2016 Dash Cup season

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The 2016 Dash Cup season is the 17th season of the European-based auto racing series Dash Cup.

After attempting to transition it into a worldwide touring car event in 2015, a major decline in both TV ratings and overall profits led to the Pirelli Series returning to the use of stock cars and being renamed to the Pirelli Stock Series. Cassandra Collins will return as the defending series champion.

However, Dash Cup will continue to run multiple championships after the Aspira Juniors Series proved to be a success after its debut the previous summer, with drivers such as Matilda Dillinger and defending champion Dan Johnson receiving major exposure during that season. With the Pirelli Series' return to stock cars, the Oval Stock Series was discontinued after its only season in 2015, in which Perrie Forrester won the championship.

Schedule[edit | edit source]

Race Legend
# Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series
# Dash Cup Aspira Juniors Series
# Dash Cup Tourers Championship Series
Event Title Track City/State Race Date Winner
ENG.png Dash Cup Rookies Only Race Toddring Carlisle, England NC 2/26 SCO.png Emily Brannagan
ENG.png Dash Cup All-Star Race NC WAL.png Harriet Wallace
ENG.png Tourers at Toddring 1 ENG.png Brendan Collins
2 CANCELLED
ENG.png Dash Cup Toddring Season Opener 1 2/27 USA.png Ryan Matthews
2 ENG.png Cassandra Collins
3 FIN.png Miko Rantanen
ENG.png Juniors at Rockingham Rockingham Motor Speedway Corby, England 1 3/11 WAL.png Siana Jones
2 USA.png Kris Wascher
ENG.png Dash Cup @ Rockingham 4 3/12 USA.png Reuben Vogt
5 IRE.png Tanya Carter
6 SCO.png Emily Brannagan
ENG.png Juniors at Oulton Oulton Park Little Budworth, England 3 3/18 USA.png Tony Long
4 ITA.png Renzo Emilio
ENG.png Tourers at Oulton 3 CANCELLED
4 CANCELLED
ENG.png Dash Cup @ Oulton Park 7 3/19 POL.png Carla Rosinski
8 CND.png Kellan Rogers-Ashby
9 USA.png Jacob Eichholtz
ENG.png Tourers at Mallory Mallory Park Kirkby Mallory, England 5 4/8 CANCELLED
6 CANCELLED
ENG.png Juniors at Mallory 5 SWE.png Katrina Bruce
6 USA.png Kailin Donohue
ENG.png DP Enterprises 150 10 4/9 USA.png Ike Durbin
11 ENG.png Hannah Percy
12 JPN.png Sakura Motoko
ENG.png Tourers at Lydden Hill Lydden Hill Race Circuit Wootton, England 7 4/16 CANCELLED
8 CANCELLED
ENG.png Juniors at Lydden Hill 7 ENG.png Ryan Truro, Jr.
8 USA.png Tony Long
GER.png Dash Cup @ Eurospeedway Eurospeedway Lausitz Klettwitz, Germany 13 4/23 ENG.png Hannah Percy
14 CND.png Luc Pellerin
15 ENG.png Hannah Percy
NED.png Dash Cup @ Lake Gooi Lake Gooi Motorsports Complex Huizen, Netherlands 16 4/30 ENG.png Hannah Percy
17 USA.png Kailin Donohue
18 GER.png Dieter Ziegler
FRA.png Dash Cup @ France Circuit Thierry Sicotte Bordeaux, France 19 5/14 ENG.png Hannah Percy
20 CND.png Kellan Rogers-Ashby
21 USA.png Kailin Donohue
FIN.png Dash Cup @ Karjala Karjala Raceway Karjala, Finland 22 5/21 GER.png Dieter Ziegler
23 BRA.png Gabriel Macena
24 CZH.png Tomas Prochazka
ENG.png Tourers at Brands Hatch Brands Hatch Fawkham, England 9 5/27 CANCELLED
10 CANCELLED
ENG.png Juniors at Brands Hatch 9 USA.png Kailin Donohue
10 ENG.png Tarryn Bradshaw
BEL.png Spa GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Belgium 25 6/4 CND.png Kellan Rogers-Ashby
JPN.png Dash Cup @ Saitama Saitama Ken Race Track Saitama, Japan 26 7/2 ENG.png Ben Atkins
27 WAL.png Harriet Wallace
28 WAL.png Harriet Wallace
ENG.png Tourers at Croft Croft Circuit Dalton-On-Tees, England 11 7/9 CANCELLED
12 CANCELLED
ENG.png Juniors at Croft 11 USA.png Tony Long
12 USA.png Tony Long
AUS.png Dash Cup Goes Down Under Calder Park Thunderdome Melbourne, Australia 29 7/23 CND.png Kellan Rogers-Ashby
30 ENG.png Hannah Percy
31 ENG.png Cassandra Collins
USA.png Dash Cup @ Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, United States of America 32 9/10 BRA.png Gabriel Macena
33 ENG.png Ben Atkins
34 ENG.png Ben Atkins
TBA.png Dash Cup @ Gravis City Gravis City Zone 7 Gravis City, ??? 35 9/17 ENG.png Matilda Dillinger
36 USA.png Jacob Eichholtz
37 USA.png Jacob Eichholtz
USA.png New York GP New York Autoring Albany, United States of America 38 9/30 USA.png Carter Fitzgerald
39 USA.png Kurt Plissken
40 10/1 WAL.png Harriet Wallace

Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series[edit | edit source]

2016 Dash Cup
Pirelli Stock Series season
Dashcup.jpg
# of Rounds 40
Ovals 7
Road Courses 7
Driver's Champion ENG.png Matilda Dillinger
Owner's Champion ENG.png STS ATK Racing
Season Opener Dash Cup Toddring Season Opener
Season Finale New York GP
Championship Overview

The renovated Dash Cup Pirelli Stock Series is the main series that Dash Cup will sanction in the 2016 season. This series will use bodies similar to those used in the TM Master Cup Series that were last used in 2011, allowing more manufacturers to enter competition.

After visiting only one oval racetrack in 2015, the first races confirmed to the 2016 calendar were three oval dates, with Dash Cup CEO Dean Thompson hoping to "add another three" oval dates by the time the official schedule was released. Sure enough, the season schedule will see the return of Toddring, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Eurospeedway Lausitz, Calder Park Thunderdome, and New York Autoring, which will once again host the season finale. In addition, Mallory Park is retained from the previous season, and Daytona International Speedway will host its first official Dash Cup points event.

Despite the major changes, the series will maintain its current support from Pirelli, who agreed to extend its title sponsorship through at least 2020 over the off-season.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

Team Make Car No. Driver Sponsor Car Owner
STS ATK Racing STS Arrow 1 ENG.png Cassandra Collins Cadbury's Kassidy Evans
5 SCO.png Emily Brannagan* Pixar
Inside Out
Ben Atkins
21 ENG.png Ben Atkins Monster Energy
Orlando City SC (Oulton, US)
K-ON! (Japan)
28 ENG.png Matilda Dillinger* Suburban
84 USA.png Jacob Eichholtz Raleigh
155 ENG.png James Hewitt*
USA.png Kailin Donohue
Monster Energy Kassidy Evans
Simonet Sport Calton-Morel Corsair 2 BEL.png Thomas De Bock Cyra Jean-Marie Simonet
3 SUI.png Patrick Arceneau Cyra
4 ITA.png Dino Venneri Cyra
Jack Golden Enterprises Lycoia Infiltrator 7 ENG.png Daxter Hamlett BP Ultimate Jack Golden
29 ENG.png Natalie Kendall BP Ultimate
Marks & Spencer
70 ENG.png Jennifer Goodwin BP Ultimate
Starbucks
Downhill Racing Lycoia Infiltrator 9 FRA.png Pierre Eiffel Agony of DeFeet TBA
Team Kwik Fit Kanako Youkusei 00 IRE.png Amber Clagett Kwik Fit Quinton Young
02 WAL.png Harriet Wallace Kwik Fit
20 IRE.png Joey Clagett* Kwik Fit
22 USA.png Ike Durbin* Kwik Fit
All For One Racing Lycoia Interceptor 03 ENG.png Percy Pimpernel
FRA.png Alexandre D'Artagnan
3MuskeGears Cardinale Richelieu
Hannagan Enterprises Kosovet KS16 05 SRB.png Stjepan Svetadic Altoros Systems Patrick O'Hannagan
Casari C4 50 IRE.png Tanya Carter Delano
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports Matthews Aspira DC 06 USA.png Ryan Matthews* Royal Crown Cola
New England Revolution (Daytona)
Ryan Matthews
26 USA.png Carter Fitzgerald* Lynxe
Montreal Impact (Daytona)
Unsponsored (Gravis City)
Carter Fitzgerald
56 ENG.png Hannah Percy ASDA
Walmart
66 SUI.png Ashley Flynn Unsponsored (pre-Spa)
Advocare (post-Spa)
FC Dallas (Daytona)
90 CND.png Kellan Rogers-Ashby Octan Energy
Toronto FC (Daytona)
Ryan Matthews
Citra Performance Sport Juneau AMX 5 08 ENG.png Dan Morton Citra Squeeze Leonid Fitzpatrick
18 ENG.png Carl Astor* Citra Squeeze Barry Astor
81 USA.png Terry Orvell, Jr. Citra Squeeze
Proline GP Volpi VC03 09 IRE.png Becky O'Rodagh* McDonalds Spencer Harrow
79 ENG.png Grant Macintosh McDonalds
89 ENG.png Dan Johnson* McDonalds
Snowdrift Motorsports STS Arrow 10 CND.png Elizabeth Francisco V.I.P. Petfoods David Andrews
11 CND.png Justin Keith V.I.P. Petfoods
12 CND.png Lucas Flint V.I.P. Petfoods
Gabriel Macena Racing Lenard R37 13 CND.png Luc Pellerin* Cicero Gabriel Macena
31 IRE.png Ross Carter* Cicero
71 BRA.png Gabriel Macena* Cícero
Benetton
FIAM Engineering FIAM Delta DC 14 FRA.png Mireille Allain Pagine Gialle Francois Boullion
15 ITA.png Franco Giovanardi* Smoll
75 ITA.png Vincenzo Fochesato Camozzi
Plissken-Power Project Lycoia Impulse 16 USA.png Kurt Plissken Snake Coils William Power
Hungry Bear Motorsports Gessler MTW-94 17 GER.png Dieter Ziegler Neste Oil Matti Nälkäinen-Karhu
Eero Nälkäinen-Karhu
Stefan Halvari
47 FIN.png Sören Kanerva Neste Oil
77 FIN.png Stefan Halvari Neste Oil
Keep Up GP Tutino T11 19 CND.png Oak Treediee Sidemen XIX Olajide Minter
55 SWE.png Israel Bruce Sidemen XIX
59 USA.png Casey Lester* Sidemen XIX
Snelwissel GP Kanako Youkusei 23 ENG.png Marina Pratt* Kwik Fit Vanessa Young
InvAsian Force Terminator T-400 24 USA.png Tony Holyfield ZIMA Muramatsu Chang
42 JPN.png Susumu Hayata Science Patrol
Ultra Man
76 CHN.png Danny Lee (Sau-Yin) Rayma* Science Headquarters
Infra-Man
Autosport France Meprise Chatte 27 FRA.png Pascal Vallee* AXA Insurance Martin Roy
43 FRA.png Suzette Doiron* Canal+
44 CND.png Lydia McKenzie* TBA
Altoros GP Kosovet KS16 33 RUS.png Stasya Filipov Altoros Systems Pavel Bykov
37 CZH.png Tomas Prochazka Altoros Systems
72 ENG.png Barney Ward Altoros Systems
73 SRB.png Velmier Jankovic Altoros Systems
Tom Delgado Racing Matthews Aspira DC 36 POL.png Carla Rosinski TBA Tom Delgado
83 USA.png Amanda Torres*
USA.png Tom Delgado
Defender Muffler Systems
SuzukaCorp. Isanni Mancer 39 USA.png Christian McMillan Au Hideo Suzuka
Lycoia International Motorsports Lycoia Infiltrator 40 ENG.png Ashley Ambercroft Lycoia Motors Michelle Dubout
41 JPN.png Sakura Motoko Lycoia Motors
Ren-Ran/FAC Autosport STS Arrow 46 USA.png Frank Azure* Doritos
Microsoft Azure
Frank Azure
777 FIN.png Miko Rantanen Nokia Hans Rennfahrer
Carter Casari Racing Casari C4 52 ENG.png Louis Walters Delano Garry Carter
53 ENG.png Brianna McDonough Delano
Love You Long Time Racing Lycoia Impulse 69 VIE.png Poon Tang Meeso Horns TBA
Autosport Roden Gessler MTR94 82 SWE.png Kasten Rosengard* TBA Joel Roden
Big Bang Racing Gessler MTR94 88 ENG.png Harold Smith KX Energy
TESCO
Garry Harrison
99 ENG.png Perrie Forrester* KX Energy
TESCO
Union Jack Motorsport Enterprises EFR Journey 91 AUS.png/ENG.png Ian Morris* Caltex Jack Morrison
92 USA.png Sarah Carlisle* TBA
Williams Racing Team Matthews Aspira DC 93 USA.png Katherine Williams Statoil Katherine Williams
94 ENG.png Bethan Kelly*
RA Racing Omecha MA02 97 USA.png Tommy Ashby* Kohta Electrics Oliver Swinton
98 JPN.png Makoto Yamada* Kohta Electrics
Gallardo Autosport Kanako Youkusei 050 ESP.png Mauricio Gallardo Repsol Mauricio Gallardo
Arabian Star Autosport CM Corsair 326 UAE.png Haroun Nawawi Etihad Airways TBA
327 BAH.png Kashif Rahal Etihad Airways
Tiny's Autosport SMC Zeppelin 360 USA.png Reuben Vogt Tiny's Pizza Glenn Bennett
Tony Long Autosport Lycoia Interceptor 919 USA.png Tony Long* Muskegon Risers SC Ryan Long
  • An asterisk detonates a rookie.

Dash Cup Aspira Juniors Series[edit | edit source]

2016 Dash Cup
Aspira Juniors Series season
Dashcup.jpg
# of Rounds TBA
Ovals TBA
Road Courses TBA
Driver's Champion TBD
Owner's Champion TBD
Season Opener TBA
Season Finale TBA
Championship Overview

The wildly successful Aspira Juniors Series returns for 2016 with a revised Aspira JR provided by Matthews Performance.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

Team Car No. Driver Sponsor Car Owner
Team Kwik Fit 2 ENG.png Ryan Truro, Jr. TBA Quinton Young
20 ENG.png Will Pennington Kwik Fit Quinton Young
ATK Racing 3 SCO.png Emily Brannagan TBA Chadwick Brannagan
5 USA.png Kailin Donohue TBA Ben Atkins
JGE-Mackintosh Motor Sport 03 ENG.png Tarryn Bradshaw Royal Bank of Scotland Jack Golden
90 SCO.png Emma Mackintosh Steven Mackintosh
Autosport France 4 FRA.png Mario Cormier AXA Insurance Jean Cormier
16 FRA.png Andre Bernier Pamela Young
Ren-Ran/FAC Autosport 6 GER.png Romy Rennfahrar TBA Hans Rennfahrer
7 FIN.png Tahvo Rantanen TBA Miko Rantanen
Gabriel Macena Racing 13 ITA.png Alessandro Benini TBA Gabriel Macena
31 WAL.png Siana Jones TBA
Lugo Motorsport 15 ITA.png Andrea Sinigallia Pagine Gialle Francois Boullion
115 ITA.png Renzo Emilio METE
ISAD SALI
Cooperative Pulizie
Cloak & Dagger Racing 12 USA.png J.W. Cogburn Burger King Chicken Fries TBA
24 USA.png Cole Winters ZIMA
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports 26 CND.png Ashleigh Rogers Aperture Science Carter Fitzgerald
56 ENG.png Lexie Percy
Cardel Racing United 40 ENG.png Michela Martin Automation Game Michael Cardel
Hannagan Enterprises 50 IRE.png Mark O'Hannagan Patrick O'Hannagan
Linkonson Autobahn 51 SWE.png Markk Norgbersonn Ikea Alv Linkonson
52 SWE.png Nasr Norgbersonn Ikea
Stevens Family Racing 80 ENG.png Vince Stevens Beachdeen Farmhouse Dairy Dorsey Stevens
800 ENG.png Mellisa Whitley LKM Recycling
Beachdeen Farmhouse Dairy
Yooper Motorsports 906 USA.png Kris Wascher Red Bull / KTM Kris Wascher
Tony Long Autosport 919 USA.png Tony Long Muskegon Lumberjacks Ryan Long
Meijer Performance Racing TBA TBA.png TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA.png TBA TBA
A.J.A Racing TBA TBA.png TBA TBA Joel Rodriguez?
TBA TBA.png TBA TBA

Dash Cup Tourers Championship Series[edit | edit source]

2016 Dash Cup
Tourers Championship Series season
Dashcup.jpg
# of Rounds 10
Ovals 1
Road Courses 4
Driver's Champion TBD
Owner's Champion TBD
Season Opener Tourers at Toddring
Season Finale TBA
Championship Overview

After the Touring bodies were abolished from the main series after 2015, Dash Cup CEO Dean Thompson elected to run a short series where teams can enter their old Touring cars. However, due to low car counts and a disastrous opening race at the Toddring, the division was quickly shuttered.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

Team Make Car No. Driver Sponsor Car Owner
Team Kwik Fit Kanako Sensei 1 SCO.png Dean Dalzell Kwik Fit Quinton Young
02 WAL.png Harriet Wallace
TBA.png TBA
Kwik Fit
20 NIR.png Amber Clagett
NIR.png Joey Clagett
TBA.png TBA
Kwik Fit
Imola Racing Team FIAM CinqueTC 2 ITA.png Giuseppe Marchetti Bossini Bruno Giovanardi
Hannagan Enterprises Kosovet Mantis 05 FRA.png Giséle Vignon Unsponsored Patrick O'Hannagan
50 IRE.png Patrick O'Hannagan Unsponsored
Matthews Atlantic Motorsports Matthews Aspira DC 26 USA.png Carter Fitzgerald Lynxe Ryan Matthews
Moretti GP lol good one 31 ITA.png Marco Moretti ayy lmao Marco Moretti
Mackintosh Motor Sport Lycoia Impulse 77 IRE.png Sara O'Rodagh Barry's Tea Steven Mackintosh
Ben Atkins Motorsports Lycoia Impulse 78 ENG.png Ben Atkins Ricky and Lewis' Ben Atkins
79 ENG.png Brendan Collins Ricky and Lewis'
Team Chad Barnes lol 87 ENG.png Chad Barnes lol Chad Barnes
Big Bang Racing SMC Braun 99 ENG.png Rick Floyd KX Energy Garry Harrison
  • An asterisk detonates a rookie.