{"id":329,"date":"2019-01-14T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2019-01-14T00:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:08:08","slug":"accept-no-imitations-american-racer-cup-by-sunoco-returns-for-10th-anniversary-season-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Accept No Imitations: American Racer Cup by Sunoco Returns for 10th Anniversary Season in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MILLSBORO, DE \u2013 <\/strong><em>Accept no imitations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the 10<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive season, the American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco Race Fuels returns to reward competitors with cash awards and tire certificates in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>$51,450<\/strong> in point fund money has been allotted for American Racer Cup Modified and Sportsman competitors at tracks in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, not to mention an expected 500-plus tire certificates to be distributed to racers via pre-season drawings, in-season giveaways and year-end awards.<\/p>\n<p>The program utilizes a driver\u2019s 10 best finishes at their home track to determine overall, regional and track standings. Points are tabulated from mid-April through Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>The American Racer Cup is backed by American Racer Tires, Lias Tire of Indiana, Pa., Sunoco Race Fuels and Insinger Performance of Dushore, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Racer Cup celebrates its 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in 2019,\u201d program administrator Brett Deyo said. \u201cThat\u2019s a remarkable commitment to racers: approximately a half-million dollars in point fund money and more than four thousand tire certificates have been handed out over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all this time, no other program in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic rewards drivers more for doing what they <em>already do<\/em>: compete at their home track each weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defending American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco champions are Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, N.Y., representing Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., as the Modified champion and Throop, Pa., native Alex Yankowski of Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa., as the Sportsman champion.<\/p>\n<p>Sheppard received $11,000 and Yankowski $2,000 for their efforts plus tire certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the \u201919 American Racer Cup is underway via the \u2018Forms\u2019 tab on the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanracercup.com\">www.theamericanracercup.com<\/a>. A pre-season tire giveaway is planned for Jan. 20, the final day of the Motorsports Racecar &amp; Trade Show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa. One tire each representing the Modified and Sportsman divisions will be distributed via a drawing of registrants broadcast on <em>Facebook Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A complete lineup of eligible tracks and divisions will be made public in the coming weeks as \u201919 schedules are finalized.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the American Racer Cup, visit the official website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanracercup.com\">www.theamericanracercup.com<\/a>, e-mail <a href=\"mailto:bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com\">bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com<\/a>, follow on Twitter @racer_cup or on like Facebook: American Racer Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>American Racer Cup Presented By Sunoco Championship History<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018<br \/>\n<\/strong>Matt Sheppard (Modified)<br \/>\nAlex Yankowski (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<br \/>\n<\/strong>Matt Sheppard (Modified)<br \/>\nMatt Stangle (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016<br \/>\n<\/strong>Andy Bachetti (Modified)<br \/>\nAndrew Smith (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rick Laubach (Modified)<br \/>\nAlan Barker (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<br \/>\n<\/strong>Duane Howard (Modified)<br \/>\nJared Umbenhauer (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><br \/>\nDuane Howard (Modified)<br \/>\nJordan Watson (Sportsman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><br \/>\nDuane Howard (Modified)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><br \/>\nBilly Pauch Sr. (Modified)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><br \/>\nDuane Howard (Modified)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILLSBORO, DE \u2013 Accept no imitations. For the 10th consecutive season, the American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco Race Fuels returns to reward competitors with cash awards and tire certificates in 2019. $51,450 in point fund money has been allotted for American Racer Cup Modified and Sportsman competitors at tracks in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, not to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-672.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8epoX-5j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}