Re: 2017 Professional Auto Racing Tour (Silly Season)

by RyanB06 Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:28 pm

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by Memoriesallbutdone Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:33 pm

Emma Yan, the only Yan Motorsports car to make the field finished 17th but Emma wanted more

"Being the only one to be presenting a team is a great opportunity, but 17th, yeah its a solid finish but would have been nice to be higher". - Emma Yan

by **Ben Atkins** Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:36 pm

Eleven hour Atkins takes 2nd APRS victory

He came in as a spectator for the race, and left a winner.

Ex-TMMC driver Ben Atkins gave the Overton Motorsports Enterprises team something to celebrate, despite team owner and lead driver Michelle Overton getting injured, when he crossed the line in first at Daytona International Speedway, taking his 2nd APRS victory, and his 2nd on a superspeedway. Atkins had travelled to Daytona to watch the race himself, but when Overton was injured in a huge practice accident, Atkins was one of the only active drivers still at the track that was not in a ride, and he was called up at the very last minute to take over the car, and they could not have made a better choice.

"Daytona, I love you!" said an excited Atkins, "I just cannot believe that happened! I expect to come in and watch a great race, instead I win a great race! Winning at Daytona is a dream, and I know it's not exactly a TMMC or FARC win here, but it's a damn win at Daytona! The only thing better to me would be a win at Indianapolis!"

"The support I got from the team, and Michelle herself was fantastic. To put me in at the eleventh hour was unexpected for both of us, and I hope that I paid the team well with this win! This just feels awesome!"

Atkins does not currently plan on making any more APRS appearances, but with his huge win, there are rumours circulating that Atkins could call up the drivers who attempted the 2014 Tears TryHard 500, wife Hannah Percy and Gravity Racing, Inc driver Caitlin Richler for a revival of HQS Racing to have a go at the Talladega event again.

by JINXaPHRENIC Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:15 am

"Not going to say we did terrible, but we didn't exactly run as well as we had hoped. All three cars in the top 20 for the Epps pro series with two top tens and a top 5. Unfortunately, only 1 out of our 4 cars made the Daytona 200. Danny definitely gave the car one hell of a run though. Our motors are proving themselves quite nicely. We just need a little luck this season. We'll pick up a win or two this season hopefully." Jinx Rodriguez

by Davidizer13 Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:53 am

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by bsoyuz Wed Jan 07, 2015 5:55 pm

APRS Launch Energy Series Race 2 - Margatroid 150

Round 1 Results
Round 2 Results
Championship Standings

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by Lucstar88 Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:27 pm

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by Mother of Invention Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:29 am

Pete Moeller Runs well in FL

When his teammate Keegan Mallory DNQed for Daytona after a wreck took him out of contention, Short Track Ace Pete Moeller took up the slack by qualifying 6th on his debut. The talented Southern Wisconsin driver didn't get the finish he wanted but he learned a lot about SuperSpeedway racing, then it was onto Lakeland where he was the only DHRE Driver in the field. Moeller worked his pit strategy perfectly and ended up with a top -12 finish. Moeller will be back at the Columbia round while Keegan Mallory will be in the #67 at Road Atlanta.

by Memoriesallbutdone Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:21 pm

Sean Cao, leader of the most laps in round 1 of the second race gets outshined by Daniel and Jessica Yan who finishes 3th and 4th respectively. Emma Yan blows up and Jerry Yan screws up in round 2.

Overall, a pretty good weekend for Yan Motorsports....unless they were in round 2.... Razz

by Davidizer13 Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:48 pm

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by bsoyuz Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:38 pm

APRS Launch Energy Series Race 3 - Georgia 150K

Round 1 Results
Round 2 Results
Championship Standings

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by kcobb9 Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:09 pm

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by Memoriesallbutdone Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:25 pm

((OOC: Where was Emma Yan? All the Yans were mention but she was like nowhere lol))

Sean Cao furious with Jerry Yan, but still gets top 5. Daniel Yan only other top 10 for Yan Motorsports this weekend.

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Jerry Yan didn't comment on the matter.

by bsoyuz Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:30 pm

Memoriesallbutdone wrote:((OOC: Where was Emma Yan? All the Yans were mention but she was like nowhere lol))

She was involved in a wreck early in Race 2 but I missed that, there was some great racing happening up front

by V8fan12 Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:49 pm

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by Mother of Invention Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:02 pm

OOC: Having trouble getting the results and points pages to work

DHRE has stellar run at Road ATL

DHRE's weekend turned out to be really good. Pete Moeller lead DHRE with a 6th Place finish in race 1. A solid finish for a driver more known for his Short Track experience. This was followed by Keegan Mallory's 12th place finish in race two. Keegan had the following to say. "Well we did spin out in qualifying and that put us behind the 8-ball, but we were able claw our way up into the top-15." Next up i Columbia in South Carolina where Moeller will run the #46 car.

by Lucstar88 Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:08 pm

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by Davidizer13 Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:48 pm

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by bsoyuz Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:11 am

Epps Pro Series Race 2 - Columbia

Results
Standings

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by Davidizer13 Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:03 am

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by bsoyuz Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:16 am

Launch Energy Series Race 4 - Horse Piss 200

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by Lucstar88 Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:27 pm

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by Memoriesallbutdone Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:15 pm

Daniel Yan finishes 4th as Sean Cao gets 10th in Round 1 of Race 4, while Jessica Yan makes a fool of herself, Jerry Yan does nothing with his pole and

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by bsoyuz Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:07 pm

Epps Pro Series Race 3 - North Wilkesboro

by Davidizer13 Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:50 am

Burning Heat! Motorsports looks to Ohio for a comeback

Last week's APRS rounds at Columbia Speedway were not kind to Burning Heat! Motorsports. After getting caught in a pileup in the backstretch, Stephania Andersonne had to settle for a top 20 finish in the Epps Pro Series, but at least she finished, unlike her Launch Energy Series compatriot, Victor Corey, was the punching bag for his Launch Energy Series heat, ending up in crash after crash before finally, mercifully retiring. It was a shocking return to earth after fighting for the lead at Road Atlanta almost the whole race.

Corey continues to chalk it up to his inexperience in oval driving. "Yeah, sure they had a few ovals in F1500, but this is just so much different. A stock car, you've gotta wrestle the wheel around, push the pedals harder, it's just more raw, less controlled. I'm happy for the two-week break we've had between races, not just because it gave us a chance to fix up the car after it got turned to hamburger, but I've put some more simulator time in and watched some tape of the pros. I'm learning something with every race, it's too bad the lesson this time was 'stay the heck away from The Racing Team guys, or you'll end up like them.' We've got a good shot at this one, same as always, as long as I don't screw it up."

by bsoyuz Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:11 am

Launch Energy Series Race 5 - Enerjuice 200

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by Lucstar88 Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:17 pm

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by Memoriesallbutdone Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:33 am

Jerry and Jessica Yan get their car crunched in their race, while Daniel and Emma Yan have a heated exchange in the garage. Sean Cao just stays quiet.

Their were reports that the Yan Clan were all going back and forth with each other, with Jerry and Jessica trying to keep the peace between Daniel and Emma, who got into each a few times during their race and likely helped lead to neither of them winning. Sean Cao, had a quiet day and didn't get into the middle of the family situation.

by bsoyuz Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:01 am

Epps Pro Series Race 4 - Dover Downs (yea I like this name)

by JINXaPHRENIC Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:17 pm

"I have to say that we are in fact getting better. Two pole positions is much better than I could have thought of so early in the season. A couple of my drivers are even in contention for a points title in the Epps Pro Series as well. I'm happy to say that our development program is working well and helping us decide what to do in the future." Jinx Rodriguez

by bsoyuz Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:46 pm

Launch Energy Series Race 6 - Faasline Trailers 150

by Lucstar88 Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:12 pm

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by PackerMan71 Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:16 pm

You know, you can afford to slow down a tad, son. I mean, I know you have a lot of time on your hands, but six rounds in less than a month? Damn.

Razz

by **crl** Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:13 pm

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by kcobb9 Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:59 pm

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by Davidizer13 Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:01 pm

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by bsoyuz Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:30 am

American Professional Racing Series to merge with the North American Stock Car Tour at the end of 2015, new sanctioning body to be formed.

A couple of days after the conclusion of the Faasline Trailers 150 at the Boston International Speedway, the APRS CEO, Madeleine Fay called a press conference to announce the formation of a new sanctioning body.

This new sanctioning body will be formed by the union of the American Professional Racing Series with the North American Stock Car Tour, a series that currently runs in the southeast of the United States.

The union between the two associations will form the Professional Auto Racing Tour (PART). Three series are expect to rise from this merger:

- PART Racing Series presented by Launch Energy
- PART Sportsman Series powered by Huffman Air Filters
- PART Cathe Street Stock Tour

There's still big speculation on which is the destiny of the teams running both APRS and NASCT, but it is expected that most of them shift to the PART.

by bsoyuz Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:37 pm

Numbers taken by full-time and part-time entries:

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Accepted One-Offs

#P1 - Alex Constantine, TurboSports (NASCARLOVER427)
#05 - Stasya Filipov, Hannagan Enterprises (bsoyuz)
#09 - Kelly Ashcroft, Ashcroft Family Racing (bsoyuz)
#10 - Tommy Ganger, AniSpac Racing (Mother of Invention)
#28 - Bon Atkenz, HQS Racing (Ben Atkins)
#29 - #omgselfie, HQS Racing (Ben Atkins)
#39 - Marcus Stanton, Marcus Stanton Racing (bsoyuz)
#41 - Ryan Walker, Microtransaction Motorsports (NASCARLOVER427)
#43 - Luc Pellerin, Autosport France (Lucstar88)
#70 - Cassidy Partridge, C'mon Get Happy Racing (SnakePlissken)
#088 - Pascal Vallee, Autosport France (Lucstar88)

entry list:

Code:: Driver Name: Age (at least 16): Car Number: Sponsor(s): Home Town/Nationality: Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): Team Name: Team Location: Previous Experience:

I'll accept entries and receive cars until I post Alberta (around one month from now - since I'll start posting races weekly possibly on Mondays). If a car already ran Daytona and you wish to enter it at Austin, let me know. Very Happy

by **Ben Atkins** Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:44 pm

Driver Name: Ben Atkins
Age (at least 16): 27
Car Number: 28
Sponsor(s): Zagg
Home Town/Nationality: Chester, England
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): STS Arrow
Team Name: HQS Racing
Team Location: Tampa, Florida
Previous Experience: Two-time APRS winner, Dash Cup champion, TMMC driver.

Driver Name: Caitlin Richler
Age (at least 16): 19
Car Number: 29
Sponsor(s): Zagg
Home Town/Nationality: Anchorage, Alaska
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): STS Arrow
Team Name: HQS Racing
Team Location: Tampa, Florida
Previous Experience: #SELFIE

by NASCARLOVER427 Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:04 pm

Driver Name: Alex Constantine
Age (at least 16): 22
Car Number: P1
Sponsor(s): WWE
Home Town/Nationality: Nitro, WV
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): Nemoto
Team Name: TurboSports
Team Location: Nitro, WV
Previous Experience: National Dirt Trucks, midfielder

by Lucstar88 Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:24 pm

Driver Name: Luc Pellerin
Age (at least 16): 19
Car Number: 43
Sponsor(s): STP
Home Town/Nationality: Bouctouche, NB, Canada
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): Saar
Team Name: Autosport France
Team Location: Caen, France
Previous Experience: Ran Daytona

Driver Name: Pascal Vallee
Age (at least 16): 31
Car Number: 088
Sponsor(s): AXA Insurance
Home Town/Nationality: Paris, France
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): Saar
Team Name: Autosport France
Team Location: Caen, France
Previous Experience: Ran APRS last year. Won team's first race at Las Vegas

by Mother of Invention Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:52 am

Driver Name: Tommy Wolfgang
Age (at least 16): 17
Car Number: 10
Sponsor(s): Bell Plantation / PB2
Home Town/Nationality: New Jersey
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): Saar Carolina
Team Name: AniSpac Racing
Team Location: New Jersey
Previous Experience: Local stuff

by RyanB06 Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:37 am

Reminder: FARC is running the same day as this race at the NY Autoring. Keep that in mind.

by Backmarker Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:40 am

RyanB06 wrote:Reminder: FARC is running the same day as this race at the NY Autoring. Keep that in mind.

That was the 2014 FARC Season... this race in is 2015. Pacman

by RyanB06 Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:42 am

Check TMPedia. They're the same date.

by Backmarker Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:46 am

My bad, forgot FARC was doing New York again this year.

by Mother of Invention Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:06 am

RyanB06 wrote:Reminder: FARC is running the same day as this race at the NY Autoring. Keep that in mind.

So that means the same day as Karjala right? Razz

by NASCARLOVER427 Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:51 am

Driver Name: Ryan Walker
Age (at least 16): 32
Car Number: 41
Sponsor(s): Microtransaction Studios
Home Town/Nationality: Canberra, NSW, Australia
Chassis (since this is an special event, use whatever you wish): EFR Journey
Team Name: Microtransaction Motorsports
Team Location: Austin, Texas
Previous Experience: APRS 2014 season, swept weekend at Waltham

by bsoyuz Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:19 am

I made subtle changes in the calendar for later in the season which I think some people will get what I did. If you want your driver to run these race, add them to the TMPedia chart.

by bsoyuz Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:25 am

Launch Energy Series Race 7 - Hakurei @ the Glen

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