“I don’t know what to say, I’m so excited right now,” said 20-year old Castro. “You always dream about more. It’s all about winning the race. Here it came down to that one lap and we did it. It’s only six corners, I managed to have a decent lap. My team is really doing the best they can. They gave me an awesome car today and I’m looking forward to the race. I was pushing the whole time and trying to get the perfect gap from the guy in front of me. That worked out well.”
Franciacorta ELITE 2 Round 4 winner Venturi will start second in the ELITE 2 Round 5 on Saturday. The Go Fas Racing driver ended up ahead of championship leader Giorgio Maggi, who was quick in the first part of Superpole but couldn’t match his two rivals in the closing minutes. Freddy Nordstrom will start fourth in his NWES comeback at Brands Hatch, while Valencia race winner Nicholas Risitano rounded out the top-5.
Vittorio Ghirelli, who is also in contention for the 2019 ELITE 2 championship, was sixth ahead of local hero Scott Jeffs, Indian rookie Advait Deodhar, Myatt Snider and Justin Kunz, who closed the top-10. Q1 had to be red flagged once due to a technical issue for the #12 car of Naveh Talor, who ended up 22nd on the grid.
Pulling double duties at Brands Hatch, NASCAR GP Italy race winner Lasse Sorensen was not able to set a lap time in qualifying due to an issue to his #66 Camaro. The Dexwet-df1 Racing driver will have a huge mountain to climb in the afternoon, when he will start from the very back of the grid in the ELITE 2 Round 5.
All races from the seventh edition of the American SpeedFest will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv, the Euro NASCAR YouTube and Facebook page, Motorsport.tv and a vast network of websites and social media pages from around the world. Green Flag for ELITE 1 Round 5 will wave at 2:13 pm CEST.
Gian Luca Guiglia, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard photos
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