RROL

Road Racing Oval League (RROL)
Years Active	2007-2012

The Road Racing Oval League (RROL) was an American stock car championship racing organization founded by Robert Clarke, who later founded NOMAD in 2018.

History

RROL Car of Tomorrow Series

2008

Schedule
Round	Track	Type	mi	Winner	Pole
1	Daytona	Restrictor	2.50	David Jarrett	Eric Reed
2	Mansfield	Short Track	0.50	Cris Cole	Marco Mescall
3	Chicagoland	Intermediate	1.50	Sarah Foster	Julian Alexander
4	Twin Ring Motegi	Speedway	1.55	Anthony Evans	Julian Alexander
5	Rattlesnake Point	Road Course	4.72	Kevin Saint	Ricardo Ramirez
6	Grand Detour	Short Track	0.50	Adrien Devereux	Scott Calhoun
7	Salem	Short Track	0.55	Dean Frye	Marco Mescall
8	Indianapolis	Superspeedway	2.50	Gary Steiner	Sarah Foster
9	Carbondale	Short Track	0.79	Julian Alexander	Julian Alexander
10	Karjala	Road Course	3.28	Julian Alexander	Adrien Devereux
11	Watkins Glen	Road Course	2.45	Kevin Saint	Christopher Walker
12	Kansas	Intermediate	1.50	Martin Boltano, Jr.	Martin Boltano, Jr.
13	Talladega	Restrictor	2.66	Tom Delgado	Eric Reed
14	Decatur	Road Course	3.36	Deric Dinero	Julian Alexander

Standings
Rank	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Adrien Devereux	955	Champion
2	Woody Watts	911	-44
3	David Jarrett	889	-66
4	Marco Mescall	880	-75
5	Kevin Saint	847	-108
6	Cris Cole	845	-110
7	Sarah Foster	835	-120
8	Ricardo Ramirez	811	-144
9	Sanchez Manner	795	-160
10	Julian Alexander	786	-169
11	Christopher Walker	749	-206
12	Dean Frye	732	-223
13	Eric Reed	726	-229
14	Gary Steiner	718	-237
15	Martin Boltano, Jr.	715	-240

The first season featured mostly American teams, manufacturers, and competitors at American tracks - but did visit the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan, Rattlesnake Point in Canada, and Karjala Raceway in Finland during it's 14-race season. Pegged as a development series from the start, several competitors from this time have since graduated into higher levels of the motorsport pyramid. Notably, future TM Master Cup Series champion Adrien Devereux cut his teeth in stock cars here, collecting the 2008 title and rookie of the year honors at the end of a rollercoaster season. Devereux and teammate Marco Mescall were a formidable force for Calton-Morel - with both contending for wins and earning poles, enroute to 1st and 4th in the final championship rankings. This was the best showing for any organization in the series in 2008.

Julian Alexander had an explosive boom or bust season, collecting multiple wins and poles at some of the most difficult tracks on the schedule while also getting into carnage that hampered his overall result for the year.

Sarah Foster, daughter of TM Master Cup Series legend Alan Foster, put together an impressive season - notable for it's consistency and completion of every scheduled lap. During the year, she scored a victory at Chicagoland and won the pole for Indianapolis.

TM Master Cup Series regulars Anthony Evans and Tom Delgado each scored victories in one-off appearances at the Twin Ring Motegi and Talladega.

2009

Schedule
Round	Track	Track Type	Mileage	Winner	Pole
1	Daytona	Restrictor	2.50	Kevin Saint	David Jarrett
2	Mansfield	Short Track	0.50	Thomas Forrester	Fred Klein
3	Chicagoland	Intermediate	1.50	Sarah Foster	Sanchez Manner
4	Twin Ring Motegi	Speedway	1.55	Ricky Gonzalez	Julian Alexander
5	Rattlesnake Point	Road Course	4.72	Kirk Sigurd	Adrien Devereux
6	Dover	Speedway	1.00	Jerry Richson	Ricky Flush
7	Grand Detour	Short Track	0.50	Noah Navelman	Julian Alexander
8	Salem	Short Track	0.55	Fred Klein	Ricky Flush
9	Richmond	Short Track	0.75	Adrien Devereux	Kevin Saint
10	Indianapolis	Superspeedway	2.50	Martin Boltano, Jr.	Ricky Flush
11	Bristol	Short Track	0.53	Nick Pisani	Scott Calhoun
12	Pocono	Superspeedway	2.50	Wladimir Nikolaev	Martin Boltano, Jr.
13	Carbondale	Short Track	0.79	Ricky Flush	Ricky Flush
14	Karjala	Road Course	3.28	Fred Klein	Ricky Flush
15	Watkins Glen	Road Course	2.45	Frank Jackson	Adrien Devereux
16	Kansas	Intermediate	1.50	Leon Keniston	Aaron Fisher
17	Talladega	Restrictor	2.66	Martin Boltano, Jr.	Carter Leis
18	Decatur	Road Course	3.36	Cris Cole	Frank Jackson

Standings
Rank	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Martin Boltano, Jr.	1203	Champion
2	Cris Cole	1188	-15
3	Kevin Saint	1182	-21
4	Adrien Devereux	1134	-69
5	Sarah Foster	1076	-127
6	Fred Klein	1068	-135
7	Ricky Flush	1067	-136
8	Sanchez Manner	1065	-138
9	David Jarrett	1017	-186
10	Jerry Richson	1012	-191
11	Thomas Forrester	993	-210
12	Wladimir Nikolaev	984	-219
13	Ricky Gonzalez	965	-238
14	James Proctor	959	-244
15	Kirk Sigurd	956	-247

In it's second year, the series schedule expanded from 14 to 18 races, maintaining it's international visits to the Twin Ring Motegi, Rattlesnake Point, and Karjala Raceway. Interest grew and a flood of fresh teams and faces joined. Adrien Devereux returned to defend his title, but his upcoming promotion to the higher ranks was one of the worst kept secrets of the year. Despite the feverish buzz, Devereux managed to bring his best to the racetrack - anchoring his season with consistent top-10 results. He led more laps than any other driver in the series - with 411, won the pole at 2 of the series' 4 road course events that year, and took the win in a race of survival under the lights at Richmond.

Second-year driver Martin Boltano, Jr. won the championship, winning twice and averaging a 7th-place finish after failing to qualify for the season-opening race at Daytona.

Rookie of the year went to Ricky Flush of White Mountain Motorsports. Flush was remarkable in qualifying throughout the year, winning the pole 5 times and putting together a dominant performance at Carbondale Raceway for his only victory in the RROL. His team boss Leon Keniston won the race at Kansas in the final stretch of the season. Flush finished the year 7th in the standings.

Newcomer Jerry Richson quickly garnered a reputation as a hot-tempered character with multiple on-track spats and heated post-race confrontations. When he wasn't in a feud, Richson had speed and put together enough on the season to end up 10th overall, with a win along the way at Dover.

History-making African-American owner-driver James Proctor and his teammate Thomas Forrester showed great promise in their debut seasons at this level, with Forrester visiting victory lane in just the team's second weekend in the competition at Mansfield. Proctor was the only driver in the series to finish the year without a DNF.

2010

Schedule
Round	Track	Track Type	Mileage	Winner	Pole
1	Daytona	Restrictor	2.50	Roman Musico	James Proctor
2	Carbondale	Short Track	0.79	Christopher Walker	Christopher Walker
3	Chicagoland	Intermediate	1.50	Josh Mertz	James Rand
4	Brands Hatch	Road Course	2.61	Wladimir Nikolaev	Kirk Sigurd
5	Autodromo Estevem	Short Track	0.99	Ricky Gonzalez	Sammy Howard
6	Michigan	Superspeedway	2.00	Sammy Howard	Scott Calhoun
7	Karjala	Road Course	3.28	Dean Rickenbacher	Kenny Morales
8	Richmond	Short Track	0.75	Jerry Richson	James Proctor
9	Indianapolis	Superspeedway	2.50	Kevin Saint	Rick Jarrett
10	Talladega	Restrictor	2.66	Sammy Howard	Sarah Foster
11	Clairmont	Road Course	3.97	Wladimir Nikolaev	Kenny Morales
12	Grand Detour	Short Track	0.50	Mike Falls	Cory Massie
13	Watkins Glen	Road Course	2.45	Kirk Sigurd	Kirk Sigurd
14	Dover	Speedway	1.00	Thomas Forrester	Ricky Flush
15	Twin Ring Motegi	Speedway	1.55	Kirk Sigurd	Rick Jarrett
16	Martinsville	Short Track	0.52	Ryan Nawrocki	Cory Massie
17	Kansas	Intermediate	1.50	Tyler Schultz	Matt O'Neal
18	Decatur	Road Course	3.36	Tyler Schultz	Marco Mescall
19	Daytona	Restrictor	2.50	Jerry Richson	Ricky Gonzalez

Standings
Rank	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Ricky Flush	1205	Champion
2	Wladimir Nikolaev	1162	-43
3	Sammy Howard	1161	-44
4	Kirk Sigurd	1133	-72
5	Jerry Richson	1130	-75
6	Tyler Schultz	1129	-76
7	James Proctor	1111	-94
8	Ricky Gonzalez	1098	-107
9	Josh Mertz	1097	-108
10	Roman Musico	1064	-141
11	Kevin Saint	1032	-173
12	Ryan Nawrocki	1028	-177
13	Mike Falls	1027	-178
14	Dean Rickenbacher	1013	-192

The 2010 season had its share of controversies on and off-track during it's 19-round season that featured 5 international visits - including the polarizing decision to hold the season finale at Daytona on a calendar that changed significantly from 2009's. During the year, it became apparent that the series was having financial difficulties managing its growth. Rumors of an ASCC buyout were confirmed by late season meetings between Robert Clarke, Garth McCallister, Jr., and investors from the newly re-emerging American Stock Car Championship.

Despite never winning, Ricky Flush claimed the championship while leading the series with 13 top-5s and 15 top-10s - driving for White Mountain Motorsports. This team would later shut down in the offseason after being at the center of an unlawful discrimination lawsuit.

Speedway ace Sammy Howard won rookie of the year and ranked 3rd in the overall standings with wins at Michigan and Talladega.

Wladimir Nikolayev, Jerry Richson, Kirk Sigurd, and Tyler Schultz also scored 2 wins each in a season that saw fierce competition within the top-5.

Longtime RROL competitor Dean Rickenbacher scored a popular breakthrough victory at Karjala in a grueling strategy-heavy race of endurance that saw him win the race on fumes.

After the season, it was announced that McCallister and his investors purchased the series. "We can make a legitimate American series that has the spirit of the ASCC and the origins of what made 1980s TM Master Cup series racing great," McCallister said. "We hope to revisit many tracks that Omecha took off the calendar, tracks like Texas World, Hickory, Rockingham and Charlotte that the fans loved, but that Omecha didn't like because some foreigner was throwing a ton of money at them."

In the announcement, Clarke explained, "We were on the verge of bankruptcy, and they came to us with a significant offer. With the economy already being this tough, I didn't think I could turn it down." Upon completion of the sale, Clarke and Chambers tendered their resignations as the ASCC absorbed most of the RROL's organizational structure. Reaction was swift, and mixed to say the least. Many RROL teams withdrew as the series changed hands.

The 2011 VSCC logo.

Vaughn Stock Car Championship

2011

Standings
Rank	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Gordon Sting	777	Champion
2	Ziggy Waldemar	771	-6
3	Alex LaRosa	761	-16
4	Steve Yoon	753	-24
5	Kenny Morales	736	-41
6	Wladimir Nikolaev	731	-46
7	Christopher Walker	730	-47
8	Alan Maloy	721	-56
9	Ryan Matthews	717	-60
10	Mike Falls	716	-61
11	Ryan Baldwell	711	-66
12	Cameron Taylor	710	-67
13	Griffin LeTellier	709	-68
14	Jeff Zindler	676	-101
15	Kevin Saint	675	-102

In the final days of 2010, British racing enthusiast Mark Vaughn approached Clarke and his associates, offering to fund a series that would host his vision for a new multi-series tier system. This managed to win over Clarke and former RROL executives, who decided to take a chance on the unproven system. With controlling interest financially, Vaughn held a relatively unchallenged lead as Clarke and his associates held operational positions - which later proved to be a significant flaw, despite his ambitions.

Under Vaughn's direction, the series formed a tiered promotion and relegation system. The single higher-tier series was known as the Vaughn Stock Car Championship (VSCC), with a split lower-tier duo of the Vaughn American Racing Tour (VART) and the Vaughn European Racing Challenge (VERC). After every few rounds of each series, the lowest 10 drivers/teams in the higher-tier would each be relegated to one either of the lower-tier series - with the top 5 in each of the lower-tier series standings being promoted to the main higher-tier series. Drivers/teams had a separate point total for each of the three series in the tiered system.

For the new vision, the series also chose to switch from the Car of Tomorrow chassis and run the same common chassis as the TM Master Cup, TM Lights, and ARLA Elite Series at the time.

The risky plan, over-extension of available resources, disastrous showings for the series as a whole (at Mallory Park, Spa, and Karjala), and multiple deaths led to an untimely collapse of the series after just eight races - of the planned 19 (11 being international events) for the VSCC alone. Unfortunately, it became clear quickly that this seedling American-based series could not handle it's rapid international expansion. As a result of the series' cancellation, point leader Gordon Sting was declared the 2011 VSCC champion, with no championship being awarded for either VART or VERC.

This failing led many observers to question the long-term viability of the league. As a result, many fled the series - the remains of which was sold off to new ownership that attempted to revive the RROL of old.

Revival Efforts

The 2012 RROL Elite Series logo.

See also: 2012 RROL season, 2013, 2014 National Racing Championship seasons

Following the sale of the series' remains to an motorsport investment group, Clarke and Vaughn would part ways in the fallout. Neither had professional racing involvement for several years following these events. For 2012, the series was called the RROL Elite Series. Notable changes included scrapping the multi-tier racing system and all events outside of North America. The Clairmont Circuit was the only track to host a race outside of the United States. A twin-race (double-header) format was introduced to manage the hefty entry lists the series was able to accrue; however, the format was scrapped going forward after the cancellation of the second-to-last scheduled race of the season at Carbondale Raceway and only one race being held for the finale at Rockingham Speedway.

Collin Evans would win the first championship under the series' new direction. Ultimately - the series would rebrand again, this time as the National Racing Championship and survive through 2013 and 2014.

Honors

Series	Year	Rounds	Driver's Champion	Rookie of the Year
Car of Tomorrow	2008	14	Adrien Devereux	Adrien Devereux
	2009	18	Martin Boltano, Jr.	Ricky Flush
	2010	19	Ricky Flush	Sammy Howard
Vaughn	2011	8*	Gordon Sting	Not awarded
Elite	2012	11*	Collin Evans	Not awarded