2011 AARL One Season Eight

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AARL Two 2011 Season

Prospect, Present, Past All Star Race

The 2011 season was the eight American Autosport Racing League One Season.

Borland Racing won their first championship, the first time in history a team other than Sacks Enterprises would win the championship. Julee Merrick would be the driver to win it, over a trio of Sacks Enterprises drivers, with Doug DeHart finishing second in the point standings. Out of the Borland Racing drivers, they would combine to win combining to win five races on the season.

Out of eight rookies (six opted out) in the field, Dylan Borland would win the Rookie of the Year award over Zhou Zhu, with Borland driving, of course for his grandfather's team, Borland Racing. It was Dylan's first full time season in any AARL season, as he had just turned 18, previously competing part time in AARL 2 in 2010. Also, during the 2011 season he ran the full AARL Two schedule, finishing an underwhelming sixth.

The Most Popular Driver Award was won by Julee Merrick, for the third year in a row.

## Teams and Drivers

AARL 2 Drivers
 Dodge

### Driver Changes

Mickey Coogan would leave PPI Autosport, replacing Doug Pemberton Island Motorsports.

Doug Pemberton filled in Mickey Coogan's seat at PPI Autosport after Coogan left for Island Motorsports to replace Pemberton.

Rookie Zhou Zhu joined Mast Family Racing, after Ray Pyne was not resigned.

Ray Pyne was not resigned by Mast Family Racing, joining Island Motorsports, replacing Leo Goodman who had left for HYT Racing.

Leo Goodman joined HYT Racing, after Peter Zipadelli retired.

Dylan Borland would join his families AARL One team, with Elle Webb moving to alliance member Peak Motorsports.

After Elle Webb was slid into his seat, Andy Raines would race a full schedule split across Peak Motorsports and Borland Racing.

Rookies Kenny Kierkendorf and Matt Moon would drive part time for Borland Racing, driving full time in AARL 2.

Rookie Emily Moore would drive part time for Sacks Enterprises while driving full time in AARL 2.

Kenny Kierkendorf would win the AARL 2 race at Pike's Peak, therefore would drive for Dodge Development at Pike's Peak.

### Team Changes

Peak Motorsports created their fourth team, the 14, to run part time.

Sacks Enterprises created their fifth car, the 64 to run for two races.

## Rookie of the Year

Out of eight rookies on the field, only two made themselves elegible for the 2011 Rookie Of The Year award, with Dylan Borland easily winning over Zhou Zhu, with one of the biggest point gaps in that point in history.

Rookie Points System (Unchanged) - The highest finishing rookie in a race earns ten points, the second nine and so on.

They score points in their three best races each half of the season, and one extra race.

If a rookie wins a race, they earn ten bonus points, if they finish second nine and so on.

The rookie highest in the championship standings at season's end earns ten bonus points, second place earns nine and so on.

At the start of the season, if a rookie has not raced seven AARL One races in their career, they may opt out of earning Rookie of the Year points, and be applicable the next year. If at any point in a season they would race their seventh race, their egibility for next year would be revoked, but they would be eligible for the current year.

If a rookie only raced for their manufacturer's team, after winning an AARL 2 race, they would not be eligble for rookie of the year, and any races they race will not count to the rookie cap of six or less races to be able to opt out of the rookie point standings.