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The 2017 Professional Auto Racing Tour is the thirty-first season of competition for PART, the second after the rebranding that took place following 2015.

Four touring series will compete under the PART banner in 2017:
 * Racing Series powered by Cyra
 * Cipriani Challenge Series
 * Farmstop Modified Tour
 * Truck Series

PART will also sanction short track racing across the United States, Canada and Mexico under the Continental Racing Championships banner.

PART Racing Series powered by Cyra
Preseason changes

The series will maintain the same car style used for the last 13 years, however, the manufacturer/model limit will be four, those models being the Saar Carolina, Inglesby Bolero, Lenard R37, and Nemoto Celerox.

Sixty cars will be allowed to run full-time and for the first time a manufacturer per team cap will be used for the full-time teams, only as 15 full-time cars per manufacturer will be allowed.

Event Schedule

The Prestige Crown introduced in 2016 will return with one less race, as the opening race moves from the New York Autoring to the newly constructed Empire State Superdome and the Independence Special takes place at the Daytona International Speedway, as part of the annual track rotation for this race.

Team Chart

PART Cipriani Challenge Series
Preseason changes

The series will re-use the late model body dropped after 2013 spec car for this season. 3 different models will compete; Saar Carolina, Inglesby Bolero and Lenard Cheyenne R20.

The series also adopts a playoff system, where the top 10 drivers following race 16, plus two race winners outside of the top 10 will fight for the championship in the last four races.

There will be 30 full-time drivers in the season, and part-time drivers will be once again allowed to run in the series.

In terms of schedule, the Challenge Series will feature three dirt track races.

Event Schedule

Team Chart

PART Farmstop Modified Tour
Preseason changes

The truck series spot as third tier series is taken by the long awaited open wheel modified series. The 16 race schedule will emcompass the northest, southeast and midwest, it will also feature around 24 drivers running full-time.

Event Schedule

Team Chart

PART Truck Series
Preseason changes

The truck series falls to the fourth tier in the PART ladder, thus, it becomes the smallest PART series. Schedule features 10 races that will be confined in the northeast only. Two models are expected to take part on the championship: Saar Nebraska and Lycoia Rebel.

Event Schedule

Team Chart

Points System
Bonus Points

In all series a bonus of 10 points will be paid to the drivers who lead the most laps in a single race (the Lap Leader bonus), additionally, the pole winner receives 10 points. The hard charger bonus will cease to exist.