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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 |  Mark Claussner
|
WD |
 Amanda Stretton
|
All | |||
| Ford | 3 |  Michael Vergers
|
All | |
| Chevrolet | 99 | Mike Jordan
|
WD | |
| Anthony Swan
|
1 | |||
| Colin Blower Motorsport | Chevrolet | 4 | Henry Taylor
|
All |
| 5 | Steve Hitchins
|
|||
| Rob Speak
|
1 | |||
| 43 | Tiff Needell
|
WD | ||
| Colin Blower
|
||||
| Chris Goodwin
|
1 | |||
| Team Catchpole | Chevrolet | 7 | Justin Foley
|
|
| 77 | Phil Weaver
|
All | ||
| Cleland Speedsport | Chevrolet | 8 | John Cleland
|
WD |
| 28 | John Dalziel
|
WD | ||
| Oughtred & Harrison | Ford | 12 | Mark Proctor
|
All |
| Shearspeed | Pontiac | 18 | Paul Sheard
|
All |
| Streber Motorsport | Pontiac | 22 | Mark Preston
|
WD |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 24 | John Mickel
|
All |
| Dudman Motorsport | Chevrolet | 33 | Steve Dudman
|
All |
| Lee Caroline Racing | Ford | 38 | Lee Caroline
|
All |
| Steward Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | John Steward
|
All |
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 78 | Colin White
|
All |
| Michael Smith Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | Michael Smith
|
|
| TJ Motorsport | Ford | 96 | Mark Claussner
|
All |
| 111 |  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 | Rockingham Motor Speedway
|
26 May | John Cleland
|
Mark Proctor
|
Colin White
|
John Cleland
|
Cleland Speedsport
|
| NC | Knockhill Racing Circuit
|
17 June | Meetings cancelled | ||||
| NC |  EuroSpeedway
|
15 July | |||||
| NC | Rockingham Motor Speedway
|
29 July | |||||
| NC |  Mondello Park
|
12 August | |||||
| R1 | Rockingham Motor Speedway
|
26 August | John Mickel
|
TorqueSpeed
| |||
| R2 | Michael Vergers
|
Team West-Tec
| |||||
| NC | EuroSpeedway
|
15 September | Meeting cancelled | ||||
| R3 | Rockingham Motor Speedway
|
22 September | Michael Vergers
|
Team West-Tec
| |||
| R4 | Rockingham Motor Speedway
|
7 October | Michael Vergers
|
Michael Vergers
|
Michael Vergers
|
Michael Vergers
|
Team West-Tec
|
| R5 | John Mickel
|
Michael Vergers
|
John Mickel
|
TorqueSpeed
| |||
Final points standings
| Pos | Driver |
|
|
|
Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | |||
| 1 | John Mickel
|
1 | 2 | ? | ? | 1 | 860 |
| 2 | Michael Vergers
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? |
External links
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| Seasons | |
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| Notable teams | |