Re: 2014 FARC Silly Season Thread

[bsoyuz]

The Macena Motorsports Enterprises confirm everything that they needed to do:

Cars and Drivers:

Full Time car (s):
#238 - Gabriel Macena - Chewy Bitz

One-Off and(or) Part-time car(s):
#251 - Isabella Macena - White Holdings - Gabriel Macena 15-year old sister, will race one or two races in the schedule, being them on the Canadian Tour
#264 - Aoi Mizushima - Unisanis Healthcare - This 17-year old Japanese was called by Macena to race part-time.She wil be Racing on the Japanese Tour

Chassis and Engine: Inglesby Bolero V6

[BWard]

Baker fully announces part-time effort in 2014

Truck Series racer Jeremy Baker and his team Linandale Racing have proudly announced that they will go for a part-time run in the 2014 FARC Elite Series Season. Baker's primary sponsor Extronian High Gear Snowboards. He will also take the number 36 which he has ran in the previous two truck season's, and they will have the Saar has their manufacturer, running the Eagle MS and the V6 will be their engine supplier, during the announcement, Baker made this statement,"I feel grateful to the guys on my team and everyone I know to have given me this great opportunity. I can now hope to take my career one step forward big time and prove I've got what it takes to run up at the front with some big names."

[tommykl]

Ecurie Nationale Belge looking to enter FARC Elite Series in 2014

After scoring encouraging results in the Dash Cup Series in 2013, ENB team boss Damien Libert has expressed his intentions of expanding the operation Stateside in the FARC Elite Series. The extent of the entry is not yet known, but Thomas De Bock is likely to drive for the team. Watch this space.

[Theman81]

Can I please be a driver in ARLA/FARC?
I love the races you put up.
Please respond if possible.
Thanks!

[Tigerman]

Can I please be a driver in ARLA/FARC?
I love the races you put up.
Please respond if possible.
Thanks!

You have to start in the "lower" no name series before moving up the charts.

[Alpineopossum]

Can I please be a driver in ARLA/FARC?
I love the races you put up.
Please respond if possible.
Thanks!

You have to start in the "lower" no name series before moving up the charts.

You should start off in a league like Street Stocks or the NRC. They're a good place to start off and it'll help your driver get noticed by higher up teams.

[racingfreak1999]

Can I please be a driver in ARLA/FARC?
I love the races you put up.
Please respond if possible.
Thanks!

This link may be useful if your trying to get into the canon leagues.  Here.

[Theman81]

Thanks guys

[Electric Wolf]

Can I please be a driver in ARLA/FARC?
I love the races you put up.
Please respond if possible.
Thanks!

You have to start in the "lower" no name series before moving up the charts.

Not necessarily. It's just recommended that you start in the lower tiers.

[Ceej]

The lower tiers don't mean anything to me as far as creating the roster. I just pick people at my own discretion.

[crl]

MT Motorsports' Twitter account confirms the team will use Lenard V8 engines in 2014.

[Electric Wolf]

(Had a paragraph typed out, but it logged me out when I went to post it, so here's the tl;dr version)

Casey Lester: My entry in the LoBo Trucks is subject to change as I would really like to reunite with Gravity Racing Inc. and their development program. There are a million reasons why I didn't get accepted into TM Lights and I don't really blame them. I wasn't nearly ready to move up to that level yet, but I think that this year will definitely prepare me for getting a shot at glory in the higher series. I like the way that team's run and they'd give any driver in the world a fair shot. If nothing changes, it's totally the end of my career. As long as I'm racing somewhere, I'm happy.

[bsoyuz]

Macena Motorsports Enterprises to field a part-time FARC LoBo Truck Tour team in 2014

Gabriel Macena, owner of Macena Motorsports announced few hours ago that he would enter a Truck Tour team, being the car driver part-time by him and AJ Reed, driver of DiEmAr Regional Series, Macena also stated that they would drive the Truck #38 sponsored by Dark Star publishing (when Gabriel races) and TipSoft (when Reed drives).

Gabriel also said that the #251 Elite Series car will also be driven by Reed, sharing it with Isabella Macena.

[Ceej]

Armchair Press: Outlook for FARC Trucks not good

Citing poor management during the precious season, the writers at online sports journal Armchair Press predict that the FARC LoBo Truck Tour will struggle to have teams commit to running the whole season in 2014.

"[Former series director Eric Derenberger] had no idea what he was doing," wrote AP motorsports columnist Sheldon Stanley, "so of course you have that distrust that's keeping people from saying they're going for the title....I think what we're going to see is five, maybe six cars showing up for every race."

Indeed, very few teams have announced an intention to compete for the Truck title, although Autosport Fernando's Chicken and Allie's Super Sports are amongst the teams that have committed to the full season, with Jesus Ignacio Chavez III and Stacie St. Martin, respectively.

[Racerfan275]

Nitro Racing to continue FARC efforts in 2014
After having decent debut seasons, Tommy Ashby has announced he intends to keep both his truck and Elite Series teams going. Ashby intends on staying in the 82 truck and is hoping to get a full-time season with Hazel May Frattin in 2014. Frattin has performed with decent results in her races and has gotten several top 15 finishes in her races. Ashby says the sponsors have announced no intention of leaving either team.

[bsoyuz]

Could AJ Reed race full time on the trucks?
AJ Reed could go on a full-time basis on both series.
'We did a small analysis on the calendar and we saw that most, if not all East Series events are run together with the Truck Tour, this will help AJ to race in both.'-declared the team owner,Gabriel Macena

[PackerMan71]

DERENBERGER FIRES BACK AT SHELDON STANLEY

After the criticism leveled at new NPCC director Eric Derenberger over the management of the FARC Lobo Truck Tour in 2013, Derenberger fired back at the so-called columnist with a barrage of his own.

DERENBERGER: This is just typical BS the media likes to put out. The 2013 was one of the cleanest truck seasons in recent memory, and yes, The Memorial had some problems at the start, but they ironed themselves out and it turned out to be a good race. What Sheldon Stanley needs to look at is the FARC executives and how they're going about the 2014 season, because from my point of view, FARC is trying shut out the majority of the top tier teams in favor of teams that have no business running every week. I tried to get a high profile event at Long Beach as a support event for V8 Champ Car, and the FARC executives f**ked things up, so if you want someone to blame, look no further than FARC itself, because the kind of BS they're pandering is the reason why I left in the first place. I think Mr. Stanley needs to do better research before launching dumbass accusations.

[Joshua Michaels]

((OOC: That brings a question, who is the director of the LoBo Truck Tour?))

[PackerMan71]

((OOC: That brings a question, who is the director of the LoBo Truck Tour?))

(OOC: I'll give you a hint: It's not me.      In all honesty, I thought about running a second season, but I really wanted to build my own league from the ground up, so... yeah.)

[Joshua Michaels]

((OOC: That brings a question, who is the director of the LoBo Truck Tour?))

(OOC: I'll give you a hint: It's not me.      In all honesty, I thought about running a second season, but I really wanted to build my own league from the ground up, so... yeah.)

((OOC: I didn't know :O, and it would be a great 2014 season though. ))

[bsoyuz]

Macena Motorsports announces their 2014 FARC LoBo Truck Tour Lineup

Chassis: Saar
Engine: V6

#51 - AJ Reed - TipSoft - AJ Reed will run fulltime on the LoBo Truck Tour (I've already PM'd TheMan81 about his driver joining my team)
#77 - Gabriel Macena - Dark Star Publishing - Gabriel will race four selected events on the upcoming season, sharing the ride with Isabella Macena and Aoi Mizushima
#77 - Isabella Macena - euphony.com - Will enter two selected events
#77 - Aoi Mizushima - Germite - Will enter two selected events

[Alpineopossum]

John Pagen to Join Trucks Next Season

CRL driver John Pagen has announced his intentions to run the full schedule in the FARC's trucks division. With backing from Blunt Instrument and the FatFinger Brokerage firm, he intends to make what he describes as a serious run at the title. He is searching for funds for a second car, possibly driven by 2013 truck series part timer Joseph Austin.

[Joshua Michaels]

RGE Racing gets rid of Elite Series entry.
RGE Racing owner, Estavas Cortez said in a press conference that they will pull off the Elite Series entry so that they have more money for the truck.

[kriswascher97]

Wascher Motorsports to bring rookie for 2014 FARC Elite Series

Kris Wascher, owner of Wascher Motorsports, is looking at joining the FARC Elite Series.
Wascher has plenty of experience in racing.. Wascher General Store is proud to backup Wascher Motorsports as thier sponsor. Wascher's car number, will be 906 to represent the zip code of his home, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
His manufacturer is Saar

[FUELTheBandicoot]

FUEL Brothers Racing to join the team banner on the 2014 FARC Elite Series Season?

The FUEL Brothers have their team on the span of America in North Carolina. However, the family of the team is looking to make an attempt at atleast a part-time schedule in the FARC Elite Series. However, the drivers, car manufacturer, number of how many entries the team will hold, and the car number(s). Are unofficial at the moment.

[bsoyuz]

RUMOR: Macena Motorsports changing manufacturer and engine before the season start?

The brazilian racing site Bandeira Branca (White Flag) made a news story saying that the Macena Motorsports could cut relations with Inglesby and reinforce relations with Saar, manufacturer that they already have contract on the NPCC and LoBo Truck Tour.

" The team wants to grow bigger in America and they felt that Saar could bring more sponsorship and draw more attention over the cars " - said the story at Bandeira Branca

[Lucstar88]

Pascal Vallee to enter FARC LoBo truck Tour in part-time role.

The 23 year old driver from Bordeaux, France, who currently resides New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandfather is a WW2 veteran, he has been competing in kart races since the age of 6 years old, he now races at local short tracks in Louisiana & Mississippi. He has signed a developmental deal with Lucstar Motorsports & is scheduled to run about 5-7 races next year.

[bsoyuz]

CONFIRMATION: Macena Motorsports to use Saar in the Elite Series. Official Statement:

"The Macena Motorsports is glad of receiving the support from Saar and we decided that would be more favorable if we used only Saars, cutting the costs from using two different manufacturers in FARC and NPCC. With this agreement, we'll be cutting our cost in 25% than if we used both Inglesby and Saar on different series, since we're using V6 engines."

[Dan Mackay]

LRM confirms details for 2014 entry

After a year running for Duckroll Development, Nick Howard will rejoin the team running a #56 Lenard with V8 engines sponsored by Last Row Autogroup, team owner Mike Howard's group of car dealerships.

As for the truck series, the team will continue running Lycoias with V6 engines.

[Racerfan275]

Nitro Racing looking for second driver
As Nitro Racing looks to run a part-time car in 2014, they are still looking for a new driver for the car. Tommy Ashby is willing to look through various series to try to find his new driver. Ashby has yet to announce the sponsor but Whiplash Energy is talking about sponsoring the car, which will be #197
(OOC: I'm assuming it's ok since it's on the confirmed part of the team chart in tmpedia, pm me if you're interested in the ride)

[bsoyuz]

Macena Motorsports to form development division. Racing in the Regional Series.

The Macena Motorsports announced today intentions to race in the lower divisions of FARC. Gabriel Macena announced today that the team will form a developmental division exclusive for FARC. The team is planning to join forces with small teams from the midwest.
The alliance will be formed with one team. On the DiEmAr Regional Cup Central Division, they'll join the Bird Racing Inc., the driver will be the 14 -years old, Michaella Bird, daughter of the team owner James Hunter Bird, three time Street Stock Champion, and ARLA Elite Series driver in the 80s, winning two races. The team will use the #38, sponsored by the Ani-Meh Channel.

[PackerMan71]

GRI LOOKING TO RUN LIGHTENER FOR A FULL-SEASON RUN AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP, TEAM OWNER'S STATUS STILL UP IN THE AIR

It has been confirmed that Rachel Rainsford will return to the 71 machine for Gravity Racing, Inc. for 2014, which certainly should be no surprise to anyone given how she won two races and gave GRI its highest points finish to date, a 3rd, in 2013.

The team is also looking to run Isaac Lightener full-time in the newly numbered 94 ZombieBusters.com machine. Lightener, who spent 2013 running in the FARCE Modifieds and the Ohio Valley Late Model Series, brings his family number into the fold, and says he looks forward to returning to full-time competition after running for the Tornado Alley Trophy for his family team last year.

The only real uncertainty is team owner Packer Carroll's return to the Elite Series. Sources say that it might be full-time, but it all depends on whether or not he's offered a TM Master Cup Series ride.

PACKER: At the moment, it's a part-time gig, but if I don't receive any offers from Master Cup teams, then I'll be returning to the Elite Series on a full-time basis. At the moment, it's all up in the air.

[BWard]

New entrant to Regional Cup

A brand new team is set to make its debut into the DiEmAr Chassis Regional Cup Series. Conneticut-based team Grip-level Motorsports will be new to the FARC-Sanctioned Series, with their single driver being 16 year-old from Tennessee, Daniel Kelly. The team will run a Lenard Chassis, and will run in the West Division and have selected 32 as their number, but no sponsors.

[racingfreak1999]

BREAKING NEWS: Frank Azure to drive limited schedule for Tom Delgado Racing

In a shocking announcement that no one saw coming, recently retired driver and FAC Motorsports owner Frank Azure was announced to be the second driver for Tom Delgado Racing's #37 car in the FARC Elite Series for the 2014 season.  The deal was reportedly done in secret and states that Azure will drive the remaining races the 37 enters as team owner Tom Delgado is only running races in the Northeast.  The team was originally going to be a dual championship effort, but the races scheduled to be run by Azure and Delgado did not meet the minimum 60-40 split between the two drivers.  Azure was planning to retire from racing after the 2013 season after finishing ____ in the Independent's Trophy standings in the TM Master Cup Series and finishing ____ in the ASCC.

"I told myself that if it was a good enough offer, I would hold off retiring for another year.  TDR is probably the best oppertunity for me to go out there and win races before I hang it up.  Me and Tom are very similar when you think about it.  We both had to fight tooth and nail to get where we're at and I can respect someone like that.  I'm definitely looking forward to working with him this season."

Azure only has one FARC start prior to this season, which was the 2012 Mini Indy 500.  He attempted the Rockford 200 in 2013 but did not qualify. Azure did not disclose whether or not he will retire after 2014.

[bsoyuz]

BREAKING NEWS: Macena Motorsports to expand its developmental division.

The Macena Motorsports Staff announced today that they'll expand it's development division, adding entries in the FARC Modifieds divisions and in the Regional Cup.

In the FARC Crown Modifieds, the team will be formed by the canadian twins Ashley and Charlotte Elliott, both backed by b, after being asked about the sponsorship for both, Gabriel answered: "The best thing that they could bring here was sponsorship and ability, they had both, that's why I signed with them" - the sponsorship concern was about the age of the drivers, that were unknown until yesterday. Ashley and Charlotte are 22 years old. Ashley will drive the 38a, while Charlotte will race with the 38b

At the FARC Sport Modifieds, Macena Motorsports signed with the 62-years old Oliver Black Sr., former V8 Champ Car driver and one time Indy 500 champion, he will come out of retirement as crew chief for Julia Ashcroft in the NRC, he also brought his grandson, the 16-years old Casey Black.Oliver will race with his legendary #11 while Casey will race with the #38.

In the FARC DiEmAr Regional Cup East Division,two drivers will be signed in by the team, Rick Louis, driver sponsored by the Narther Broadcasting System (recently called the 'Worst TV Channel in America' by the TV Magazine) and Kiefer Glanville, sponsored by the Ani-Meh Channel.  Louis will drive the 51 while Kiefer will use the 64

[SpeedDemon37]

Pellerin to Return to the Truck Tour
In 2013, New Brunswick native Luc Pellerin broke on to the ARLA scene in the ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series. Although he will be moving over to Hanmore Formula Overdrive for 2014, it was announced that he would also return to the newly-named FARC LoBo Truck Tour, as the American team Focus Autosports has hired him to drive their second entry; the #4 Lycoia. The team's #4 chassis was driven in a few events in 2013 by Aubrey Wood, and this year it moves up to part-time status.

Giuseppe Fochesato stated that with his past Truck experience, Pellerin was a good open-candidate for the new entry, and that he could help the team out as its efforts expands for 2014.

The team's full-time Truck Tour driver Vincenzo Fochesato also commented, "Luc was a respectable person to race with last year in ARLA, and I'm sure he would've been more competitive if he had a more powerful truck. I'm excited to race with him as a teammate, and to see what he can do!"

Potential New Entry in the Regional Cup
Curtis Sawyers Racing, a very new team to the above-local tiers of motorsport, is looking to field an entry in the FARC DiEmAr Chassis Regional Cup. Specifically; the Central division.

CSR is already fielding a one-off entry in the Elite Series' upcoming Smash Beer 500 for young Michigan native Nick Van Gilder, who is also driving the team's National Pro Cup Championship entry. While it has been claimed that the team will be unable to field the car without extra funding, a sponsor has yet to be announced. Mary Brissot was announced as the driver of the team's #25 Saar Carolina. Brissot, who, many years ago, raced pro stock drag racing cars and late model stock cars, recently retired, and she looks to return to racing, a hobby that she was never able to grow into a career.

Said team-owner Herbert Sawyers "Our Pro Cup Championship effort will soon be underway, and everything there's going smooth so far. With the types of tracks and cars that the Regional Cup uses, we're thinking we can put what we know to good use, especially if the series comes here to Terre Haute."

Sawyers was then asked why the team had hired Brissot as the driver, to which he responded "We may have to work a little to find a sponsor, but I'm not fielding any underqualified pay driver. Mary looks like she can be smooth, and not wreck, but quick, too. A wrecker's last thing we need. She also seems understanding on how to interact with the team and make the car work the best it can. We think we can do well with her in the car."

[BWard]

Colloni Racing to become a 2-car team for 2014

After being able to require a good amount of funding for 2014, Modifieds team Colloni Racing are going to build a 2nd car to have alongside Dillon Stevens in the Crown Division for the 2014 Season. 18 year-old Jamie Hartley from Florida has been signed as the team's 2nd driver, driving the Number 51 car sponsored by K-Wal Stores, alongside Dillon Stevens.

[BWard]

New Team to enter Sports Division in Modifieds

A New Team is set to enter the Modifieds Series, running in the Sports Division to expand the field in the category. Heartout Racing Team will run a single car for 34 year-old Pay Driver Charles 'Chuck' Bender running the number 69, but because the team doesn't have enough money to require sponsorship, they are not expected to be running at the front or even in the midfield.

[RyanB06]

How is a 14-year-old a "pay driver"?

[pennst24]

Also, what 14 year old is named Chuck?

[Spannerhead29 (Nelson)]

How is a 14-year-old a "pay driver"?

Gray Gaulding is a 14 year old pay driver, who uses money from parents and donuts.

[Pyrozooka0]

(OOC: noticed on TMPedia that the 451 was changed to part time without my knowledge. I was intending for that car to be a full time entry.)

[crl]

Mummert Racing, the team owned by Mark Mummert, father of TM Master Cup Series driver Kraig Mummert, is reportedly wanting to remain in the FARC LoBo Truck Tour, with their 2013 driver, Jacob Walls, remaining in the race seat. The team is reportedly in talks with the national fast food Mexican restaurant chain Nacho Cymbal for sponsorship.

[gwoodard41]

Accelerator Motorsports switches to solely focus on the FARC Elite Series. Stating that dedicating their funding on the top tier series can allow them to focus on development.

Logan Adams, who was slated to be in the second truck, will be heading to be Jack Dempsey's Protoge when Dempsey heads off to TM Lights. Alexander Villinov and Zeus Godson, the former Formula Overdrive drivers are currently looking for rides after their sponsors dropped out of their (almost) FARC Regional Rides.

[RocketKnight]

Calhoun to run trucks full time

While it was believed that Harrison Racing would be once again running part time in the FARC LoBo Truck Tour, it was been recently confirmed that Bill Calhoun will be running the full schedule for the team in 2014.

[Pyrozooka0]

why is Atomic Autosport not even on the team chart any more?

[Ben Atkins]

why is Atomic Autosport not even on the team chart any more?

(OOC: noticed on TMPedia that the 451 was changed to part time without my knowledge. I was intending for that car to be a full time entry.)

I'm guessing this has something to do with it.

[Theman81]

Oh no I saw that Lake Afton is on the schedule again.

[bsoyuz]

Oh no I saw that Lake Afton is on the schedule again.

And Chicago Motor Speedway is on Rockford's place.

[bsoyuz]

Pay Drivers to join Macena Motorsports Full-Time in the FARC Elite Series

The Macena Motorsports announced today that they would baloon up to 4 cars in the Elite Series and three trucks at the Truck Tour.
The new driver is Stasya Filipov, a 20-year old Russian Pay Driver. She will race the Elite Series Full-Season in the Macena Motosports new #290 sponsored by Filipov Petroleum. Stasya is the daughter of the russian oil magnate Maksimilian Filipov, one of the richest men in the country. Stasya will also race with the #90 on the Truck Tour, her truck will be also sponsored by Filipov Petroleum. She'll do a joint effort for the Truck Tour Championship with the mexican pay driver Germán Casalles. Germán will be sponsored by Cox Condoms.

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