2019 FARC season

The 2019 Federated Automobile Racing Championships is the upcoming season for the stock car sanctioning body FARC.

Pre-Season Changes
The FARC Lowe Dollar Series rolled out some changes to its race format and points system in 2019.

Best-of-8 Rule
The "Best of 10" rule introduced in 2018, which only counted a driver's 10 best results and dropped the rest, was changed to only count the best 8 results. This will be done to further reduce the costs of remaining competitive in the series. With the schedule featuring 20 races, more than double of what a championship run requires, some teams have opted to field 2 drivers for the championship in a single car.

Points System
The FARC Lowe Dollar Series points system will feature 50 points-paying positions for each race weekend, regardless of how many cars each track will allow to start.

The payouts at the front of the field will once again be closer to each other, reversing the format change in 2018 that awarded 100 points to the winner, 80 for second, 70 for third, 60 for fourth, and 50 for fifth.

Double-Points Races
Series officials have confirmed that the season opener in San Antonio and the season finale, the second annual Smash Beer Oktoberfest Nationals in Times Beach, Missouri, will pay double points. These races will also feature multi-round qualifying.