2021 ASCC All American Racing Series season

The 2021 ASCC Cotnam All American Racing Series Fueled by Donnie's Great Big Deals is the upcoming season of the premier American Stock Car Championship racing series. The 2021 season is the 11th season since the revival of the series in 2010, after the 2020 season was cancelled due to the global pandemic.

Season Overview
Following the expiration of the previous OEM contracts, Inglesby has left the ASCC, but Lycoia Motors and Tonare Auto Works will join the series in their stead. The charter system was restructured to grant eight charters each to Saar, Lenard, Lycoia, and Tonare, reducing the number of chartered entries from 33 to 32. Conversely, the series will allow up to 4 "open" non-chartered entries to qualify for each race outside the Texas 500, which will start up to 10 open entries. Any open entries that qualify for the playoffs will be locked into the field as long as they remain in the playoffs.

Representatives from Saar have protested Lycoia's involvement in the series, pointing out that half of the chartered entries are now badged by Lenard's brands.

Changes to the race format include races being split into 4 "quarters" with the caution flag being displayed and bonus points being awarded to the top 10 drivers at the end of each quarter. This is an evolution of the Caution Clock rule that was introduced partway through 2019. During each quarter break, all cars up to 3 laps behind the leader will be allowed back on the lead lap for the restart, in addition to the first car one or more laps down receiving a lap back during all other caution periods. All restarts will be double-file, and races will be extended past the advertised distance as necessary to ensure green-flag finishes.

The championship format will be overhauled for the new season. The top 4 drivers from each division plus the Texas 500 winner will qualify for the Playoffs, making up a field of 16 or 17 drivers. Playoff eligibility is determined first by performance in the new "Playoff Lock" races, taking place every fourth round in the regular season including the Texas 500, with the rest of the field being filled by points. The Playoffs will then take place over the final eight races with three rounds of eliminations, concluding with the 500-mile championship race at Daytona, with the highest finisher among the remaining contenders becoming the series champion.

The new OEM contract and playoff format coincides with the introduction of a new, boxier body style designed to increase pack racing, similar to that previously used by the series between 2012 and 2014. To create more visibility for sponsors on these bodies, ASCC released new paint scheme regulations that move the side numbers from the doors to the rear quarter panels. Select teams, including Flare Motorsports and Camelot Racing, have received approval to maintain the traditional number placement.

Schedule
Rounds marked in yellow are Playoff Lock races.

Bonus Points
All drivers verified to have served in military or law enforcement in their respective home nations will receive a Veteran's Bonus of 40 points, equal to a race victory, paid to them upon their first starts of the season. These drivers will also carry special decals on their cars indicating their veteran status.

Bonus points will also be awarded at the end of each race quarter, starting with 10 points going to the race leader, and decreasing by one point per position until 10th place, which will receive a single point. A perfect race in which the winner sweeps the first three quarters will be worth 70 points, coincidentally the same number of points that a perfect race is worth in the TM Master Cup Series.

Championship Format
During the 16-race regular season, drivers will earn points that are tallied as the season progresses. Every fourth round, including the Texas 500, will be a Playoff Lock race, where the top drivers in each division not already in the Playoffs will be pitted against each other, with the highest finisher among them winning Playoff eligibility. It will be possible for one division's drivers to sweep all four of its Playoff spots in this fashion. After the Texas 500, the ASCC Playoffs begin, qualifying the top 4 drivers in each division plus the Texas 500 winner for the 8-race postseason, which is divided into three rounds of eliminations (made up of 3, 2, and 2 races respectively) plus the championship race. Playoff contenders are first seeded by Playoff Lock wins, followed by points.

All Playoff drivers will have their points reset equally when the Playoffs begin and after each elimination round. Drivers who fail to qualify for the Playoffs and those who are eliminated throughout will revert to and continue to build on their regular points until the penultimate round, after which the driver outside the Playoff field with the most points will win the Wild Card, the fifth championship spot in the final race, if it is not taken by a Playoff driver winning the race (Wild Card priority is given to the two drivers remaining in each division in Playoff round 3).

Only the "Final Five", the top driver of each division plus the Wild Card, are eligible for the ASCC All-American Series title in the championship race. Everyone else at the track will battle for sixth and below in the final overall points.