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 | ![]() |
Thriller Resorts | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Bobby Barnes Automotive (B) | 7 | ![]() |
Horse Piss Whisky | Colorado | Pikes Peak International Raceway |
Levins Racing Enterprises (A) | 02 | ![]() |
Margie's Truck Stop | Texas | Remembrance Stadium |
20 | ![]() |
Dilpare Transmissions | Texas | Remembrance Stadium | |
BVR Racing (C) | 10 | ![]() |
Fernando's Chicken | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez |
18 | ![]() |
Fernando's Chicken | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez | |
PS Racing (B) | 12 | ![]() |
California | Orange Show Speedway | |
Second Gear Racing (D) | 22 | ![]() |
Not-Cho Nachos | Colorado | Pikes Peak International Raceway |
Xoron R&D (C) | 23 | ![]() |
Xoron | Colorado | Colorado National Speedway |
JY Racing (B) | 24 | ![]() |
Nevada | Irwindale Speedway | |
29 | ![]() |
California | Irwindale Speedway | ||
Silver Comet Racing (C) | 28 | ![]() |
Colorado | I-25 Speedway | |
Bandit Motorsports (C) | 34 | ![]() |
Maynard | Oregon | Stockton 99 Speedway |
Oval Track Race Team (D) | 37 | ![]() |
Colorado | Colorado National Speedway | |
Walton Family Racing (C) | 42 | ![]() |
Colorado | I-25 Speedway | |
Michael Irvin Motorsports (A) | 47 | ![]() |
Michael Irvin Saar | New Mexico | Albuquerque Speedbowl |
Rodriguez Motorsports (B) | 52 | ![]() |
California | Stockton 99 Speedway | |
Maret-Herrington Racing Group (A) | 53 | ![]() |
Flash Energy | Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway |
UteSpeed, Inc. (C) | 59 | ![]() |
Butterfield Root Beer | Utah | Provo Motorsports Park |
Martinez Motors (C) | 60 | ![]() |
Kragle | Mexico | Ovalo Juarez |
O'Hara Motorsports (B) | 69 | ![]() |
California | Stockton 99 Speedway | |
Prescott American Racing (D) | 76 | ![]() |
Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway | |
Mission Motorsports (D) | 81 | ![]() |
Big Alegria Taco | New Mexico | Albuquerque Speeedbowl |
Slade Family Racing (B) | 98 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Rocky Mountain Rentals | Colorado | Colorado National Speedway |
Levins Racing Enterprises (A) | 2 | ![]() |
RS Haul | Texas | Remembrance Stadium |
Knuckles Racing (A) | 5 | ![]() |
Knuckles' Sandwiches | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Escuderia Benítez (C) | 13 | ![]() |
Mexico | Ovalo Juarez | |
PS Racing (B) | 21 | ![]() |
Texas | Remembrance Stadium | |
Bandit Motorsports (C) | 35 | ![]() |
Beez | California | Irwindale Speedway |
Sunset Motorsports (C) | 87 | ![]() |
Terrible Herbst | Arizona | Phoenix International Raceway |
Team Bonneville (B) | 95 | ![]() |
Pacific Engineering | Utah | Provo Motorsports Park |
Orchards Racing (C) | 99 | ![]() |
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 |