All Star Circuit of Champions

The All Star Circuit of Champions (abbreviated ASCoC), officially known as the Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 for naming rights reasons, is an American motorsports sanctioning body of winged sprint car racing founded in 1970. The series sanctions 410ci sprint car races in several states. On average the series runs 50 races per year, starting February and ending in October each year.[1] The ASCoC was purchased by Tony Stewart in the winter of 2015.[2]

All Star Circuit of Champions
SportSprint car racing
Jurisdiction United States
AbbreviationASCoC
Founded1970
Regional affiliationUnited States
HeadquartersBrownsburg, Indiana
PresidentTony Stewart
Official website
www.allstarsprint.com

History

The ASCoC was founded by Bud Miller in 1970 after a failed venture by himself, Chris Economaki, and Wellman Lehman, to build a new race track near Youngstown, OH. Through the meetings about building the track the idea was conceived to create a touring sprint car series in the area. The idea of the All Star Circuit of Champions was then born in 1970 and began operating that year. The series would cease operations after just 3 years in 1973, when the 1973 oil crisis began Miller knew the series couldn't continue to run with the price of oil rising.[3]

The series would reform in 1979 with new owner, Bert Emick. Emick lost the rights to the MOSS sanctioning body in the Ohio area. He brought back the All Star name in 1980. Emick would run the series until 2002 when Guy Webb took over.[4]

Joey Saldana set a series record with 18 wins in 1995 piloting the Art Wendt 77w.

Guy Webb took over as owner in 2002, running the series for 12 years. In January 2015, Webb sold the series to former NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.[5]

Stewart took sole ownership of the ASCoC in 2015 after an organization called Renegade Sprints competed with Webb's group. Stewart brought the two groups back together in under the All Star banner.[6]

In January 2016 it was announced that the series gained Arctic Cat as the series title sponsor.[7]

The series had 29 different winners in 2017. Chad Kemenah would control the 2017 season and back up the 2016 championship with his 6th championship in 2017, tying Dale Blaney for most titles in series history. 19 different drivers won in 2018. Aaron Reutzel from Clute, TX took on the series full-time and was crowned champion after a 9 win season.

In December 2018, MAVTV announced they had acquired the rights to broadcast the highlights of select events.[8] Starting in 2020, all races are broadcast live in full on FloSports.[9]

Ollie's Bargain Outlet took over title sponsorship of the series beginning in 2019, sharing naming rights with Mobil 1.[10]

Past Champions
Year Driver Wins
1980 Bobby Allen 6
1981 Lee Osborne 4
1982 Lee Osborne 6
1983 Lee Osborne 5
1984 Fred Linder 1
1985 Jack Hewitt 12
1986 Fred Linder 0
1987 Joe Gaerte 4
1988 Joe Gaerte 6
1989 Robbie Stanley 3
1990 Terry Shepherd 0
1991 Frankie Kerr 5
1992 Kevin Huntley 14
1993 Kevin Huntley/Frankie Kerr 6/5
1994 Frankie Kerr 12
1995 Dale Blaney 12
1996 Dale Blaney 17
1997 Frankie Kerr 4
1998 Kenny Jacobs 11
1999 Kenny Jacobs 7
2000 Kenny Jacobs 6
2001 Kenny Jacobs 5
2002 Chad Kemenah 2
2003 Chad Kemenah 5
2004 Chad Kemenah 6
2005 Chad Kemenah 8
2006 Greg Wilson 1
2007 Greg Wilson 1
2008 Dale Blaney 9
2009 Tim Shaffer 8
2010 Tim Shaffer 16
2011 Tim Shaffer 10
2012 Tim Shaffer 6
2013 Dale Blaney 6
2014 Dale Blaney 16
2015 Dale Blaney 12
2016 Chad Kemenah 1
2017 Chad Kemenah 3
2018 Aaron Reutzel 9
2019 Aaron Reutzel 16
2020 Aaron Reutzel[11] 11

Notable drivers
  • Dale Blaney, 137 wins, 6 championships
  • Kenny Jacobs, 98 wins, 4 championships
  • Joey Saldana, 74 wins
  • Tim Shaffer, 58 wins, 4 championships
  • Jack Hewitt, 56 wins, 1 championship
  • Frankie Kerr, 53 wins, 4 championships
  • Dave Blaney, 48 wins
  • Bobby Allen, 46 wins, 1 championship
  • Kevin Huntley, 44 wins
  • Kelly Kinser, 42 wins
  • Jeff Shepard, 40 wins
  • Steve Kinser, 37 wins
  • Doug Wolfgang, 37 wins
  • Danny Lasoski, 37 wins
  • Chad Kemenah, 33 wins, 6 championships
  • Aaron Reutzel, 25 wins, 2 championships
  • Lee Osborne, 17 wins, 3 championships

Series owners
  • C.H. "Bud" Miller (1970–1973)
  • Bert Emick (1980–2002)
  • Guy Webb (2002–2015)
  • Tony Stewart (2015–current)

References
  1. "Schedule".
  2. Estrada, Chris (2015-01-28). "Tony Stewart buys All-Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. "All Stars - Then and Now".
  4. "Bert Emick". National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  5. "All Star Circuit of Champions".
  6. Steven Cole Smith (2015-02-08). "Not everybody in the sprint car world is happy with Tony Stewart".
  7. "Arctic Cat Becomes Title Sponsor of All Star Circuit of Champions". Business Wire. 2016-01-11. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. "MAVTV | MAVTV Motorsports Network to broadcast ten All Star Circuit of Champions events in 2019". www.mavtv.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  9. "Tony Stewart Awards Streaming Rights To FloSports". www.floracing.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  10. Altmeyer, Tyler (November 20, 2018). "All Star Circuit of Champions welcomes Ollie's Bargain Outlet as title sponsor for 2019" (Press release). All Star Circuit of Champions. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  11. "Reutzel Secures Third All Star Title With Fremont Win". SPEED SPORT. 11 October 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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