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2001 ASCAR season

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The 2001 ASCAR season was the inaugural season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Team West-Tec Chevrolet 2 United Kingdom Amanda Stretton All
Ford 3 Netherlands Michael Vergers All
Chevrolet 99 United Kingdom Anthony Swan 1
Colin Blower Motorsport Chevrolet 4 United Kingdom Henry Taylor All
5 United Kingdom Steve Hitchins
United Kingdom Rob Speak 1
43 United Kingdom Colin Blower
United Kingdom Chris Goodwin 1
Team Catchpole Chevrolet 7 United Kingdom Justin Foley
77 United Kingdom Phil Weaver All
Cleland Speedsport Chevrolet 8 United Kingdom John Cleland WD
Oughtred & Harrison Ford 12 United Kingdom Mark Proctor All
Shearspeed Pontiac 18 United Kingdom Paul Sheard All
Streber Motorsport Pontiac 22 United Kingdom Mark Preston
TorqueSpeed Chevrolet 24 United Kingdom John Mickel All
Dudman Motorsport Chevrolet 33 United Kingdom Steve Dudman All
Lee Caroline Racing Ford 38 United Kingdom Lee Caroline All
Steward Racing Chevrolet 75 United Kingdom John Steward All
CWS Racing Chevrolet 78 United Kingdom Colin White All
Michael Smith Racing Chevrolet 93 United Kingdom Michael Smith
TJ Motorsport Ford 96 United States Mark Claussner All
111 New Zealand Aaron Slight

Race calendar

The season had intended to run at Knockhill, Mondello Park and the EuroSpeedway as well as the Rockingham Motor Speedway but fuel pickup issues during the inaugural race in May caused that race to be discounted from the championship and the season was postponed and cut back to just five races at three meetings all at Rockingham.

Round Circuit/Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Led Most Laps Winning Driver Winning Team
NC United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 26 May United Kingdom John Cleland United Kingdom Mark Proctor United Kingdom Colin White United Kingdom John Cleland United Kingdom Cleland Speedsport
NC United Kingdom Knockhill Racing Circuit 17 June Meetings cancelled
NC Germany EuroSpeedway 15 July
NC United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 29 July
NC Republic of Ireland Mondello Park 12 August
R1 United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 26 August United Kingdom John Mickel United Kingdom TorqueSpeed
R2 Netherlands Michael Vergers United Kingdom Team West-Tec
NC Germany EuroSpeedway 15 September Meeting cancelled
R3 United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 22 September Netherlands Michael Vergers United Kingdom Team West-Tec
R4 United Kingdom Rockingham Motor Speedway 7 October Netherlands Michael Vergers Netherlands Michael Vergers Netherlands Michael Vergers Netherlands Michael Vergers United Kingdom Team West-Tec
R5 United Kingdom John Mickel Netherlands Michael Vergers United Kingdom John Mickel United Kingdom TorqueSpeed

Final points standings