2020 AmeriCar Championship Road Racing Series season

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The 2020 AmeriCar Championship Road Racing Series season is the upcoming season of AmeriCar competition, the main professional road racing tour in America, sanctioned by the National Road Racing Club of America.

For the 2020 season, the rearrangement of the National Road Racing Club of America, which begun in 2018, comes to a conclusion, leaving AmeriCar with 3 distinct classes. Each class will feature its own championship, and races throughout the 17 total weekends of the national championship trail.

Silly Season Overview[edit | edit source]

All three classes acquire title sponsorships, meaning that in addition to their official names, their championships gain distinct names:

AC-1: The leading class acquires the ProLaps sponsorship, becoming the AmeriCar ProLaps Championship Road Racing Series, other than that, only few cosmetical changes have been done to the car models in the series.

AC-2: The AmeriCar Powermetal Muscle Car Challenge is positioned in a position of larger prestige after the fantastic 2019 season, with virtually no changes being done to the cars used in the series, with Saar, Inglesby and Lenard continuing as sole suppliers of bodystyles, though new entrants have been rumoured for 2021.

AC-3: After the 2019 season, the AC-3 will be the only production-based class in AmeriCar, with AC-4 being deactivated. The series will continue with the same regulations entering 2020, under the name AmeriCar SIP Production Car Cup, with distinct differences in bodywork.

With the realignment in NRRC, AmeriCar introduces the Regional Cups, championships within the major class championships, which will be awarded to the best performing drivers in the specific regions it occurs. Depending on the class, the regional cup may have up to 5 races, or as few as 2, it will all be according to the season schedule, which once again, will vary from class to class.

The series calendar gets drastically changed, as the top 2 classes will only feature 12 races, while AC3 will get only 8 events. Each class will have stand-alone events as well, but those will come in lesser quantity, as the complete schedule is of 17 weekends across America, Mexico and Canada. Inside of the United States, races will be mostly based on the Eastern region of the country.

Race lengths get extended to 100 miles with few exceptions for shorter venues, as to maintain the total length of a three-race weekend at 300-miles.

Series Calendar[edit | edit source]

Events denoted in Light Yellow are Northern Cup Events Gray are Southern Cup Events

Race Legend
AC-1 AC-1 (ProLaps Championship Road Racing Series)
AC-2 AC-2 (Powermetal Muscle Car Challenge)
AC-3 AC-3 (SIP Production Car Cup)
Event Name Venue Venue Location Race Date Laps Winners Companion Events
MEX.png Desafío Hidalgo Hard AmeriCar Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City Mexico City, D.F. 1 2/22-23 39 TBA.png TBA TM Mexico Series
1 TBA.png TBA
GA.png Carter Tools 300 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 2 2/28-29 40 TBA.png TBA TM Master Cup Series
TM Lights Series
2 TBA.png TBA
1 TBA.png TBA
CA.png AmeriCar @ Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 04/18 51 TBA.png TBA V8 Champ Car Series
AR.png Karl's Superstores 120 Karl's Superstore of Jonesboro Jonesboro, Arkansas 3 04/25-26 60 TBA.png TBA Stand-Alone Event
2 TBA.png TBA
OH.png TBA 100 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 4 05/03 44 TBA.png TBA NRRC Club Racing
OH.png TBA 100 Nelson Ledges Road Course Garrettsville, Ohio 3 05/08 51 TBA.png TBA TBA
CT.png Memorial Day Grand Prix Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut 5 05/22-25 50 TBA.png TBA NRRC Club Racing
4 TBA.png TBA
4 TBA.png TBA
MI.png Motor City Grand Prix The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan 5 06/06 42 TBA.png TBA V8 Champ Car Series
WV.png AmeriCar @ Summit Point Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia 5 06/13-14 51 TBA.png TBA NRRC Club Racing
WI.png TBA Road America Classic Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 6 06/29-30 24 TBA.png TBA North American GT Championship
6 TBA.png TBA
6 TBA.png TBA
MA.png AmeriCar @ Cape Cod Cape Cod International Raceway Cape Cod, Massachusetts 7 07/15 36 TBA.png TBA TM Master Cup Series
CND.png Duckroll 200 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario 8 08/14-15 40 TBA.png TBA North American GT Championship
7 TBA.png TBA
CND.png Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec 8 08/22-23 65 TBA.png TBA TM Canada Series
Canadian Touring Car Championship
7 TBA.png TBA
NY.png C9 Antifreeze @ The Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 9 09/07-09 40 TBA.png TBA North American GT Championship
9 TBA.png TBA
NC.png TBA Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina 10 09/26-27 44 TBA.png TBA NRRC Club Racing
10 TBA.png TBA
FL.png Hanmore Sunshine State Classic Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 11 10/09-10 27 TBA.png TBA NRRC Club Racing
11 TBA.png TBA
IN.png AmeriCar Championship 300
at The NRRC National Championships
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 12 10/23-25 41 TBA.png TBA NRRC National Championship Runoffs
Dash Cup America Series
12 TBA.png TBA
8 TBA.png TBA

ProLaps Championship Road Racing Series[edit | edit source]

AmeriCar ProLaps Championship Road Racing Series
PCRRS.png
# of Rounds 12
Ovals 0
Road Courses 12
Driver's Champion
Owner's Champion
Season Opener Desafío Hidalgo Hard AmeriCar
Season Finale AmeriCar Championship 300 at The NRRC National Championships
Championship Overview

The AC-1 Class is the major of the two Silhouette based classes of AmeriCar racing. It is composed by Grand Touring cars with spec chassis produced by Precision Performance, resembling the following production models:

  • Saar Eagle
  • Lenard R37GT
  • Kanako Serpent
  • Reiter Landrücken GT

From the 2019 specifications only slight changes occur, as sequential transmissions are now allowed to be used within AC-1, while the 358 cubic inch, V8 engine specificications are maintained.

AC-1 as the premier class, will be one of the two to have a Manufacturer's Championship.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

  • Drivers denoted in Light Yelow are rookies
Complete Schedule Cars
Model Team Car Driver Primary Sponsor Car Owner
JPN.png Kanako Serpent USA.png Paul Barnes Motorsports 2 USA.png Sam Duffy Valvoline Paul Barnes, Jr.
4 USA.png Tamara Riley Valvoline NextGen
USA.png McIntyre Motorsports 95 USA.png Carlos Rodriguez TBA Matt McIntyre
USA.png Nelson Racing 98 USA.png Lucy Barnton Zippo Michael Nelson
USA.png Lenard R37GT USA.png Steve Barco Motorsports 49 USA.png Steve Barco Mattox Weather Shield Steve Barco
USA.png SPI Network 0 USA.png Bigsby Foote Yeti Antifreeze Sergio Power
6 USA.png Libby Bell LiberTea
8 USA.png Sara Topps Leapin' Lizard
USA.png Long Beach Autosport 460 USA.png Natasha Pierce Yang Microsystems Tom Pierce
640 GBR.png Jake Gilliam Slam Dunk Sporting Goods
GER.png Reiter Landrücken GT USA.png Reiter American Racing Team 5 GER.png Christina Barth Reiter Guy Pittman
USA.png Carson Mercer Racing 69 USA.png Kyle Macintosh Monster Energy Carson Mercer
AUS.png Down Under Thunder 79 AUS.png Max Gibson Main Force Patrol Mel Rockatansky
ITA.png Scuderia Vandom 84 ITA.png Celina Vandom KandraCar Transportation Pierluigi Vandom
CND.png Kurt Gordon Racing 666 CND.png Kurt Gordon TBA Kurt Gordon
USA.png Saar Eagle USA.png Hanmore Ross Racing 1 USA.png Tony Bell Hanmore TBA
3 VEN.png Mariano Zavala Vicker Collision and Glass
USA.png HQS Racing 22 USA.png Caitlin Richler Oilex Connor Swift
31 GBR.png Lexie Percy Cadbury
USA.png Vince Arnold Racing 119 USA.png Vivian Arnold Vince Arnold
Limited Schedule Cars
Model Team Car Driver Primary Sponsor Car Owner Races
JPN.png Kanako Serpent USA.png Trueman Ellison Motorsports 03 USA.png Trueman Ellison Highmark/Moneytron Trueman Ellison 2, 7
USA.png Dave Ferrell 26 USA.png Dave Ferrell Dave Ferrell 2, 10-12
MEX.png Fabricio Portela 66 MEX.png Fabricio Portela Fabricio Portela 1
USA.png Jeffrey Adkins 48 USA.png Jeffrey Adkins Jeffrey Adkins 5, 7-9, 12
USA.png Nelson Racing 96 MEX.png Rafaela Molina Castrol Michael Nelson 1
97 SWE.png Stan Gustaffson IKEA Michael Nelson 3, 4, 6, 12
USA.png Lenard R37GT USA.png Hi-Yo Silver Motorsports 9 USA.png Reid Bullet The Loan Ranger Kemo Sabe 2-3, 6
USA.png Powersports Inc. 18 USA.png Jesse Wilkins TBA Abraham Crosby 5, 7, 9
19 USA.png Clyde Snyder TBA
CHN.pngUSA.png Chinese-American
Motorsports Exhange
28 USA.png Jordan Chang Sinopec Shen Zhengsheng 3, 6
MEX.png Marcelo Cubilla 44 MEX.png Marcelo Cubilla Marcello Cubilla 1
MEX.png Antero Rivera 64 MEX.png Antero Rivera Antero Rivera 1
USA.png Daniel Voyles Racing TBA USA.png Daniel Voyles TBA Daniel Voyles TBA
GER.png Reiter Landrücken GT USA.png Jackson Racing 30 USA.png Allen Castle Ken Jackson 3, 5, 6, 12
CND.png DF Motorsports 56 CND.png Dan Francis, Jr. Dan Francis Sr. 8
ITA.png Scuderia Vandom 81 ITA.png Alessandro Vandom Sliplube Pierluigi Vandom 2, 4, 6
481 USA.png Garrett Brunswick Scorpio Batteries
USA.png Saar Eagle CND.png Patterson Racing 14 CND.png Adam Patterson Big Bunny BBQ Jack Patterson 8, 10-12
41 CND.png Jack Patterson
USA.png Team Mayweather 02 USA.png Adam Sailer Alvelo Airlines James Mayweather 2, 4, 6-7, 10, 12
20 USA.png Mike Roe Riffrafz
USA.png Maestas Motorsports 70 USA.png Leroy Maestas Leroy Maestas 3, 10
MEX.png Leticia Montero 72 MEX.png Leticia Montero Leticia Montero 1

Powermetal Muscle Car Challenge[edit | edit source]

AmeriCar Powermetal Muscle Car Challenge
PMCC.png
# of Rounds 12
Ovals 0
Road Courses 12
Driver's Champion
Owner's Champion
Season Opener Desafío Hidalgo Hard AmeriCar
Season Finale AmeriCar Championship 300 at The NRRC National Championships
Championship Overview

AC-2 continues to be the class with the largest fields, as the composite body specs from 2019 are carried over with slight cosmetic changes. The bodies, produced by Cromwell Raceworks are similar to FARC bodies, with a slightly different front end and a rear wing instead of a spoiler.

Only three models are used within this class, being those the:

  • Saar Revere
  • Inglesby Bolero
  • Lenard R37

The engines used within AC-2 continue to be similar to AC-1, albeit with restricted horsepower.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

  • Drivers denoted in Light Yelow are rookies
Complete Schedule Cars
Model Team Car Driver Primary Sponsor Car Owner
USA.png Inglesby Bolero USA.png S2 Motorsports 6 USA.png Randy Tanner Allicroc Patrick Scott
7 USA.png Harriet Hunter TBA Marty Stevenson
USA.png Marcus Stanton Motorsports 13 USA.png Mac Hanley Carter Tools Marcus Stanton
26 USA.png Connie Brooks Hooker Headers
CND.png Overton Motorsports 23 CND.png Kirk Jones Tim Horton's Paul Overton
32 CND.png Scott Overton Labatt's
USA.png Alan Everett Motorsports 40 GBR.png Patricia Stevenson Alan Everett
USA.png Lenard R37 USA.png No Quarter Racing 4 CND.png Riley Knight UTails Paul R. Knight
8 USA.png Lucas Sweeney Dryv Rideshare Paul Sweeney
USA.png Ashcroft Family Racing 9 USA.png Thomas Tucker C9 Antifreeze Thomas Ashcroft
99 USA.png Julia Ashcroft TBA
USA.png Trueman Ellison Motorsports 03 USA.png Chris R. Janet Airlines/Moneytron Trueman Ellison
USA.png UteSpeed, Inc. 59 USA.png Ellis Gideon Butterfield Root Beer Josiah Lowell
USA.png Matthews Motorsports 60 TBA.png TBA AQData Ryan Matthews
USA.png Bufford Racing 63 CND.png Colette Legault Brunet John Bufford
USA.png Glanville Enterprises 85 USA.png Rick Louis Prue Kiefer Glanville
USA.png Maxwell Engineering 619 GBR.png Kalysta Blackburn Blackburn Tires Leighton Maxwell
USA.png Saar Revere USA.png HQS Racing 2 CND.png Riley McKee Canadian Tire Connor Swift
USA.pngFRA.png Kaarfor Racing 17 CND.png Kristen Young Kaarfor Bruce Shelley
18 USA.png Bruce Shelley
USA.png Long Family Autosport 19 DEN.png Dima van Hall Motiv Ryan Long
91 ITA.png Vito Vinci
USA.png Barney Compton Racing 22 USA.png Dan Robinson Momo Italy Barney Compton
USA.png Team Thunder 33 USA.png Rence Brown Mr. Aid Michael Rutana
77 USA.png Sam Burkhart 7-Key Aftermarket
USA.png Concept Sports Inc. 69 USA.png Cody Lawrence Monster Energy James Paget
Limited Schedule Cars
Model Team Car Driver Primary Sponsor Car Owner Races
USA.png Inglesby Bolero USA.png Ed Linsey 5 USA.png Ed Linsey Imago Ed Linsey TBA
USA.png Matt Torres 36 USA.png Matt Torres Matt Torres TBA
CND.png Alec Hodges Motorsports 52 CND.png Lynn Hodges Sisco Alec Hodges, Sr. TBA
53 CND.png Lynn Hodges TBA
CND.png Duckroll Development 88 CND.png Andrew Townsend Duckroll Tires Glen Bowman TBA
MEX.png César Arana 92 MEX.png César Arana César Arana 1
USA.png Lenard R37 USA.png Foster Racing 11 USA.png Kim Howard Paul Foster TBA
MEX.png Miguel Amadeo 37 MEX.png Miguel Amadeo Miguel Amadeo 1
CND.png Laser Motorsports 61 GRE.png Konstani Theodorakos Party Rental Ltd. Ted Johnson TBA
USA.png S2 Motorsports 66 USA.png Aaron Spencer SolvCo Patrick Scott TBA
MEX.png Osmar Castellanos 75 MEX.png Osmar Castellanos Osmar Castellanos 1
USA.png Ashcroft Racing Team 199 USA.png Brandon Ashcroft TBA Thomas Ashcroft TBA
USA.png Saar Revere MEX.png Carlos Polanco 12 MEX.png Carlos Polanco Carlos Polanco 1
CND.png Bob Alderman 28 CND.png Bob Alderman Bob Alderman TBA
MEX.png Benigno Mena 45 MEX.png Benigno Mena Benigno Mena 1
USA.png Mike Garza 64 USA.png Mike Garza Mike Garza TBA
USA.png Kyle Smith 80 USA.png Kyle Smith Kyle Smith TBA
USA.png Long Family Autosport 919 USA.png Tony Long Motiv Ryan Long TBA

SIP Production Car Cup[edit | edit source]

AmeriCar SIP Production Car Cup
SPCC.png
# of Rounds 8
Ovals 0
Road Courses 8
Driver's Champion
Owner's Champion
Season Opener Carter Tools 300
Season Finale AmeriCar Championship 300 at The NRRC National Championships
Championship Overview

AC-3 undergoes slight changes, stemming from the deactivation from AC-4.

The now single production based class of AmeriCar continues to have the same rules as 2019, however, it features less restrictions in terms of models, as long as they fit within the series Touring Car specifications.

Engine power is also the smallest amongst the three AmeriCar classes, as the specifications allow up to 300 hp.

Within AmeriCar, the Production Car Cup is the most cost-effective series, due to its production car nature. However, it is aimed as a development class for rookies and aimed at hobbyists as well.

Complete Schedule Cars
Team Car Driver Primary Sponsor Car Owner
USA.png Matt Stern Motorsports 1 USA.png Parker Levitt Supratech Matt Stern
2 CND.png Joey Sinclair
USA.png Gareth Motorsports 5 USA.png Frank Gareth Steve Gareth Sr.
USA.png Pure Motorsports 01 USA.png Bryson Evans Sprunk Bob Jackson
02 USA.png Barry Collins
USA.png Axiom Motorsports 04 USA.png Joshua Michaels TBA Joshua Michaels
CND.png Fletcher Racing 17 CND.png Brendan Fletcher Coletta James Fletcher
19 AUS.png Taegan Roberson
GBR.png Astor-Fitzpatrick Racing 44 GBR.png Carl Astor Citra Squeeze Barry Astor
USA.png Concept Sports Inc. 47 USA.png Windham Scott James Paget
USA.png Dwight Johnson Motorsports 58 USA.png Ashley Richardson Dwight Johnson
USA.png Nelson Racing Development 98 GBR.png Tony Hart Michael Nelson

Points System[edit | edit source]

Race Points (All Classes)[edit | edit source]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th≥ Lap Led Most Laps Led Pole Position
Points 30 27 25 23 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 3

Manufacturers Championship (AC1 and AC2)[edit | edit source]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Points 9 6 3 1