2016 Dash Cup season
The 2016 Dash Cup season is the 17th season of the European-based auto racing series Dash Cup.
After attempting to transition it into a worldwide touring car event in 2015, a major decline in both TV ratings and overall profits led to the Pirelli Series returning to the use of stock cars and being renamed to the Pirelli Stock Series. Cassandra Collins will return as the defending series champion.
However, Dash Cup will continue to run multiple championships after the Aspira Juniors Series proved to be a success after its debut the previous summer, with drivers such as Matilda Dillinger and defending champion Dan Johnson receiving major exposure during that season. With the Pirelli Series' return to stock cars, the Oval Stock Series was discontinued after its only season in 2015, in which Perrie Forrester won the championship.
Schedule[edit | edit source]
Race Legend | |
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# | Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series |
# | Dash Cup Aspira Juniors Series |
# | Dash Cup Tourers Championship Series |
Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series[edit | edit source]
2016 Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series season | |
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# of Rounds | 40 |
Ovals | 7 |
Road Courses | 7 |
Driver's Champion | ![]() |
Owner's Champion | ![]() |
Season Opener | Dash Cup Toddring Season Opener |
Season Finale | New York GP |
Championship Overview |
The renovated Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series is the main series that Dash Cup will sanction in the 2016 season. This series will use bodies similar to those used in the TM Master Cup Series that were last used in 2011, allowing more manufacturers to enter competition.
After visiting only one oval racetrack in 2015, the first races confirmed to the 2016 calendar were three oval dates, with Dash Cup CEO Dean Thompson hoping to "add another three" oval dates by the time the official schedule was released. Sure enough, the season schedule will see the return of Toddring, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Eurospeedway Lausitz, Calder Park Thunderdome, and New York Autoring, which will once again host the season finale. In addition, Mallory Park is retained from the previous season, and Daytona International Speedway will host its first official Dash Cup points event.
Despite the major changes, the series will maintain its current support from Pirelli, who agreed to extend its title sponsorship through at least 2020 over the off-season.
Team Chart[edit | edit source]
Team | Make | Car No. | Driver | Sponsor | Car Owner |
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STS ATK Racing | STS Arrow | 1 | ![]() |
Cadbury's | Kassidy Evans |
5 | ![]() |
Pixar Inside Out |
Ben Atkins | ||
21 | ![]() |
Monster Energy Orlando City SC (Oulton, US) K-ON! (Japan) | |||
28 | ![]() |
Suburban | |||
84 | ![]() |
Raleigh | |||
155 | ![]() ![]() |
Monster Energy | Kassidy Evans | ||
Simonet Sport | Calton-Morel Corsair | 2 | ![]() |
Cyra | Jean-Marie Simonet |
3 | ![]() |
Cyra | |||
4 | ![]() |
Cyra | |||
Jack Golden Enterprises | Lycoia Infiltrator | 7 | ![]() |
BP Ultimate | Jack Golden |
29 | ![]() |
BP Ultimate Marks & Spencer | |||
70 | ![]() |
BP Ultimate Starbucks | |||
Downhill Racing | Lycoia Infiltrator | 9 | ![]() |
Agony of DeFeet | TBA |
Team Kwik Fit | Kanako Youkusei | 00 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | Quinton Young |
02 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | |||
20 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | |||
22 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | |||
All For One Racing | Lycoia Interceptor | 03 | ![]() ![]() |
3MuskeGears | Cardinale Richelieu |
Hannagan Enterprises | Kosovet KS16 | 05 | ![]() |
Altoros Systems | Patrick O'Hannagan |
Casari C4 | 50 | ![]() |
Delano | ||
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports | Matthews Aspira DC | 06 | ![]() |
Royal Crown Cola New England Revolution (Daytona) |
Ryan Matthews |
26 | ![]() |
Lynxe Montreal Impact (Daytona) Unsponsored (Gravis City) |
Carter Fitzgerald | ||
56 | ![]() |
ASDA Walmart | |||
66 | ![]() |
Unsponsored (pre-Spa) Advocare (post-Spa) FC Dallas (Daytona) | |||
90 | ![]() |
Octan Energy Toronto FC (Daytona) |
Ryan Matthews | ||
Citra Performance Sport | Juneau AMX 5 | 08 | ![]() |
Citra Squeeze | Leonid Fitzpatrick |
18 | ![]() |
Citra Squeeze | Barry Astor | ||
81 | ![]() |
Citra Squeeze | |||
Proline GP | Volpi VC03 | 09 | ![]() |
McDonalds | Spencer Harrow |
79 | ![]() |
McDonalds | |||
89 | ![]() |
McDonalds | |||
Snowdrift Motorsports | STS Arrow | 10 | ![]() |
V.I.P. Petfoods | David Andrews |
11 | ![]() |
V.I.P. Petfoods | |||
12 | ![]() |
V.I.P. Petfoods | |||
Gabriel Macena Racing | Lenard R37 | 13 | ![]() |
Cicero | Gabriel Macena |
31 | ![]() |
Cicero | |||
71 | ![]() |
Cícero Benetton | |||
FIAM Engineering | FIAM Delta DC | 14 | ![]() |
Pagine Gialle | Francois Boullion |
15 | ![]() |
Smoll | |||
75 | ![]() |
Camozzi | |||
Plissken-Power Project | Lycoia Impulse | 16 | ![]() |
Snake Coils | William Power |
Hungry Bear Motorsports | Gessler MTW-94 | 17 | ![]() |
Neste Oil | Matti Nälkäinen-Karhu Eero Nälkäinen-Karhu Stefan Halvari |
47 | ![]() |
Neste Oil | |||
77 | ![]() |
Neste Oil | |||
Keep Up GP | Tutino T11 | 19 | ![]() |
Sidemen XIX | Olajide Minter |
55 | ![]() |
Sidemen XIX | |||
59 | ![]() |
Sidemen XIX | |||
Snelwissel GP | Kanako Youkusei | 23 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | Vanessa Young |
InvAsian Force | Terminator T-400 | 24 | ![]() |
ZIMA | Muramatsu Chang |
42 | ![]() |
Science Patrol Ultra Man | |||
76 | ![]() |
Science Headquarters Infra-Man | |||
Autosport France | Meprise Chatte | 27 | ![]() |
AXA Insurance | Martin Roy |
43 | ![]() |
Canal+ | |||
44 | ![]() |
TBA | |||
Altoros GP | Kosovet KS16 | 33 | ![]() |
Altoros Systems | Pavel Bykov |
37 | ![]() |
Altoros Systems | |||
72 | ![]() |
Altoros Systems | |||
73 | ![]() |
Altoros Systems | |||
Tom Delgado Racing | Matthews Aspira DC | 36 | ![]() |
TBA | Tom Delgado |
83 | ![]() ![]() |
Defender Muffler Systems | |||
SuzukaCorp. | Isanni Mancer | 39 | ![]() |
Au | Hideo Suzuka |
Lycoia International Motorsports | Lycoia Infiltrator | 40 | ![]() |
Lycoia Motors | Michelle Dubout |
41 | ![]() |
Lycoia Motors | |||
Ren-Ran/FAC Autosport | STS Arrow | 46 | ![]() |
Doritos Microsoft Azure |
Frank Azure |
777 | ![]() |
Nokia | Hans Rennfahrer | ||
Carter Casari Racing | Casari C4 | 52 | ![]() |
Delano | Garry Carter |
53 | ![]() |
Delano | |||
Love You Long Time Racing | Lycoia Impulse | 69 | ![]() |
Meeso Horns | TBA |
Autosport Roden | Gessler MTR94 | 82 | ![]() |
TBA | Joel Roden |
Big Bang Racing | Gessler MTR94 | 88 | ![]() |
KX Energy TESCO |
Garry Harrison |
99 | ![]() |
KX Energy TESCO | |||
Union Jack Motorsport Enterprises | EFR Journey | 91 | ![]() ![]() |
Caltex | Jack Morrison |
92 | ![]() |
TBA | |||
Williams Racing Team | Matthews Aspira DC | 93 | ![]() |
Statoil | Katherine Williams |
94 | ![]() |
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RA Racing | Omecha MA02 | 97 | ![]() |
Kohta Electrics | Oliver Swinton |
98 | ![]() |
Kohta Electrics | |||
Gallardo Autosport | Kanako Youkusei | 050 | ![]() |
Repsol | Mauricio Gallardo |
Arabian Star Autosport | CM Corsair | 326 | ![]() |
Etihad Airways | TBA |
327 | ![]() |
Etihad Airways | |||
Tiny's Autosport | SMC Zeppelin | 360 | ![]() |
Tiny's Pizza | Glenn Bennett |
Tony Long Autosport | Lycoia Interceptor | 919 | ![]() |
Muskegon Risers SC | Ryan Long |
- An asterisk detonates a rookie.
Dash Cup Aspira Juniors Series[edit | edit source]
2016 Dash Cup Aspira Juniors Series season | |
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# of Rounds | TBA |
Ovals | TBA |
Road Courses | TBA |
Driver's Champion | TBD |
Owner's Champion | TBD |
Season Opener | TBA |
Season Finale | TBA |
Championship Overview |
The wildly successful Aspira Juniors Series returns for 2016 with a revised Aspira JR provided by Matthews Performance.
Team Chart[edit | edit source]
Team | Car No. | Driver | Sponsor | Car Owner |
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Team Kwik Fit | 2 | ![]() |
TBA | Quinton Young |
20 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | Quinton Young | |
ATK Racing | 3 | ![]() |
TBA | Chadwick Brannagan |
5 | ![]() |
TBA | Ben Atkins | |
JGE-Mackintosh Motor Sport | 03 | ![]() |
Royal Bank of Scotland | Jack Golden |
90 | ![]() |
Steven Mackintosh | ||
Autosport France | 4 | ![]() |
AXA Insurance | Jean Cormier |
16 | ![]() |
Pamela Young | ||
Ren-Ran/FAC Autosport | 6 | ![]() |
TBA | Hans Rennfahrer |
7 | ![]() |
TBA | Miko Rantanen | |
Gabriel Macena Racing | 13 | ![]() |
TBA | Gabriel Macena |
31 | ![]() |
TBA | ||
Lugo Motorsport | 15 | ![]() |
Pagine Gialle | Francois Boullion |
115 | ![]() |
METE ISAD SALI Cooperative Pulizie | ||
Cloak & Dagger Racing | 12 | ![]() |
Burger King Chicken Fries | TBA |
24 | ![]() |
ZIMA | ||
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports | 26 | ![]() |
Aperture Science | Carter Fitzgerald |
56 | ![]() | |||
Cardel Racing United | 40 | ![]() |
Automation Game | Michael Cardel |
Hannagan Enterprises | 50 | ![]() |
Patrick O'Hannagan | |
Linkonson Autobahn | 51 | ![]() |
Ikea | Alv Linkonson |
52 | ![]() |
Ikea | ||
Stevens Family Racing | 80 | ![]() |
Beachdeen Farmhouse Dairy | Dorsey Stevens |
800 | ![]() |
LKM Recycling Beachdeen Farmhouse Dairy | ||
Yooper Motorsports | 906 | ![]() |
Red Bull / KTM | Kris Wascher |
Tony Long Autosport | 919 | ![]() |
Muskegon Lumberjacks | Ryan Long |
Meijer Performance Racing | TBA | ![]() |
TBA | TBA |
TBA | ![]() |
TBA | ||
A.J.A Racing | TBA | ![]() |
TBA | Joel Rodriguez? |
TBA | ![]() |
TBA |
Dash Cup Tourers Championship Series[edit | edit source]
2016 Dash Cup Tourers Championship Series season | |
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# of Rounds | 10 |
Ovals | 1 |
Road Courses | 4 |
Driver's Champion | TBD |
Owner's Champion | TBD |
Season Opener | Tourers at Toddring |
Season Finale | TBA |
Championship Overview |
After the Touring bodies were abolished from the main series after 2015, Dash Cup CEO Dean Thompson elected to run a short series where teams can enter their old Touring cars. However, due to low car counts and a disastrous opening race at the Toddring, the division was quickly shuttered.
Team Chart[edit | edit source]
Team | Make | Car No. | Driver | Sponsor | Car Owner |
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Team Kwik Fit | Kanako Sensei | 1 | ![]() |
Kwik Fit | Quinton Young |
02 | ![]() ![]() |
Kwik Fit | |||
20 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Kwik Fit | |||
Imola Racing Team | FIAM CinqueTC | 2 | ![]() |
Bossini | Bruno Giovanardi |
Hannagan Enterprises | Kosovet Mantis | 05 | ![]() |
Unsponsored | Patrick O'Hannagan |
50 | ![]() |
Unsponsored | |||
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports | Matthews Aspira DC | 26 | ![]() |
Lynxe | Ryan Matthews |
Moretti GP | lol good one | 31 | ![]() |
ayy lmao | Marco Moretti |
Mackintosh Motor Sport | Lycoia Impulse | 77 | ![]() |
Barry's Tea | Steven Mackintosh |
Ben Atkins Motorsports | Lycoia Impulse | 78 | ![]() |
Ricky and Lewis' | Ben Atkins |
79 | ![]() |
Ricky and Lewis' | |||
Team Chad Barnes | lol | 87 | ![]() |
lol | Chad Barnes |
Big Bang Racing | SMC Braun | 99 | ![]() |
KX Energy | Garry Harrison |
- An asterisk detonates a rookie.