2025 NASCAR Brasil Series

The 2025 NASCAR Brasil Series was the third season of NASCAR Brasil after the rebrand of "Sprint Race" Series. It consisted of 9 rounds starting on March 22 in Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura, Campo Grande and finished on December 7 in Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo. It was the last season with the 2020 generation of "Sprint Race" cars using V6 3.6L 300 hp engines, with the new car released for the 2026 season being launched in 2025.[1] Following the 2024 changes, The PRO, PRO/AM and AM classes were changed by the NASCAR Brasil and NASCAR Challenge classes, were both classes run together and compete against each other, but drivers score points in their own class, both classes compete in a third championship together in the Overall championship.[2]

The 2024 NASCAR Brasil champions Gabriel Casagrande and Alex seid ran in separated cars after being a duo in the 2024 season, in 2025 Gabriel Casagrande did a solo campaign while Seid ran sharing a car with Júlio Campos.[3][4] The Overall is considered the primary championship within the series and the winner driver is made present in the NASCAR Awards Banquet.[5] Vitor Genz was the NASCAR Brasil sub-class champion while Victor Andrade got the NASCAR Challenge championship. For Special Edition championship, consisted by Interlagos and Circuito dos Cristais oval round in 2024, Gabriel Casagrande and Alex Seid were the champions, for 2025 it had an addition of one more round, consisting of three rounds with nine races.

In the 2025 season, Rubens Barrichello was crowned champion of the "Brazilian championship" after winning the first race in Velo Città round in August,[6][7] with that he will be present in the NASCAR Awards Banquet together with other 2025 season NASCAR champions. Jorge Martelli was crowned the "Challenge" sub-class champion of the "Brazilian championship".[8]

After the final round at Interlagos in December, Rubens Barrichello was crowned "Overall Champion" after beating Thiago Camilo, and with that he will put his name in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, while Jorge Martelli was the "Challenge overall champion". Gabriel Casagrande was the "Special Edition Champion" which consisted in the last three rounds in Curvelo, Autódromo Velo Città and Interlagos Circuit.

Teams and drivers

In the 2025 all cars were ran by private teams for the first time,[9] moving on from the series operation since the Sprint Race era. Four teams was elected to run 6 cars each, with the teams being: Full Time Sports,[10] R. Mattheis Motorsport,[11] Team RC[12] and MX Motorsports.[12] In January MX Motorsport announced that will partner with the traditional Stock Car Pro Series team A.Mattheis Motorsport calling themselves MX Vogel.[13] All teams run the same spec-car with aesthetics made to remember the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang body.[14] For 2025, the Chevrolet Camaro body will switch from ZL1 to SS model.

NASCAR Brasil 2025 teams and drivers
Body Style Team No. Driver Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro Team RC 0 Cacá Bueno[15] All
10 Adalberto Baptista[16] 1, 3–8
Bruno Baptista 2
11 Witold Ramasauskas[17] All
57 Felipe Tozzo[18] All
87 Jorge Martelli[19] All
99 Galid Osman[20] All
R.Mattheis Motorsport 1 Ricardo Zonta[21] 2–9
3 Gianluca Petecof[22] 1
4 Cayan Chianca[23] 1–6
12 Emerson Reck 3–4
17 Pietro Rimbano 5–6
34 Dudes Castroneves 8–9
37 Raphael Teixeira[24] 1–6
Daniel Mencacci[21] 2
Pablo Marçal 3
39 Marcel Jorand[22] 1
46 Vitor Genz[25] 1–7
55 Brendon Zonta 7–8
56 Gabryel Romano[26] 1–6
77 Valdeno Brito 7–9
78 Léo Yoshii[21] 2
94 Luan Lopes 8
Vinny Azevedo 8-9
Leandro Parizotto 9
Ford Mustang Full Time Sports 21 Thiago Camilo[22] All
8 Alfredinho Ibiapiana[27] All
14 Thiago Lopes[22] 1, 9
15 Tito Giaffone[28] All
22 Victor Andrade[29] All
Felipe Barrichelo Bartz 7
84 Vinícius Canhedo[21] 2–7,9
91 Rubens Barrichello[30] 1–3, 5–9
Eduardo Barrichello [31] 9
95 Alceu Feldmann Neto 8
MX Vogel 5 Léo Torres[13] 1–6
6 Lourenço Beirão[21] 2, 5, 7
7 Julio Campos[32] All
Alex Seid[4]
9 Nicholas Monteiro[33] 1, 3–4, 6,
16 Antonio Junqueira[22] 1, 3–4, 6,8
28 Guilherme "Gui" Backes[13] All
44 João Barion 7
51 Ricardo Rotilli 9
76 Pedro Bezerra 8–9
83 Gabriel Casagrande[3] All
88 Beto Monteiro[21] 2, 5

Notes:

  Nascar Brasil Championship drivers
  Challenge Championship drivers

Schedule

The pre-calendar for the 2025 season of NASCAR Brazil was announced in November 16 starting March 30 and having the last round in December 7.[34] On January 10, the first official calendar was announced with 9 rounds, one more than the 2024 season, and having 21 races in total. The Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura will open the season on March 22 with the Autódromo José Carlos Pace being the last round of the season. The Brazilian championship will consist in 6 rounds with 2 races each and the "Special Edition" championship will consist in 3 rounds with 3 races each.[35]

On February 11 the calendar was updated, the unannounced tracks were confirmed being Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã track in Viamão, and the Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul in Santa Cruz do Sul. As well were determined the Special edition rounds.[36]

On May 19, Autódromo Velo Città was confirmed in place of the planned round on Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul.[37]

Location of circuits scheduled to host a NASCAR Brasil Series round in 2025
Round Track Event name Date
1 Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura
Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 		22–23 March
2 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
Paraná, Londrina 		#sunsetLondrina 12–13 April
3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, São Paulo 		#sprintrace 17–18 May
4 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã
Rio Grande do Sul, Viamão 		#inverserace 14–15 June
5 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel
Paraná, Cascavel 		#100miles 11–12 July
6 Autódromo Velo Città
São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu 		#matchpoint 23–24 August
7 Circuito dos Cristais
Minas Gerais, Curvelo 		#ovaltrack 20–21 September
8 Autódromo Velo Città
São Paulo, Mogi Guaçu 		#specialedition 1–2 November
9 Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, São Paulo 		#specialedition 6–7 December

Notes:

  Brazilian Championship round
  Special Edition round

Results and standings

Bold indicates overall winner.

Circuit Round Race Pole position Fastest lap NASCAR Brasil

Winners

Challenge

Winners

Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura 1 1 Vitor Genz Cayan Chianca Vitor Genz Jorge Martelli
2 Cacá Bueno Gabriel Casagrande Jorge Martelli Jorge Martelli
Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 2 3 Bruno Baptista Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Alfredinho Ibiapina
4 Gabriel Casagrande Cacá Bueno Léo Torres Alfredinho Ibiapina
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 3 5 Thiago Camilo Galid Osman Rubens Barrichello Felipe Tozzo
6 Thiago Camilo Cacá Bueno Rubens Barrichello Gabryel Romano
Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 4 7 Galid Osman Léo Torres Jorge Martelli Jorge Martelli
8 Júlio Campos/Alex Seid Jorge Martelli Jorge Martelli Jorge Martelli
Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel 5 9 Rubens Barrichello Cayan Chianca Rubens Barrichello Alfredinho Ibiapina
10 - Cayan Chianca Thiago Camilo Gabryel Romano
Autódromo Velo Città 6 11 Thiago Camilo Cacá Bueno Rubens Barrichello Jorge Martelli
12 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Alfredinho Ibiapina
Circuito dos Cristais 7 13 Jorge Martelli Jorge Martelli - Alfredinho Ibiapina
14 Gabriel Casagrande Rubens Barrichello Gabriel Casagrande -
15 Gabriel Casagrande Cacá Bueno Galid Osman[a] Jorge Martelli
Autódromo Velo Città 8 16 Tito Giaffone Thiago Camilo Cacá Bueno Tito Giaffone
17 Gabriel Casagrande Ricardo Zonta Gabriel Casagrande Jorge Martelli
18 Thiago Camilo Gabriel Casagrande Gabriel Casagrande "Gui" Backes
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 9 19 Rubens Barrichello "Gui" Backes Gabriel Casagrande "Gui" Backes
20 Cacá Bueno Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Jorge Martelli
21 Gabriel Casagrande Ricardo Zonta Vitor Genz "Gui" Backes

Notes:

  Brazilian Championship round
  Special Edition round
Brazilian championship points
Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Races 1 & Race 2 25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Superpole 5 4 3 2 1 0
#Inverse Race and

#Matchpoint Qualy

25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Note: In Tarumã "Inverse Race" and Velo Città "Matchpoint" qualy points are awarded the same way as Race 1 and Race 2 results.

Special edition points
Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Race 1 & Race 2 and Qualy Races 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 3 & Stage 2 25 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0

Notes:

Bold- Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time. †– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - Superpole position.

Pos Driver
CAM
LON
INT1
TAR
CAS
VEL1
CUR
VEL2
INT2 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 S1 S2 R1 R2 QR1 QR2 S1 S2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
NASCAR Brasil Championship
1 Rubens Barrichello 3 15 11 32 1 14 WD WD 1 2 12 1 7 10 4 6 6 9 Ret 1 5 300
2 Thiago Camilo Ret 11 1 153 2 21 194 DSQ 5 1 111 2 10 9 8 2 2 2 2 Ret 8 274
3 Cacá Bueno 13 141 9 10 8 8 27 Ret Ret 4 23 3 3 5 3 1 9 4 4 4 3 252
4 Vitor Genz 1 33 Ret Ret 6 4 82 Ret 6 3 48 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 5 3 2 1 247
5 Gabriel Casagrande 2 16† 2 Ret1 11 7 4 10 2 11 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 1 3 2 241
6 Galid Osman Ret 102 3 24 4 12 91 2 4 5 8 7 2 2 1 7 12 12 15 10 22 240
7 Jorge Martelli 4 15 8 Ret 13 Ret 111 1 10 14 3 12 6 15 5 8 3 17 9 7 14 194
8 Alfredinho Ibiapina 7 Ret 4 5 16 135 188 4 7 Ret Ret6 6 1 3 6 12 13 7 8 8 9 172
9 Victor Andrade Ret Ret 6 4 10 33 126 3 3 15 Ret7 14 8 15 14 Ret 18 5 Ret 6 146
10 "Gui" Backes 6 6 10 14 21 19 2012 9 14 9 Ret5 8 3 18 Ret 10 7 6 6 11 4 133
11 Léo Torres 5 9 18 1 7 62 310 5 12 6 5 5 129
12 Witold Ramasauskas Ret 5 5 8 5 5 10 Ret 16 19 1611 4 8 16 Ret 20 10 8 Ret 5 12 117
13 Felipe Tozzo 10 7 7 9 9 20 59 5 15 17 Ret4 13 2 4 9 16 19 20 11 9 15 115
14 Júlio Campos/Alex Seid 8 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret 65 Ret 20 Ret 7 Ret 5 7 2 4 11 10 Ret Ret 10 115
15 Ricardo Zonta 16 12 15 21 11 14 8 7 912 10 6 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 6 7 88
16 Tito Giaffone 9 13 13 11 Ret 16 Ret 7 11 10 69 17 4 12 10 3 17 11 12 Ret 13 84
17 Valdeno Brito 4 6 12 Ret 5 3 7 15 11 77
18 Adalberto Baptista 17 8 20 14 14 13 17 16 10 16 5 17 14 21 21 Ret 10 13 20 41
19 Cayan Chianca 19† Ret4 14 Ret5 3 Ret 173 11 18 Ret WD WD 37
20 Antonio Junqueira 11 2 Ret 10 Ret 8 14 11 19 15 14 36
21 Felipe Barrichello Bartz 9 8 15 21
22 Gabryel Romano 14 18† Ret 16 14 9 15 6 13 8 Ret Ret 20
23 Eduardo Barrichello Ret 1 18
24 João Barion 7 14 16 17
25 Raphael Teixeira 18† 4 - DSQ - 15 16 Ret WD WD WD WD 14
26 Dudes Castroneves 13 16 16 13 Ret 17 14
27 Vinicius Canhedo 19 13 19 17 13 12 21 13 15 Ret 9 Ret 13 14 12 16 13
28 Vinny Azevedo 17 22 19 16 17 18 13
29 Beto Monteiro 15 6 Ret 12 11
29 Nick Monteiro 12 Ret 18 11 7 Ret 12 15 11
31 Brendon Zonta 7 19 17 18 18 13 11
32 Pietro Rimbano 9 18 1310 9 11
33 Pedro Bezerra 15 20 15 17 14 Ret 9
34 Lourenço Beirão Ret 7 19 Ret Ret 20 18 8
35 Luan Lopes 17 22 19 8
36 Alceu Feldmann Neto Ret 14 DSQ 5
37 Leandro Parizoto 16 17 18 5
38 Ricardo Rotilli Ret 16 19 3
39 Bruno Baptista 12 Ret 1
40 Thiago Lopes 15 17† DNS Ret 21 0
41 Marcel Jorand 16 19† 0
42 Léo Yoshii 17 17 0
43 Emerson Rack 17 18 WD WD 0
44 Daniel Mencacci 20 - 0
45 Gianluca Petecof Ret Ret 0
46 Pablo Marçal Ret - 0
Challenge Championship
1 Jorge Martelli 1 1 3 Ret 2 Ret 13 1 2 5 15 3 6 5 1 2 1 8 3 1 4 356
2 Alfredinho Ibiapina 3 Ret 1 1 4 4 71 2 1 Ret Ret3 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 354
3 "Gui" Backes 2 3 4 5 9 9 84 7 5 2 Ret2 2 3 7 Ret 3 2 1 1 4 1 293
4 Felipe Tozzo 5 4 2 2 1 10 22 3 6 7 Ret1 5 2 2 3 7 9 10 5 3 5 277
5 Tito Giaffone 4 6 6 3 Ret 6 Ret7 5 3 3 24 8 4 3 4 1 7 3 6 Ret 3 240
6 Adalberto Baptista 11 5 8 5 59 9 7 6 36 7 5 6 6 11 11 11 4 6 10 175
7 Vinicius Canhedo 8 4 7 7 45 8 8 4 6 Ret 9 Ret 5 8 5 6 154
8 Gabryel Romano 8 8 Ret 6 3 1 66 4 4 1 Ret9 Ret 139
9 Antonio Junqueira 6 2 Ret 2 Ret8 6 57 4 10 5 5 110
10 Nick Monteiro 7 Ret 6 3 3 Ret 48 6 90
11 Dudes Castroneves 6 6 7 7 Ret 7 38
12 Pedro Bezerra 8 10 6 10 7 Ret 35
13 Brendon Zonta 8 8 8 9 8 4 34
14 Vinny Azevedo 4 12 9 9 Ret 8 34
15 João Barion 7 4 7 25
16 Emerson Rack 5 8 18
17 Léo Yoshii 7 7 16
18 Ricardo Rotilli Ret 8 9 15
19 Luan Lopes 4 12 9 14
20 Thiago Lopes 9 7 DNS Ret 11 14
20 Bruno Baptista 5 Ret 12
22 Marcel Jorand 10 9 7
23 Alceu Feldmann Neto Ret 4 DSQ 5

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The duo Júio Campos/Alex Seid were the winners of Curvelo round after an 7 seconds punishment for Galid Osman, but after an judicial decision to revert the driver punishment he retook back his win

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