Ryan Vargas to compete full-time in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

Vargas, who competed in two Euro NASCAR Professional Division races for 3F Racing final 12 months at Oschersleben and Zolder, will run the entire season within the group’s No. 30 Chevrolet with sponsorship from Crucial Path Safety.

“As a younger race automobile driver, you at all times dream of racing everywhere in the globe, it’s one thing I needed to do,” stated Vargas, a 23-year-old native of La Mirada, Calif.

“Final season, in our two journeys to Oschersleben and Zolder, we had an absolute blast operating inside the highest 10 and confirmed tons of velocity in opposition to the standard competitors within the sequence.”

Vargas has but to run a complete season in NASCAR competitors, though he ran a lot of the races within the Xfinity Collection throughout the 2021 and 2022 seasons. He ran seven Truck races with On Level Motorsports final 12 months with a greatest end of eighth at Texas.

Whereas Vargas runs the entire EuroNASCAR schedule this 12 months, he will even compete in America within the Xfinity Collection when alternatives come up, together with this weekend at Phoenix with Jordan Anderson Racing.

Vargas stated he seems to be ahead to the problem of serving to a younger group within the NASCAR Euro ranks turn into a contender.

“I’m not a street racing driver by commerce, however I’ve at all times had a ton of confidence on the street programs,” Vargas stated. “We’re not going to be there to parade round, we’re coming into this season with the objectives of being aggressive and having that outdoors shot at wins and podiums.

“That’s one thing I haven’t been capable of do in a very long time, and it’s fairly refreshing to say the least; because the NASCAR Whelen Euro Collection platform permits for this type of parity.”

The 2024 Euro NASCAR schedule options seven doubleheader race weekends in two completely different divisions and in seven completely different nations.

Valenci’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will host the normal season opener NASCAR GP Spain for the tenth time on 13-14 April. The 4-kilometer monitor will even host a day of preseason testing on 11 April.