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.

Pre-Season Notes
Following the expiration of the existing OEM contract, 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.

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 5 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 playoff format will be changed to qualify the top 4 drivers in each division, seeded first by number of victories followed by the point totals, plus the winner of the Texas 500 for a playoff field of 16 or 17. The playoffs will be held over the final 8 races with three rounds of eliminations followed by the championship race, in which the highest finisher among the championship contenders will be declared the ASCC All-American Series champion. In addition to regular race victories, the winners of the pole position and qualifying duels during the Texas 500 weekend will be considered for playoff eligibility. Drivers must remain in the top 8 of their respective divisions to remain playoff eligible regardless of the number of starts they've made.

The new OEM contract and playoff format coincides with the introduction of boxier muscle-car style bodies, similar to those 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
Preliminary Schedule (WIP)

Bonus Points
All drivers verified to have served in military or law enforcement will receive a pre-season Veteran's Bonus of 40 points, equal to a race victory.

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 rival TM Master Cup Series.