2013 TM Master Cup season
| 2013 TM Master Cup season | |
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| # of Rounds | 22 |
| Ovals | 7 |
| Road Courses | 15 |
| Driver's Champion | Michael Sykes |
| Owner's Champion | ALERT |
| Season Opener | 2013 Round of California |
| Season Finale | 2013 Round of Decatur |
| Championship Overview | |
The 2013 TM Master Cup season saw Michael Sykes capture the championship in his final season as a driver.
Preseason changes[edit | edit source]
Independent's Trophy[edit | edit source]
With the reduction in the number of full-time teams from 16 to 14, six Independent's Trophy teams start each race instead of four. This allowed for 27 entries to compete for the Trophy in 2013, up from 17 entrants in 2012.
110% Rule[edit | edit source]
Prior to the 2012 Round of Brazil, series organizers confirmed the addition of a 110% rule for qualifying. Under this new format, any car that fails to set a time within 110% of the pole speed will not be allowed to take part in the race unless an exception is granted. Exceptions will be in place to give leeway to teams who are easily fast enough to take part in the race, but are hampered by mechanical failures or crashes in qualifying.
Promoter's Option[edit | edit source]
The officials also confirmed that a Promoter's Option would be added. The Promoter's Option allows the promoter of the race to arbitrarily add a maximum of eight cars to the entry list for that particular race. The cars that are eligible for the Promoter's Option include third cars fielded by full-time teams, local teams, or Independent's Trophy teams (though, if an Independent uses a Promoter's Option entry, it will not count as one of their Independent's Trophy runs). This rule was added to allow local drivers into the race, in order to drum up local support, as well as popular part-time drivers, and teams that are not budgeted to run the Independent's Trophy schedule or missed the pre-season entry deadline. The Promoter's Option rule does not apply to Special Events.
Schedule[edit | edit source]
- The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.
Team Chart[edit | edit source]
| Team | Chassis | Model | No. | Driver | Primary Sponsor | Reserve Driver(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hodges-Walter Racing
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Calton-Morel | Altair | 1 |  Adrien Devereux
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Haas Manufacturing |  Alan Hodges Daniel Mendoza Juho Kivela
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| 3 |  Luciano Soveral
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Backyard Grill | ||||
| 13 | Alan Hodges
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Calton-Morel/Backyard Grill/Helios | ||||
| 66 | David Krikorian
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DK/Calton-Morel/Helios | ||||
 Volpi Racing Team
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Volpi | VC05 | 2 | Packer Carroll
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Aperture Science | Alli Culotta Rachel Rainsford
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 Robert Dorian
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 Jacob Kard
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| 4 | Leonid Roderick
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Aperture Science | ||||
| 14 | Rachel Rainsford
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Aperture Science | ||||
| Jacques Bouvier
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| Chris Johaanes
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| American Launch Energy Racing Team
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Inglesby | Sonicboom | 5 | Michael Sykes
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Launch RED ALERT | Mika Paasonen
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| 6 | Chris Davenport (R)
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Launch Energy Launch Lemon Launch Orange Launch Whiteout Launch Pink Lemon | ||||
| 70 | Mika Paasonen
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Launch Energy Launch Orange | ||||
| Scott Steudler
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Launch Energy | |||||
 Katzev Engineering
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Katzev | KE04 | 7 | Yuliya Nosova
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Arotel | Vladimir Simonov
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 Carlos Roqueta
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Arotel | |||||
| Dan Mackay
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Extenze | |||||
| 8 | Yevgeny Kuznetsov (R)
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Arotel | ||||
| 78 | Vladimir Simonov
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Arotel | ||||
 Gessler Richter MC Team
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Gessler | MTW12B | 9 | Arto Kekkonen
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Gessler/Red Bull | Brian Sendack Felix Maur
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| 10 |  Mathias Taube
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MaiaSoft/Red Bull | ||||
| 27 | Alexis Rainsford
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MaiaSoft | ||||
| 94 | Brian Sendack
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Gessler | ||||
| Felix Maur
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 Roger Kendall
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| BlackDiamond Racing
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Tremwell | Knight | 00 |  Gaspar de Sousa
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Kleffer Media | Paul Lyons
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| 22 | Peter Short
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Boeing/GE | ||||
| 44 | Paul Lyons
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Ender Construction | ||||
| Bobby Dollar
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| Lynxe Racing
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Lynxe | L313 | 11 | Divina Henton
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Lynxe | Clair Auxier
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| 12 |  Mélanie Clévenot
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Lynxe | ||||
| 21 | Clair Auxier
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Lynxe | ||||
| Power Steering, Inc.
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Lycoia | Interceptor | 16 | Kurt Plissken
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Snake Coils Mow'Licious Spark Boy USPF |
 Joel Rodriguez
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| 41 | Greg Woodard
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Frozr Graphics Cards Nikon Corporation Phoenix Performance Lycoia Motors | ||||
| 86 | Joel Rodriguez
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NOS Energy Drink | ||||
| 416 | Manny Brown
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Engine Joe's | ||||
| Giovanni Roda
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 Star Nemoto Racing
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Nemoto | Respetti | 17 | Louis Kingston
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Chicago Cubs | Azuma Kazeyama
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| 18 | Troy Adams
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Delano | ||||
| 19 | Azuma Kazeyama
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Nemoto | ||||
| Manticore Engineering
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Manticore | M1A1 | 28 | Scott Steudler
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Hershey's/Adobe/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | Austin Howard
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| Cameron Taylor
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Delta Airlines/PDVSA/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | |||||
| Carlos Roqueta
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Delta Airlines/PDVSA/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | |||||
| 29 | Chris Johaanes
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Adobe/Hershey's/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | ||||
| Austin Howard
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Adobe/Hershey's/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | |||||
 Mariano Zavala
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PDVSA/Delta Airlines/Oxi-Clean/Cathe | |||||
| 30 | Austin Howard
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| Ash Bridges
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Oxi-Clean/Cathe | |||||
| Scuderia Tutino
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Tutino | T12B | 42 | Alessandro Rossini
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FIAM | Avery Holtzmann Benoit Voeckler
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| 48 | Avery Holtzmann
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Ricky and Lewis' | ||||
| Denis Predikin
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Ricky and Lewis' | |||||
| Benoit Voeckler (R)
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Alstom | |||||
| 50 | Ben Atkins
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Ricky and Lewis' | ||||
| 53 | John Parker, Jr.
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Ricky & Lewis' | ||||
| FPO, Inc.
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TERMINATOR | FPO-9000 | 55 | Zelda Ashby
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Nintendo/The Legend of Zelda | Marcos Leonard
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| 99 |  Ebenezer Quiggles, Jr. (R)
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Unsponsored Sons of Korhal ScamCorp | ||||
| 999 | Marcos Leonard
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| Mitchell & Sons Racing
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Juneau | S3 | 72 | Kevin Dwyer
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The Shafer Group | Joonas Hannula Antonio Levy Durane Ridman
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| 73 | Joonas Hannula
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| Antonio Levy
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| Durane Ridman
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| 74 | Zack Duff
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Dyelated Paints | ||||
| Team EFR
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Journey | MC90 | 88 | Scott Bates
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Budweiser Black Crown CustomCarts.com | |
| 777 |  Ian Cooper
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Lysander Speed Energy Chicago Blackhawks |
Independent's Trophy Team Chart[edit | edit source]
Promoter's Option Entries[edit | edit source]
The following cars only started races with the Promoter's Option in 2013 (excluding Independent's Trophy teams and third cars).
Special Event entrants[edit | edit source]
The following cars entered special events only. Some entries and races may be missing.
Points System[edit | edit source]
The TM Master Cup Series point system remains the same as last year's.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- 5 bonus points goes to the race's polesitter
- 5 bonus points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
- Points are doubled at Special Events with the exception of Decatur. However, if Decatur is not the last race of the season (for whatever reason), expect it to be a double points race.
Standings[edit | edit source]
| Driver | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|
 José Luis Martinez
|
0 | 0 |
| Gaspar de Sousa
|
104 | 0 |
| Adrien Devereux
|
172 | 1 |
| Packer Carroll
|
-30 | 0 |
| Luciano Soveral
|
51 | 0 |
| Leonid Roderick
|
69 | 1 |
| Michael Sykes
|
168 | 1 |
| Chris Davenport (R)
|
28 | 0 |
| Yuliya Nosova
|
90 | 0 |
| Yevgeny Kuznetsov
|
10 | 0 |
| Arto Kekkonen
|
95 | 0 |
| Mathias Taube
|
105 | 0 |
| Divina Henton
|
135 | 1 |
| Mélanie Clévenot
|
62 | 0 |
| Rachel Rainsford
|
0 | 0 |
| Matt Taylor
|
0 | 0 |
| Kurt Plissken
|
37 | 0 |
| Louis Kingston
|
40 | 0 |
| Troy Adams
|
41 | 0 |
| Azuma Kazeyama
|
16 | 0 |
| Peter Short
|
30 | 0 |
| Yamino Tenchi
|
14 | 0 |
| Scott Steudler
|
12 | 0 |
| Chris Johaanes
|
22 | 0 |
| Jacob Eichholtz
|
0 | 0 |
| Greg Woodard
|
39 | 0 |
| Alessandro Rossini
|
9 | 0 |
| Ben Atkins
|
2 | 0 |
| John Parker, Jr.
|
0 | 0 |
| Ryan Matthews
|
2 | 0 |
| Daniel Melrose
|
30 | 0 |
| Kevin Dwyer
|
28 | 0 |
| Zack Duff
|
46 | 0 |
| Scott Bates
|
75 | 0 |
| Craig Jonser
|
6 | 0 |
| Ike Durbin (R)
|
68 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Quiggles, Jr. (R)
|
76 | 0 |
| James Davison (R)
|
0 | 0 |
| Friedrich Jaeger
|
0 | 0 |
| Ian Cooper
|
4 | 0 |
| Marcos Leonard
|
0 | 0 |
Independent's Trophy[edit | edit source]
| Driver | Points |
|---|---|
| José Luis Martinez
|
0 |
| Mika Tervo
|
100 |
| Carlos Donzelo
|
66 |
| Barton Sandy
|
51 |
| Robert Nelson (R)
|
0 |
| Matt Taylor
|
36 |
| Brandon Lareau
|
54 |
| Charlie Waters
|
0 |
| Jacob Eichholtz
|
76 |
| Ben Hurran
|
113 |
| Frank Azure
|
71 |
| Daniel Leckliter
|
45 |
| Tom Moore
|
70 |
| Cade Taylor (R)
|
0 |
 Vijay Pushanda
|
52 |
| Nick Dawson
|
100 |
| Ryan Matthews
|
44 |
| Cameron Taylor
|
43 |
| Archer Harris (R)
|
36 |
| Danny Savin
|
56 |
| TBA
|
87 |
| Craig Jonser
|
99 |
| Ike Durbin (R)
|
166 |
| Kraig Mummert
|
0 |
| James Davison
|
44 |
| Friedrich Jaeger (R)
|
75 |
| Chris Allen
|
0 |