2019 TM Master Cup season

2019 TM Master Cup season
# of Rounds	26
Ovals	TBD
Road Courses	TBD
Driver's Champion	TBD
Owner's Champion	TBD
Season Opener	Round of San Antonio
Season Finale
Championship Overview

The 2019 TM Master Cup is the 68th and current season of the TM Master Cup Series.

The series will be contested over 26 races taking place between 11 countries.

Preseason changes

After airing on KLtv for 4 seasons, (2015-2018) the TM Master Cup Series and long-time commentator Dan Mullen return to the Channel 44Sports network in 2019, for the first time since the 2014 Round of Decatur.

Eligible Chassis

The ban on customers cars in recent seasons has been lifted, and full-time teams are no longer required to run unique chassis, nor must independent and one-off entries field the Omecha and other spec cars. Some chassis will be exclusive to a team regardless; Volpi Racing Team and Team EFR will field the Volpi VC11, but the previous year's VC10 will be available to other teams. Similarly, Matthews Performance will only provide its 2019-spec Aspira to Matthews Motorsports and select Independent teams, while making its 2018-spec car available to all others.

Lycoia Motors has made their Intimidator chassis exclusive to Power Steering, Inc., while developing the Inquisitor for Independent's Trophy teams and one-offs.

Currently confirmed chassis that are legal for 2019 include:

• Calton-Morel Mizar
• Gessler MTW18
• Gessler MTW19
• Lenard Cheyenne
• Lycoia Inquisitor
• Lycoia Intimidator
• Matthews Aspira
• Saar Talon
• Tonare ThunderGT
• Volpi VC10
• Volpi VC11

Schedule

Only confirmed venues are being listed.

Round	Date	Race Title	Circuit	Pole Position	Team (car)	Winner	Team (car)	Independent's Trophy group	Promoter's Options
1	2/24/2019	Round of San Antonio	Remembrance Field	Marco Diaz Castañeda	Richter Motorsports (Gessler)	Adrien Devereux	Mitchell & Sons Racing (Calton-Morel)	Group 1	Gaspar de Sousa Kevin Dwyer
2	3/3/2019	Round of Los Angeles	Maxwell Center	Tom Moore	Volpi Racing Team (Volpi)	Tom Moore	Volpi Racing Team (Volpi)	Group 1	Daffy Howard Daniel Sharp Gaspar de Sousa Jess Yeung Mike Malone Zachary Fitzwater
3	3/17/2019	Round of Carbondale	Carbondale Raceway	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Group 1	Alicia Reyes Anthony Griffith Karl Hampton IV Scott Steudler Woody Watts
4	3/24/2019	Round of Georgia	Road Atlanta	Joe Olenick	Hodges-Walter Racing (Calton-Morel)	Marco Diaz Castañeda	Richter Motorsports (Gessler)	Group 1	Keegan Mallory Woody Watts
5	4/14/2019	Round of France	Circuit Thierry Sicotte	Arto Kekkonen	Richter Motorsports (Gessler)	David Krikorian	Hodges-Walter Racing (Calton-Morel)	Group 2	Kevin Cai Marc Veron Morgan Le Fay Mélanie Clévenot Scott Steudler Xiaoyu Xu
6	4/21/2019	Round of Sweden	Göteborgs Motorbana	Chris Davenport	Mitchell & Sons Racing (Calton-Morel)	Kurt Plissken	Power Steering Incorporated (Lycoia)	Group 2	Aaron van Bommel Carter Fitzgerald Carel Rosenstreter Elias Hållander Liv Eklund Mathias Taube Xiaoyu Xu
NC	5/4/2019	Karjala Grand Prix Consolation Race	Karjala Raceway	Zachary Fitzwater	BlackDiamond Racing (Saar)	Rip Tyler	Power Surge America (Lycoia)	Special Event
7	5/5/2019	43rd Karjala Grand Prix	Karjala Raceway	Joe Olenick	Hodges-Walter Racing (Calton-Morel)	Ingrid Haddeland	Lynxe Racing (Gessler)	Special Event
8	5/19/2019	Round of Russia	Vnukovo Airport	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	New Liberty Racing (Saar)	Group 2	Aapo Anselmi Boris Tolbanov Carter Fitzgerald Mikhail Antonov Vijay Pushanda Vitaly Karpenko
9	6/2/2019	Round of Wales	Olrhain Dewi Sant	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Daniel Leckliter	Tonare Motorsports (Tonare)	Group 2	Aaron van Bommel Carter Fitzgerald Darren Cardel Morgan Le Fay Scott Steudler Vincenzo Fochesato
10	6/16/2019	Round of Minnesota	Minnesota Motorsports Park	Adrien Devereux	Mitchell & Sons Racing (Calton-Morel)	Ingrid Haddeland	Lynxe Racing (Gessler)	Group 3	Alicia Reyes Chris Johaanes Kareem Washington Katherine Williams Kevin Dwyer Kody Gleason
10-2	6/16/2019	Round of Zanarkand	Promenade Circuit	Marco Diaz Castañeda	Richter Motorsports (Gessler)	Chris Davenport	Mitchell & Sons Racing (Calton-Morel)	None	Daffy Howard Scott Steudler Carmen Sienna Darian Gilliam Morgan Le Fay Woody Watts Krissy O'Ryan Louis Kingston Vincenzo Fochesato Marcos Leonard
11	6/23/2019	Round of Ohio	Ohio Motor Speedway	Adrien Devereux	Mitchell & Sons Racing (Calton-Morel)	Tom Moore	Volpi Racing Team (Volpi)	Group 3	Carmen Sienna Daniel Sharp Darian Gilliam Anthony Griffith Krissy O'Ryan
12	6/30/2019	Round of Wisconsin	Road America	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Liv Eklund	Lynxe Racing (Gessler)	Group 3	Carmen Sienna Darian Gilliam Kareem Washington David Hetzel Krissy O'Ryan Xiaoyu Xu
13	7/7/2019	Round of Quincy	Grand Detour of Western Illinois	Joe Olenick	Hodges-Walter Racing (Calton-Morel)	Saul Fischel	Lenard International (Lenard)	Group 3	Darian Gilliam Bobby Porteau John Parker, Jr. Krissy O'Ryan Louis Kingston Marcos Leonard
14	7/21/2019	Round of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Special Event
15	7/28/2019	Round of New England	Cape Cod Raceway	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 4
16	8/4/2019	Round of Lake Iblis	Lake Iblis Sports Car Course	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 4
17	8/11/2019	Round of Toronto	Greater Toronto Area Speedway	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 4
18	8/18/2019	Round of Ohrling Park	Industrial Zone 11	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 4
19	9/1/2019	Grand Prix of Gravis City	Industrial Zone 7	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Special Event
20	9/15/2019	Round of Argentina	Autodromo Nestor Nunes	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
21	9/21/2019	Round of Chicago	Chicago Motor Speedway	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 5
22	9/29/2019	Round of British Columbia	HLR Circuit	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 5
23	10/6/2019	Round of Santa Clara	Golden State Motorsports Park	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 5
24	10/13/2019	Round of Mexico	TBA	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Group 5
25	10/27/2019	Round of TBD	TBA	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Special Event

• The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Regular Entrants

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Reserve Driver(s)
Richter Motorsports	Gessler	1	Arto Kekkonen	Cyra	TBA
		9	Marco Diaz Castañeda (R)	Cyra
		72	Kevin Dwyer	Cyra Rezon
Team EFR	Volpi	2	Ian Cooper	Octan Nessbess
		6	Scott Bates	ScottieDTV
Volpi Racing Team	Volpi	3	Alessandro Rossini	Aperture Science	TBA
		4	Tom Moore	Aperture Science
		40	Rachel Rainsford	Aperture Science
BlackDiamond Racing	Saar	5	Luciano Soveral	Airlantis	TBA
		55	Zelda Ashby	VisitHyrule
		59	Zachary Fitzwater (R)	Airlantis
Lenard International	Lenard	7	Cameron Taylor	The Shafer Group	Jacob Kard
		8	Saul Fischel (R)	The Shafer Group
		18	Jacob Kard	Lenard
Matthews Motorsports	Matthews	06	Ryan Matthews	Powermetal AQ Data (select events) New England Patriots (3 events)	Kellan Rogers-Ashby James Hewitt
		60	Carter Fitzgerald (R)	Ben & Jerry's
		60
		90	Ben Atkins	Kwik Fit (European rounds) NVIDIA (everywhere else)
Tonare Motorsports	Tonare	10	Daniel Leckliter	Flex-Box	Anthony Griffith Archer Harris Bob Stephans Brian Sendack Dan Richards Jim Hayes Kenny Myatt Matt Taylor Richard Scott
		24	Daniel Sharp (R)	Mr. Aid Bummin' Beaver Brewery
		70	Anthony Griffith	7 Key Aftermarket
		70	Richard Scott	Gibson's Speedy Lube Vitaminwater
			Kenny Myatt (R)	Cedar Fair
			Tanner Bryja (R)
		79	Clay Gibson (R)	Whataburger
			Dillon Buchanan (R)
		79	AJ Young	Romeo's Alternators
Lynxe Racing	Gessler	11	Liv Eklund (R)	Lynxe Mermaids The Trevor Project	Clair Auxier Mélanie Clévenot A.J. Martin Alicia Reyes Tessa Strassenberg Jess Yeung
			Tessa Strassenberg	Lynxe
		19	Ingrid Haddeland	Lynxe Mermaids The Trevor Project
		27	Liv Eklund (R)	Lynxe
		29	Tessa Strassenberg
		39	Jess Yeung
		62	Mélanie Clévenot
		80	Krissy O'Ryan
		98	Clair Auxier
		99	Alicia Reyes
New Liberty Racing	Saar	12	Tony Durbin	Mobil 1 Abbott Light	TBA
		15	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	Mobil 1
		49	Karl Hampton (R)	Karl's Superstores
		53	John Parker, Jr.	Bancc
Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel	13	David Krikorian	Haas Manufacturing	Scott Steudler
		23	Joe Olenick	Red Bull
		26	Scott Steudler	Red Bull
Power Steering Incorporated	Lycoia	16	Kurt Plissken	Spark Boy Quack Up! Orange Soda Murray State University Bandit Beer Wyld Stallyns Porkchop Express Tango Cash Advance WKRP Cincinnati Zima Snake Coils	Rip Tyler
		41	Greg Woodard	Lycoia Motors Phoenix Performance Smokey's BBQ Dr. Quacker Frozr Hornet High-Class Starstream Satellite Radio Tide Woodard Transport & Freight YooHoo Reese's Oreo John Deere
		61	Woody Watts	Woodwings Pizza Planet Valvoline Smokey's BBQ
Mitchell & Sons Racing	Calton-Morel	17	Chris Davenport	Arotel	TBA
		47	Kareem Washington	ACAB Solutions Arotel
		74	Adrien Devereux	ACAB Solutions
Ortega Motorsport	Calton-Morel	20	Héctor Serrano	KLtv	TBA
			Gaspar de Sousa
		25	Brandon Lareau	KLtv America Ziqr
		30	Gaspar de Sousa	Puma
			Joonas Hannula	TBA
		TBA	José Luis Martinez	TBA
Hastert Racing	Saar	31	Marc Veron	GPODAWUND	Kody Gleason
			Kody Gleason
			Brad Dwyer
			Carmen Sienna (R)	Arasaka
		32	Chuck Johnson (R)	CalUrsa GPODAWUND
		33	Timothy Ruiz (R)	FirstEnergy CalUrsa
		96	Carmen Sienna (R)	Arasaka
Lawrence Gravity Racing	Volpi	34	Lucas Grabert (R)	SSF Lomanto Aqualtum	TBA
		71	Packer Carroll	Surge Burger King Ultor
		77	John Quackenbush	TBA
Scuderia Tutino	Volpi	42	Gareth Hunt (R)	Dullahan	TBA
		50	Trueman Ellison (R)	Highmark
			Gabriel Macena	XP Inc.
		TBA	TBA	TBA
Team Timothy	Gessler	66	Aaron van Bommel (R)	Newark Ice	Carel Rosenstreter
		68	Jon Dilks	Cotnam Farms
			Connor Freel
			Timothy Ruiz (R)
		69	Aaron van Bommel (R)	Newark Ice
			Carel Rosenstreter (R)
		69	Ike Durbin	Newark Ice MT Sports Europe
		711		7-Eleven
DeGarmo Enterprises	Lenard	81	Craig Jonser	SCARABS Mac Tonight	TBA
		87	Zack Webster (R)	McDonald's
		89	Morgan Hamburg	Mac Tonight

• Entries in yellow represent a team's third car.

Independent's Trophy Entrants

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor
Group 1
Alex Harrison Racing	Gessler	0	Casey Lester (R)
Mason Yokoyama Racing	Saar	76	Mason Yokoyama (R)	Bush's Chicken
Nathan Ormond Motorsports	Lenard	95	Nathan Ormond (R)	Advance Auto Parts
Interference Racing	Calton-Morel	898	Freya Mast (R)	Minute Maid Park Minute Maid Lemonade
Group 2
Williams Racing Team	Matthews	93	Katherine Williams (R)	Vitas Power Drekkar Trans
Pershing Motorsports	Gessler	154	Fernando Costa (R)	Cadbury
Down Under Motorsports	Gessler	230	Josh Marshall (R)	Mother Energy
Tauger Racing Unit	Lenard	741	Treck Tauger (R)	Phantom Spark Plugs
Group 3
Eager Beaver Racing	Lycoia	21	Phillip Purpura (R)	Peanut Butter Milk Stout
Maximus Racing	Tonare	92	Richard Scott	Hi-Steel Renack
Long Family Autosport	Saar	191	Tony Long (R)	Motiv Bowling
KS Motorsports	Volpi	980	Lonny Rawlins (R)	KS Motorsports
Group 4
Tom Delgado Racing	Matthews	37	Tom Delgado	SkyWest Airlines
FAC Motorsports	Saar	46	Nick Azure (R)	Powerade Siemens (Karjala)
Hanmore Ross Racing	Saar	303	Mariano Zavala	Vicker Collision & Glass Hanmore Pub Nappo
Station 11 Racing	Volpi	411	Aidan Shephard (R)	Station 11
Orange Velocity Motorsports	Matthews	888	Mitchell Carter (R)	Fanta
Group 5
Daniel Voyles Racing	Gessler	62	Annie Thomas (R)	Fernando's Chicken
David Hetzel Racing Enterprises	Lycoia	78	Keegan Mallory	Heilig-Meyers
Full Throttle Motorsports	Volpi	86	Michaela Perry-Jones (R)	Scilab Technologies
Requin Racing Team	Gessler	112	Nathalie Balandier (R)	Waterman

Promoter's Option Entrants

The following cars are not affiliated with a full-time or Independent's Trophy team, and will only start races with the Promoter's Option.

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Races Entered
Hal Rucker Racing	Lycoia	00	Daffy Howard	Duck!	2, 10-2
Mike Malone Motorsports	Saar	05	Mike Malone	Knuckles' Sandwiches	2
Team Thunder	Tonare	07	Anthony Griffith	Bummin' Beaver Brewery	11
BF Motorsports	Saar	35	Darian Gilliam	Black Flags Matter	10-2, 11-13
Mirage Motorsports	Calton-Morel	49	Morgan Le Fay	WorldSoft	5, 9, 10-2
Porteau Family Racing	Lenard	51	Bobby Porteau	QuickCare	13
Silven Racing	Volpi	58	Aapo Anselmi	Neste Oil Finnair	8
Sjöberg Motorsports	Lenard	75	Mathias Taube	BHV	6
		76	Elias Hållander	BHV	6
David Hetzel Racing Enterprises	Lycoia	78	David Hetzel	Parts America	12
Maggie Chow KC Racing	Calton-Morel	80	Xu Xiaoyu (R)	VersaLife Palisade	5-6, 10
		88	Kevin Cai	VersaLife Palisade	5
			Chris Johaanes	Palisade	10
			Xu Xiaoyu (R)	VersaLife Palisade	12
RUS Autosport	Lenard	80	Vijay Pushanda	Hindustan Petroleum	8
		82	Boris Tolbanov	NLMK Steel	8
G5 Motorsport	Saar	108	Louis Kingston	108 Auto Guard	10-2, 13
Avtomobilniy Tolyatti	Saar	114	Vitaly Karpenko	Tolyatti	8
		119	Mikhail Antonov	Tolyatti	8
Ferdinand United Grand Prix	Gessler	140	Darren Cardel	Ferdinand United	9
Millennium Autosport	FIAM	175	Vincenzo Fochesato	MOMO	9, 10-2
FPO, Inc.	Volpi	999	Marcos Leonard	kt travel	10-2, 13

Special Event Entrants

The following cars entered special events only.

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Races Attempted
MT Sports Europe	Gessler	05	Austin Sanders	Microtransaction Studios	7
Paradox Motorsports	Calton-Morel	09	Dieter Olive	Schrödinger's Cat Box Litter	7
Power Surge America	Lycoia	18	Rip Tyler	Tyrannosaurus Pex	7
Eager Beaver Racing	Lycoia	21	Phillip Purpura	Peanut Butter Milk Stout	7
Fred Walker Racing	Volpi	22	Nick Cane	Lavazza	14
		58	Aapo Anselmi	Neste Oil/Finnair	14
Rookie Racing	Lycoia	35	Kiara Kilgore		7
		98	Nick Dawson		7
Williams Racing Team	Matthews	39	Kellan Rogers-Ashby	Sport/Lego	7
LNX Racing	Gessler	39	Jess Yeung	Lynxe/LNX	7
		98	Clair Auxier	Lynxe/LNX	7
		99	Alicia Reyes	Lynxe/LNX	7
Carter-PowerTeam Brazil	Lenard	51	Gabriel Macena	Unitron	7
		52	João Paulo Vidal	Havan	7
		252	Isabella Macena	Venum	7
Terra Int'l Motorsports	Lycoia	54	Jack Dempsey	Sticky Hooves Glue	7
		94	Wyatt Castle	McWendeeKing	7
		420	Mary Jane Bakerman	Get Baked! Cakes and Confectioneries	7
Silven Racing	Volpi	56	Antero Virtanen	Neste Oil	7
		57	Juho Kivela	Neste Oil	7
		58	Aapo Anselmi	Neste Oil/Finnair	7
SWH Racing with Johnson Clapp	Lenard	69	Johnson Clapp	69 Petroleum Clapp Talent Management	7
RUS Autosport	Lenard	80	Vijay Pushanda	Hindustan Petroleum	7
		82	Boris Tolbanov	NLMK Steel	7
Henriksson Automotive Engineering		83	Erik Henriksson	Swansea Group	7
Wily Engineering	Lenard	85	Ruby Regal	6th Worldwide Sponsored Robot Tournament	14
Pellington Motorsports	Saar	91	Melissa Whitley	Nook	7
Flare Motorsports	Lenard	91	Hunter Blaize	Proto-Call	14
		94	Alex Carson	inCell Batteries	14
		97	Joshua Pacer	Grease Burger	14
HV Motorsports	Tonare	107	Kristoffer Laaksonen	Talvivaara Mining Company Konecranes	7
DS Autosport	Gessler	108	Thomas Dietrich	Equest Financial	7
		109	Peter Van Der Schmidt	Equest Financial	7
		189	Nazrin Mahmud	Equest Financial	7
Wildcat Motorsports	Saar	111	Derrick Rigg	Wildcat Oil	7
Avtomobilniy Tolyatti	Saar	114	Vitaly Karpenko	Tolyatti	7
		119	Mikhail Antonov	Tolyatti	7
Big Mac Racing	Lycoia	125	Makoto Yamada	Preferred Freezer Services	7
Dilpare, Inc.	Saar	126	Armand Dilpare	Dilpare Transmissions Venturri	7
Ferdinand United Grand Prix	Gessler	140	Darren Cardel	Ferdinand United	7
		187	Patrick Feldhoffer	G-TEC	7
Manta Racing Developments	Calton-Morel	161	Fritz Steiner	ZoneTech	7
		162	Gretchen Faust	Precision	7
		163	Randy Garland	Buzzin' Hornets Energy Drink	7
Team Thunder	Tonare	170	Brian Sendack		7
Millennium Autosport	FIAM	175	Vincenzo Fochesato	MOMO	7
Melia Yokoyama Racing	Saar	176	Dave Wilson	Motorola	7
Tauger Racing Unit	Lenard	184	Ron Balish	TheBalishChannel	7
Long Family Autosport	Saar	191	Dima Van Hall	Motiv Bowling	7
Chester Motorsports	Lenard	196	Michael Chester		7
Markov Racing Team	Gessler	199	Konstantin Kozlov	Krasnoff Engineering	7
Todd Abedrabbo Motorsports	Saar	224	Todd Abedrabbo	Mountain Dew Taco Bell	7
Blackmound Motorsports	Lenard	225	Allyson Holiday	Midwest Bandage Co.	7
Sigurdsson Racing Team	Gessler	237	Johann Sigurdsson		7
Daniel Voyles Racing	Gessler	262	Daniel Voyles		7
Sam Stefano Motorsports	Lenard	325	Todd Stater	Kim & Owen's Edelweiss	7
Rennen Racing	Saar	336	Lukas Fabien	Duracell	7
Altoros Gessler GP	Gessler	337	Andrei Bykov	Altoros	7
		373	Tomáš Procházka	Altoros	7
Grendel Auto Werke	Grendel	341	Avril Mead	Grendel Auto Werke	7
Hannagan Enterprises	Kanako	500	Giséle Vignon	Yuasa	7
Swift-Taylor Racing	Matthews	606	Taylor Matthews	Swift Transportation	14
		609	Taylor Brillon	Swift Transportation	14
Kickstarter Motorsports	Volpi	980	Lonny Rawlins	Reddit	7

Points System

The TM Master Cup Series point system remains the same as previous years.

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 Karjala, Indianapolis, and Gravis City, Zone 7.

Standings

Position	Driver	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Points
1	Saul Fischel	8	2	1	2	274
2	Chris Davenport	8	1	0	2	240
3	Tom Moore	8	1	1	1	213
4	Liv Eklund	8	0	0	2	198
5	Kurt Plissken	8	0	1	2	196
6	Adrien Devereux	8	0	1	2	189
7	Marco Diaz Castañeda	8	1	1	2	184
8	Ingrid Haddeland	8	0	1	1	181
9	Cameron Taylor	8	0	0	1	165
10	Joe Olenick	8	2	0	0	152
11	Arto Kekkonen	8	1	0	2	151
12	David Krikorian	8	0	1	1	146
13	Yevgeny Kuznetsov	8	0	1	1	135
14	Ryan Matthews	8	0	0	2	127
15	Luciano Soveral	8	0	0	1	117
15	Ben Atkins	7	0	0	1	117
17	Alessandro Rossini	8	0	0	0	106
18	Tony Durbin	7	0	0	0	91
19	Aapo Anselmi	2	0	0	1	90
20	Scott Bates	8	0	0	0	83