Per Dirt On Dirt - MARS DIRTcar Series SOLD to Tennessee based group.................

[HoosierDirtFan]

Per the Dirt On Dirt website.
MARS DIRTcar Series SOLD to Tennessee based group.
New Owners plan two MARS divisions - East & West Series.
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Tennessee-based promoting group that plans West and East divisions for the DIRTcar-sanctioned organization, series co-owner William Scogin told DirtonDirt.com today.

Scogin, The promoter of Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway and three partners with Volunteer Racing Promotions, recently completed purchase of MARS from Monett (MO.) Speedway promoter Randy Mooneyham, Who operated the 16-year-old regional tour eight seasons.

"It's just time to pass the torch. You can't do it forever." said the 65-year-old Mooneyham, who enters his 37th year of promotions at Monett in 2017 and co-founded the Midwest LateModel Racing Association in 1989. "I've got other things I want to do and to see the chance for (MARS) to stay (DIRTcar), and I think William will make it bigger and better, so I'm a happy camper."

Scogin. 50, said the MASR west division will continue with few regional changes while the new East division that will provide regional touring events for Clarksville and other Dirt Late Model competitors.

"We're going to make a lot of mistakes, but we're just trying to make it better for everyone," said Scogins, , who plans to release more details about MARS at next month's Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis.

Scogin's partners are John McConnell, the owner of Clarksville Guns & Archery and a silent partner with Clarksville Speedway; William's brother Chris Scogin, who recently sold race supplier Scogin Enterprises; and Bedford, Ind.'s Mike Hobson, who operates Indiana Decal and T-Shirt gtrailer. With William Scogin committed to weekly operations at Clarksville, Chris Scogin and Hobson will primarily officiate MARS events.

A combine East-West division weekend will open the 2017 MARS tour March 3-4 at Clarksville. The West schedule is virtually complete while Scogin hopes to reveal the East division schedule at PRI. Scogin plans to discuss other plans with MARS drivers and promoters from long-time series tracks at the Dec. 3 postseason banquet in Joplin, MO.

MARS was founded by Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway promoter Mooney Starr in 2000, Popularizing double-wide restarts under Starr's direction MARS was purchased by DIRTcar in 2004 and Mooneyham took over in 2009 merging it with his fledgling Dirt LateModel Racing Association. Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., is the winningest MARS driver with 91 victories while Tony Jackson Jr. of Lebanon, Mo. became the first drive to win four strait championships in 2016.

[calverton]

I wonder how this will work out hopefully more teams will follow the tour now

[big88fan]

Until they step up with $$$ it won't get any bigger. 2k to win 300 to start races don't really excite anyone to wanna haul 4-8hrs to race. Or half the schedule co sanctioned summer nationals races when they never get to run the lm20s at any other Mars race to have any kind of note book for softer tires. When they can run mlra and get tow money and typically better purses in the same area.

[slmcrewchief99]

It didn't look to bad 88fan. I looked at the West Schedule and they have 30 races and only 2 of them are for 2k to win and 1 of them is a 2k and 3k weekend show at the same track. 16 races are 3k to win with several races at 5k or more. If I remember correctly MLRA and MARS don't overlap each other but a few times. So I am sure there are several of the guys that will run 1 of the series for points and the other for just something to do and make some money. Now that's just my observation though.

[Nasty55]

It didn't look to bad 88fan. I looked at the West Schedule and they have 30 races and only 2 of them are for 2k to win and 1 of them is a 2k and 3k weekend show at the same track. 16 races are 3k to win with several races at 5k or more. If I remember correctly MLRA and MARS don't overlap each other but a few times. So I am sure there are several of the guys that will run 1 of the series for points and the other for just something to do and make some money. Now that's just my observation though.

Hey Slm99 just a question beings you seem like your more knowledgable about this... Now who would this Serie's Move Benefit More? The guy's like Jackson Jr Jesse Stovall and those who do travel for the serie's or the guy's down thru the middle of this pack?


MARS 2016 STANDINGS

Pos No Driver Points Wins Best rank
1 56 Tony Jackson, Jr. 1542 14 1
2 77A Justin Asplin 1366 8 1
3 15L Payton Looney 1327 1 1
4 14R Jeff Roth 1250 1 1
5 26R Randy Roth 1116 0 4
6 00 Jesse Stovall 1074 16 1
7 75 Terry Phillips 769 9 1
8 5t Randy Timms 750 6 1
9 42M Brandon McCormick 619 1 1
10 28J Leroy Johnson 576 1 1
11 10 Jacob Magee 570 1 1
12 86 Kyle Beard 535 2 1
13 14L Brad Looney 508 0 2
14 32p Bobby Pierce 477 7 1
15 12C Scott Crigler 467 1 1
16 1V Will Vaught 459 6 1
17 7 Jason Hughes 407 4 1
18 24 Ryan Unzicker 405 3 1
19 28E Dennis Erb, Jr. 403 3 1
20 R5 Hunter Rasdon 396 1 1
21 17 Josh Hughes 378 3 1
22 3S Brian Shirley 377 3 1
23 98 Justin Wells 367 2 1
24 25f Jason Feger 348 2 1
25 18 Shannon Babb 347 0 2
26 10S Scott Schmitt 339 2 1
27 58e Dave Eckrich 339 1 1
28 04 Tad Pospisil 337 1 1
29 91p Jason Papich 325 1 1
30 21 Billy Moyer 322 7 1
31 94 Austin Rettig 314 0 2
32 19R Ryan Gustin 311 3 1
33 10W Cole Wells 311 0 2
34 33m Tim Manville 309 2 1
35 20s Rodney Sanders 292 3 1
36 02 Tommy Weder, Jr. 292 0 2
37 4W JC Wyman 290 0 2
38 5M Jon Mitchell 272 2 1
39 89 Mike Spatola 270 0 2
40 16A Austin Siebert 266 0 2
41 32s Chris Simpson 260 3 1
42 18 Jack Sullivan 251 2 1
43 96T Tanner English 250 2 1
44 4G Brantlee Gotschall 250 1 1
45 4g Bob Gardner 250 0 2
46 20 Dustin Mooneyham 249 1 1
47 15C Larry Campbell 244 0 2
48 36 Jason Redman 242 0 2
49 14B Kyle Berck 241 1 1
50 6M Wendell Wallace 237 3 1
51 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr 225 2 1
52 B12 Kevin Weaver 216 3 1
53 91 Rusty Schlenk 216 0 3
54 11g Gordy Gundaker 215 1 1
55 ZZ Sloppy Hog 214 0 2
56 88 Jon Driskill 212 0 2
57 15k Kolby Vandenbergh 205 1 1
58 7D Jake Davis 204 0 2
59 36 Logan Martin 200 1 1
60 7 Dalton Ragsdale 199 0 2
61 56R Jonathan Rowan 193 2 1
62 21b Rich Bell 188 0 2
63 66M Robbie Moore 187 2 1
64 9G Joseph Gorby 185 0 3
65 1A Bryon Allison 182 0 3
66 27 Stacy Taylor 179 1 1
67 29 Spencer Diercks 170 0 2
68 B1 Brent Larson 169 1 1
69 77b Adam Bowman 165 1 1
70 1B Matt Buller 164 0 4
71 93 Mason Oberkramer 154 0 3
72 27 Brandon Mitchell 154 0 5
73 3T John Turner 154 0 6
74 45DH Don Hammer 153 0 4
75 32B Brandon Ball 151 0 2
76 25s Chad Simpson 146 0 2
77 4p Jason Playter Jr 144 0 8
78 4 Cody Mahoney 142 1 1
79 77m Jay Morris 140 0 4
80 99M Cliff Morrow 140 0 6
81 16G Rusty Griffaw 138 0 2
82 33K Kaleb Stolba Jr. 137 0 3
83 28m Jimmy Mars 135 3 1
84 B5 Brandon Sheppard 135 1 1
85 4 Shannon Scott 131 1 1
86 212 Josh Putnam 128 1 1
87 8E Clayton Miller 127 0 2
88 2M Allen Murray 127 0 3
89 15b Brian Birkhofer 126 0 3
90 F1 Jeff Floyd 124 0 2
91 00W Brandon Wilson 124 0 2
92 6K Michael Kloos 121 1 1
93 6C Cale Osborn 121 0 4
94 D11 David Hennan 120 0 4
95 2M Carl Murphy 116 0 2
96 61A Caleb Ashby 115 0 4
97 83 Chuck Comer 115 0 4
98 75 Billy Drake 114 0 2
99 1 Joey Smith 112 0 4
100 20V Rece Vaught 112 0 4
101 99 Mike Mullen 111 1 1
102 28M Garrett Murrell 110 0 5
103 777 Jared Landers 109 1 1
104 186 Jeremy Payne 109 1 1
105 1G Devin Gilpin 109 0 2
106 14Z Zach McMillian 107 0 2
107 1P Earl Pearson, Jr 105 1 1
108 90 Bobby Prosise 105 0 4
109 33x Ricky Thornton Jr 103 1 1
110 74m Mitch McGrath 102 1 1
111 73 Ashely Newman 102 0 2
112 47 Chandler Petty 101 2 1
113 31 Jason Utter 101 0 3
114 99L Scott Lewis 100 0 2
115 81 Mark Harrison 99 0 3
116 15F Richard Frost 98 0 2
117 14M Morgan Bagley 95 1 1
118 13L Mitchell Lingauer 94 0 4
119 77L Gavin Landers 93 1 1
120 7DA Austin Theiss 93 0 2
121 12j Jason Jameson 92 0 4
122 15E Shane Essary 91 0 3
123 229 Damian Patocka 87 0 5
124 30 Mark Voigt 86 0 4
125 35 Derek Chandler 82 0 3
126 21jr Billy Moyer Jr. 82 0 4
127 7P David Payne 81 0 5
128 14M Dean Moore 79 0 4
129 J12 Jason Wagner 78 0 3
130 24L Bill Leighton, Jr. 77 0 4
131 27K Greg Kimmons 76 0 3
132 B1 Paul Wilmoth 76 0 3
133 15G Kylan Gardner 76 0 5
134 16H Mike Hammerle 76 0 5
135 1S Rick Salter 75 0 2
136 7b Mark Burgtorf 74 0 2
137 83 Scott Bull 73 0 2
138 53 Andrew Kosiski 73 0 2
139 99N Nate Jantz 73 0 3
140 52 Dillon Rupe 73 0 4
141 23v Ryan Vanderveen 73 0 5
142 6 Jeffrey Massingill 72 0 2
143 39 Tim McCreadie 72 0 3
144 15W Mike Wiarda 72 0 3
145 26 Kenneth Cox 70 0 5
146 Z Joe Harlan 70 0 5
147 7T Steve Thorsten 70 0 5
148 16A Steven Ashby 70 0 6
149 30 Don Cloyd 70 0 6
150 9F Daniel Flessner 70 0 6
151 16H Alex Humphrey 70 0 6
152 0 Mark Rose 70 0 6
153 88 Alan Stipp 70 0 6
154 14J John Baker 70 0 7
155 40 Joel Callahan 70 0 7
156 5H Jeff Hartzell 70 0 7
157 33 Billy Hough 70 0 7
158 93 Jay Johnson 70 0 7
159 R1 Randy Manos 70 0 7
160 15M Jimmy Miller 70 0 7
161 31 Ray Pea(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) 70 0 7
162 30 Mike Glass(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) 70 0 8
163 1g Greg Gokey 70 0 8
164 782 Mark Lawson 70 0 8
165 112 Tyler Smith 70 0 8
166 610 Blaine Hendrick 70 0 9
167 15k Justin Kay 69 0 2
168 51 Matt Furman 65 0 2
169 58g Ray Guss Jr 53 0 4
170 82 Billy Lay(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) 53 0 7
171 86Z Danny Zimmerman 51 0 2
172 51 Larry Ferris 51 0 4
173 33 Paul Glendenning 51 0 8
174 11H Jeff Herzog 48 1 1
175 56M Raymond Merrill 47 0 2
176 118 Brandon Wilson 47 0 3
177 3P Sterling Perkins 47 0 5
178 60 Kip Hughes 44 0 2
179 17 Jim Shereck 44 0 2
180 1m Rob Moss 44 0 4
181 11D Brian Diveley 43 0 4
182 18J Chase Junghans 42 1 1
183 2P RD Peterson 42 0 3
184 6 Jay Chenoweth 42 0 6
185 7 Ken Rumble 42 0 7
186 8S Jon Sheets 41 0 3
187 98R Jason Rauen 41 0 11
188 7K Jason Krohn 40 0 3
189 25m Myles Moos 40 0 3
190 82B Roger Brickler 40 0 5
191 1st Justin Reed 39 0 3
192 2H John Hampel 39 0 9
193 115 Brandon Smith 38 0 2
194 98S Ben Schaller 38 0 3
195 99J Larry Jones 38 0 5
196 9Z Lyle Zanker 38 0 6
197 17M Robert Baker 37 0 4
198 32B Clay Daly 37 0 5
199 81 Mike Stadel 37 0 7
200 10X Jim Black 37 0 10
201 9G Larry Greer 35 0 5
202 7J Ryan Johnson 35 0 5
203 79 Nick Kurtz 35 0 5
204 64 Jay Sale 35 0 5
205 14W Dustin Walker 35 0 5
206 3C Cody Conner 35 0 6
207 10C Junior Coover 35 0 6
208 21D Mark Daye 35 0 6
209 22 Chris (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) 35 0 6
210 20g Dustin Griffin 35 0 6
211 91 Eddie Martin 35 0 6
212 1m Mike Mataragas 35 0 6
213 3b Brad Stewart 35 0 6
214 23 Charley Tuggle 35 0 6
215 69 George Upton 35 0 6
216 1A Levi Ashby 35 0 7
217 54JR Larry Barber 35 0 7
218 84 Sam Halstead 35 0 7
219 74H Tim Han(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) 35 0 7
220 33H Roben Huffman 35 0 7
221 73 Chad Jensen 35 0 7
222 00C Clay Julian 35 0 7
223 3C Charles LaPlant 35 0 7
224 88M Jeremy Manes 35 0 7
225 25P Jose Parga 35 0 7
226 49 Wylan Petrie 35 0 7
227 55 Bobby Skinner 35 0 7
228 35 Claude Walker 35 0 7
229 42W McKay Wenger 35 0 7
230 Z23 Shawn Ziemer 35 0 7
231 39 Scott Eaton 35 0 8
232 15F Chris Fetter 35 0 8
233 45 Marvin Forrest 35 0 8
234 12 Jeff LeSage 35 0 8
235 32M Cody Maguire 35 0 8
236 4P Josh Poe 35 0 8
237 9 Eric Smith 35 0 8
238 74 Russ Adams 35 0 9
239 3C Mike Collins 35 0 9
240 55X Curt Drake 35 0 9
241 44 Brandon Hogenson 35 0 9
242 10K Daryn Klein 35 0 9
243 11 Roger Markham 35 0 9
244 23 Paul Roider 35 0 9
245 51 Leas Seabert 35 0 9
246 7 Jay Sparks 35 0 9
247 14 Glen Thompson 35 0 9
248 D2 Snooky Dehm 35 0 10
249 45DG Doug Hammer 35 0 10
250 95 Andrew Johns 35 0 10
251 28 Charlie Olson 35 0 10
252 16 Bo Brockway 35 0 11
253 13 Terry Starks 35 0 11
254 50e Denny Eckrich 0 0 0

[calverton]

Their schedule is pretty close to what it's always been i know the entry fee is something the local teams don't like

[westlingracing]

Maybe the new owners wI'll drop the fee? When I would ask Mooneyham why they had it it was because some of the teams said it's a guaranteed tax write off. Basically the shows are 200 to start and not 300 he said. Lol

[slmcrewchief99]

The few series regulars will run whatever and wherever just like always Nasty55. There will be a select few of those you listed that run it all no matter "West" or "East". I would say the guys that aren't able to travel a long ways or aren't financially able to travel, they will benefit the most. It's going to give those guys more chances to race for some special events at their home track or multiple tracks they go to. I'm looking forward to seeing the "East" schedule. If it's done right and the 2 schedules don't overlap, heck a guy like Stovall, Jackson, or Phillips can run both and walk away with 2 titles.
I think it's a big win for everyone in that region. We all know that a few tracks have slowly got away from Supers on a weekly basis in some areas. This may help some of those local racers that lost their home track get a chance at extra money as well as the tracks to boost their fan count for a special event. It can also help some tracks have some special events for Supers that never run Supers. Any time we can run with a "Sanctioned Series" we know we have guaranteed pay as well as have series officials make all the calls for tech and calls on the track. We have found it's WAY easier to go to the series officials than going to the track owner if a problem comes up. I know there is always a downside to a Series (entry fee for instance) but I would say overall it's a benefit for the racers and for the tracks.