The American Stock Car Online Racing Series (ASCORS) is the premier NASCAR online racing series using the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season software.

History

ASCORS was founded in 2005 by Andy Watkins and Trey Eidson. Watkins left the league in 2006 after he was caught hacking at the Race Points Manager 200 at the Michigan International Speedway. Eidson still races in the league, but is no longer in control. The current men in charge of ASCORS are Matt Salo, Scott Mitton, and Brian Schoenburg.

The first sanctioned ASCORS races were held on February 12, 2006 at the Daytona International Speedway. After pole qualifying, which Mark Math took the pole for the Daytona 250 for the following week, Jesse Atchison and Brian Day won the first and second races ASCORS held, respectively. Those two races were the 50 lap qualifiers to make it into the 250. The first ASCORS point race was held on February 16, 2006 in the ProGeek Truck Series. The Daytona 200 was won by Brian Schoenburg.

2006

2006 was a growing year of sorts for the ASCORS league. The inaugural season saw many changes, from field sizes to different administrators (Watkins incident) to new racers joining seemingly every week.

Bumper to Bumper Auto Salvage Cup Series

The Bumper to Bumper Auto Salvage Cup Series (B2B) was the main series for ASCORS in 2006. 36 races were held, with sixteen different people taking home race wins. Field sizes went from 30 to 35 (increased interest and many DNQ's) back down to 30 (too many cautions for the field size). The most successful driver, by far, in 2006 was Landon Harrison, who had a B2B leading seven wins on the way to the inaugural Cup Series title. Harrison also had a 600 point lead heading into the last ten races of the series, but only won by 25 points over Ray Alfalla, in large part to the Chase structure that ASCORS uses, which is exactly how NASCAR does their chase.

Race Points Manager Grand National Series

The Race Points Manager Grand National Series (RPM) is the middle series for ASCORS in terms of difficulty. The field size for RPM remained at 30 throughout the 2006 season. The amazing thing about 2006 for this series is that both Mat Chafe, who ended up winning the championship, and Eric Brundies, who was the runner-up to Chafe, did not win or even pole a single race. Fourth-place finisher Derek Wood took the series by storm. After missing the first six races, Wood won a total of 14 of the 35 races on the schedule, along with 19 poles.

ProGeek Truck Series

The ProGeek Truck Series (PGTS) is the introductory series for ASCORS, with 25 races on the season. Field sizes were relatively small for this series, only having spots for 25 cars on the grid for the first half of 2006, then increasing to 30 for the final half. There was not a super-dominant driver in this series, unlike in B2B and RPM. The most wins for anyone in 2006 was three, by Brian Day, Aaron Schankerman, and Michael Goodman. Goodman also took home the 2006 PGTS title, beating Eric Brundies by 312 points.

2007

The 2007 season is when ASCORS really started to grow as a league. New versions of tracks were created, such as the DaytonaMOD by Chris Shearburn and John Gorlinsky, for use in ASCORS.

Kirkwood Financial Corporation Series

The 2007 season of the Kirkwood Financial Corporation (KFC) was probably the most competitive of the six combined seasons (three series, two years) of ASCORS so far. 18 different people won races in 2007, and with the Chase field expanding from 10 cars to 12, more drivers were able to show off what they could do. Richard Towler would lead the league in wins with seven on a part-time schedule (and even made the Chase).

Only five people were able to make the Chase in both seasons: Landon Harrison, Ray Alfalla, Brian Schoenburg, Doy Woods, and Justin Weaver. Alfalla ended up winning the title by 75 points over Harrison and 85 over Schoenburg.

External links

ASCORS League Website