The 2018 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Rookie Of the Year Myatt Snider will race a full-time program in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the 2019 season. The 24-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina native will drive in the ELITE 2 Division behind the wheel of the #48 Racing Engineering Ford Mustang, competing for the overall classification and the Rookie Trophy.
The son of popular NBC Sports pit reporter Marty Snider, Myatt Snider earned four top-5s and 12 top-10s in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and will cross the ocean to race in Europe for the first time. He will take part in seven Euro NASCAR events, held in seven different European countries on some of the most prestigious tracks in the Old Continent, starting with April 13-14 season opener at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
Snider will share the #48 Ford Mustang fielded by Racing Engineering with three-time NWES Champion Ander Vilarino in the team's debut season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. One of the most successful European teams in recent history, Racing Engineering was founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón and won 11 titles in eight years, including the Spanish Formula 3 and GT championships, the World Series title in 2002 and the GP2 drivers title in 2008 and 2013. Racing Engineering was GP2 vice-champion team twice in 2015 and 2016 and fielded cars for some of the most talented drivers in the world.
Snider is not setting any specific goal, but the competitor in him says that bringing wins to the Racing Engineering team is what he's coming to Europe for.
The opening weekend of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season will feature four races two of which of the ELITE 2 Division. All races will be streamed live on Fanschoice.tv, on the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Youtube channel and Facebook page and on Motorsport.tv.