2021 ASCC All American Racing Series season

2021 ASCC All American Racing Series season
# of Rounds	25
Ovals	24
Road Courses	1
Driver's Champion	TBD
Owner's Champion	TBD
Season Opener	Walt Disney World Speedway
Season Finale	Daytona Int'l Speedway
Championship Overview

The 2021 ASCC Cotnam All American Racing Series Fueled by Donnie's Great Big Deals is the upcoming season of the premier American Stock Car Championship racing series. The 2021 season is the 11th season since the revival of the series in 2010, after the 2020 season was cancelled due to the global pandemic.

Season Overview

Following the expiration of the previous OEM contracts, Inglesby has left the ASCC, but Lycoia Motors and Tonare Auto Works will join the series in their stead. The charter system was restructured to grant eight charters each to Saar, Lenard, Lycoia, and Tonare, reducing the number of chartered entries from 33 to 32. Conversely, the series will allow up to 4 "open" non-chartered entries to qualify for each race outside the Texas 500, which will start up to 10 open entries. Any open entries that qualify for the playoffs will be locked into the field as long as they remain in the playoffs.

Representatives from Saar have protested Lycoia's involvement in the series, pointing out that half of the chartered entries are now badged by Lenard's brands.

Changes to the race format include races being split into 4 "quarters" with the caution flag being displayed and bonus points being awarded to the top 10 drivers at the end of each quarter. This is an evolution of the Caution Clock rule that was introduced partway through 2019. During each quarter break, all cars up to 3 laps behind the leader will be allowed back on the lead lap for the restart, in addition to the first car one or more laps down receiving a lap back during all other caution periods. All restarts will be double-file, and races will be extended past the advertised distance as necessary to ensure green-flag finishes.

The championship format will be overhauled for the new season. The top 4 drivers from each division plus the Texas 500 winner will qualify for the Playoffs, making up a field of 16 or 17 drivers. Playoff eligibility is determined first by performance in the new "Playoff Lock" races, taking place every fourth round in the regular season including the Texas 500, with the rest of the field being filled by points. The Playoffs will then take place over the final eight races with three rounds of eliminations, concluding with the 500-mile championship race at Daytona, with the highest finisher among the remaining contenders becoming the series champion.

The new OEM contract and playoff format coincides with the introduction of a new, boxier body style designed to increase pack racing, similar to that previously used by the series between 2012 and 2014. To create more visibility for sponsors on these bodies, ASCC released new paint scheme regulations that move the side numbers from the doors to the rear quarter panels. Select teams, including Flare Motorsports and Camelot Racing, have received approval to maintain the traditional number placement.

Schedule

Round	Date	Track	Location	Event	Length	Pole Winner	Race Winner
1	2/14	Middle Georgia Motor Speedway	Macon, Georgia	#GetGas @ Donnie's 300	300 Laps/164.4 Miles	Calvin Hobbes	Donnie King, Jr.
2	2/21	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	Hugger Oranges 250	167 Laps/250.5 Miles	Aaron Law	Donnie King, Jr.
3	2/28	Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, North Carolina	Rock Hard Light 200	200 Laps/203.4 Miles	Dan Richards	Joshua Pacer
4	3/14	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway	Nashville, Tennessee	Lycoia Bright Summers Foundation 500	500 Laps/298 Miles	Hunter Blaize	Joshua Pacer
5	3/28	ABQ Speedbowl	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Zing Energy 250	250 Laps/125 Miles	Alex Phillips	Joshua Pacer
6	4/11	Dover Motor Speedway	Dover, Delaware	TaxZappers 200	200 Laps/200 Miles	Dan Richards	Alex Carson
7	4/18	Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, Alabama	Hanmore 266	100 Laps/266 Miles	Karl Hampton	Jim Hayes
8	5/2	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Infield)	Charlotte, North Carolina	Roval 500 Presented by Tonare Nimbus	137 Laps/312.36 Miles	Lance Thomas	Angus Black
9	5/9	Toledo Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	Ammunation Toledo War	200 Laps/100 Miles	Dan Richards	Hunter Blaize
10	5/16	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas	InCell Batteries 225	150 Laps/225 Miles	Donnie King, Jr.	Calvin Hobbes
11	5/23	Knoxville Raceway	Knoxville, Iowa	Liberty Tires Mudslinger	200 Laps/100 Miles	Alex Carson	Dan Richards
12	5/30	Michigan Int'l Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Lenard US 500	250 Laps/500 Miles	Donnie King, Jr.	Rick Attwood
13	6/13	Kentucky Speedway	Sparta, Kentucky	Bluegrass 200	133 Laps/200 Miles	Hunter Blaize	Calvin Hobbes
14	6/20	Myrtle Beach Speedway	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Bancc Battle at the Beach	200 Laps/107.6 Miles
15	6/27	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	Magic Auto Body 200	147 Laps/200.8 Miles
16	7/4	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	Texas 500 Driven by Saar	250 Laps/500 Miles
PLAYOFFS BEGIN - ROUND ONE
17	7/17	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	Lou Singer Hotels & Casinos 250	167 Laps/250 Miles
18	7/25	Hanford Motor Speedway	Hanford, California	Blue Phoenix 151	110 Laps/151.25 Miles
19	8/1	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	Screaming Texas Eagle Vodka 225	150 Laps/225 Miles
PLAYOFF ROUND TWO
20	8/7	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	Ethanol by Cotnam 200	200 Laps/175 Miles
21	8/14	New York Autoring	Albany, New York	Cryptospire 225	100 Laps/225 Miles
22	8/21	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Donnie's Great Big 150	100 Laps/154 Miles
CHAMPIONSHIP RACE - FINAL FIVE
23	9/4	Daytona Int'l Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	Liberty Tires Sunset 250	100 Laps/250 Miles

Rounds marked in yellow are Playoff Lock races.

Team Chart

Saar Division

Chartered

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
5	Stahlman Racing	Ryan Long	Hoek, Lyne & Seinker Paragon Mutual Leasing Waffle House Moo.la	Stahlman and Long return with few changes.
18	Delbert Haggins Racing	Delbert Haggins (R)	Bivouac Motel & Suites	Delbert Haggins joins the ASCC, sharing seat time with Scroggins.
		Buck Scroggins (R)
23	Camelot Racing	Lance Thomas (R)	King Arthur's Royal Oil ASH Fire Extinguishers Magic Auto Body Dryv Rideshare Round Table Pizza	Arthur Thomas's team returns to full-time ASCC competition, with his grandson taking the wheel.
25	Team Saar USA	Aaron Law	eCola Hooters Tax Zappers KLTV America City Saar	Law returns after defending his Texas 500 crown in 2019.
36	Team Saar USA	Donnie King, Jr.	Donnie's Great Big Deals Whiz Lucas Oil Covfefe Cotnam Ethanol	King moves up to the All American Series full time after replacing Jason Richardson before the 2019 Playoffs.
49	Team Saar USA	Karl Hampton	Karl's Superstores Casargo Turbo	Hampton returns for his sophomore effort with TSUSA, still looking to break through with his first ASCC win.
76	Christian American Motorsports	Bobby Miller III	Christline Radio WWJS?/Stand Or Else Smell Like Jesus	ASCC fans' favorite evangelical returns as CAM switches from Inglesby to Saar.
82	RUS Autosport America	Lev Azarov (R)	West Texas Capital	Azarov and RUS Autosport expand into the ASCC, becoming the first Russian operation and driver in the sport's history.

Open

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
3	Team Saar USA	Ethan Everett	Hanmore Industries	Everett overcomes health issues to make a much-anticipated return to the driver's seat for the Texas 500.
8	Team Saar USA	Travis Marshall		The son of the late Steve Marshall returns to the ASCC as a member of Team Saar USA's 6-car armada.
15	Tri-Star Motorsports	Austin Reed (R)	Flatt Soda	New team for 2021.
29	Camelot Racing	Rich Roy	Roy Family Construction	Roy attempts his first Texas 500 in a second Camelot car.
33	Team Saar USA	Tony Durbin		Former ASCC and TM Master Cup champion Durbin returns for the Texas 500
98	Walker Texas Racing	Ty McDermott	Liberty Tires	Kurt Walker's FARC team will enter their first Texas 500 with third-generation FARC rookie McDermott behind the wheel.

Lenard Division

Chartered

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
9	Flare Motorsports	Joshua Pacer	inCell Batteries Samson Spark Lenard	Pacer returns to Flare Motorsports after a highly successful rookie season.
16	Cluck Ewe Racing	JW Cogburn (R)	Cluckin' Chicken	Partnered fast food chains Cluckin' Chicken and Good For Mutton buy out the struggling What's Your Beef team and field a new driving lineup.
21	Palmer Stiles Racing	Palmer Stiles	Moon Shine Car Polish MHL Bank of Liberty McDonald's Mac Tonight	The Inglesby standard bearer finds a new home in the Lenard division for what will likely be his farewell tour.
24	Cluck Ewe Racing	Shepherd Black (R)	Good For Mutton	The son of Angus Black makes his ASCC debut in the second Cluck Ewe car.
28	Daniel Voyles Racing	Daniel Voyles	Ron Oil Ron Waste Disposal	Voyles returns with a new manufacturer, number, and two sponsors.
37	Ocean Motorsports	Stefan Wodarczyk	Ocean Point Charters Shark Card Patriot University Jack Daniel's	Wodarczyk and Ocean continue their partnership for 2021.
97	Dick Wilkinson Racing	Brett Finley ☆	Tecumseh Kitchen Gun Monster Energy	Dick Wilkinson Racing will field multiple drivers in 2021, with Lance Stone now sharing the seat with Finley and 2019 Texas 500 polesitter McLaughlin.
		Lance Stone
		Kyle McLaughlin (R)
99	Flare Motorsports	Alex Carson	inCell Batteries ProLaps Racing Systems Lenard Tinkle	Carson looks to continue his 2019 success as one of Lenard's "Big Three".

Open

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
17	Cotnam Racing Development	Mitchell Carter (R)	Cotnam	Cotnam's ASCC West Series superteam fields an All-American Series entry in select races for the defending West Series champion.
57	Dick Wilkinson Racing	Rob Jettison (R)	Fat Hog	Wilkinson will field two open entries in select races.
67	Dick Wilkinson Racing	Scott Moynahan (R)		Second of two open entries for Dick Wilkinson.

Lycoia Division

Chartered

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
08	Deschutes Racing	Graham McMillan (R) ☆	Nucleon Bushnell Farms Gallon Oil Wallbert Fish Tail Foods Tidbit	This established ASCC West Series team hits the big time with new investors and their lead driver McMillan.
13	Jim Brennan Motorsports	Colton Spencer	Humble.	Brennan and Spencer return for a second ASCC season with a new sponsor and a switch to Lycoia.
20	Patriot Racing	Hunter Blaize (R)	Woodard Transport & Freight	The 2019 FARC Lowe Dollar Series champion moves up to the ASCC, on loan to Lycoia from Gravity Racing Inc.
40	Patriot Racing	Calvin Hobbes	Woodard Transport & Freight	Hobbes sold his team to Patriot Racing after 2019, but he will continue as one of the two drivers for the new Lycoia flagship team.
51	SA Racing	Seth Anderson	typ.to	After a Cinderella run to the 2019 championship and a free charter, Anderson brings his team back for a second season after switching to Lycoia and picking up a full-time sponsor.
69	McDermott Motorsports	Johnson Clapp	Slixty 9 Hugger Oranges Nice! Dickass	The Clapp looks to return to victory lane in McDermott Motorsports' first season with Lycoia.
78	Kenn Groves Racing	Greg Gray	Grease Burger Furniture Art	Groves Racing returns with Gray, moving to the Lycoia division.
90	BIG American Racing	Neil Miller (R)	Big N's Bros N Brahs	BIG signs Neil Miller in his return to full-time racing and switches from the #31 Lenard to the #90 Lycoia.

Open

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
31	Crown-Ultra Racing	Roberto Crown, Jr. (R)		New team for 2021.
68	Mike Markham Motorsports	Rick Attwood (R)	Gallon Oil	This new team is currently the only unchartered entry planning to run the full schedule.
79	Kenn Groves Racing	Ralph West (R)		KGR will enter a car in select races with a mix of drivers.
		Vitaly Tsolikov (R) ☆	Screaming Texas Eagle Vodka
		Billy Ray Smith-Thompson (R)	The Home House
80	McDermott Motorsports	Earl McDermott	Liberty Tires	McDermott trades the microphone for his old helmet in the US and Texas 500s, driving for McDermott alongside his son McDermott.

Tonare Division

Chartered

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
0	Farley Enterprises	Elmer Farley ☆	Kar Klutz WKTT Talk Radio Retirement Living TV Hastings Community Bank	The ageless wonder Farley returns for another season, bringing a few new sponsors and acquiring a Tonare charter.
7	Team Thunder	Dan Richards	Luce Industrial Lighting	The 2019 Saar regular season champion returns with Tonare's flagship team.
11	Lou Singer Racing	Aaron Singer	Lou Singer Hotels & Casinos	The Singer family returns after signing a multi-year partnership with Tonare, looking to build on Aaron's playoff run during the 2019 season.
30	Expansion Motorsports	Richie Pinto	Extenze Women's Extenze	Pinto returns for a second season as Expansion Motorsports deflates back down to two charters.
44	Expansion Motorsports	Peter Johnson	Extenze Women's Extenze	Expansion's veteran returns in the 44 car.
61	The Little Guys	Noah Dalitz (R)	RaceSim Zing Energy Lung Candy Littleguys Gas 'n Go	Dalitz teams up with the Little Family to seek "redemption" following his suspension and exile from FARC.
70	Team Thunder	Bob Stephans 9		Team Thunder acquires a third charter for the new #70 team, which will be driven primarily by Tonare's factory drivers, along with Jim Hayes' son Zane and road course ringer Gary Miles.
		Alex Phillips (R) 4
		Richard Scott 4
		Kenny Myatt (R) 3
		Gary Miles (R) 1
		Anthony Griffith 3
77	Team Thunder	Jim Hayes	Cotnam Farms	Hayes looks to improve on his 2019 season, after winning two races but being eliminated after the first round of the playoffs.

Open

No.	Team	Driver(s)	Sponsor(s)	Notes
07	Team Thunder	Zane Hayes (R) 4
50	Expansion Motorsports	Leslie Riggs (R)	Maxim	ABQ Speedbowl promoter and former FARC standout Leslie Riggs returns to the driver's seat for the Texas 500.
72	Farley Enterprises	Bobby Dwyer (R)	Dwyer's Speedway Laundromat	Farley Enterprises will enter a second car in as many races as possible, with a mix of drivers.
		Austin Howard	Luce
		Joey Milligan (R)
		Jack Bohart
		Shane Hunt (R)	Ammu-Nation
		Andros Baumgartner (R)	Pandit Kapil Sharma
		James West	Master Bates Restoration

Points & Championship Format

Race Points

Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
1st	40	17th	17
2nd	35	18th	15
3rd	30	19th	14
4th	29	20th	13
5th	28	21st	12
6th	27	22nd	11
7th	26	23rd	10
8th	25	24th	9
9th	24	25th	8
10th	23	26th	7
11th	22	27th	6
12th	21	28th	5
13th	20	29th	4
14th	19	30th	3
15th	18	31st	2
16th	16	≤32nd	1

Bonus Points

All drivers verified to have served in military or law enforcement in their respective home nations will receive a Veteran's Bonus of 40 points, equal to a race victory, paid to them upon their first starts of the season. These drivers will also carry special decals on their cars indicating their veteran status.

Bonus points will also be awarded at the end of each race quarter, starting with 10 points going to the race leader, and decreasing by one point per position until 10th place, which will receive a single point. A perfect race in which the winner sweeps the first three quarters will be worth 70 points, coincidentally the same number of points that a perfect race is worth in the TM Master Cup Series.

Championship Format

During the 16-race regular season, drivers will earn points that are tallied as the season progresses. Every fourth round, including the Texas 500, will be a Playoff Lock race, where the top drivers in each division not already in the Playoffs will be pitted against each other, with the highest finisher among them winning Playoff eligibility. It will be possible for one division's drivers to sweep all four of its Playoff spots in this fashion. After the Texas 500, the ASCC Playoffs begin, qualifying the top 4 drivers in each division plus the Texas 500 winner for the 8-race postseason, which is divided into three rounds of eliminations (made up of 3, 2, and 2 races respectively) plus the championship race. Playoff contenders are first seeded by Playoff Lock wins, followed by points.

All Playoff drivers will have their points reset equally when the Playoffs begin and after each elimination round. Drivers who fail to qualify for the Playoffs and those who are eliminated throughout will revert to and continue to build on their regular points until the penultimate round, after which the driver outside the Playoff field with the most points will win the Wild Card, the fifth championship spot in the final race, if it is not taken by a Playoff driver winning the race (Wild Card priority is given to the two drivers remaining in each division in Playoff round 3).

Only the "Final Five", the top driver of each division plus the Wild Card, are eligible for the ASCC All-American Series title in the championship race. Everyone else at the track will battle for sixth and below in the final overall points.