2013 ARLA Elite Series season
2013 ARLA Elite Series Season | |
# of Rounds | 46 |
Ovals | 23 |
Road Courses | 5 |
Driver's Champion | Joseph Howard |
Owner's Champion | Tom Delgado Racing |
First Race | 2013 Smash Beer 200 |
Last Race | 2013 Rockford 200 |
Championship |
The 2013 ARLA Elite Series season was the 41st season of the ARLA Elite Series, presented by Smash Beer. It was the series' final season before the merger between ARLA and FARCE, which created the Falkner Automobile Racing Championships.
Promotional video[edit | edit source]
Preseason changes[edit | edit source]
For the first time, teams were permitted to have two drivers use the same car to compete for the championship together. Among the team that ran shared cars are Gravity Racing, Inc., Kurt Walker Motorsports, Racers with Disabilities, and Green Racing.
The Tornado Alley Trophy was introduced as an exclusively short track-oriented championship, consisting of its own class of cars competing alongside the Elite Series regulars in a certain number of races within the tornado alley region of the United States. It is believed that the idea behind the Tornado Alley Trophy was to give short track teams something to compete for without having to travel as much as the series regulars. However, some of the more established teams also fielded their own entries in the Tornado Alley Trophy.
In the fall of 2012, inline-four engines were approved to compete alongside the V6s previously mandated by the series. This was the first time that engines with varying cylinder counts were allowed since 1993. The typically lower cost of an L4 is expected to be very attractive for the low-budget teams, but it comes at the cost of lower power. However, the L4s have historically been much lighter than the V6s, making them competitive on tracks where cornering speed is more important than power.
Another development in the "engine wars" occurred in January 2013, when ARLA published additional regulations that approved inline-three engines for competition. However, only The Racing Team and Motor Event were willing to use them. Even the infamous Team Burr opted to run L4 engines.
Schedule[edit | edit source]
21 race weekends took place throughout the year. New to the 2013 season were "split weekends", where the first race of a weekend is held at one track, and the second is held at a different track a reasonable distance away. This was done in order to give races to more tracks without scheduling too many weekends. During split weekends, teams could opt to choose which track to attend, overriding the rules placing them into their default race as determined by their finishing position in their previous race.
The annual endurance race moved to the Pocono Raceway for Independence Day, with the race format being 776 kilometers (193 laps) around the 2.5 mile triangle.
The Japanese tour in 2012 was seen as a success, and returned in 2013. ARLA also held its first race in Russia; RUS Autosport team boss Vitaly Tsolikov had offered to promote a race at Miachkovo Airport out of his own pocket. On the weekends of the overseas races, there were also points races in the United States for teams that could opt out of traveling.
Race Weekend | Race # | Date | Track | Location | Length | Laps | Title (Cap) | One-Offs | Event Winner |
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1 | Rookie Shootout | 2/7/13 | USA International Speedway | Lakeland, Florida | 0.75m | 75 | Apex Racing School Rookie Shootout (30) | Event open to rookie class only | Jim Hayes |
1 | 2/9/13 | 100 | Smash Beer 200 Round 1 (36) | 1, e, A9, 22, 23, 33, 35, 36, 40, 51, 55, 79, 86x, 88, 92, 97, 100, 110, 672, 859 |
Joseph Howard | ||||
2 | Smash Beer 200 Round 2 (36) | Jim Hayes | |||||||
2 | 3 | 2/16/13 | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | 2.5m | 60 | ARLA Daytona Duels Round 1 (40) | 1, 4, C4, A9, 23, 22, 28, 33, 35, 36, 40, 51, 73, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 97, 100, 110, 672, 859 |
Kiriki Hetsuno |
4 | ARLA Daytona Duels Round 2 (40) | Barry MacIntyre | |||||||
3 | 5 | 3/1/13 | Montgomery Motor Speedway | Montgomery, Alabama | 0.5m | 100 | Montgomery Motor Speedway Season Opener Round 1 (34) |
e, C4, 5, A9, 04, 22, 23, 25, 37, 44, 51, 75, 79, 85, 92, 94, 97, 98, 100, 110, 859 |
Rachel Rainsford |
6 | Montgomery Motor Speedway Season Opener Round 2 (34) |
Jim Hayes | |||||||
4 | 7 | 3/17/13 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas | 1.5m | 73 | Henry Walker Memorial Round 1 (40) |
1, C4, A9, 22, 23, 33, 36, 40, 51, 79, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 110, 672, 859 |
Zachary Zins |
8 | Henry Walker Memorial Round 2 (40) |
Taylor Brillon | |||||||
5 | 9 | 4/5/13 | Mexico City Autodrome | Mexico City, Mexico | 2.518m | 100 | ARLA Mexico Grand Prix Round 1 (32) | e, 4, C4, 10, 33, 35, 79, 85, 88, 92, 97, 672 |
Ashley Tucker |
10 | ARLA Mexico Grand Prix Round 2 (32) | Edwin Schwarzloski | |||||||
6 | 11 | 4/19/13 | Grand Detour of Western Illinois | Quincy, Illinois | 0.66m | 100 | FABricators Body & Detailing 100 (40) | 1, C4, 04, 22, 23, 25, 33, 35, 36, 44, 51, 88, 92, 97, 98, 859 |
Nick Howard |
12 | 4/21/13 | The Milwaukee Mile | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1.0m | 80 | Milwaukee Special (28) | e, 37, 79, 94, 100 | Leslie Riggs | |
7 | 13 | 5/11/13 | Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | 0.50m | 75 | Williams Grove 150 Round 1 (30) | 1, C4, 5, A9, 22, 23, 51, 67, 83, 88, 100, 859 |
Taylor Brillon |
14 | Williams Grove 150 Round 2 (30) | Kevin Monroe | |||||||
8 | 15 | 6/1/13 | Mosport International Raceway | Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada | 2.459m | 30 | Roush Air Mosport Grand Prix Round 1 (32) | 4, C4, A9, 22, 33, 44, 86x, 89, 91, 92, 97, 859 |
Rachel Rainsford |
16 | Roush Air Mosport Grand Prix Round 2 (32) | Libby Bell | |||||||
9 | 17 | 6/7/13 | Autodrome Montmagny | Montmagny, Quebec, Canada | 0.333m | 100 | Marlisle 200 Round 1 (28) | e, 4, C4, A9, 33, 44, 86x, 88, 89, 92, 97, 859 |
Bigsby Foote |
18 | Marlisle 200 Round 2 (28) | Nami Mura | |||||||
10 | 19 | 7/4/13 | Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | 2.5 | 193 | Stars & Stripes 776 | Over-Capacity Event | Kasie Campbell |
11 | 20 | 7/28/13 | Buffalo Downs | Buffalo, Wyoming | 1.0m | 50 | M. Fenton's Summer Special Round 1 (32) | 1, e, C4, A9, 23, 33, 35, 40, 67, 79, 88, 92, 100, 672, 798, 859 |
Harry S. Enola |
21 | M. Fenton's Summer Special Round 2 (32) | Libby Bell | |||||||
12 | 22 | 8/4/13 | Karl's Superstore of Riverside | Riverside, California | 0.2m | 75 | Karl's Superstores 225 Round 1 (22) |
A9, 04, 23, 35, 51, 86x, 88, 89, 91, 92, 97, 98 |
Harry S. Enola |
23 | Karl's Superstores 225 Round 2 (22) |
Rip Tyler | |||||||
24 | Karl's Superstores 225 Round 3 (22) |
Seiju Dejao | |||||||
13 | 25 | 8/24/13 | Twin Ring Motegi | Motegi, Tochigi Pref., Japan | 1.549m | 162 | Motegi 404 presented by Yotsuba Insurance Corporation (40) |
4, 22, 36, 91, 96, 212 | Akira Tsukari |
26 | 8/25/13 | California Speedway | Fontana, California | 2.0m | 75 | California 150 (40) | C4, A9, 04, 23, 35, 40, 86x, 88, 89, 92, 97, 100, 798, 859 |
Andrea Kinasa | |
14 | 27 | 8/31/13 | Hokkaido Speed Park | Kucchan, Shiribeshi Pref., Hokkaido, Japan | 0.86m | 40 | ARLA Hokkaido Challenge Round 1 (22) | 4, 22, 36, 91, 96, 212 | Jason Bates |
28 | ARLA Hokkaido Challenge Round 2 (22) | Hannah Percy | |||||||
29 | 9/1/13 | Chicagoland Speedway | Joliet, Illinois | 1.5m | 100 | Chicago Chowdown presented by Grease Burger (42) |
C4, A9, 04, 23, 33, 35, 40, 44, 85, 86x, 92, 97, 100, 798, 859 |
Harry S. Enola | |
15 | 30 | 9/8/13 | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka City, Mie Pref., Japan | 3.609m | 50 | Izumi Engines Grand Prix of Suzuka (32) | 4, 22, 36, 91, 96, 212 | Akira Tsukari |
31 | 9/8/13 | Salem Speedway | Salem, Indiana | 0.555m | 100 | Bargain Baby Outlet 200 Round 1 (30) | e, 5, A9, 04, 23, 25, 33, 37, 40, 44, 75, 79, 86x, 92, 94, 98, 100, 110 |
Michael Madrigal | |
32 | Bargain Baby Outlet 200 Round 2 (30) | Kasie Campbell | |||||||
16 | 33 | 9/22/13 | Miachkovo Airport | Moscow, Russia | 2.034m | 50 | ARLA Russian Grand Prix presented by PointClickShipABitch.com (28) |
4, 22, 36, 91, 212 | Kai Arakaki |
34 | 9/22/13 | 70/77 Speedway | Cambridge, Ohio | 0.5m | 100 | Goodwin's Super Mart 200 Round 1 (36) | e, C4, 5, A9, 04, 25, 33, 35, 37, 44, 67, 75, 79, 88, 92, 94, 97, 98, 100, 110, 859 |
Brenda Riggs | |
35 | Goodwin's Super Mart 200 Round 2 (36) | Allie Riggs | |||||||
17 | 36 | 10/19/13 | Oxford Plains Speedway | Oxford Plains, Maine | 0.375m | 100 | Polymer Oil 200 Round 1 (32) | e, A9, 22, 23, 35, 36, 44, 51, 88, 89, 92, 672, 859 |
Libby Bell |
37 | Polymer Oil 200 Round 2 (32) | Rip Tyler | |||||||
18 | 38 | 10/26/13 | New York Autoring | Albany, New York | 2.25m | 60 | Atlant-X Showdown Round 1 (40) | Andrea Kinasa | |
39 | Atlant-X Showdown Round 2 (40) | Eric Jackson | |||||||
19 | 40 | 11/9/13 | Bowman-Gray Stadium | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 0.25m | 100 | Madhouse Rumble Round 1 (28) | 22, 23, 33, 35, 51, 79, 85, 86x, 88, 92, 97, 100, 672, 798, 859 |
Joseph Howard |
41 | Madhouse Rumble Round 2 (28) | Cyrus LaTerza | |||||||
20 | 42 | 11/15/13 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | 4.048m | 20 | Sleezy Cheezy 160 Round 1 (32) | 4, C4, 04, 22, 23, 33, 36, 51, 85, 86x, 88, 91, 92, 97, 672, 798 859 |
Joseph Howard |
43 | Sleezy Cheezy 160 Round 2 (32) | Bigsby Foote | |||||||
21 | 44 | 11/23/13 | Rockford Speedway | Loves Park, Illinois | 0.25m | 100 | Rockford 200 B-Main 1 (25) | Over-Capacity Event | Jesus Ignacio Chavez III |
45 | Rockford 200 B-Main 2 (25) | Kelly Splison | |||||||
46 | 200 | 34th Rockford 200 (30) | Herbie Finkleberg | ||||||
Post-Season | All-Star Race | 12/13/13 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1.5m | 75 | Sommerlabs All-Star Classic | Entries determined by fan vote | Yevgeny Kuznetsov |
- Blue squares indicate a road/street course event.
- Yellow squares indicate a Tornado Alley Trophy event.
Team chart[edit | edit source]
About 40 teams showed up for every North American race, with several more teams opting to run partial schedules. This is similar to how teams operated in the early years of the sport, when about half of the field in each race was made up of one-off cars. It is not certain how many teams are expected to show up for the Japanese and Russian races.
An asterisk indicates that the driver is an R-Kuh Brakes Rookie of the Year candidate.
Color codes[edit | edit source]
- Numbers in blue indicate an entry that didn't run the full schedule.
- Numbers in green indicate a shared championship entry.
- Numbers in yellow indicate a Tornado Alley Trophy entry.
Pocono One-Offs[edit | edit source]
Rockford One-offs[edit | edit source]
2013 Points System[edit | edit source]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st |
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Points | 105 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 |
22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th | 41st | 42nd |
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50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
- 5 bonus points goes to the race's polesitter.
- 5 bonus points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.