2009 ARLA Elite Series season

2009 ARLA Elite Series Season
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# of Rounds	24
Ovals	17
Road Courses	7
Driver's Champion	Akira Tsukari
Owner's Champion	J-Motor
First Race	2009 Smash Beer 100
Last Race	2009 Rockford 200
Championship

The 2009 ARLA Elite Series season was a 24-race season that began at Daytona and concluded at Rockford. The last time they had ran at Rockford before this season was back in 2001. The championship would be won by Akira Tsukari.

Notes

• The Talladega doubleheader races did not count as two separate races.

• After the qualifying race at Green Valley, due to the astronomical amount of full-time teams, teams that did not qualify for a race at that point were demoted to the ARLA Thunder Trucks.

• A number of teams withdrew from the race at Leipzig due to safety concerns, resulting in only 45 cars attempting the race.

Schedule

Round	Race Title	Circuit	Winner	Team
0	2009 ARLA Elite Series Rookie Shootout	Daytona International Speedway	Seiju Dejao	MRD Motorsports
1	Smash Beer 100	Daytona International Speedway	Marcos Leonard	Groves Racing
2	LendMaster 100	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Dale Underwood	Ultra Fury Racing
3	1-800-DONTBUSTPANTS 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Lizz Hebert	White Mountain Motorsports
4	Black Rhino Energy/Vitalization Drink 100	Denver Motor Speedway	Leslie Riggs	CeeJay Racing
5	AtomiCrunch Crackers 100	Green Valley 540	Kevin Colley	CeeJay Racing
6	Bait 'N' Stuff 100*	Talladega Superspeedway	Leslie Riggs	CeeJay Racing
7	Dudley's Firecrackers 100	Rovaniemi Raceway	Leigh Gruell	Xenos Development
8	Whutt Hearing Aids Grand Prix of Leipzig	Streets of Leipzig	James West	Karl, Inc. Racing
9	Canyon Rain 100	Rockingham Motor Speedway	Andy Pearson	Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports
10	Dormio's Energy Drink 100	Eight Bowl Superspeedway	Andy Pearson	Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports
11	Matte's Car Wax 100	Grand Detour of Southern Illinois	Taylor Brillon	CeeJay Racing
12	ARLA @ The Glen	Watkins Glen International	Seiju Dejao	MRD Motorsports
13	Paul's Bunion Removal 100	Pocono Raceway	Brenda Riggs	O&D Racing
14	Crude's Oil and Petroleum Grand Prix of Canada @ Clairmont	Clairmont Circuit	Nami Mura	Rosebud Racing
15	2009 Dwyer Memorial Grand Prix	Dwyer Speedpark	Ethan Everett	Rosebud Racing
16	Sparky's Gasoline Heaters 100	Phoenix International Raceway	Bobby Porteau	Sierra Motorsports
17	Green Thumb Gardening Tools 100	The Milwaukee Mile	DJ Daniels	Daniels Racing
18	TirADE 100	Boston International Speedway	Packer Carroll	Gravity Racing, Inc.
19	Sky High Filling Station 100K	Lake Afton Raceway	Akira Tsukari	J-Motor
20	NitroADE 100	Chicagoland Speedway	Alex Carson	Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports
21	Empire State 100	New York Autoring	Seiju Dejao	MRD Motorsports
22	2009 Appleton Speedway Fright Nite	Appleton Speedway	Nokamaru Tsukari	J-Motor
23	Grand Prix of Decatur presented by Zap! Electronic Devices	Decatur Raceway	Tristan Roberts	Last Lap Racing
24	Rockford 200	Rockford Speedway	Patrick Carpino	Carpino Racing

• The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Team Chart

Team	Manu.	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Races	Owner
Michael White Racing	Genesis	0	Michael White	The Home House	23	Michael White
		25	Todd Stater	Edelweiss Greenhouses	All	Vincent Giacalone
Smiley Racing	Saar	1	Jason Teller	Loser Shop	5	Jason Teller, Sr.
Pearson/Sweeney Motorsports	Calton-Morel	2	Robert Truex (fired after Talladega)	Smash Beer	6	Andy Pearson
			Andy Pearson		17
		5	Olivier Martinez (R)	Fat Tony's Pizzeria	All	Tony Schmidt
		8	Alex Carson	Flatt Cola	23	Paul Sweeney
		92	Lucas Sweeney (R)		11	Paul Sweeney
LT Motorsports	Lenard	3	Louis Tellez	Midnight Oil	5	Louis Tellez
European Domination	Volpi	4	Mario Franchetti	Roberto's Mustache Care	23	Wesley Meehan
	Inglesby	04	Ansgar Klemens		3	Wesley Meehan
	STS	45	Ronald Porter (fired after Chicago)	Don’s Olde Tyme English Tea	19	Mario Franchetti
			Ansgar Klemens		4
O&D Racing	STS	6	Jeb Klinger	Risenflus	20
			Leon Keniston		3
		67	Brenda Riggs	Menonyl	23
		72	Andy Pearson	Swelluden	6
			Paul Sweeney		4
			Lance Andrews		13
Dalitz Family Racing	Lenard	7	Scott Dalitz	Dalitz Karting Equipment	3	Chaz Dalitz
Grease Burger Racing	Raptor	9	Jared Andersen	Grease Burger	23	Harvey Simpson
		00	Manuel Ortiz (fired after Rockingham, team shut down)	Grease Burger	9
		10	Ryan Baldwell	Grease Burger	23
Gravity Racing, Inc.	Gasnier	00	Zach Gott	Meltdown Anti-Freeze	2	Packer Carroll
			Henrietta LaVerne, III		1
		71	Packer Carroll (R)	Shiny Wax Grape Soup	All
			Kevin Colley	Shiny Wax	1
Hatt Racing	Lenard	01	Randy Marsh		3	Randy Marsh
Ultra Fury Racing	Genesis	03	Dale Underwood	Pocono Sleeping Pills	23	Erik Burns
Team Thunder	Gasnier	05	Bob Stephans	Freakimation Entertainment	All	Michael Rutana
		06	Anthony Griffith	Master Blasting Suntan Lotion	All
Green Flag Racing	Calton-Morel	07	Justin Parker	tirADE	23
		97	Travis Keating	Soda World	All
CeeJay Racing	Lenard	08	Kevin Colley (fired after Leipzig)	Flood & Son's Expert Plumbing	8	Chris Jackson
			Benji Flynn		16
		19	Allie Riggs (fired after New York)	Neon Hardware	20
			Rachel Rainsford		4
		34	Ricky Navarro (fired after Green Valley)		5
			Taylor Brillon (R)	Kill-Os	19
		50	Leslie Riggs	b	23
Last Lap Racing	Genesis	09	Harry S. Enola	Freedumb Missiles/Ammu-Nation	All	Simon Hicks
		29	Tristan Roberts	1-800-DONTBUSTPANTS	23
J-Motor	Nemoto	11	Nokamaru Tsukari	NinjaGear.com	23
			Manny Brown		1
		27	Kitsuko Raitoka		5
		32	Nakano Satasumi (team shut down after Denver)	ENEOS/Nippon Oil	4
		39	Akira Tsukari		All
Dawg Pound, Inc.	Genesis	12	Shane Lake (R)	Ace's Speed Shop	All	Shane Lake
Rosebud Racing	Inglesby	13	Nanamii Miura (R)	Bob's Beef Brownies Idiot Stick	23	Mahogany Rose
		53	Kodi Richards		23	Mahogany Rose
	Saar		Ethan Everett	Casargo	1	Peter Keyes
	Inglesby	59	Zainy Jenkins (R) (fired after Dwyer, team shut down)	Idiot Stick	15	Mahogany Rose
		98	Kurt Walker	Kleffer Media	23	Mahogany Rose
			Nanami Miura		1
Power Steering, Incorporated	Inglesby	14	Bigsby Foote (R)	Sasqwatch Missing Linkage	All	William Power
		18	Jim Kidd	Blazing Saddles Hemorrhoid Cream	5
		24	Thurston Blood	Vampire Batteries	5
Sierra Motorsports	Volpi	15	Bobby Porteau	MorTar None	All
		16	Matt Scarano	Rubber-Dub-Dub	All
		22	Vinnie Enzo	Guzzle Premium Fuels	22
			Tom Delgado		1
		23	Mike Andrews	Big Cajone Taco	All
The Little Guys		20	Jeff Little		3
Team JROD	Calton-Morel	26	Bruno Battaglia	Baltimore Bearcats	15	Jared Pierce
			Quentin Sands		2
			Julius Williams		7
		70	Jared Pierce	Team JROD	6
White Mountain Motorsports	Saar	31	Lizz Hebert (R)		21	Leon Keniston
			Leon Keniston		1
			Elmer Fox		2
Hackson Racing	Lenard	35	Frank Hackson	Deceps	3	Frank Hackson
Watts Motorsports	Inglesby	36	Woody Watts	Black Mesa/Aperture Labs	4	Woody Watts
			David Lee Bibson		1
MRD Motorsports	Calton-Morel	37	Seiji Daiho (R)	B.B. Wolf's Rib Emporium	All	Tom Delgado
		77	Tom Delgado	Gold Star Security None	10
TurnRight Motorsports	Calton-Morel	38	Dan Mealk (R)	RanRun Treadmills/BackUp	All
Evans Motorsports	Lenard	41	Charlie Waters	Toxico Paint Co.	All	Anthony Evans
		43	Dallas Dupre (R)	Easy Idle	All
Feral Racing	Lenard	42	Laura Cyrus	Mobile Johns	All
Roderick Motorsports Ltd.	Inglesby	44	Matt Taylor (R) (left after Talladega)	Launch Energy	6	Barry Roderick
			Shinji Tanaka		18
		74	Scott Hamilton	Leela	All
Xenos Development	Xenos	46	Leigh Gruell (R)	Xenos	23	Ron Billings
		47	Kyle Eckerton	That Burger Joint	2
Rossini Sport	Volpi	48	Alessandro Rossini (left team after Indy)	EZ Rent-A-Diaper	3	Romano Rossini
			Siam Rossini (fired after Clairmont)		11
			Tyson Lautenschlager		4
			Antonio Crestani		6
Team esRock	Raptor	49	Alex Graff (R)	esRock	18
			Chuck Johaanes		5
Karl, Inc. Racing	Gasnier	51	Jason Bates	Karl's Siphoning Hoses	All	Brian Rodenberger
		52	Bob Rudolph (R) (fired after Rockingham, team shut down)	?	9	Brian Rodenberger
		69	James West	Indy Can Crusher	22	J.D. McDermott
			Tyson Lautenschlager		2
Riggs Motorsports		52	David Lee Bibson		1	Brenda Riggs
			Allie Riggs		2
Team Burr	Calton-Morel	54	Jerry Richson		1	John Burr
			Lawrence Burr		1
Minnesota Racing	Saar	62	Michael Calvin	Hi-Steel	4	Oliver Gonzalez
			Ricky Gonzalez		1
M&J Racing	Saar	63	Kevin Monroe	Golden Lightning Bodywerks/Derrie-Air	23	Kevin Monroe
		64	Chris Johaanes	Roberto's Semi-Hot Salsa	22	Chris Johannes
			Allie Riggs		1
		65	Rob Ryder (fired after Rockingham, team shut down)		9	Alan Monroe
		68	Chuck Johaanes	Roberto's Semi-Hot Salsa	6	Chuck Johannes
			Lawrence Burr		1
Warrior Motorsports	Lenard	75	El'Ahrai Stanek	WVTV	3	Andrew Zimmerman
			Brian Wiencek		2
Groves Racing	Inglesby	76	Cornelius Yukon	Yeti Anti-Freeze	3	Kenn Groves
			Benji Flynn	Roberto's Semi-Hot Salsa	3
			Rachel Wagner	b	2
			Lance Andrews	Arquin	3
			Scott Morales	kidzone	6
			Jerry Richson	Barfy’s Donuts	3
			Bernie Fellows	Dustbin Antique Shops	3
		78	Marcos Leonard (R)	LAZER	All
OEN Racing	Inglesby	80	Earl McDermott	OEN	11	Gregory McDermott
		82	Will Schwieg	OEN	5	Albert MacElroy
J. Chance Racing	Xenos	81	Josh Mertz (R)	GT Cola	21	Josh Mertz
Wild Flame Racing	Xenos	85	Kyle Hanover	Husker Detailing	5	Derek Jones
JiNX Racing		86	Michael Rodriguez	Mystical Magic Shop	5	Joel Rodriguez
Harden Inc.	STS	88	Austin Harden (R) (Team shut down after Vancouver)	Rick Roll	14
Daniels Racing	Nemoto	90	D.J. Daniels (R)	EY Wheelbarrows	All	D.J. Daniels
MAC Racing	Saar	95	Marshall Clark (R) (team shut down after Rockingham)		9	Peter Clark
JakeTV Racing	Calton-Morel	99	Philip Davidson (R)		All

Rockford 200 One-Offs

Team	Manu.	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor
Chicken Soupz Racing	Lenard	3	Reed Webber, Jr.
Turn 4 Motorsports	Lenard	89	Chuck Bloomers
		94	Harold McGee
JN Motorsports	Lenard	103	Mikael Carter	Phoenix Art Depot
Speedy Enterprises	Saar	123	CJ Long	Soft Touch Tissues
	Saar	124	Juan El Rey	Predator Energy
Holex Racing	Saar	127	Alex Neszmery
Team Whiper	Lenard	183	Des Inman
Carpino Racing		200	Patrick Carpino

2009 Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Points	100	95	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	67	65	63	61	59	56	54	52	50	48	46

22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th	41st	42nd
44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5

• No bonus points were awarded.