the beginning of 2024 with intensive preparation and participation in the New Smyrna races in the United States, the curtain came down in Zolder for Thomas Krasonis.
“The EuroNASCAR championship has come to an end as it should! I want to thank my team, Marko Stipp Motorsport, for the technical support they provided me with all season and for their confidence in me. Thanks to Alon Day for coaching me, believing in me and helping me to improve. Thanks to my sponsors, COSTAMARE SHIPPING and Dodoni S.A. for the immediate and practical support they have provided me. Thanks to my coach Paul Tymba and the entire OAKA athlete training team for taking on the task of getting me in the right physical condition for this season. Thank you to my family, the people who love me and my true friends for their support! After 32 races in Europe and the US my racing season is complete. See you next year, always aiming for the ultimate. All the best to you all!” said Thomas Krasonis.

Thomas Krasonis is in third place in the final standings in EuroNASCAR 2, Junior PRO and Endurance Team

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It was a triumphant finish to this year’s season for Thomas Krasonis, who closed the NASCAR Euro Whelen season in the best possible way, with multiple podium finishes in the grand final at Zolder.
The first Greek professional racing driver, gave his best in the four races of the weekend, climbing twice on the winners’ podium and finishing the season in third place in the EuroNASCAR 2, Junior PRO and Endurance Team standings!
This is a very big success, given that EuroNASCAR involves drivers with many years of presence in the event, which raises the level of competition dramatically. And this, moreover, was evident throughout the season, with the battles on the tracks being spectacular!
In the EuroNASCAR 2 category, Thomas Krasonis had a double presence on the podium, as he was third on both Saturday and Sunday. In Saturday’s race he started from fifth position, moved smartly and strategically and at the right moment gained two places, moving up to the winners’ podium. He started from fifth position on Sunday, with a similar development of the race, as the fall of the chequered flag found him again on the third step of the podium.
In the first EuroNASCAR PRO race, Thomas started from 19th on the grid and finished 14th, while in Sunday’s race he was 15th on the grid, coming very close to the podium, occupying fourth place in the final standings.
After the completion of the last race weekend of the season, therefore, Thomas Krasonis is third in the final EuroNASCAR 2 standings with 510 points, with the title going to Martin Doubek who scored 568 points. Second was Patrick Schober with 525.
In EuroNASCAR PRO Thomas finished the season in eighth place in the standings with 442 points, with Champion Vittorio Ghirelli scoring 555 points. In the Junior PRO individual standings for drivers up to 25 years old, Thomas Crasonis is third, behind Paul Jouffreau and Liam Hezemans. Finally, in the EuroNASCAR Endurance Team Championship he is in third place with 279 points, behind Patrick Schober and Gil Linster.
We recall that Thomas Krasonis participated this year in both EuroNASCAR categories, EuroNASCAR 2 and EuroNASCAR PRO, with the team with which in 2023 he made the big step in his racing career, Marko Stipp Motorsport.
Thomas drove the number “46” Chevrolet Camaro on all the Championship circuits this year, following a full schedule.
All the action of each race weekend can be followed through the EuroNASCAR YouTube channel
Supporters of Thomas Krasoni’s effort in the NASCAR Euro Whelen are Costamare Shipping Company and the “Dodoni” Dairy Industry.

Krasonis: “We are ready to give it all”

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Thomas Krasonis is ready to face the big challenge of the last race weekend of the year.
Thanks to the very good results of the semi-final weekend in Oschersleben, Germany, Thomas Krasonis has moved up several places in the rankings of both the PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 categories. In PRO he is now in ninth place with 330 points, while he is third in the Juniors’ individual standings.
In the EuroNASCAR 2 standings he is now fourth with 374 points, just 62 away from the top. He is also third in the Endurance Teams Championship standings with 211 points.
“We are all set for the last and most decisive weekend of the season. It’s time for the grand finale and what is certain is that we will give it our all. We definately need to have luck on our side, but what we have to do, we will do. We have been working hard all this time and we will give our best on a track that has special characteristics, but it is one of the most beautiful in the Championship”, said Thomas Krasonis

“All for all” in the Zolder final for Thomas Krasonis

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The time has come for the grand final of the NASCAR Euro Whelen. The Zolder circuit, in Belgium, hosts this season’s finals on the weekend of 12-13 October, which – like the semi-finals – offer double points to the winners and at the same time the chance for big upsets!
Thomas Krasonis, the first Greek professional racing driver, is already on the Belgian circuit, where the seventh and final race weekend of this season’s EuroNASCAR will take place.
In the Zolder final, the points won by each driver will count double. Together with the bonus points for the most positions gained by a driver during a race, they offer the possibility for each driver to accumulate a maximum of 176 points in the EuroNASCAR Finals.
The Zolder circuit is 4.011 kilometres long and opened its doors in 1963. The weekend’s racing programme starts with qualifying which will take place on Saturday at 11.00 a.m.. The first races in both the PRO category (at 3.00 p.m.) and category 2 (at 5.50 p.m.) will be held on Saturday.
On Sunday, the EuroNASCAR 2 drivers will start their second race at 12.25 p.m., to conclude the weekend’s programme with the PRO category race at 3.05 p.m..
We recall that Thomas Krasonis is participating this year in both EuroNASCAR categories, EuroNASCAR 2 and EuroNASCAR PRO, with the team with which in 2023 he made the big step in his racing career, Marko Stipp Motorsport.
Thomas is driving the number “46” Chevrolet Camaro at all the Championship tracks this year, following a full schedule.
All the action of each race weekend can be followed through the EuroNASCAR YouTube channel
Supporters of Thomas Krasoni’s effort in the NASCAR Euro Whelen are Costamare Shipping Company and the “Dodoni” Dairy Industry

NASCAR GP Belgium Preview – Finishing in the top-10 the goal for Thomas Krasonis at Zolder

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Circuit Zolder hosts the penultimate round of the 2021 EuroNASCAR season, and Thomas Krasonis is ready for it.

At Heusden-Zolder lies a track that holds a lot of history, passion and despair.

Having opened its gates in 1963, the Circuit Terlamen (as its also known) is a 4.010 km and 10-turn track, which has hosted F1 Grand Prix, DTM races and GT endurance races.

And now, it’s the host of the NASCAR GP Belgium in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – and a track that Thomas knows from his 2019 campaign in this championship.

After a difficult weekend last time out at Grobnik, Thomas Krasonis is ready to tackle Zolder, and get some valuable points for the drivers’ and teams’ standings.

As ever, a top-10 finish is the goal set by the Greek driver, who is going head on to face a new, but certainly not unknown challenge.

The schedule for the race weekend (Local Belgian Time):

Saturday, October 9

Qualifying – 10:40

Race 1 – 17:10

Sunday, October 10

Race 2 – 11:20

Photo Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Klemen Sofric