Stienes Longin

Stienes Longin (born 30 July 1991 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian professional racing driver. Longin currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for PK Carsport in the Elite 1 class and in Belcar Endurance Championship driving the No. 11 Norma M20 FC for Krafft Racing. He previously won the Euro Series Elite 2 championship in 2016. He is also a one-time winner at the 24 Hours of Zolder, having scored his first overall victory in 2019. He is the son of former FIA GT driver Bert Longin.

Racing career Longin started his racing career in the Belgian Racing Drivers Club. In 2013, he was fielded by Hoppa Racing in a Renault Clio. The following year, in a BMW M3, Longin won the championship in Division 3. In 2014, Longin made his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as a part of the PK Carsport formation. At Tours Speedway Longin finished second, behind Denis Dupont, in the second Elite 2 race. At the Nürburgring the Belgian driver scored another two top-ten finishes. Longin's first appearance at the 24 Hours of Zolder came in 2014. The Belgian driver made his debut for the Australian MARC Cars formation with teammates Kris Van Kelst, Ryan McLeod, Hadrian Morall, and Mich Benton. The team finished twelfth overall, second in class.

In 2015, Longin combined a full season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series with a partial season in the Belgian Racing Drivers Club. In the BGDC, Longin won at Circuit Zolder, Dijon-Prenois and Spa-Francorchamps. He won his first NASCAR race at Tours Speedway. Scoring another five podium finishes he secured fourth place in the championship. Longin also participated in the revived Belcar Trophy in a BMW M235i Racing Cup. The team finished third in the second race of the season, placing fourth in the championship.

In the 2016 season, Longin dominated the Elite 2 class as he won eight races out of 12 on his way to win the Elite 2 championship that year. He moved up to the Elite 1 class the following year to replace his father Bert in PK Carsport's No. 11 team and would finish in fifth in the Championship having scored three podium finishes in his debut season in Elite 1. Longin once again finished in fifth in the Championship the following year having scored two podium finishes.

In the 2019 season, Longin scored his first pole position in the Elite 1 class at Brands Hatch before leading the Elite 1 Championship for the first time in his career at Most after scoring six second-place finishes in the first eight races of the season. Longin also won the 24 Hours of Zolder in the same year, scoring the win alongside his father Bert (who scored his sixth victory in the event, tying Anthony Kumpen and Marc Goossens for the most wins), Christoff Corten, and Giorgio Maggi. On the final race of the season at Circuit Zolder, Longin would score his first victory in the Elite 1 class in the rain-affected race to secure a second-place finish in the championship.

Complete motorsports results

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 MARC Cars Australia 2 Mitch Benton Ryan McLeod Hadrian Morrall Kris van Kelst MARC Ford Focus S1 663 12th 2nd 2015 Tyre Set/Peka by PK Carsport Maxime Dumarey Guillaume Dumarey Guido Dumarey Max van Splunteren BMW M235i Racing Cup T7 723 8th 4th 2016 Bas Koeten Racing Thomas Piessens Sven van Laere Amro Al Hamad Wolf GB08 2 658 17th 3rd 2017 PK Carsport Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Frank Beliën Porsche 991 7a 519 33rd 4th 2018 PG Motorsport Tijn Jilesen Marnik Battryn Johan Huygens Porsche Cayman GT4 3 752 7th 2nd 2019 Krafft Racing Bert Longin Christoff Corten Giorgio Maggi Norma M20FC 1 791 1st 1st

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2017 PK Carsport 11 Chevy VAL VAL BRH BRH VEN VEN HOC HOC FRA FRA ZOL ZOL 5th 569 2018 VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH TOU TOU HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 5th 419 2019 VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL* 2nd 502

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 2014 PK Carsport 11 Chevy VAL VAL BRH BRH TOU TOU NÜR NÜR UMB UMB BUG BUG 27th 156 2015 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU UMB UMB ZOL ZOL 4th 621 2016 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL ZOL 1st 650