Nicolò Rocca

Nicolò Rocca (born 14 December 1993 in Turin. ) is an Italian professional racing driver that competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving most recently the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro for CAAL Racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. His best result in the series is a 3rd place in 2019, at the wheel of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro of PK Carsport.

Career Rocca started his racing career in 2002 with karting. During his karting career, he raced across Italy and Europe, culminating with a KF3 season in 2008. He made his car racing debut in 2010, racing in Formula BMW in the 2010 Formula Lista Junior season for Daltec Racing, scoring multiple podiums.

In 2011, Rocca graduated to Formula Renault, racing in the Alps championship, for Interwetten Racing, with a best result of third in the opening round in Monza. Rocca's experience in Formula Renault continued in 2012, racing for GSK this time, in the Italian championship.

In 2013, Rocca switched to stock cars, taking part to his first NASCAR Whelen Euro championship in the PRO class, racing for Scorpus Racing. In 2014, he joined Caal Racing on the No.25 Chevrolet, finishing the season with a win at the Bologna Motorshow race, in December.

2015 was the breakthrough year for Rocca, which did see him scoring four pole positions in the first four races of the season, securing the best ever average qualifying position of the series, against teammates Alon Day and Eddie Cheever. He secured three wins and six podiums, which left him as the main title contender against Ander Vilarino going into the last race of the year in Zolder. A controversial contact with the local hero Anthony Kumpen hampered Rocca's chances to secure his first title.

Rocca returned to the wheel of the No. 56 Chevrolet Camaro of Caal Racing in 2016, finishing the season in fourth.

After only racing part time in 2017 and 2018, Rocca joined PK Carsport full time for the 2019 season, onboard of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro. Rocca scored the first podium of the season in Brands Hatch, after a race long battle with Alon Day and Stienes Longin, for then securing the first pole position and win with the new team in Most. Further podiums in Venray and in Hockenheimring left Rocca as the main title contender of Loris Hezemans getting into the last weekend of the season, which he eventually ended third after a luck-less last race.

For 2020, Rocca joined the Austrian team DF1 Racing, managing to bring the No.22 Chevrolet on the podium multiple times, continuing with them in 2021, and finishing the 2021 season in fourth.

In 2022, Rocca re-joined Caal Racing No.56 Chevrolet Camaro, starting off the season with a pole position and win in Valencia. Rocca ended leading the championship for most of the 2022 season, ending the season in fourth.

Karting record

Racing record Racing career summary

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 Scorpus Racing 19 Chevy NOG NOG DIJ DIJ BRH BRH TOU TOU MNZ MNZ BUG BUG 14th 403 2014 CAAL Racing 25 Chevy VAL VAL BRH BRH TOU TOU NÜR NÜR UMB UMB BUG BUG 13th 483 2015 56 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU UMB UMB ZOL ZOL 9th 561 2016 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL ZOL 4th 553 2018 VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH TOU TOU HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 25th 154 2019 PK Carsport 24 Chevy VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 3rd 499 2020 DF1 Racing 22 Chevy ITA ITA BEL BEL CRO CRO ESP1 ESP1 ESP2 ESP2 9th 317 2021 ESP ESP GBR GBR CZE CZE CRO CRO BEL BEL ITA ITA 4th 394 2022 CAAL Racing 56 Chevy VAL VAL GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE BEL BEL CRO CRO 4th 374