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The 2017 Professional Auto Racing Tour is the thirty-first season of PART. this is the second season after the merger between APRS and USRT.

Three touring series will take place in 2017 under the PART banner:
 * PART Racing Series presented by Cyra
 * PART Challenge Series
 * PART Junior Series

PART Racing Series presented by Cyra
The 2017 season of the Racing Series will feature small, but noticeable changes for the season. Firstly, the opening round changes from the New York Autoring to the newly constructed Empire State Superdome and becomes a regular double round weekend.

The amount of full-time drivers decrease from 72 to 64 as a effort to allow more part-timers each weekend, with a part-timers championship happening. Thirty-six cars will take part in each series duel. Each part-timer must start 12 races to be eligible for the Privateer's Championship.

The Cromwell and Duncan spec cars have been updated and no longer carry a model name, being solely known as spec cars.

Triple digit numbers will also be outlawed for full-time cars, as a organization measure. The triple digit numerals will only be allowed for part-timers and one off entries. The same will happen with numbers that contain letters, those will only be used for part-timers and one-off cars.

The brand new Privateer's Championship will take place during the whole season, except for the over capacity events. 24 teams will contest 12 races each and the team with the best average finish at the conclusion of the Hanmore 225 will be crowned champion. Multiple drivers can share cars in the championship as there will be no drivers' championship for the privateers, only the teams' championship will be contested.

Rookie of the Year championship reverts back to the format used in 2015, where the driver with the best average finish at the end of all 26 events will be crowned Rookie of the Year.

PART Challenge Series
The Challenge Series undergoes several changes, as the Truck Series becomes defunct, and Cipriani backs out of sponsoring the series, instead only sponsoring the final race of the season.

The schedule will comprise of only companion events with the Racing Series, with this move, part-time and double-duty campaigns by Racing Series drivers will be allowed, although not scoring any points towards the championship battle.

Thirty teams will compete full-time in 2017, being joined by up to six part timers in each race.

The Cromwell and Duncan spec cars receive the same update as the Racing Series models.

PART Junior Series
The latest series to join the PART family is the Junior Series, based around the concept of the Dash Cup Aspira Juniors, sanctioning body which has good relations with PART, oftenly holding companion events.

The series will use a similar body that was used in FARC during 2012-2013 period, however the cars will be drastically slowed down, only being able to perform up to 140mph by themselves. Only drivers between 14 and 18 years of age will be allowed to compete, as the objective of the series is create young new stars.

The championship will be contested throughout 14 races, in which one will be a superspeedway, four will be roadcourses and eight will be shorter/slower ovals. Most races will be held companion to the Racing Series and Challenge Series.