American Touring Car Championship
The American Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing series sanctioned by the United States Endurance Racing Association (USERA) that will begin in 2009. The sprint race events are conducted in the United States and Canada. USERA was established in 2006 as a professional road race sanctioning group and conducts sprint and endurance events.
ATCC is designed for near STOCK touring cars and will conduct six double race weekends for a season of 12 championship races. Using standing starts common to European-style touring car racing, the series is set to be an EXCITING yet low cost professional touring car championship. ATCC supports over 40 different touring car makes.
ATCC race format
The American Touring Car Championship races are typically double sprint races of 30 minutes in length. Teams qualify for race 1, and the grid of race 2 is set based on the finish order of race 1. Teams are also required to qualify and run both races on one set of marked tires. If any tire is changed prior to the start of a race, the car must relinquish its starting grid position.
Points system
Drivers and Teams each season championship points based on their finishing position. Points are awarded to the top forty drivers in each race. Extra Point are awarded to the driver who wins the pole position, leads a race lap and leads the most laps.