1999 American Stock Car Tour

1999 American Stock Car Tour
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Season
Races	20 (16 weekends)
Start Date	March 28
End Date	October 17
Awards
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The 1999 American Stock Car Tour presented by America Online was the third season contested by the American Stock Car Tour. The series schedule expanded again, adding one race weekend, and America Online remained the presenting sponsor. Walt Disney World Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway returned to the schedule as the season opener and closer, respectively.

News

During the offseason, it was announced that a new developmental series would start in 2000; the ASCT Junior Series was unveiled as the primary feeder series for the ASCT; teams and series officials were concerned that, compared to the World Stock Car Championship, they had a harder time attracting established drivers due to the fact that the series was heavily based on oval racing, and due to the lower amounts of funding available. By developing a developmental division, series leaders believed they would be able to attract younger talent away from the World Stock Car Championship.

Officials announced in July that they were purchasing the Super Late Model touring series, which would be rebranded as the ASCT Super Series beginning in 2002.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Make	Tires	No.	Driver	Rounds

Schedule

Weekend Race Date Race Circuit City/State Laps 1 1 March 28 Disney Stock Car Challenge Walt Disney World Speedway Bay Lake, Florida 300 2 2 April 11 Ona 200 Ona Speedway Ona, West Virginia 200 3 3 April 24 Farmer's Association 250 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kansas 28 4 28 5 April 25 84 4 6 May 8 Volunteer 250 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee 250 5 7 May 23 Mississippi Business Journal 200 Hattiesburg Speedway Hattiesburg, Mississippi 167 6 8 June 6 Lowe's 200 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina 134 7 9 June 20 Pocono 250 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 100 8 10 July 11 Budweiser 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Easley, South Carolina 200 9 11 July 25 Gooyear Belts and Hoses 250 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon 250 10 12 August 7 Corning 250 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 21 13 21 14 August 8 62 11 15 August 22 Chicago 225 Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois 219 12 16 September 5 Virginia 250 Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia 250 13 17 September 19 Alabama 400 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Alabama 151 14 18 October 3 Hollywood Video 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California 200 15 19 October 17 Arizona 200 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona 196 16 20 October 31 Albuquerque 250 Albuquerque Speedbowl Albuequerque, New Mexico 250 17 21 November 14 Coca Cola 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia 163 18 22 November 21 The Final Turkey Bowl Riverside Park Speedway Agawam, Massachusetts 400

Legend O Oval Course R Road/Street Course S Special Event

Notes

Format Changes

Officials announced a new format for road courses based on the race format used in the Eurocup series. Road course race weekends will continue to utilize rolling starts, and will consist of three races: two 50-mile sprints on Saturday and a longer feature on Sunday. The order for the second sprint race will be set based upon the finish of the first race, with the top ten positions inverted. The feature race will have its own qualifying the morning of the race.

Calendar Changes

• Ona Speedway moves to the second race of the season.
• Heartland Park Topeka joins the series, adding a second road course race to the schedule.
• Bristol Motor Speedway moves to early May, and continues as a night race.
• The Alabama 400 moves to early September.
• Mesa Marin Speedway and Richmond International Raceway move from May to October.
• Phoenix International Raceway moves to October from its April date.
• Albuquerque Speedbowl joins the series as the host of the 16th race weekend.
• The last running of The Turkey Bowl is added as the season finale.