Loris Hezemans

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Loris Hezemans
Hezemans at Road America in 2019
Nationality Dutch
Born (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 26)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Related toToine Hezemans (father)
Mike Hezemans (brother)
Liam Hezemans (brother)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season2018
Current teamHendriks Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number7
Starts45
Championships2 (2019, 2021)
Wins11
Poles8
Fastest laps10
Finished last season1st in 2021
Previous series
2017–2018
2015–2016
2015
2015
2014—15		Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
TCR International Series
Audi Sport TT Cup
SEAT León Eurocup
Renault Clio Cup Benelux
Championship titles
2019, 2021NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
NASCAR Cup Series career
5 races run over 1 year
2022 position59th
Best finish59th (2022)
First race2022 Texas Grand Prix (Austin)
Last race2022 Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2022 position107th
Best finish62nd (2021)
First race2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 (Road America)
Last race2022 Nalley Cars 250 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2022 position59th
Best finish59th (2022)
First race2022 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of 7 November 2022.

Loris Hezemans (born 26 May 1997) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He last competed full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe, driving the No. 12 Audi R8 LMS GT3 for Comtoyou Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 27 Ford Mustang for Team Hezeberg, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 33 Toyota Supra for Reaume Brothers Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driving the No. 33 for Reaume Brothers Racing.

He is the 2019 and 2021 champion of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed in the SEAT León Eurocup, Renault Clio Cup Benelux, TCR International Series, and Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. In 2017, he started in the McLaren GT Driver Academy in the Blancpain GT Sprint Series.[1]

Racing career[edit]

Hezemans began his career in 2014 in Renault Clio Cup Benelux, where he finished 6th in the standings. In 2015 he switched to the Audi Sport TT Cup, he is currently 7th in the championship standings. That year he also took part in the SEAT León Eurocup, he qualified on pole position for his first-ever race and went on to win the race.[2] In July 2015, it was announced that Hezemans would make his TCR International Series debut with Target Competition driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.[3]

He switched to sports car racing Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in 2017, driving for Strakka Racing in a part-time campaign before making his full-time debut for GRT Grasser Racing Team in 2018.[4] Originally scheduled to compete in all races, he ultimately opted to skip the season finale round at Nürburgring to focus on his NASCAR Whelen Euro Series title campaign.[citation needed]

Hezemans made his stock car racing debut in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as he became the driver for Hendriks Motorsport in the Elite 1 class.[5] He scored his first pole position at Hockenheim before he picked up his first career win at the same venue on the Saturday race having led the race from the start to the finish.[6][7] He finished the year fourth in the standings and won the Junior Trophy classification for drivers aged 25 and under to win an opportunity to race in the United States.[8]

Hezemans made his racing debut in the United States the following year when he took part in the 2019 edition of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, driving for Mike Skinner's team ATF & Gunslinger.[9] He scored three top-five and six top-10 finishes to finish third overall in the Pro Late Model category at the World Series.[10] Later in the year, he would score his first victory in an oval when he won at his home race at Raceway Venray.[11]

Hezemans' Xfinity debut at Road America in 2019

On 21 August 2019, it was announced that Hezemans will be making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for B. J. McLeod Motorsports at the CTECH Manufacturing 180 in Road America.[12] He finished in 22nd place, with a power steering failure and a crash on the final restart preventing Hezemans from scoring a top-15 finish in his Xfinity Series debut.[13]

In September, Hezemans took the lead in the Euro Series championship after he scored the victory in both races at Hockenheim before he clinched his first Euro Series championship title in October after he started the rain-affected final race of the season at Circuit Zolder.[14] He finished the 2019 season with 4 wins, 6 podium finishes, and 11 top-10 finishes.[citation needed]

An injury to his right hand slightly dampened Hezemans' performance in the early stages of the 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season.[15] He finished the year in third place after winning the season-opening round at Vallelunga and the season ending round at Valencia.[16]

In 2021, Hezemans would return to the United States to race in the two Xfinity Series races, which would be his first start on ovals. He competed in the races at Phoenix in March and Charlotte in May, both in the No. 13 for MBM Motorsports, which was fielded in a partnership with Reaume Brothers Racing for these races.[17] He also drove for the No. 90 for DGM at Pocono, the No. 33 for Reaume at IRC, No. 66 for MBM at Roval, and the No. 61 for Hattori at Kansas, all were which entries were collaborated with Reaume, except for IRC, in which he drove for Reaume.

In 2022, Hezemans drove in five NASCAR Cup Series races for Team Hezeberg. Mechanical problems knocked him out in his first three starts, and he scored a duo of 33rd places finishes while running at the finish of his final two starts.

In 2023, Hezemans competed in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver, competing for Comtoyou Racing.

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Renault Clio Cup Benelux Hezemans 14 0 0 0 2 108 6th
2015 Audi Sport TT Cup Audi Sport 12 0 0 0 1 105.5 7th
Renault Clio Cup Benelux Carsport Holland 6 1 1 0 4 92 7th
SEAT León Eurocup Target Competition 2 1 1 1 1 13 14th
TCR International Series 4 0 0 0 1 32 12th
2016 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 6 0 0 0 0 1 55th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Ferry Monster Autosport 6 1 1 2 2 96 14th
Team WRT 3 0 1 0 0
TCR International Series Baporo Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 10 20th
Ferry Monster Autosport 2 0 0 0 0
Target Competition 4 0 0 0 0
2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Aust Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 3 38th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Aust Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup GRT Grasser Racing Team 8 0 0 0 0 12 17th
Belgian Endurance Championship Belgium Driver Academy vzw 1 0 0 0 0 54 26th
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 Hendriks Motorsport 12 1 1 2 6 442 4th
2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 Hendriks Motorsport 13 4 1 2 6 551 1st
NASCAR Xfinity Series B. J. McLeod Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 15 69th
NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series Escudería Hendriks Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 22 26th
2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR Pro Hendriks Motorsport 10 2 1 1 5 390 3rd
2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR Pro Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 10 4 6 5 7 412 1st
NASCAR Xfinity Series MBM Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 23 62nd
DGM Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Reaume Brothers Racing 0 0 0 0 0
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 0 0 0 0
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Hezeberg 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
NASCAR Xfinity Series Reaume Brothers Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
RSS Racing 1 0 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Reaume Brothers Racing 1 0 0 0 0 17 59th
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 1 0 1 4 100 2nd
Endurance Racing Legends - GT1A Hendriks Motorsport 2 0 2 2 2 0 NC†
2024 GT2 European Series - Pro-Am Motorsport 98

† As Hezemans was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete TCR International Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Target Competition SEAT León Cup Racer SEP
1 		SEP
2 		SHA
1 		SHA
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		SOC
1 		SOC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MRN
1
9 		MRN
2
8 		CHA
1
6 		CHA
2
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		12th 32
2016 Baporo Motorsport SEAT León TCR BHR
1 		BHR
2 		EST
1
9 		EST
2
Ret 		20th 10
Ferry Monster Autosport SPA
1
15 		SPA
2
11 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		SOC
1 		SOC
2 		CHA
1 		CHA
2
Target Competition MRN
1
16† 		MRN
2
Ret 		SEP
1
11 		SEP
2
6 		MAC
1 		MAC
2

† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[edit]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Pro MIS
QR
Ret 		MIS
CR
DNS 		BRH
QR
DNS 		BRH
CR
DNS 		ZOL
QR 		ZOL
CR 		HUN
QR 		HUN
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		NC 0
2018 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro ZOL
1
20 		ZOL
2
Ret 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
7 		MIS
1
17 		MIS
2
7 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
5 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		17th 12
Hezemans' No. 27 car at Watkins Glen International in 2022

NASCAR[edit]

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

Cup Series[edit]

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2022 Team Hezeberg 27 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA
34 		RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA
37 		ATL NHA POC IRC
37 		MCH RCH GLN
33 		DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV
33 		LVS HOM MAR PHO 59th 01 [18]

Xfinity Series[edit]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2019 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
22 		DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 69th 15 [19]
2021 MBM Motorsports 13 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO
31 		ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH 62nd 23 [20]
DGM Racing 90 Chevy POC
27 		ROA ATL NHA GLN
Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Chevy IRC
DNQ 		MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL
MBM Motorsports 66 Toyota ROV
35 		TEX
Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota KAN
32 		MAR PHO
2022 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO
DNQ 		107th 01 [21]
RSS Racing 38 Toyota ATL
36 		COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO

Camping World Truck Series[edit]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2022 Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Toyota DAY LVS
20 		ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 59th 17 [22]

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position. 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
2018 Hendriks Motorsport 50 Ford VAL
30 		VAL
24 		FRA
23 		FRA
3 		BRH
2 		BRH
8 		TOU
3 		TOU
4 		HOC
1* 		HOC
2 		ZOL
26 		ZOL
2 		4th 442
2019 VAL
7 		VAL
3 		FRA
4 		FRA
2 		BRH
9 		BRH
12 		MOS
19* 		MOS
1* 		VEN
1 		HOC
1* 		HOC
1* 		ZOL
5 		ZOL
6 		1st 551
2020 ITA
1 		ITA
6 		BEL
19 		BEL
5 		CRO
4 		CRO
2 		ESP
2 		ESP
3 		ESP
12 		ESP
1* 		3rd 390
2021 Hendriks Motorsport-MOMO 7 ESP
1* 		ESP
1* 		GBR
2 		GBR
1* 		CZE
8 		CZE
2 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		BEL BEL ITA
10 		ITA
5* 		1st 412

1 Ineligible for series points.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Loris Hezemans career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Target Competition announces Loris Hezemans for Singapore". TouringCarTimes.com. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ Dagys, John (27 February 2018). "Bortolotti, Caldarelli, Engelhart to Defend Blancpain GT Titles". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "ICONIC HEZEMANS FAMILY TO JOIN THE NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "HEZEMANS AND DELSAUX GRAB SEMI FINALS POLES". NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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Preceded by NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Champion
2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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