2023 ARCA Hoosier Pro Late Model Division West Tour

2022 ARCA Hoosier Pro Late Model Division, West Tour	2022 ARCA Hoosier Pro Late Model Division, West Tour
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The 2023 ARCA Hoosier Pro Late Model Division, West Tour is the upcoming debut season of the ARCA Hoosier Pro Late Model Division's Northwest Series and Southwest Series, two regional late model racing series sanctioned by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The combined tour is scheduled to begin on February 5 with the Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and conclude on September 17 with the championship race at Evergreen Speedway. Kern County Raceway Park will bookend the Southwest Series, hosting the season opening Winter Showdown on March 20 and the season finale October Classic on October 23. Similarly, the Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval will bookend the Northwest Series, hosting the season opening Leonard Evans 150 on April 25 and the season finale Neal Newberry 125 on September 25.
Teams and drivers
*Driver line-up is expected to be revealed closer to the start of the season.
ScheduleThe schedule for the 2023 season was released on September 22, 2023. The Northwest and Southwest Series will combine for three points paying races, down from six combination races in 2022. Each series will also contest a nine-race season with champion's night scheduled for October 1 at Tri-City Raceway (Northwest Series) and October 15 at Kern County Raceway Park (Southwest Series).
Key 	Key
 	West Tour combination race
Bold	Non-points race
No. 	Race title 	Track 	Date
Northwest Series	Northwest Series 	Northwest Series 	Northwest Series
1 	$25K to Win All-Star Showdown 	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Short Track (Los Angeles, CA)	Feb 5
2 	Apple Cup 125 	Tri-City Raceway (West Richland, WA) 	Apr 2
3 	Leonard Evans 150 	Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval (Wenatchee, WA) 	Apr 22
4 	Stateline 125 	Stateline Speedway Stadium (Stateline, ID) 	May 20
5 	Portland 80K 	Portland International Raceway (Portland, OR) 	Jun 2
6 	Hermiston 125 	Hermiston Raceway (Hermiston, OR) 	Jun 17
7 	Desert Star 80 	Tri-City Raceway (West Richland, WA) 	Jul 8
8 	Idaho 208 	Meridian Speedway (Meridian, ID) 	Aug 19
9 	Atomic 125 	Hermiston Raceway (Hermiston, OR) 	Sept 3
10 	Neal Newberry 125 	Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval (Wenatchee, WA) 	Sept 16
11 	Fall Classic 125 	Tri-City Raceway (West Richland, WA) 	Oct 1
12 	TBA 	The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Paradise, NV) 	Nov 19
Southwest Series	Southwest Series 	Southwest Series 	Southwest Series
1 	$25K to Win All-Star Showdown 	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Short Track (Los Angeles, CA)	Feb 5
2 	Star Nursery 125 	The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Paradise, NV) 	Mar 4
3 	Winter Showdown 150 	Kern County Raceway Park (Bakersfield, CA) 	Apr 2
4 	JM Environmental Heatseeker 125 	Tucson Speedway (Tucson, AZ) 	Apr 15
5 	RJ Allen Inc. 112 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse	Irwindale Speedway (Irwindale, CA) 	May 20
6 	Portland 80K 	Portland International Raceway (Portland, OR) 	Jun 2
7 	JM Environmental Get It Hot 75 	Kern County Raceway Park (Bakersfield, CA) 	Jun 17
8 	Senneker Performance 125 	Stockton 99 Speedway (Stockton, CA) 	Jul 15
9 	TBA 	Colorado National Speedway (Dacono, CO) 	Aug 12
10 	Toyota Champions 100 	Irwindale Speedway (Irwindale, CA) 	Sept 16
11 	34th Annual October Classic presented by Bulwark FR 	Kern County Raceway Park (Bakersfield, CA) 	Oct 15
12 	TBA 	The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Paradise, NV) 	Nov 19
Rules and regulationsQualifying procedures
*The fastest 20 cars in qualifications are automatically transferred to main event and will be lined up with fastest eight starting inverted.
*Positions 21-24 go to the winners and runner-ups of the two heat races.
*If a track has the ability to start more than 24 cars this procedure will be determined prior to arriving at the event by ARCA and the promoter and will be posted on the events schedule.
Points
*There are two active championships for each series: the division championship and regional championship. Both series compete in separate championship seasons to determine the winner of their "division." The combined tour exists as a separate championship.
*Points are allotted the same for combined races and series races.
#50 pts
#48 pts
#46 pts
#44 pts
#43 pts
#42 pts
#41 pts
#and so on...
*no points for heat races
*Any tie in the final points will be broke by the highest number of wins in that season, if still tied highest number of second place finishes and so on until the tie is broken.
*All points go to the driver only
Purse
#5,000
#3,000
#2,500
#1,500
#1,000
#850
#800
#750
#650
#625
#600
#575
#525
#500
#400 (and on)