All Star Circuit of Champions
Series Information
The big story in 2006 was rain. Eleven rain outs plagued the All Star schedule. In addition to a very wet season, the newly formed National Sprint Tour caused turmoil in the 410 sprint car world splitting the World of Outlaws group into two sanctions. The All Stars aligned with the World of Outlaws and teamed up for several co-sanctioned events throughout the season. In the end it was Greg Wilson who wore the crown as he captured his first championship. Chad Blonde was the All Star Rookie of the Year.
2007 was one of the most exciting seasons in All Star history as Greg Wilson repeated as Champion, edging out Danny Smith by just 2 points on the final night of the season. Smith, however, would win the owner's points championship due to an incident during Ohio Speedweek where Wilson was forced to race a team backup car. Brian Paulus won Rookie of the Year and also finished third in season points.
The 2008 points battle came down to a one race shoot out for Dale Blaney and Lance Dewease. During that final race Blaney knew he had to go out and win and he did just that, collecting his 68th career victory and third All Star Circuit of Champions title. The Rookie of the Year championship was also a close battle, but Ryan Myers eked past Lee Stark in the final event to take the crown by a scant two points.
THE ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS
The FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing.
Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. After a 10 year stint as owner of the All Stars, Miller passed control of the series to Bert Emick in 1980; a reign that would continue through 2002. Guy Webb then purchased the series from Emick in the summer of 2002 and served as the series President for the next 12 years.
Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015. Stewart and his team look forward to building on the All Star Series impressive legacy by taking it to a new level of success and sustainability.