2001 ASCAR season

June 2017 2001 ASCAR none 2002 The 2001 ASCAR season was the inaugural season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. Teams and drivers thumb|right|2001 Champion John Mickel. Team Car No. Car number Driver Rounds Team West-Tec Chevrolet 2 USA Mark Claussner WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. GBR Amanda Stretton All Ford 3 NED Michael Vergers All Chevrolet 69 GBR Anthony Swan 1 1-2 99 GBR Mike Jordan WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. GBR Neil Cunningham 2 1-3 GBR Anthony Swan 1 4-5 Colin Blower Motorsport Chevrolet 4 GBR Tiff Needell WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. GBR Henry Taylor All 5 GBR Steve Hitchins 2 1-3 GBR Rob Speak 1 4-5 43 GBR Colin Blower 2 1-3 GBR Chris Goodwin 1 4-5 Team Catchpole Chevrolet 7 GBR Justin Foley WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. 77 GBR Phil Weaver All Cleland Speedsport Chevrolet 8 GBR John Cleland WD Competed in and won the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. 28 GBR John Dalziel WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. Oughtred & Harrison Ford 12 GBR Mark Proctor All Shearspeed Pontiac 18 GBR Paul Sheard All Streber Motorsport Pontiac 22 GBR Mark Preston WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. TorqueSpeed Chevrolet 24 GBR John Mickel All Dudman Motorsport Chevrolet 33 GBR Steve Dudman All Lee Caroline Racing Ford 38 GBR Lee Caroline All Steward Racing Chevrolet 75 GBR John Steward All CWS Racing Chevrolet 78 GBR Colin White All Michael Smith Racing Chevrolet 93 GBR Michael Smith WD Competed in the inaugural race which was discounted as part of the championship due to technical issues. TJ Motorsport Ford 96 USA Mark Claussner All 111 NZL Aaron Slight 1 3 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 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 26 May GBR John Cleland GBR Mark Proctor GBR Colin White GBR John Cleland GBR Cleland Speedsport NC GBR Knockhill Racing Circuit 17 June Meetings cancelled NC GER EuroSpeedway 15 July NC GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 29 July NC IRE Mondello Park 12 August R1 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 26 August NED Michael Vergers GBR John Mickel GBR John Mickel GBR TorqueSpeed R2 GBR John Mickel NED Michael Vergers NED Michael Vergers GBR Team West-Tec NC GER EuroSpeedway 15 September Meeting cancelled R3 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 22 September NED Michael Vergers GBR Team West-Tec R4 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 7 October NED John Mickel NED Michael Vergers NED Michael Vergers NED Michael Vergers GBR Team West-Tec R5 NED Michael Vergers GBR John Mickel NED Michael Vergers GBR John Mickel GBR TorqueSpeed Final points standings Pos Driver GBR GBR GBR Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 1 GBR John Mickel 1 2 2 2 1 860 2 GBR Colin White 5 3 15 3 3 760 3 GBR Lee Caroline 3 4 13 4 13 721 4 GBR John Steward 4 11 10 6 7 711 5 GBR Paul Sheard 8 6 11 9 5 706 6 NED Michael Vergers 2 1 1 1 DSQ 695 7 GBR Amanda Stretton 9 7 7 10 11 676 8 USA Mark Claussner 16 5 6 7 12 668 9 GBR Henry Taylor 6 12 14 14 10 640 10 GBR Mark Proctor 11 DNS 4 5 2 611 11 GBR Phil Weaver 12 DNS 8 11 8 528 12 GBR Steve Dudman 13 DNS 16 15 9 479 13 GBR Steve Hitchins 7 8 12 407 14 GBR Colin Blower 10 9 9 400 15 GBR Neil Cunningham 15 10 5 395 16 GBR Rob Speak 13 4 278 17 GBR Chris Goodwin 12 6 272 18 GBR Anthony Swan 14 13 8 DNS 232 19 NZL Aaron Slight 3 165 External links Category:Stock car racing in the United Kingdom ASCAR