2017 BAAR Super Pro Series season

The 2017 Buckeye Association for Auto Racing Super Pro Series season is the 21st season of the premier late model series in the Ohio Valley region of the United States.

Pre-season Notes
Several well known teams and drivers will return in 2017, as well as new teams and drivers. Early entries indicated that 2017 could feature the largest full-time field in BAAR Super Pro Series history. The Super Pro schedule remains at 12 races. The BAAR Super Pro Triple Crown returns in 2017, with Columbus and Slinger retaining their spots. Louisville has been replaced by Mosport, and will host the 5th running of The Memorial.

AAA will be the title sponsor of the Rookie of the Year award for the second straight year.

Fast Twenty Qualifying
With the large number of full-time entries expected to show up, BAAR implemented what is known as Fast Twenty Qualifying. Each driver will receive five qualifying laps to try to get a fast time. The top 20 drivers will automatically advance to the feature, while the remaining drivers will participate in a Last Chance Qualifying (LCQ) race. The top four finishers in the LCQ will advance to the feature race.

Short track LCQs will be 35 laps. Road Course LCQs will be 10 laps. The Memorial LCQ will be 25 laps. The Ohio 300 LCQs will be 50 laps.

BAAR scrapped the format for the BAAR Final Battle @ Mansfield, and allowed all 38 cars to participate in the race as a sign of things to come for 2018.

Schedule Notes
The schedule is comprised almost entirely of short tracks. The only road course races on the schedule will be at Mosport and at Belle Isle. The Belle Isle event will be a companion event with V8 Champ Car for the fourth straight year, while three events will be companion events with the FARC Lowe Dollar Series: Mosport, Grand Detour and IRP.

2017 BAAR Super Pro Series Schedule

 * The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.
 * The yellow boxes represent a Triple Crown oval race.
 * The green boxes represent a Triple Crown road course race.
 * One star indicates a companion event with the FARC Lowe Dollar Series.
 * Two stars indicates a companion event with the V8 Champ Car Series.

BAAR Super Pro Series Rumored Teams

 * Blue numbers represent a part-time driver.
 * Bold user names indicate car owner.

Race Points

 * Feature Race points will be doubled in Championship events, except bonus points.

Race Bonus Points

 * 1 bonus point is awarded to the race's polesitter.
 * 1 bonus point is awarded to all drivers who lead at least one lap during a race.
 * 3 bonus points are awarded to the driver(s) who leads the most laps in a race.
 * During the Ohio 300, 3 bonus points are awarded to the leader at the end of each of the first three segments.

Demerit Penalty System

 * For every incident that results in a grid penalty, a driver will be assessed at least 10 demerit points, although more points could be assessed depending on the infraction. Warnings will result in 5 demerit points.
 * For every clean race a driver has, they will have 1 demerit point taken off their total.
 * At the end of the season, all drivers that have demerit points will have 10 points dropped from their total.