2014 National Pro Cup Championship season

2014 National Pro Cup Championship season
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# of Rounds	24
Ovals	15
Road Courses	9
Driver's Champion	Chuck Johnson
Owner's Champion	Johnson Family Racing
First Race	Zombie Survival Kits Daytona 200K
Last Race	Mountain Dew California 300
Championship

The 2014 National Pro Cup Championship season is the debut season under the combined banner of the West Coast Late Model Series and the Ohio Valley Late Model Series.

Pre-season Changes

In 2013, the West Coast Late Model Series and the Ohio Valley Late Model Series agreed to a merger that would bring both series together to form a national late model championship series, known as the National Pro Cup Championship. The series will also make its first ever stop at the Long Beach street circuit as a companion event to V8 Champ Car's Grand Prix of Long Beach. With negotiations for a FARC Truck Tour date falling through, Long Beach organizers have approached the NPCC with the intention of hosting one of their races, especially with ATATS director Eric Derenberger, the man behind the idea to bring the Truck Tour to Long Beach, coming on board in 2014. In addition, the NPCC will compete on the infield road course at Daytona International Speedway to open the season. In addition, The Memorial now finds a new home at the NPCC as well as a new permanent venue for the event, the Circuit of the Americas. Pepsi Max also signed on to be the official sponsor of the NPCC pole award.

The manufacturers that competed in the NPCC in 2014 were Saar, Lenard, Helsing, Lycoia, Isanni, and Farr. Lycoia won the manufacturers championship.

2014 NPCC Schedule

Round	Date	Race Title	Circuit	Laps	Polesitter	Race Winner	Winning Team	Make	Engine
1	2/8/2014	Zombie Survival Kits Daytona 200K	Daytona International Speedway	36	Sean Johnson	Chuck Johnson	Johnson Family Racing	Saar	Saar
2	3/1/2014	NOS Energy 100	Albuquerque Speedbowl	100	Aoi Mizushima	Erik Draachreider	Saint Amazing Autosport	Helsing	Saint Amazing Engines
3	3/21/2014	Quaker State 100	Pikes Peak International Raceway	100	Nate Patrick	Chuck Johnson	Johnson Family Racing	Saar	Saar
4	4/12/2014	Chrono Watches Long Beach Grand Prix	Long Beach	32	Gianni Corelli	John Quackenbush	Gravity Racing, Inc.	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II
5	4/19/2014	Pacific Northwestern 125	Seattle Motor Speedway	78	Chuck Johnson	Valorie Forge	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
6	5/3/2014	FedEx Super Enduro 250	Sebring International Raceway	67	Angelina Hawk	Valorie Forge	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
7	5/10/2014	Surplus Parts 100	South Boston Speedway	100	Valorie Forge	Erik Draachreider	Saint Amazing Autosport	Helsing	Saint Amazing Engines
8	5/17/2014	NPCC @ VIR	Virginia International Raceway	19	Rei Takita	Sean Johnson	Mike Howard Racing	Lenard	Facedesk V8
9	5/24/2014	Super X Tire Inflator 100	Langley Field Speedway	100	Erik Draachreider	Erik Draachreider	Saint Amazing Autosport	Helsing	Saint Amazing Engines
10	6/1/2014	Michigan Bear Claws Detroit Grand Prix	Belle Isle	27	Aubrey Wood	Star Banner	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
11	6/21/2014	Canadia Motor Oil Edmonton Grand Prix	Edmonton City Centre Airport	28	Parker Whitten	Nate Patrick	Saint Amazing Autosport	Helsing	Saint Amazing Engines
12	7/5/2014	The Memorial 2014	Circuit of the Americas	52	Regina McCloud	Chuck Johnson	Johnson Family Racing	Saar	Saar
13	7/19/2014	STP New England 100	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	95	Zach Gott	Zach Gott	Gravity Racing, Inc.	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II
14	7/24/2014	NAPA Auto Parts 125	Boston International Speedway	114	Star Banner	Valorie Forge	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
15	8/9/2014	Empire State Dirt Warz	Fonda Speedway	75	Erik Draachreider	Sean Sanchez	Mike Howard Racing	Lenard	Facedesk V8
16	8/16/2014	Gatorade 100	Manhattan Raceway Stadium	100	Nick Van Gilder	Parker Whitten	Michael Brown Racing	Saar	Michael Brown Engines
17	8/23/2014	GameOnOhio.com 100	Kil-Kare Raceway	100	Zach Gott	Valorie Forge	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
18	8/30/2014	18th Pennzoil Ohio 250	Ohio Motor Speedway	250	Sean Sanchez	Chuck Johnson	Johnson Family Racing	Saar	Saar
19	9/13/2014	Indiana Grand Prix presented by Hooters	Hoosier Raceway	25	Sean Sanchez	John Quackenbush	Gravity Racing, Inc.	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II
20	9/20/2014	Hoosier Tires Mud Battle	Terre Haute Action Track	75	Parker Whitten	Star Banner	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
21	9/27/2014	FABricators 100	Grand Detour of Western Illinois	100	John Quackenbush	Star Banner	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
22	10/4/2014	Pepsi Max 100	Rockford Speedway	100	Valorie Forge	Star Banner	Power Steering, Inc.	Lycoia	Engine Joe's
23	10/11/2014	Mega Moon Cola 100K	Diablo Hills Motor Speedway	21	John Quackenbush	John Quackenbush	Gravity Racing, Inc.	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II
24	10/25/2014	13th Mountain Dew California 300	Irwindale Speedway	300	Erik Draachreider	Sean Sanchez	Mike Howard Racing	Lenard	Facedesk V8

• The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.
• The yellow boxes represent a prestigious oval event.
• The green boxes represent a prestigious road course event.

NPCC Full-Time Team Chart

Team	Car #	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Manufacturer	Engine	User
Saint Amazing Autosport	1	Erik Draachreider	Red Bull	Helsing	Saint Amazing Engines	Saintamazing
	66	Nate Patrick	ZombieBusters.com
Boulderfist Racing	2	Vinny LeBoeuf	Silk Touch Mining Equipment / BAJ Grills / Beatrice Meats	Saar	T-CAN Motors	Mother OF Invention
Olympic Racing	8	Joshua Michaels	Sochi 2014	Saar	Gold Medal	Joshua Michaels
	08	Rei Takita	Rio 2016		Silver Medal
Cox & Duke's Racing	02	Jennifer Duke	Round Table Pizza	Lenard	Lenard Engine Development	Memoriesallbutdone
	04	Betty Cox	AK Steel Holding Corporation
Focus Autosports	13	Aubrey Wood	Cottonelle	Lenard	FA Aperture V6	SpeedDemon37
Rossini Sport	15	Gianni Corelli	Silver Stone Management	Lenard	FIAM F06 V6	Milan655
Power Steering, Inc.	16	Star Banner	American Spirit	Lycoia	Engine Joe's	SnakePlissken
	24	Valorie Forge	Patriot Cola
Johnson Family Racing	18	Chuck Johnson	Johnson Racing Parts	Saar	Saar	racingfreak1999
Gravity Racing, Inc.	28	John Quackenbush	Surge	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II	PackerMan71
	71	Zach Gott	Proto-Call
Michael Brown Racing	34	Parker Whitten	CRT Zoopy Juice	Saar	Michael Brown Engines	Rykia_RKXK
	99	Roy Warren	Snap On
Culpeper Motorsports	49	Arthur Gordon	Carport Empire	FrankenSaar	Race Power Leasing	NeverNeutral
Macena Motorsports	51	Isabella Macena	White Holdings	Saar	Macena Windwaker	bsoyuz
	64	Aoi Mizushima	Unisanis Healthcare
Mike Howard Racing	56	Sean Johnson	n/a	Lenard	Facedesk V8	Dan Mackay
	58	Sean Sanchez	Telmex
Curtis Sawyers Racing	60	Nick Van Gilder	Snicker Stickers	Saar	Curtis V6	SpeedDemon37
YDM America	78	Alexis Farr	Rent-A-Wreck/Royal Oak Charcoal	Farr	FarrBuilt Nemoto V8	Mother Of Invention
Caldwell Midwest Racing	90	Andrea-Lynn Caldwell	—	Lycoia	Caldwell	RyanB06

NPCC Prestigious Event Team Chart

Team	Car #	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Manufacturer	Engine	Races	User
Gravity Racing, Inc.	4	Regina McCloud	Krispy Kreme Doughnuts	Isanni	JLC Hailstorm Mark II	COTA, Ohio, Irwindale	PackerMan71
	9	Rush McCloud	Retron5/Hyperlink
	94	Isaac Lightener	Burger King
Churchill, Inc.	7	Brianna Princehorn	BCSN	Inglesby	Inglesby V6	Sebring CoTA Ohio	SpeedDemon37
	84	Zack Churchill	BSCN2
Olympic Racing	14	Haruka Takita	Tokyo 2020	Saar	Bronze Medal	COTA Irwindale	Joshua Michaels
Toonami Racing w/ Olympic Racing		Tristano Otello Monteleone	Toonami/NBC Olympics			Sebring Ohio
Deutsche AutoForce	26	Zane Vanderheiden	Dish Network	Helsing	German PowerForce	CoTA Irwindale	PackerMan71
	71A	Viktoria Draachreider	Starbucks
Macena Motorsports	38	Gabriel Macena Casey Black	K-Wal Stores Flood & Son's	Saar	Macena Windwaker	Sebring and COTA (Gabriel) Ohio and Irwindale (Casey)	bsoyuz
Dusablon Motorsports	40	Brigitte Dusablon		Saar	Engines Plus	All	Memoriesallbutdone
Culpeper Motorsports	48	Eddie York	Frontier Communications	FrankenSaar	Race Power Leasing	Ohio	NeverNeutral
Hawk's Underachiever	75	Angelina Hawk		Saar	Hawk's Personal Engine Garage	All	Memoriesallbutdone
Takae/Elliott with Macena Motorsports	83	Maki Takae Ashley Elliott	Yotsuba Insurance b Magazine	Helsing	Macena Groundbreaker	Sebring and COTA (Maki) Ohio and Irwindale (Ashley)	bsoyuz

Points System

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Points	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Points will be doubled in prestigious events.

Race Bonus Points

• 1 bonus point goes to the race's polesitter.
• 1 bonus point goes to all drivers who lead at least one lap during a race.
• 3 bonus points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.

Demerit Penalty System

Car #	Driver	DM Pts.
2	Vinny Leboeuf	1
8	Joshua Michaels	4
13	Aubrey Wood	3
18	Chuck Johnson	5
24	Valorie Forge	4
28	John Quackenbush	3
49	Arthur Gordon	5
58	Sean Sanchez	3
66	Nate Patrick	6
78	Alexis Farr	15

• For every incident that results in a grid penalty, a driver will be assessed at least 10 demerit points, although more points could be assessed depending on the infraction. Warnings will result in 5 demerit points.
• For every clean race a driver has, they will have 1 demerit point taken off their total.
• At the end of the season, all drivers that have demerit points will have 15 points dropped from their total.

Demerit Penalties

Demerit Points	Penalty
25 DM pts.	15 point penalty
50 DM pts.	30 point penalty
75 DM pts.	45 point penalty + Exclusion from current race
100 DM pts.	60 point penalty + 1 race suspension
125 DM pts.	60 point penalty + 2 race suspension
150 DM pts. + Every 25 DM pts. after	60 point penalty + 3 race suspension