All Star Circuit of Champions

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All Star Circuit of Champions
Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 logo.png
Sport Sprint car racing
JurisdictionFlag of the United States.svg  United States
AbbreviationASCoC
Founded1970
Regional affiliationUnited States
Headquarters Brownsburg, Indiana
President Kyle Larson & Brad Sweet
Official website
www.allstarsprint.com
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The All Star Circuit of Champions (abbreviated ASCoC), officially known as the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 for naming rights reasons, is an American motorsports sanctioning body of winged sprint car racing founded in 1970. The series sanctions 410ci sprint car races in several states. On average the series runs 50 races per year, starting February and ending in October each year. [1] The ASCoC was purchased by Tony Stewart in the winter of 2015. [2]

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History

The ASCoC was founded by Bud Miller in 1970 after a failed venture by himself, Chris Economaki, and Wellman Lehman, to build a new race track near Youngstown, OH. Through the meetings about building the track the idea was conceived to create a touring sprint car series in the area. The idea of the All Star Circuit of Champions was then born in 1970 and began operating that year. The series would cease operations after just 3 years in 1973, when the 1973 oil crisis triggered fuel price increases and shortages. [3]

The series would reform in 1979 with new owner, Bert Emick. Emick lost the rights to the MOSS sanctioning body in the Ohio area. He brought back the All Star name in 1980. Emick would run the series until 2002 when Guy Webb took over. [4]

Joey Saldana set a series record with 18 wins in 1995 piloting the Art Wendt 77w.

Guy Webb took over as owner in 2002, running the series for 12 years. In January 2015, Webb sold the series to former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. [5]

Stewart took sole ownership of the ASCoC in 2015 after an organization called Renegade Sprints competed with Webb's group. Stewart brought the two groups back together in under the All Star banner. [6]

In January 2016 it was announced that the series gained Arctic Cat as the series title sponsor. [7]

The series had 29 different winners in 2017. Chad Kemenah would control the 2017 season and back up the 2016 championship with his 6th championship in 2017, tying Dale Blaney for most titles in series history. 19 different drivers won in 2018. Aaron Reutzel from Clute, TX took on the series full-time and was crowned champion after a 9 win season.

In December 2018, MAVTV announced they had acquired the rights to broadcast the highlights of select events. [8] Starting in 2020, all races are broadcast live in full on FloSports. [9]

Ollie's Bargain Outlet took over title sponsorship of the series beginning in 2019, sharing naming rights with Mobil 1. [10] FloRacing became the title sponsor for the 2021 season. The following season, Tezos assumed naming rights on a three-year deal. [11]

Champions

YearDriverWins
1980 Bobby Allen 6
1981Lee Osborne4
1982Lee Osborne6
1983Lee Osborne5
1984Fred Linder1
1985 Jack Hewitt 12
1986Fred Linder0
1987Joe Gaerte4
1988Joe Gaerte6
1989Robbie Stanley3
1990Terry Shepherd0
1991Frankie Kerr5
1992Kevin Huntley14
1993Kevin Huntley/Frankie Kerr6/5
1994Frankie Kerr12
1995 Dale Blaney 12
1996 Dale Blaney 17
1997Frankie Kerr4
1998Kenny Jacobs11
1999Kenny Jacobs7
2000Kenny Jacobs6
2001Kenny Jacobs5
2002Chad Kemenah2
2003Chad Kemenah5
2004Chad Kemenah6
2005Chad Kemenah8
2006Greg Wilson1
2007Greg Wilson1
2008 Dale Blaney 9
2009Tim Shaffer8
2010Tim Shaffer16
2011Tim Shaffer10
2012Tim Shaffer6
2013 Dale Blaney 6
2014 Dale Blaney 16
2015 Dale Blaney 12
2016Chad Kemenah1
2017Chad Kemenah3
2018Aaron Reutzel9
2019Aaron Reutzel16
2020Aaron Reutzel [12] 11

Notable drivers

Series owners

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