2017 AARO Marathon Regional Tour Team Chart

Italics = Part-time
[R] = Rookie
[O-O] = One-off entry

CONFIRMED ENTRIES

Ritcher Racing -- Ford
2 Guy Beugnet [R] - Friendly's, Ford (Tier 1)
20 PJ Boucher [R] - NAPA (Tier 1)
34 Carter Davids - Ritcher Racing (Tier 1)
87 Greg Vlassic - Unsponsored (Recycled AERS 87) (Tier 2)

JN Development - Dodge
16 Preston Bell - Outback/Zatarain's (Tier 1)
36 Mike Yuill [R] - Qdoba Mexican (Tier 1)
39 Anthony Foster - Giant Tiger (Tier 1)

Chautier Development - Buick
15 Ian Fallon [R] - GM Certified Service (Tier 1)
26 Miles Marcou - CCM (Tier 1)

GSR Development - Toyota
23 Chase Sauer [R] - U-HAUL (Tier 1)
27 James Rodin [R] - Rite Aid (Tier 1)

Carson Racing Development - Toyota
11 Thomas Straka [R] - ??? (Tier 2)
44 Jason Carter - Chesapeake Energy (Tier 1)
77 London Franklin - Petco? (Tier 1)

Porter Racing Development - Chevrolet
91 Christopher Morissette [R] - Unsponsored (Tier 1)
92 Tyrone Lamar - Premier Melon (Tier 2)

KGI Development - Ford
1 Madison Vermette [R] - Unsponsored (Tier 1)
14 Phoenix Haas [R] - ??? (Tier 1)

Sam Davids Racing -- Buick
96 Nico Bassanelli [R] - White Castle (Tier 1)

C-S Motorsports - Volkswagen
83 Anatoly Sevenin [R] - Big League Chew (Tier 1)
84 Rachel Gardner - Twix (Tier 1)

HWW Motorsports - Chevrolet
0 Alex Robbins [R] - Trojan? Extenze? (Tier 1)
00 Silver Cody - Viagra (Tier 1)

Calamicom Developmental Program - Buick
66 Lloyd Peterson [R] - Polaris (Tier ?)

Silver Green Developmental - Chevrolet
12? Matt Myers? - Cookout?
22? Dave Endicott - Fujifilm
32? Michael Craig? - Triangle?

Perry Racing Team - Chevrolet
07 Jeffrey Perry - Unsponsored (Tier 3)
95 Griffin Sharp - robinhood (Tier 1)

Chip McGee Motorsports - Chevrolet
04 Chip McGee - SponsorMcGee.com (Tier 3)

Helena Day Motorsports - Toyota
01 Dean Roberts [R] - Unsponsored (Tier 3)

AZ Racing - Ford
05 Robert Biggs - ApplianceZone (Tier 2)

Harrison Racing - Chevrolet
74 Abraham Harrison - Unsponsored (Tier 3)

Bolghomme Racing Team - lol what dis
9 Nikolas Marchankov/Aleksandr Mouta? - ??? (Tier 3)
52 Eun Yong Kim - ??? (Tier 3)

Ronnie Woods Motorports - TBD
24 Todd Kidd [R] - Sprint

UNCONFIRMED ENTRIES

TBD

RETIRES
Ken Morgan
Frank Day

These are NOT registrations. If you have a returning team, you may proceed to fill out your team's roster and such now if you'd like to do so at this time. But I repeat these are not registrations.

For this year, I think I'm going to approach registering a different way, stay tuned.

C-S Motorsports announces 2016 LNT plans

Volkswagen will move over as the manufacturer for the C-S Logitech program. The LNT has a ban on brand new cars, they must be used AERS or (pre 2014 body) AAPT cars. So, next year with their, as far as the LNT is concerned, brand new Volkswagens the team should be top contenders.

82 - WVU - Anatoly Sevenin
The Ukrainian Touring Car driver moves over to try stock cars after being denied several chances at moving up in the European racing scene.

83 - GoMart - Rian Anderson
Struggling this year in both the AAPT and the LNT, the eldest Anderson son will have the chance to focus on one series. He considers 2016 his "last chance", as he'd retire if he continues his mediocrity regardless of if he'd be resigned or not.

84 - Wrigley/Mars - ???
This seat is entirely open.

{PM me}

Dave Endicott's status for 2016 is uncertain; it largely depends on how well he does for the rest of the 2015 season and whether or not the team will need him back. Dalton Forrister and Preston Bell's situations are identical. Beau Phillips wishes to be retained by the team and, at this point, does feel that he has done well enough for a possible promotion. However, if he is not, he does not mind. The Bolghomme armada isn't going anywhere but off (that being if they shift from the original Cup bodies).

Cody to return for 2016. Lemon to move up or be stuck for another season?

Silver Cody proved himself as a solid but rather inconsistent contender hence why he will get another year in the ALNT. The owner of HWW Motorsports is happy with him.

Gayla Lemon, is higher then Cody in points but compared to last season has been struggling. The owner of HWW Motorsports is on the fence about advancing her. In order to advance to AAPT, the rumor is she has to finish at least 5th-7th in the points considering being a serious contender for the championship is likely out of reach at this point.

Same car makes, same sponsors, same pink and silver dildo to be kept burning everyone's retinas.

Nick399 wrote:

These are NOT registrations. If you have a returning team, you may proceed to fill out your team's roster and such now if you'd like to do so at this time. But I repeat these are not registrations.

For this year, I think I'm going to approach registering a different way, stay tuned.

I'm holding that on you Nick. e.e

Calamicom Inc. to scale down its ALNT program to 1 car to focus on its AAPT program
As a result of the philosophy of Markus Pursell, the new owner of the team, Calamicon will scale down its ALNT campaign to just Ray Davis in the 66 Polaris Buick, however Talia Anita has been announced as the team's R&D director for its AAPT campaign.

Update: After Ray Davis was promoted to AERS, Barbadian test driver Lloyd "Leprowla" Peterson will take over Davis' spot retaining everything else about the 66 Polaris Buick

Forrister and Phillips move on to ANS, Bell and Endicott to stay in the MRT

With his second-place finish in the title fight, Beau Phillips was not expecting to remain in the Marathon Regional Tour, but did not rule out that possibility. Cindy Silvester appears to have left the former Ovota team, however, and it is just about confirmed that Phillips will be her replacement in the AAA National Series for 2017. In addition, a much younger MRT graduate, Dalton Forrister, has been named to replace Alex Underwood in the 27 while Underwood moves suddenly over to Ritcher Racing for another ANS season. The 22-year-old Canadian finished 14th in points in 2015 with 2 wins, 3 Top 5s and 7 Top 10s in 17 races, but 5 DNFs. A lap completion percentage of 77% might reflect his lower than expected points finish as consistency might be something that will come with Forrister's continued development.

On the flipside, Preston Bell of JN Development and Dave Endicott of Silver Green Development are both expected to retain their MRT seats for 2017. Bell turned 31 in November, so he likely does not have any "development" left. He's even admitted that he's taken on more of a utility role with the team, filling in wherever he is needed. His failed AERS run in 2014 has made him lose basically any value in terms of other teams picking him up, but his character in the garage and off-track has always been known to be second-to-none. Always charitable and available for pictures and autographs for fans, Bell at least has his character as a selling point. Dave Endicott, unlike Bell, is private with his personal life and not much is really known about him aside from that he loves Coors and is a big Game of Thrones fan. He has his expressive moments, but is often stoic and quiet. He'll be coming back with Silver Green Racing, likely in the 22 car once again. Bell finished 13th in points with 2 wins but 4 DNFs and Endicott finished 19th as neither one seemed to show the performance they were expected to have in 2015. Perhaps 2017 can offer them a jumpstart to rejuvenate their chances at moving up. That is, unless Bell is perfectly happy staying in MRT again.

Beugnet inks 1-year, $200K deal with Ritcher Racing development contract

Montreal, Quebec native Guy Beugnet has been signed to a 1-year deal with Ritcher Racing, Renesse Racing's affiliate, to run the #2 car for the team, bringing Friendly's sponsorship. Who exactly is Guy Beugnet? Not many people in the States really know and there's not much anybody outside of Quebec really knows either.

He likes to cook in his spare time, worked as a chef at a restaurant since about 16 while still racing locally, rides a bicycle around Montreal during the summers and often swims as well. He has a younger sister who is soon to graduate from high school.

"I am beyond happy about this great team who sign me to a contract", Beugnet said with a bright smile; his English is not perfect as he lives in an area of Montreal where Quebec French is spoken a majority of the time. "I feel proud that my mother and father make decisions that were worth making now that I am signed. They do so much for me. I go out to practice and give it everything I have in the car and myself. I work with the team and do the best that I can every race."

Beugnet has not sat in a stock car in his life, but has attended a few racing events at the local circuit as a kid. At only 20 years old, he has quite a bit of development left to go and it's entirely possible that we'll be seeing and learning more of this young man.

UPDATED.

Is it too late to at least sign up as a one-off in this series?

NewscasterNews4 wrote:

Is it too late to at least sign up as a one-off in this series?

Nope. You can enter a full time team if youd like!

Sweet!

Name: Todd Kidd (R)
Number: 24
Age: 18
Sponsor: Sprint
Hometown: Byron, MI
Team: Ronnie Woods Motorsports
Backstory: Kidd had been running late models at his local short track before he was noticed by Ronnie Woods, who had been interested in starting his own AARO team for a while. Woods, a very successful driver in his own right, was able to lure Sprint to sponsor young Todd Kidd full time throughout his AARO career.

Let me know if I need to include anything else. I can also paint if needed.

NewscasterNews4 wrote:

Sweet!

Name: Todd Kidd (R)
Number: 24
Age: 18
Sponsor: Sprint
Hometown: Byron, MI
Team: Ronnie Woods Motorsports
Backstory: Kidd had been running late models at his local short track before he was noticed by Ronnie Woods, who had been interested in starting his own AARO team for a while. Woods, a very successful driver in his own right, was able to lure Sprint to sponsor young Todd Kidd full time throughout his AARO career.

Let me know if I need to include anything else. I can also paint if needed.

Manufacturer should be it. And if you could paint your car that would be great! Feel free to PM us if you need anything painting-wise!