Whelen All-American Series

Whelen All-American Series
Category Stock car racing
Country or region  United States
 Canada
Inaugural season 1982
Last Drivers' champion Philip Morris
Official website Whelen All-American Series

The Whelen All-American Series (formerly the Dodge Weekly Series and Winston Racing Series) is a points championship for NASCAR sanctioned local racetracks around the United States and Canada.

In the 30 years of NASCAR sanctioning weekly racing for a national championship, the tracks have been split, initially by geographical proximity of the tracks for purposes of developing regional champions, then randomly among four divisions and currently by states that have tracks participating. In 2005 the Weekly Series became the first NASCAR-sanctioned series to have a permanent presence outside of the United States, as tracks in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Delaware, Ontario, and Edmonton, Alberta, elected to be represented in the series.

Because participants rarely compete directly against each other, and may drive a wide variety of cars against varying opposition, the driver's point system is understandably complex. Points are awarded first for finishing position according to NASCAR rules, with bonus points added for races against fields of 15 cars or greater (double points for fields of 25 or more). Only the top 16 results of a season count for a driver. Although this does help to level the playing field somewhat, it can be supposed that a driver who competes in more races against a larger field of cars will score more points for consistent finishes, and thus will end up with more points at the end of the year. Starting in 2007, each state or province crowns a divisional champion, and of those champions, the driver with the best competition performance index is crowned as the national Whelen All-American Series champion. In 2008 the previous points system was scrapped in favor of a simpler system. Each driver is given two points for each car they finish ahead of up to 20 cars with a five point bonus for winning, making the maximum number of possible points per race 45. This system benefits drivers who perform well in races with large car counts as races with fewer than 20 cars will earn the winner fewer than the maximum possible points. Only a driver's best 18 races count in the championship standings.[1]

What cars are used to score points in the weekly series is up to the discretion of the individual participating tracks, within Weekly Series guidelines. As of 2005, Sportsman, Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, Late Model Stock Cars, Modifieds, SK Modifieds, Dirt Modifieds, Dirt Late Models, Pro Stocks, and Super Stocks are considered eligible categories. Participating tracks are all short tracks, ranging from 1/4 mile to 5/8 mile; most are paved, but a significant number of dirt tracks also participate.

As announced at the Weekly Series banquet in Las Vegas on November 11, 2006, Dodge dropped their sponsorship of the weekly series. Whelen Engineering picked up the sponsorship, renaming it the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

For the 2010, NASCAR lowered the age minimum for its weekly racing series from 16 to 14.

Contents

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Tracks for 2011

National Champions

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series National Champions
Year Driver Home Track Hometown Starts Wins Points
2011 Philip Morris South Boston Speedway Ruckersville, VA 28 20 789
2010 Keith Rocco Waterford Speedbowl Wallingford, CT 53 21 810
2009 Philip Morris Motor Mile Speedway Ruckersville, VA 28 9 841
2008 Philip Morris Motor Mile Speedway Ruckersville, VA
2007 Steve Carlson La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway West Salem, WI 24 8 862
2006 Philip Morris Motor Mile Speedway Ruckersville, VA
2005 Peyton Sellers South Boston Speedway Danville, VA
2004 Greg Pursley Canyon Country, CA
2003 Mark McFarland Old Dominion Speedway Winchester, VA
2002 Peter Daniels Claremont (Twin State) Speedway Lebanon, NH 18 14
2001 Ted Christopher Thompson International Speedway Plainville, CT
2000 Gary Webb Blue Grass, IA
1999 Jeff Leka Macon Speedway Buffalo, IL
1998 Ed Kosiski Omaha, NE
1997 Dexter Canipe Greenville-Pickens Speedway Claremont, NC
1996 Larry Phillips Springfield, MO 20[2] 14
1995 Larry Phillips Springfield, MO 40 32
1994 David Rogers Orlando, FL
1993 Barry Beggarly Pelham, NC
1992 Larry Phillips Springfield, MO 40 38
1991 Larry Phillips Springfield, MO 40 32
1990 Max Prestwood Hickory Motor Speedway Lenoir, NC
1989 Larry Phillips Bolivar Speedway Springfield, MO 27 23
1988 Robert Powell Moncks Corner, SC
1987 Roger Dolan Lisbon, IA
1986 Joe Kosiski Omaha, NE
1985 Doug McCoun Watsonville Speedway Prunedale, CA 53 27
1984 David Into Hardeeville, SC
1983 Mike Alexander Franklin, TN 56[2] 31
1982 Tom Hearst Muscatine, IA

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/19331-nascar-whelen-all-american-series-matches.html
  2. ^ a b Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 49–79.

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