2012 American Stock Car Championship season

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2012 American Stock Car Championship season
ASCC 2012.png
# of Rounds 13
Ovals 12
Road Courses 1
Driver's Champion Dan Richards
Owner's Champion Ocean Motorsports
Season Opener 2012 Texas 500
Season Finale 2012 ASCC Lenard 225
Championship Overview

The 2012 American Stock Car Championship season (officially: Goodyear Presents the ASCC Wrangler Cup Series) was the third season of the revived American Stock Car Championship. Dan Richards won the championship.

Preseason changes[edit | edit source]

The series debuted a new body style in the preseason; this new style is more aerodynamic than the body styles run in the past. Also new for 2012 were the manufacturers: though Saar and Lenard were involved in the prior ASCC seasons, neither used their flagship marques – Saar used the Tremwell brand and Lenard the Sellick brand. For 2012, both manufacturers will use their flagship sedan models: the Saar Carolina and the Lenard Cheyenne/R20.

Joining the two holdovers is Bolden, which will field the Chaser in this series. (Both Bolden and Lenard ran in the TM Master Cup in 2011. Bolden was rumored to make its Cup return at the 2012 Karjala Grand Prix, but that did not come to pass.)

Several former TM Master Cup teams, most notably Camelot Racing and Ocean Motorsports, elected to run here in 2012 and not in the Cup series.




Schedule[edit | edit source]

A thirteen-race schedule was announced; this is an increase from prior seasons in which four or five races were held.

Round Race Title Circuit Polesitter Team (car) Winner Team (car)
1 2012 Texas 500 Texas Motor Speedway Thomas Nash Nash Motorsports (Bolden) Bill Calhoun Blackstorm Motorsports (Lenard)
2 2012 Rockingham 200 Rockingham Speedway Bobby Miller III Christian American Motorsports (Saar) Joe Olenick ChargerTec Racing (Bolden)
3 2012 New York 200 New York Autoring Aaron Law McKinney Motorsports (Lenard) Jim Kidd Power Surge America (Bolden)
4 2012 Martinsville 200 Martinsville Speedway Palmer Stiles Palmer Stiles Racing (Bolden) Garth McCallister, Jr. McCallister Motorsports (Saar)
5 2012 Firecracker 200 Daytona International Speedway A.J. Murphy Accelerator Motorsports (Lenard) Garth McCallister, Jr. McCallister Motorsports (Saar)
6 2012 ASCC at the Glen Watkins Glen International Jack Bohart McKinney Motorsports (Lenard) Jim Kidd Power Surge America (Bolden)
7 2012 Kentucky 200 Kentucky Speedway Bobby Miller III Christian American Motorsports (Saar) Ethan Everett Team Saar USA (Saar)
8 2012 Old School 200 North Wilkesboro Speedway Jack Bohart McKinney Motorsports (Lenard) Dan Richards Ocean Motorsports (Lenard)
ASCC CHASE FOR THE WRANGLER CUP
9 2012 Hero 200 Talladega Superspeedway Bobby Miller, Jr. Tri-Oval Racing (Saar) Anthony Evans Evans Motorsports (Lenard)
10 2012 Madhouse 200 Bowman-Gray Stadium Tony Durbin Team Saar USA (Saar) Palmer Stiles Palmer Stiles Racing (Bolden)
11 2012 Charlotte 200 Charlotte Motor Speedway Jason Richardson Southern Motorsports (Saar) Jack Bohart McKinney Motorsports (Lenard)
12 2012 Houston 200 Lone Star Supercell Craig Jonser Tri-Oval Racing (Saar) Jason Richardson Southern Motorsports (Saar)
13 2012 Lenard 225 Atlanta Motor Speedway Aaron Law McKinney Motorsports (Lenard) Joe Olenick ChargerTec Racing (Bolden)

Team chart[edit | edit source]

American flag by driver's name indicates armed forces veteran
Team Chassis No. Driver Primary Sponsor Home State/Country
Tri-Oval Racing Saar 0 T.J. Stewart None KS.png Kansas
00 Craig Jonser CT.png Connecticut
01 Bobby Miller, Jr. MS.png Mississippi
08 George Dennis NC.png North Carolina
1 Phil Harding
Southern Motorsports Saar 2 Jason Richardson USA.png U.S. Navy FL.png Florida
14 Frank Azure Chevron RI.png Rhode Island
Team Saar USA Saar 3 Ethan Everett Amp Energy MA.png Massachusetts
8 Travis Marshall USA.png National Guard AL.png Alabama
11 Nikki Curtis GoDaddy/Playboy LA.png Louisiana
33 Tony Durbin Pepsi TX.png Texas
ChargerTec Racing Bolden 5 Joe Olenick Bridgeport Milling Machine Co. CT.png Connecticut
Astro Racing Bolden 05 Aaron Cruise None
Nash Motorsports Bolden 7 Thomas Nash Quaker State TX.png Texas
Evans Motorsports Lenard 10 Anthony Evans Hot Wheels TX.png Texas
30 Roman Musico Morton Salt CZH.png Czech Republic
McCallister Motorsports Saar 12 Garth McCallister, Jr. Burger King NC.png North Carolina
17 Stephen Gill Dollar General AK.png Arkansas
Power Surge America Bolden 16 Billy Bob Childers Frostee Cream AK.png Arkansas
18 Jim Kidd Blazing Saddles TX.png Texas
McKinney Motorsports Lenard 20 Aaron Law Lenard AL.png Alabama
99 Jack Bohart Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats VA.png Virginia
Palmer Stiles Racing Bolden 21 Palmer Stiles Discount Tire IL.png Illinois
25 Mike Whitmore Interstate Batteries NY.png New York
Camelot Racing Saar 23 Manny Brown Pennzoil IL.png Illinois
24 Darren Moore USA.png U.S. Army AL.png Alabama
Bill Chapman Motorsports Bolden 26 Casey Lester Cialis NY.png New York
28 Aaron Collins McDonald's AZ.png Arizona
Unit 11 Motorsports Lenard 27 Phillip Kaslow ADT NY.png New York
Blackstorm Motorsports Lenard 31 Bill Calhoun None TN.png Tennessee
Ocean Motorsports Lenard 37 Lorne Roth Miller Lite FL.png Florida
38 Curtis Darcy Red Bull KY.png Kentucky
39 Dan Richards Viagra AL.png Alabama
40 Tim Woodard Kroger TX.png Texas
Christian American Motorsports Saar 50 Bobby Miller, Sr. RizeUp/DayStar/K-LOVE MS.png Mississippi
56 Joe Burns None MS.png Mississippi
76 Bobby Miller III RizeUp/DayStar/K-LOVE MS.png Mississippi
Gulf Motorsports Lenard 59 Jordan Watts None WV.png West Virginia
McDermott Motorsports Bolden 60 Lenny Wineburg Jegs ID.pngIdaho
69 Tim Averell
Justin Parker
Aaron's PA.png Pennsylvania
TX.png Texas
Greg Whittaker Racing Bolden 80 Harry Raynor None MA.png Massachusetts
Accelerator Motorsports Lenard 87 A.J. Murphy Poultry Shack OH.png Ohio
96 Calvin Hobbes Nikon IN.png Indiana
Jack Cronin Racing Lenard 89 Ike Durbin
Seth Anderson
Skullcandy IN.png Indiana
OH.png Ohio