Frédéric Gabillon

Frédéric Guy Frank 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.

Racing career

Gabillon 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 sixth 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, Gabillon scored four race wins and ten 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, 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. Gabillon finished in 12th place after starting from the penultimate row of the grid.

In 2015, Gabillon switched teams to RDV Competition, where he has stayed to this day. In 2016, Gabillon became the first driver to finish in the top-five 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. 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.

Gabillon struggled the next year as he finished the season in 12th place after scoring just three top-five and six top-ten 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.

Complete motorsports results

NASCAR

Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO

(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 Pts 2013 Rapido Racing by Still 05 Chevy NOG NOG DIJ DIJ BRH BRH TOU TOU MNZ MNZ BUG BUG 2nd 692 2014 Still Racing 12 Chevy VAL VAL BRH BRH TOU TOU NÜR NÜR UMB UMB BUG BUG 4th 612 2015 RDV Competition 3 Ford VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU UMB UMB ZOL ZOL 6th 587 2016 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL ZOL 2nd 646 2017 VAL VAL BRH BRH HOC HOC VEN VEN FRA FRA ZOL ZOL 4th 596 2018 Toyota VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH TOU TOU HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 2nd 484 2019 Chevy VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 12th 394 2020 VNC VNC BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN VAL VAL ZOL ZOL HOC HOC -* -*

K&N Pro Series East (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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 2014 Troy Williams Racing 86 Chevy NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN12 VIR GRE DOV 56th 32

Pinty's Series (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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2018 Dumoulin Competition 07 Dodge MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR8 RIS MSP ASE NHA JUK 37th 36

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