2018 Formula Overdrive season

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2018 Overdrive Championship Series powered by ClarTech
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# of Rounds 14
Ovals 6
Road Courses 8
Driver's Champion Casey Lester
Owner's Champion Lynhurst Racing Technologies
Season Opener ClarTech Overdrive 150
Season Finale Cromwell Raceworks 400K
Championship Overview

The 2018 NSCC Overdrive Championship Series powered by ClarTech season is the fifth season of Formula Overdrive, the first since 2014 and the first under the National Sports Car Club sanctioning.

This season features 10 weekends, with the biggest surprise in the schedule being the return of the series to the Texas Motor Speedway, holding the championship finale, being held in the 6-year anniversary of the ill-fated Hanmore World Championships of 2012, and is also expected to feature an abnormal number of one-off drivers.

The bodies used by the series will be supplied by Cromwell Raceworks, with all engines being made by ClarTech Engineering and badged as Tremwells, effectively turning the series into a spec formula series, seeking to lower racing costs.

The cars will be powered by 3-liter (214 cubic inches) dual-overhead cam V8 engines. The weight (including driver and driver gear) for all cars is 1,500 pounds. Fuel cell capacity is 25 U.S. gallons.




Calendar[edit | edit source]

All but one event will take place in the United States, most being companion to the premier National Sports Car Club tour, the Hanmore AmeriCar Championship Road Racing Series.

Road Course events will feature double races with the timed length of 25 minutes, while ovals will feature a single race of varying length. .

Round Date Circuit Laps Winning Driver Winning Team Starting Field Supporting
1 February 18 MEX.png Autodromo de la Ciudad de México 80 USA.png Casey Lester Lynhurst Racing Technologies 30 (29) TM Mexico
AmeriCar
2 March 25 USA.png Provo Motorsports Park 20 USA.png Casey Lester Lynhurst Racing Technologies 30 (28) AmeriCar
JPN.png Emi Satou ATK Racing
3 April 8 USA.png Streets of Long Beach 15 JPN.png Emi Satou ATK Racing 30 (35) V8 Champ Car
American SportsCar Championship
AmeriCar
USA.png Allyson Wetherbee Nighthawk GP
4 May 13 USA.png Memphis International Raceway 50 BEL.png Dexter Winters Thundersport GP 30 (27) International RX Championship
5 June 2 USA.png Streets of Belle Isle 18 USA.png Casey Lester Lynhurst Racing Technologies 26 (35) V8 Champ Car
American SportsCar Championship
GT-World Challenge
AmeriCar
ENG.png Bethan Kelly Williams Racing Team
6 June 24 USA.png Road America 12 USA.png Casey Lester Lynhurst Racing Technologies 30 (30) V8 Champ Car
AmeriCar
USA.png Casey Lester Lynhurst Racing Technologies
7 July 15 USA.png Michigan International Speedway 75 UKR.png Andriy Groysman Naftogaz Team Zenit 30 (28) Headlining
8 August 17 USA.png Watkins Glen International 15 JPN.png Emi Satou ATK Racing 30 (28) North American Auto Club
AmeriCar
JPN.png Emi Satou ATK Racing
9 September 15 USA.png Richmond International Raceway 100 UKR.png Andriy Groysman Naftogaz Team Zenit 30 (28) American Stock Car Championship
10 November 18 USA.png Texas Motor Speedway 167 DOM.png Walter Marciano Imola Racing Team 36 (46) Headlining

Teams and Drivers[edit | edit source]

Complete Schedule[edit | edit source]

Team No. Driver Main Sponsor Car Owner
ITA.png Imola Racing Team 2 ITA.png Samuele Naspetti TBA ITA.png Bruno Giovanardi
3 DOM.png Walter Marciano TBA
USA.png Johnson Racing Team 5 JPN.png Aoi Mizushima Atsuro Technologies USA.png Hank Johnson
JPN.png Kouyama Racing Team 7 USA.png Gary Wilson Master Spark Plugs JPN.png Nanako Kouyama
IRE.png Hannagan Enterprises 05 RUS.png Stasya Filipova Yuasa IRE.png Patrick O'Hannagan
50 FRA.png Giséle Vignon
USA.png Torre and Associates 07 NIR.png Alec McTrevors Torre and Associates USA.png Darrius Torre
CND.png Lynhurst Racing Technologies 10 CND.png Guy Beugnet Friendly's CND.png Owen Lynhurst
13 USA.png Casey Lester Dunkin' Donuts
16 ARM.png Mardiros Fermanian Air Armenia
USA.png Nighthawk GP 11 MEX.png Rafi Gonzalez TBA USA.png Terry Hatch
15 USA.png Allyson Wetherbee Wilson's Harnesses
31 USA.png Michael Tujo TBA
FRA.png Autosport Boulineau 12 SWE.png Arian Lauritsen Dyelated Paints FRA.png Gabriel Boulineau
USA.png Shamrock Enterprises 14 IRE.png Aubrey Wood Joe Tree and Lawn Care Inc. USA.png Bernard Anderson
ENG.png ATK Racing
with Satou Industries
20 JPN.png Sachi Satou Satou Medical ENG.png Ben Atkins
JPN.png Shizune Satou
21 ENG.png Carl Astor
22 JPN.png Emi Satou
USA.png Scott Powers Motorsports 24 BRA.png Douglas Martins Bardahl USA.png Scott Powers
USA.png Williams Racing Team 39 MEX.png Margarita Zárate Universal Oil Products USA.png Katherine Williams
93 ENG.png Bethan Kelly
USA.png Thundersport GP 67 BEL.png Dexter Winters Red Bull USA.png Liam Wells
74 NZL.png Zackary Kelly Pirtek
76 AUS.png Archer Van Dercy
UKR.png Naftogaz Team Zenit 81 UKR.png Andriy Groysman Naftogaz UKR.png Serhii Kuzmin
TRN.png Team Transnistria Racing 99 TRN.png Pavel Dumitrescu Voron Kollektiv, Blatnoi Banks TRN.png Ion Dumitrescu

Partial Schedule[edit | edit source]

Team No. Driver Sponsor Car Owner Races
USA.png Scott Powers Motorsports 25 MEX.png Gilberto Moreno Canel's USA.png Scott Powers 1, 4, 7, 9, 10
USA.png Boulos Motorsports 26 CND.png Ibrahim Singh Mahal Investiments USA.png Mike Boulos 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
27 USA.png David Lopez
IRE.png Hannagan Enterprises 55 IRE.png Mark O'Hannagan IRE.png Patrick O'Hannagan 3, 5, 6, 10
TRN.png Team Transnistria/Novorossiya Racing 66 NVR.png Andrei Makarov Blatnoi Banks NVR.png Andrei Makarov 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
USA.png Team 405 79 SCO.png Aleister Cross Lowe's TBA.png TBA 1, 3, 5, 10

Cromwell Raceworks 400K One-Offs[edit | edit source]

Team No. Driver Sponsor Car Owner
TBA.png ??? 4 TBA.png ??? ??? TBA.png ???
UKR.png Naftogaz Team Zenit 18 UKR.png Ihor Hrytsenko Naftogaz UKR.png Serhii Kuzmin
BRA.png Gabriel Macena Racing 51 BRA.png Isabella Macena Cicero BRA.png Gabriel Macena
71 BRA.png Gabriel Macena Benetton
USA.png Williams Racing Team 91 USA.png Katherine Williams Universal Oil Products USA.png Katherine WIlliams
JPN.png Motorsport Ichiban 190 JPN.png Honoka Naito Fire ProWrestling World TBA.png TBA
JPN.png Kurosawa Motorsports 196 JPN.png Naomi Alnako Nintendo JPN.png Kichiro Kurosawa
197 JPN.png Hiroko Nakawa
ICE.png Sigurdsson Racing Team 237 ICE.png Johann Sigurdsson ICE.png Johann Sigurdsson
USA.png Team 405 279 USA.png Tanner Steele PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds TBA.png TBA
ITA.png Scuderia Vandom 481 ITA.png Celinia Vandom Jupiter Batteries ITA.png Pierluigi Vandom
IRE.png Hannagan Enterprises 505 IRE.png Patrick O'Hannagan Cocaine Energy Drink IRE.png Patrick O'Hannagan
USA.png DropOut Motorsports 660 USA.png Gabby McDowell Debirucoin TBA.png TBA

Points System[edit | edit source]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th≥
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Bonus Points
Pole Position 5
Most Laps Led 5