2018 AST Southwest Stocks season
2018 AST Southwest Stocks season | |
# of Rounds | 11 |
Ovals | 10 |
Road Courses | 1 |
Driver's Champion | TBD |
Owner's Champion | TBD |
Season Opener | SWS Smash Beer Challenge |
Season Finale | Rattlesnake 110 @ Phoenix |
Championship Overview |
The 2018 AST Southwest Stocks season is the upcoming season of the AST Southwest Stocks; a lower-budget, semi-professional auto racing series, featuring late models competing primarily on short tracks in the southwestern United States.
Pre-Season Overview[edit | edit source]
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Schedule[edit | edit source]
The 2018 schedule for the tour will feature eleven race weekends, highlighting tracks in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah; as well as the series’ first visit to Mexico for a race at the Ovalo Juarez. Three of these events will serve as support races for the FARC Lowe Dollar Series, including the season opener at Remembrance Stadium in San Antonio.
Round | Race Title | Circuit | Location | Laps | Race Winner | Winning Team (Entry) |
Starting Field (Entries) |
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1 | SWS Smash Beer Challenge* | Remembrance Stadium | San Antonio, TX | 50 | TBA (30) | ||
2 | SWS Tex-Mex Classic | Ovalo Juarez | Juarez, MEX | 23 | TBA (30) | ||
3 | Zing Energy ABQ Dash* | Albuquerque Speedbowl | Albuquerque, NM | 40 | TBA (30) | ||
4 | SWS @ Pueblo | I-25 Speedway | Pueblo, CO | 50 | TBA (21) | ||
5 | SWS @ Erie | Colorado National Speedway | Erie, CO | 60 | TBA (30) | ||
6 | SWS @ Pikes Peak | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Fountain, CO | 25 | TBA (30) | ||
7 | SWS @ Provo* | Provo Motorsports Park | Provo, UT | 17 | TBA (30) | ||
8 | SWS @ Stockton | Stockton 99 Speedway | Stockton, CA | 50 | TBA (19) | ||
9 | SWS @ Irwindale | Irwindale Speedway | Irwindale, CA | 50 | TBA (30) | ||
10 | SWS @ San Bernandino | Orange Show Speedway | San Bernandino, CA | 90 | TBA (25) | ||
11 | Rattlesnake 110 @ Phoenix | Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, AZ | 110 | TBA (36) |
- *- Indicates support race for the FARC Lowe Dollar Series
Full-Time Entrants[edit | edit source]
Team (Rating) | No. | Driver (Rating) | Primary Sponsor(s) | Home State/Country | Home Racetrack |
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KTF Motorsports (B) | 4 | Violet Sanchez (B) | Thriller Resorts | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Bobby Barnes Automotive (B) | 7 | Bobby Barnes (B) | Horse Piss Whisky | Colorado | Pikes Peak International Raceway |
Levins Racing Enterprises (A) | 02 | Wendel Myers (A) | Margie's Truck Stop | Texas | Remembrance Stadium |
20 | Cole Levins (B) | Dilpare Transmissions | Texas | Remembrance Stadium | |
BVR Racing (C) | 10 | Benito Valenzuela (C) | Fernando's Chicken | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez |
18 | Armando Diaz (B) | Fernando's Chicken | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez | |
PS Racing (B) | 12 | Patrick Scott (A) | California | Orange Show Speedway | |
Second Gear Racing (D) | 22 | Carl Rogers (D) | Not-Cho Nachos | Colorado | Pikes Peak International Raceway |
Xoron R&D (C) | 23 | Derrike Winston (B) | Xoron | Colorado | Colorado National Speedway |
JY Racing (B) | 24 | Doug Jansen (C) | Nevada | Irwindale Speedway | |
29 | Greg Yeager (C) | California | Irwindale Speedway | ||
Silver Comet Racing (C) | 28 | Katie Shapiro (C) | Colorado | I-25 Speedway | |
Bandit Motorsports (C) | 34 | Jackie Pratt (B) | Maynard | Oregon | Stockton 99 Speedway |
Oval Track Race Team (D) | 37 | Keith Saunders (A) | Colorado | Colorado National Speedway | |
Walton Family Racing (C) | 42 | Aaron Walton (B) | Colorado | I-25 Speedway | |
Michael Irvin Motorsports (A) | 47 | Howie Anderson (B) | Michael Irvin Saar | New Mexico | Albuquerque Speedbowl |
Rodriguez Motorsports (B) | 52 | Kerry Rodriguez (B) | California | Stockton 99 Speedway | |
Maret-Herrington Racing Group (A) | 53 | Eric Herrington (B) | Flash Energy | Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway |
UteSpeed, Inc. (C) | 59 | Ellis Gideon (C) | Butterfield Root Beer | Utah | Provo Motorsports Park |
Martinez Motors (C) | 60 | Paco Martinez (C) | Kragle | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez |
O'Hara Motorsports (B) | 69 | Kelsey Madison (C) | California | Stockton 99 Speedway | |
Prescott American Racing (D) | 76 | Robert Prescott (D) | Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway | |
Mission Motorsports (D) | 81 | Alex Mendez (C) | Big Alegria Taco | New Mexico | Albuquerque Speeedbowl |
Slade Family Racing (B) | 98 | Justin Slade (B) | JS Media/Barracodea | California | Orange Show Speedway |
One-Off Entrants[edit | edit source]
Team (Rating) | No. | Driver (Rating) | Primary Sponsor(s) | Manufacturer | Home Racetrack |
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RMR Motorsports (B) | 1 | Danny Gladwell, Jr. (D) | Rocky Mountain Rentals | Colorado | Colorado National Speedway |
Levins Racing Enterprises (A) | 2 | Leland James Levins (A) | RS Haul | Texas | Remembrance Stadium |
Knuckles Racing (A) | 5 | Mike Malone (A) | Knuckles' Sandwiches | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Escuderia Benítez (C) | 13 | Juan Pedro Esparza (A) | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez | |
PS Racing (B) | 21 | Jamie Thompson (C) | Texas | Remembrance Stadium | |
Bandit Motorsports (C) | 35 | D'Angelo Pratt (C) | Beez | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Sunset Motorsports (C) | 87 | Donovan Keller (B) | Terrible Herbst | Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway |
Team Bonneville (B) | 95 | David Otto (A) | Pacific Engineering | Utah | Provo Motorsports Park |
Orchards Racing (C) | 99 | Brant Willis (C) | Hugger Oranges | California | Orange Show Speedway |
Points System[edit | edit source]
The series uses the same points system used by the FARC touring divisions.
The most points that a driver can score in a single race is 135; 100 points for winning plus 20 for earning the Pole Award plus 5 for leading at least one lap plus 10 for leading the most laps of any driver.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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Points | 100 | 80 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 |
Position | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
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Points | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Bonus Points | |
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20 | awarded to the pole sitter |
5 | awarded to any driver who leads at least one lap |
10 | awarded to the leader of the most laps |
10 | awarded to the driver who makes up the most positions from his or her starting position by the conclusion of the race |