Frédéric Gabillon (born 27 March 1976 in Uzès) is a French professional racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet SS for RDV Competition in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is a three-time runner-up in the Euro Series, having finished second in the championship in 2013, 2016, and 2018.
| Frédéric Gabillon | |||||||
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| Nationality |  French | ||||||
| Born | March 27, 1976 Uzès, Occitanie | ||||||
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2013 | ||||||
| Current team | RDV Competition | ||||||
| Car number | 3 | ||||||
| Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
| Starts | 84 | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 12 | ||||||
| Poles | 10 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 8 | ||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in 2013, 2016, 2018 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 12th in 2019 | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2018 2014 2011 2010-12 2007-09 1999-2006 1997-98 | NASCAR Pinty's Series NASCAR K&N Pro Series East FIA GT3 European Championship French GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France Renault Clio Cup Championnat de France Formula Renault | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1999 | French Renault Mégane Trophy | ||||||
| NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2018 position | 37th | ||||||
| Best finish | 37th (2018) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 Le 50 Tours Can-Am (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Le 50 Tours Can-Am (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of July 5, 2019. | |||||||
Racing career
editGabillon started his racing career in Championnat de France Formula Renault in 1997. He then moved to Renault Mégane Trophy in 1999, where he won the French Renault Mégane Trophy in his debut season. After seven years of competing in the Renault Clio Cup, Gabillon made his sports car racing debut in 2007 in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, scoring a total of two wins in three seasons with a best finish of 6th in 2008 and 2009. He then drove in French GT Championship before making a switch to the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2013.
In his first season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, he scored 4 race wins and 10 podiums on his way to finish second in the championship. He was then rewarded with an opportunity to drive in the K&N Pro Series East at the 2013 season finale race at Road Atlanta in a Rick Ware Racing prepared car,[1] but it didn't materialize. The following year, he scored one more win to finish in fourth in the Elite 1 championship before making his racing debut in the United States in the K&N East race at Watkins Glen in a Troy Williams-entered car.[2] Gabillon finished in 12th place after starting from the penultimate row of the grid.
In 2015, he switches teams to RDV Competition, where he has stayed to this day.[3] In 2016, Gabillon became the first driver to finish in the Top 5 in all races of the season, although he would lose the title to Anthony Kumpen by 11 points. He would finish second in the championship again in 2018, this time finishing 28 points behind Alon Day.[4] In the same year, he would make his NASCAR Pinty's Series debut at Circuit Trois-Rivières as part of NASCAR Home Tracks' driver exchange program, driving the No. 07 Dodge Challenger for Dumoulin Competition.[5]
Gabillon struggled the next year as he finished the season in 12th place after scoring just 3 Top-5 and 6 Top-10 finishes. Despite this, he managed to score a victory in the second race at Brands Hatch after a race-long battle with Stienes Longin. Starting from pole position, Gabillon initially lost the lead to Loris Hezemans but he regained the lead after Hezemans received a drive-through penalty for jumping the restart.[6]
Complete motorsports results
editNASCAR
editWhelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO
edit(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.)
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | ||
| 2013 | Rapido Racing by Still | 05 | Chevy | NOG 18 |
NOG 7 |
DIJ 2 |
DIJ 2 |
BRH 3* |
BRH 2 |
TOU 1* |
TOU 1* |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 2 |
BUG 1* |
BUG 1* |
2nd | 692 | |||
| 2014 | Still Racing | 12 | Chevy | VAL 27 |
VAL 5 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 6 |
TOU 3* |
TOU 4 |
NÜR 3 |
NÜR 1* |
UMB 5 |
UMB 3 |
BUG 17* |
BUG 3 |
4th | 612 | |||
| 2015 | RDV Competition | 3 | Ford | VAL 18 |
VAL 2 |
VEN 2 |
VEN 4 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 15 |
TOU 2 |
TOU 2 |
UMB 14 |
UMB 3 |
ZOL 16 |
ZOL 4 |
6th | 587 | |||
| 2016 | VAL 2 |
VAL 2 |
VEN 1 |
VEN 5 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 2 |
TOU 1* |
TOU 1* |
ADR 5 |
ADR 3 |
ZOL 2 |
ZOL 1* |
2nd | 646 | ||||||
| 2017 | VAL 14 |
VAL 2 |
BRH 22 |
BRH 2 |
HOC 11 |
HOC 8 |
VEN 3 |
VEN 3 |
FRA 2 |
FRA 4 |
ZOL 4 |
ZOL 2 |
4th | 596 | ||||||
| 2018 | Toyota | VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
FRA 2 |
FRA 4 |
BRH 1* |
BRH 4 |
TOU 1* |
TOU 6 |
HOC 7 |
HOC 20 |
ZOL 3 |
ZOL 4 |
2nd | 484 | |||||
| 2019 | Chevy | VAL 8 |
VAL 6 |
FRA 18 |
FRA 26 |
BRH 11 |
BRH 1* |
MOS 17 |
MOS 21 |
VEN 5 |
HOC 6 |
HOC 5 |
ZOL 23 |
ZOL DNS |
12th | 394 | ||||
| 2020 | VNC |
VNC |
BRH |
BRH |
MOS |
MOS |
VEN |
VAL |
VAL |
ZOL |
ZOL |
HOC |
HOC |
-* | -* | |||||
K&N Pro Series East
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Troy Williams Racing | 86 | Chevy | NSM | DAY | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | FIF | LGY | NHA | COL | IOW | GLN 12 |
VIR | GRE | DOV | 56th | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pinty's Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Pinty's Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NPSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Dumoulin Competition | 07 | Dodge | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | SAS | SAS | EIR | CTR 8 |
RIS | MSP | ASE | NHA | JUK | 37th | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
References
edit- ^ "FREDERIC GABILLON INSCRIT EN NASCAR K&N EAST A ROAD ATLANTA" [Frederic Gabillon Registered in NASCAR K&N East at Road Atlanta]. autonewsinfo.com (in French). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "WNY Auto Racing: Williams boosting NASCAR diversity". buffalonews.com. The Buffalo News. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "RDV Compétition Launches Title Attack". whelen.com. Whelen. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Alon Day wins finale en route to second NASCAR championship". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Frédéric Gabillon - A Frenchman in the NASCAR Pinty's Series". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "FREDERIC GABILLON RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE WITH AN OUTSTANDING DRIVE". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
External links
edit- Official website of Frédéric Gabillon Archived 2018-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Frédéric Gabillon profile in the NASCAR Home Tracks website
- Frédéric Gabillon driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Frédéric Gabillon career summary at DriverDB.com