2019 AmeriCar Championship Road Racing Series season
The 2019 Hanmore AmeriCar Championship Road Racing Series season is the current season of AmeriCar competition, the main professional road racing tour in America, sanctioned by the National Sports Car Club.
The main change from 2018 is the reintrocution of multi-class racing, however with crucial changes, as two classes get added to the tour, with AC-1, AC-2, AC-3 and AC-4 categories being contested, with each having its own race and championship. Each category has a 75-mile race, adding up to 300 total miles of competition in a joint weekend. Multiple events will be companion races to other, larger touring series, as is the norm for AmeriCar racing.
Classes Overview[edit | edit source]
AC-1: The main class is comprised by high performance race cars, veterans of the series regularly flock to this category, powered by 358 cubic inch, V8 engines that can achieve up to 900 horsepower on track. It's the most expensive tour, featuring less teams than in AC-2 and AC-3.
AC-2: The most popular class in AmeriCar, AC-2 is comprised of cost-effective muscle cars, using engines similar to the ones in AC-1, albeit restricted to only 500HP, in order to level the field of competition. The second cheapest class to contest, it regularly features 24+ car fields.
AC-3: Formerly the NSCC Production Car Challenge's top class, the Sport production car class, AC-3 is the second most cost effective series among AmeriCar, regularly contested by rookies , seeking their big break. It's also the series with the most foreign manufacturer representation, with British, Japanese, and Central European manufacturers battling against traditional American brands.
AC-4: The NSCC's Production Car Challenge stock class, this production car class is the cheapest within AmeriCar, it is contest by street cars with standard safety measures, hotly contested by hobby drivers. It's akin to Hornet Racing on road courses, attracting NSCC-registered drivers that don't have the money or the means to be in the top brass but want a taste of racing emotion nonetheless. The full-time fields is small, but the grid is filled with local drivers.
Event Schedule[edit | edit source]
Team Chart[edit | edit source]
- Blue denotes part-timers
AC-1 TEAMS | |||||||||
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Model | Team | Car | Driver(s) | Main Sponsor(s) | Car Owner | Races | |||
Kanako Serpent | PBR Motorsports | 2 | Paul Barnes Jr. | Valvoline | Paul Barnes Jr. | All | |||
4 | Sam Duffy | Apox Paints | |||||||
Perkins Racing | 15 | Leroy Perkins | Unsponsored | Leroy Perkins | 4 | ||||
Lou Murray Racing | 17 | Lou Murray | Voltson Batteries | Lou Murray | 5 | ||||
Ferrell Racing | 26 | Dave Ferrell | Unsponsored | Dave Ferrell | 5 | ||||
Clarke Racing | 38 | Geraldo Rey | Modelo Especial | Allan Clarke | 1 | ||||
39 | Allan Clarke | Unsponsored | 4 | ||||||
JA Racing | 48 | Jeffrey Adkins | Unsponsored | Jeffrey Adkins | All | ||||
Hannagan Enterprises | 50 | Stasya Filipova | Yuasa | Patrick O'Hannagan | All | ||||
Hermanos García | 54 | Adrián García | Unsponsored | Silvio García | 1 | ||||
84 | Eduardo García | ||||||||
Portela Racing | 95 | Fabricio Portela | Unsponsored | Fabricio Portela | 1 | ||||
Nelson Racing | 97 | Stan Gustaffson | ABU Garcia | Michael Nelson | 5 | ||||
98 | Lucy Barnton | Zippo | All | ||||||
Lenard Cheyenne R37 | SPI Network | 0 | Bigsby Foote | Yeti Antifreeze | Sergio Power | All | |||
6 | Libby Bell | LiberTea | |||||||
8 | Sara Topps | Leapin' Lizard | |||||||
Hi-Yo Silver Motorsports | 9 | Reid Bullet | The Loan Ranger | Kemo Sabe | All | ||||
Sidewinder Racing | 16 | Kurt Plissken | Snake Coils | Kurt Plissken | 4 | ||||
43 | Greg Woodard | Woodard Transport & Freight | |||||||
61 | Woody Watts | Pizza Planet | |||||||
PowerSports Inc. | 18 | Jesse Wilkins | Countmed | Abe Crosby | 2 | ||||
19 | Clyde Snyder | Morton Gage | |||||||
Chinese-American Motorsports Exchange |
28 | Jordan Chang | Sinopec | Shen Zhengsheng | 6 | ||||
29 | Huiliang Zhou | Cole Wright | |||||||
Cubilla Racing | 44 | Marcelo Cubilla | Unsponsored | Marcelo Cubilla | 1 | ||||
Equipo Rivera | 46 | Antero Rivera | Unsponsored | Yone Rivera | 1 | ||||
Steve Barco Motorsports | 49 | Steve Barco | Mattox Weather Shield | Steve Barco | All | ||||
UteSpeed, Inc. | 59 | Ellis Gideon | Butterfield Root Beer | Josiah Lowell | 5 | ||||
Ashcroft Racing Team | 99 | Brandon Ashcroft | Master Spark | Thomas Ashcroft | 4 | ||||
Long Beach Autosport | 460 | Natasha Pierce | Yang Microsystems Todd Bank |
Tom Pierce | All | ||||
640 | Jake Gilliam | Slam Dunk Sporting Goods Z1 Energy Drink |
5 | ||||||
Saar Eagle | Hanmore Ross Racing | 1 | Tony Bell | Hanmore | TBA | All | |||
3 | Mariano Zavala | TBA | |||||||
Team Mayweather | 02 | Adam Sailer | Alvelo Airlines | James Mayweather | 6 | ||||
20 | Mike Roe | RiffRafz | |||||||
The Outlaw Gang | 12 | Jesse Wales | The Outlaw Octane Booster | Clint Munny | 4 | ||||
24 | J.J. Eastwood | ||||||||
Patterson Racing Team | 14 | Adam Patterson | Big Bunny BBQ | Jack Patterson | 5 | ||||
41 | Jack Patterson | ||||||||
HQS Racing | 22 | Caitlin Richler | Oilex | Connor Swift | All | ||||
31 | Lexie Percy | Cadbury | |||||||
Garrison Family Ventures | 33 | Karson Garrison | Oiluminati | Arnold Garrison | All | ||||
Maestas Motorsports | 70 | Leroy Maestas | Unsponsored | Leroy Maestas | 4 | ||||
Montero Motorsports | 72 | Leticia Montero | Unsponsored | Leticia Montero | 1 | ||||
Vince Arnold Racing | 119 | Vivian Arnold | Unsponsored | Vince Arnold | All | ||||
Xenos Mace | Jackson Racing | 30 | Allen Castle | Unsponsored | Ken Jackson | 2 | |||
Down Under Thunder | 34 | Sydney Newcastle | Aussie | Mel Rockatansky | All | ||||
79 | Max Gibson | Main Force Patrol | |||||||
86 | Hogan Dundee | Crocodile Tear Gas | 5 | ||||||
Llaméx Racing | 25 | Luisa Caballero | Llaméx | Vicente Navarro | 1 | ||||
52 | Diego Jiménez | ||||||||
DFM Racing | 56 | Dan Francis Jr. | Builders' Square | Dan Francis Sr. | 3 | ||||
Carson Mercer Racing | 69 | Troy Cantrell | Monster Energy | Carson Mercer | 6 | ||||
Kronenberg Super Sport | 73 | Lukas Kronenberg | imMobile | Jakob Kronenberg | All | ||||
Thundersport GP | 74 | Jack Hallec | Turtle Wax | Liam Wells | 6 | ||||
77 | Andrew van Zandt | Pirtek | All | ||||||
Scuderia Vandom | 481 | Celina Vandom | Jupiter Batteries | Pierluigi Vandom | All | ||||
AC-2 TEAMS | |||||||||
Model | Team | Car | Driver(s) | Main Sponsor(s) | Car Owner | Races | |||
Inglesby Bolero | Gettin' Hosed Racing | 0 | Ash Holtz | A&B Hoses | Ash Holtz | 3 | |||
00 | Bud Holtz | Bud Holtz | |||||||
Linsey Motorsports | 5 | Ed Linsey | Imago | Ed Linsey | 4 | ||||
Patrick Scott Motorsports | 6 | Randy Tanner | Allicroc | Patrick Scott | All | ||||
7 | Aaron Spencer | Solvco | |||||||
MSR Enterprises | 10 | Harriet Hunter | Unsponsored | Marty Stevenson | All | ||||
Marcus Stanton Motorsports | 13 | Mac Hanley | Carter Tools | Marcus Stanton | All | ||||
26 | Connie Brooks | Hooker Headers | |||||||
39 | Marcus Stanton | SSF | 3 | ||||||
Overton Motorsports | 23 | Kirk Jones | Tim Horton's | Paul Overton | All | ||||
32 | Scott Overton | Legend | |||||||
62 | Paul Overton | Unsponsored | 3 | ||||||
ALJ Motorsports | 40 | Patricia Stevenson | Unsponsored | Alan Everett | All | ||||
Alec Hodges Motorsports | 52 | Lynn Hodges | Sisco | Alec Hodges Sr. | 3 | ||||
53 | Alec Hodges, Jr. | ||||||||
Duckroll Development | 88 | Andrew Townsend | Duckroll Tires | Glen Bowman | All | ||||
Speed Demon Racing | 666 | Marco DeBeiste | Deville's Advocacy | Bub Beelze | 4 | ||||
Lenard R37 | No Quarter Racing | 4 | Riley Knight | UTails | Paul R. Knight | All | |||
8 | Lucas Sweeney | Dryv Rideshare | Paul Sweeney | ||||||
Ashcroft Racing Team | 9 | Thomas Tucker | C9 Antifreeze | Thomas Ashcroft | All | ||||
99 | Julia Ashcroft | Marlisle | |||||||
Foster Racing | 11 | Kim Howard | Unsponsored | Paul Foster | All | ||||
12 | Ed Linton | ||||||||
Power Surge America | 48 | Liam O'Connor | Wolfram & Hart Law Firm | William Power | 4 | ||||
Gabriel Macena Racing | 51 | Isabella Macena | United Colors of Benetton | Gabriel Macena | All | ||||
71 | Gabriel Macena | Cicero | |||||||
UteSpeed, Inc. | 59 | Ellis Gideon | Butterfield Root Beer | Josiah Lowell | All | ||||
Matthews Motorsports | 60 | Taylor Matthews | AQ Data | Ryan Matthews | 4 | ||||
Ben Atkins | 3 | ||||||||
Andrea-Lynn Caldwell | 14 | ||||||||
Laser Motorsports | 61 | Konstani Theodorakos | Party Rental Ltd. | Ted Johnson | All | ||||
Bufford Racing Team | 63 | Colette Legault | Unsponsored | John Bufford | All | ||||
65 | John Bufford | 3 | |||||||
Glanville Enterprises | 85 | Rick Louis | Prue | Kiefer Glanville | All | ||||
89 | Kevin Daly | 3 | |||||||
Big Deal Racing | 444 | Ferrell Burgundy | KVWN Channel 4 News | Christina Corningstone | 4 | ||||
Saar Revere MS | HQS Racing | 2 | Riley McKee | Canadian Tire | Connor Swift | All | |||
Forrest Racing Team | 04 | Sarah Pascal | Unsponsored | Andy Forrest | 6 | ||||
44 | Josh Hopkins | ||||||||
Tec-Pro Motorsports | 17 | Kristen Young | Unsponsored | Bruce Shelley | All | ||||
18 | Bruce Shelley | Kaarfor | |||||||
Long Family Autosport | 19 | Dima van Hall | Motiv | Ryan Long | All | ||||
91 | Vito Vinci | ||||||||
Barney Comption Racing | 22 | Dan Robinson | Momo Italy | Barney Compton | All | ||||
Incred-Bull Motorsports | 24 | Beau Vine | Audi-Bull | Chip Pattie | 6 | ||||
Team Thunder | 33 | Daniel Sharp | Mr. Aid | Michael Rutana | 4 | ||||
Rence Brown | 14 | ||||||||
77 | Anthony Griffith | 7-Key Aftermarket/Steelhawk | 4 | ||||||
Sam Burkhart | 14 | ||||||||
Concept Sports Inc. | 47 | Windham Scott | Unsponsored | James Paget | All | ||||
Blitzkrieg Racing | 83 | Marv Allen | Blitz Bourbon Cola | George Levy | 6 | ||||
Maxwell Engineering | 619 | Kalysta Blackburn | Blackburn Tires | Leighton Maxwell | All | ||||
AC-3 TEAMS | |||||||||
Model | Team | Car | Driver(s) | Main Sponsor(s) | Car Owner | Races | |||
FIAM Cinque | Joe Buckney Racing | 01 | TBA | Joe Buckney | All | ||||
Millward Motorsports | 34 | Patricia Scott | TBA | Rick Millward | All | ||||
Concept Sports Inc. | 47 | Cody Lawrence | TBA | James Paget | All | ||||
Lycoia Impulse | C9 Development | 9 | Jacob Josephs | C9 Antifreeze | Andrew Hayden | All | |||
BHL Motorsports | 10 | Wyatt Irvin | TBA | Bill Headley | 6 | ||||
Dwight Johnson Motorsports | 58 | Ashley Richardson | Prismriver Guitars | Dwight Johnson | All | ||||
59 | TBA | 6 | |||||||
Kanako Meiji | Hannagan Enterprises | 50 | Filippa D'Ambrosio | Yuasa | Patrick O'Hannagan | All | |||
55 | Mark O'Hannagan | ||||||||
Nelson Racing Development | 98 | Tony Hart | TBA | Michael Nelson | All | ||||
SMC Zeppelin | Fletcher Racing | 17 | Brendan Fletcher | Colletta | James Fletcher | All | |||
19 | Taegan Roberson | ||||||||
Calvin Rounds Racing | 53 | Cameron Johnson | TBA | Calvin Rounds | All | ||||
STS Arrow | Matt Stern Motorsports | 8 | Parker Levitt | Supratech | Matt Stern | All | |||
28 | Dan Scott | 6 | |||||||
82 | Joey Sinclair | ||||||||
Hayley Racing Team | 20 | Tyrone Scott | TBA | Jim Hayley | 3 | ||||
Astor-Fitzpatrick Racing | 44 | TBA | Citra Squeeze | Barry Astor | All | ||||
Kurt Gordon Racing | 666 | Kurt Gordon | TBA | Kurt Gordon | All | ||||
AC-4 TEAMS | |||||||||
Team | Home Track | Car | Driver(s) | Main Sponsor(s) | Car Owner | Races | |||
Gareth Racing | Palm Beach Int'l Raceway | 0 | Frank Gareth | Steve Gareth, Jr. | 4 | ||||
4 | Steve Gareth, Jr. | ||||||||
5 | Steve Gareth, Sr. | All | |||||||
Eddie Underwoord | 10 | Eddie Underwood | Eddie Underwood | TBA | |||||
Ryan Cummings | Carolina Motorsports Park | 12 | Ryan Cummings | TBA | Ryan Cummings | All | |||
Lewis Hahn | 19 | Lewis Hahn | Lewis Hahn | TBA | |||||
Hancock Racing | AFD Raceway Park | 25 | Noah Hancock | Arnold Hancock | TBA | ||||
94 | Gary Hancock | ||||||||
Mahoney's Crew | Road America | 28 | Brett Mahoney | Brett Mahoney | All | ||||
Riley Richards | 30 | Riley Richards | Riley Richards | TBA | |||||
Cayden Bender | Provo Motorsports Park | 34 | Cayden Bender | Cayden Bender | 4 | ||||
Nolan Shepard | Jonesboro | 45 | Nolan Shepard | Nolan Shepard | 3 | ||||
Caleb Davies | Sonoma Raceway | 50 | Caleb Davies | Caleb Davies | TBA | ||||
McNeil Racing | 57 | Noah McNeil | Noah McNeil | TBA | |||||
Craig Herman | 68 | Craig Herman | Craig Herman | TBA | |||||
James Trevino Racing | 75 | Jimmy Trevino | James Trevino | TBA | |||||
Cecil Patrick | Jonesboro | 83 | Cecil Patrick | Cecil Patrick | 6 | ||||
Ron Ball | 87 | Ron Ball | Ron Ball | ||||||
Pittman Racing | 93 | Ray Pittman | Ray Pittman | TBA | |||||
Brandt Motorsports | Burlington Raceway | 99 | Phil Brandt | Phil Brandt | All | ||||
199 | Kerry Brandt | ||||||||
Liberty Racing | Portland International Raceway | 671 | Scott O'Leary | Reason Magazine | Scott O'Leary | All | |||
Real American Racing | Carolina Motorsports Park | 776 | Hank Wheatfarmer Jr. | Unsponsored | Hank Wheatfarmer Jr. | All |
Points System[edit | edit source]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th |
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Points | 50 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
Position | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th≥ |
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Points | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bonus Points | |
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Pole Position | 10 |
Lap Led | 5 |
Most Laps Led | 10 |
Hard Charger | 5 |