The All Star Circuit of Champions (abbreviated ASCoC), officially known as the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 for

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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. The ASCoC was purchased by

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in the winter of 2015.

History

The ASCoC was founded by Bud Miller in 1970 after a failed venture by himself,

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, 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

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triggered fuel price increases and shortages. 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.

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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

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. 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. In January 2016 it was announced that the series gained

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as the series title sponsor. 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. Starting in 2020, all races are broadcast live in full on

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took over title sponsorship of the series beginning in 2019, sharing naming rights with

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. FloRacing became the title sponsor for the 2021 season. The following season,

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assumed naming rights on a three-year deal.

Champions

Notable drivers

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, 137 wins, 6 championships * Kenny Jacobs, 98 wins, 4 championships *

, 74 wins *

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, 58 wins, 4 championships *

Jack Hewitt Jack Hewitt (born July 8, 1951, Troy, Ohio), is a former racecar driver who was prolific in various open wheel and sprint car series. He was a two-time champion in the USAC Silver Crown Series in 1986 and 1987 and is second all-time in Silver C ...

, 56 wins, 1 championship * Frankie Kerr, 53 wins, 4 championships *

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, 48 wins * Bobby Allen, 46 wins, 1 championship * Kevin Huntley, 44 wins *

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, 42 wins *

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, 40 wins *

Steve Kinser Steve "The King" Kinser (born June 2, 1954) is a former professional sprint car racing driver. He has won 20 championships in the World of Outlaws (WoO) series. Kinser left the World of Outlaws in 2006 to compete with the National Sprint Tour s ...

, 37 wins *

Doug Wolfgang Doug Wolfgang (born July 26, 1952 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is a retired American racing driver. He holds 140 World of Outlaws sprint car series wins (fifth all-time), 37 All Star Circuit of Champions wins, and is a five-time Knoxville Nati ...

, 37 wins *

Danny Lasoski __NOTOC__ Danny "The Dude" Lasoski (born February 3, 1959) is an American sprint car racing driver from Dover, Missouri. Sprint car racing Most of Lasoski's sprint car experience is in the World of Outlaws series, winning the WoO championship ...

, 37 wins *

Chad Kemenah Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

, 33 wins, 6 championships *

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, 25 wins, 3 championships * Lee Osborne, 17 wins, 3 championships

Series owners

*C.H. "Bud" Miller (1970–1973) *Bert Emick (1980–2002) *Guy Webb (2002–2015) *

(2015–current)

References

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