2013 Dash Cup season

The 2013 Dash Cup season is the upcoming season of the Europe-based Dash Cup series.

Pre-Season Changes
Speculation of the 2013 Schedule being extended is up in the air, as Dash Cup announced their intent to span out to a wider range of European tracks. Dash Cup officials announced that they want to stay in Europe this year after costs of going over to Japan and Australia seemed to be a burden to certain teams that are already struggling for money. Some teams chose to even skip the Japan races, only part time teams though. However, Dash Cup officials also stated that, they want to keep to a fair amount of ovals, so the possibility of Rockingham returning has risen even though this track was previously ridiculed by the officials. The officials also stated their desire to go to an endurance course to test the durability and skill of the drivers. The number of races was said to originally level off at around 20 races.

Also, Dash Cup officials have decided to run a six-race American exhibition tour in preparation for the 2013 season. To take part in the off-season races, drivers wishing to contend must have made at least one race (including the Spa GP and qualifiers) in the 2012 season, or must be hoping to take part in the 2013 season. However, teams that are wishing to attempt the Off-Season races must have had a car that did at least 5 races or must have a win in the 2012 season. Teams wishing that are new from 2013 are NOT eligible.

Speidel announced that it would withdraw from the series in 2013, citing budget issues.

It was also announced that the first race of the season, the EuroSpeedway GP, will be a special one-off event like the Spa GP.

There are rumors that due to the expanded number of entries into the series, Dash Cup may adopt the twinbill format used by ARLA and the RROL.

If a driver is from Britain, they are allowed to class themselves as either British or, in contrast, English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish.

2012 Dash Cup American Exhibition Tour Schedule
Take into account, this series was on the tail end of 2012, and it used the old cars. Cassandra Collins won the exhibition title, over team-mate Rence Brown.

2013 Dash Cup Schedule

 * Blue squares indicate a road course event.

Tentative Team Chart

 * Blue indicates a part-time entry.

2013 Points System

 * 5 bonus points go to the race's polesitter.
 * 5 bonus points go to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
 * 1 bonus point go to a driver who leads a lap.
 * Points are doubled at the Spa GP