Season 24 Silly Season

OOC: I didn't like how it was going. So I decided to start it again.

Working on new stuff

Season 24 Schedule:

Scott Roush is out of a ride and has announced he  will only go to BFM, CJR, or Silverspeed if he will stay in AES. If not, he has his heart elsewhere, in endurance racing over in Europe.
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Team Flame Racing will go over to Dodge after a very angry Alan Jobe tore up his BMW contract over in Munich, right in front of BMW's top Executives. TFR was originally going to Alfa, but because of the manufacturer thing in place, TFR will take the next Dodge spot to stay in the FCA banner

Jake Moss will be starting up a team called BJ Racing that will run under the Seiba banner. Ćićoria Šatska will run in one of the cars, if so allowed, and the other will be TBA. The numbers will be 79 and 43, and sponsors of Cheerios and OLINA Sports Network. They would prefer to sign international drivers as part of their Going Global campaign.

Zachary Fitzwater the Aussie Veteran has decided to comeback and Race full-time in S24

Zaedin Davidson Will be looking for a ride for next season.

Alexander Rowe is looking for a ride for next season.

Finguy-Psytomi Motorsports will remove their group from the grid for the soul reason of Ford not in the grid. The decision to leave was previously stated, as well as Kyle Shock Jr. related to the Finguy-Psytomi Family will leave with them.

After re-evaluating both the condition of the series and the condition of their team, Team Flame Racing has closed the AES section of the shop, and has taken their money and time somewhere else, Alan Jobe was quoted saying that "the series is falling apart, it will take a lot to win me back into the bidding for a team" and that "we can be better somewhere else".

Arndt: I would love to continue forward with FPM going into S24, but that sadly isn't the plan without Ford on the manufacturer list. I would like to thank Mr. Finguy for having such faith in me, even through all of the bad races I was having. There were so many times that I was ready to hang it up and he kept me in the ride. Hopefully, we can end the season on a good note.

Moving forward, I expect good things from Silverspeed. But it's also important to note that I'm at a point in my career where another bad season could spell the end of my career as I am getting more and more annoyed by the fact that there are so many problems here that need to be fixed, but it just doesn't seem to happen. But I am still holding onto hope that everything can turn around

After a bit of deciding, Vance Caldwell has announced that he will stay for Season 24. Any news on if he will stay after that is unknown.

Former AES champion to start AES team; Will run one more full time season

After finishing runner up in the season 23 American 700, season 11 AES champion Ryan Griffin apparently has caught the bug to return to the AES for one more season. The 39 year old Michigan made the announcement today that will run one more full time season before turning his attention to being a full time owner.

Griffin has stated he would like to run the #17 if available (the number he won his title with), but would consider the numbers 35 and 51 as backups. He also stated that his team will be called Great Lakes Motorsports and would to run Dodges. The car number for the other entry has yet to be determined. Sponsorship for both entries will announced at a later date.

Griffin also added the team is seeking a driver for their 2nd entry and anyone interested should contact the team via their website glmaes.com (OOC: pm me here or on discord).

Bobby Jones announces retirement from AES at the end of Season 23. Plans to do Open Wheel Racing.

Rookie Bobby Jones is calling it quits from AES at the end of Season 23 as he is frustrated with the quality of engines that D&C uses. DNF'S and bad finishes has made Jones lose motivation in competing in AES and that he decided that his best chance of showing off his talent will be in the likes of open wheel racing. Bobby says that he may rethink leaving AES if there is a good team that would hire him, but the chances of that is very slim and he doesn't want a repeat of the same situation that he is currently in.

Kyle Basaglia unsure about return to the AES

After an up and down season with Xios Honda, Kyle Basaglia is still very unknown on if he will return to the series. He states, "The reliability of the Xios Honda really got on my nerves, If I were to return, it would not be with Honda." Information about Basaglia's career moving forward will be updated with time.

William Brock is looking for a ride.

ViperTech Makes Deal With Dodge
ViperTech has finally made a push to stay in the AES for another season. Although there have been disputes in the past between Aston Martin & Dodge, the team has found some way to make a deal with Dodge as their manufacture for Season 24.

Along with that,
Former AES Driver Roman Rehall will return to racing with Vipertech in the #22 Dodge.
The team is also looking at options, considering Brock & Rowe as the final driver.


ViperTech - Dodge
#21 - Roman Rehall
#22 - Rowe? Brock?

Alex Allen officially will retire from full time racing after Season 23

After rumors started swirling after last season, Alex Allen has officially announced his retirement after this season. he says of this "I feel like it is time for me to walk away, I retire after this season with my head held high. I hope to become a driver coach or to help in any capacity with any team."

OOC: Scrap everything you have been working on up to this point. I am redoing the system again in order to make everyone else happier. 

-Teams are NO LONGER restricted to 2 full time cars. However, there is a 4 car maximum per team. 
-Manufactures have opened up again. However, no manufacture can be used twice. 
-There will be a reasonable cap on full time cars. I might keep it at 36, but I could raise it to 42 depending on if any teams are leaving. (If I go above 36, I may do a pre-qualifying system similar to F1 in the early 90's, and restrict grid sizes to 36) 
-Schedule has been updated again. It's a tad bit more ambiguous though. 
-I am interested in seeing custom manufactures coming into the series. So if you would like to run a custom manufacture. Please PM me. (You are responsible for painting it though)

F&S Marlone to scale down to 1 full-time car.
No word on driver or sponsorship other than continuing to be backed by Marlone Motors.

Vincent Allen wants to stay with Red Bull, but is unsure of future as of now.

Vincent Allen is in a sort of hard place as of now. The two time American 700 champion has had one of his worse seasons of his career, being mired down in 40th in points with only one top 5 finish in 15 races this year. Vincent has been with Red Bull for many seasons, and wishes to stay but has not been reached out to about a contract extension, and has doubts about his place at the team. But he is ready for whatever happens.

Jeff Davis: We are staying with Volkswagen with Freeze and Monaco in their respective 05 and 24 rides. We are slightly thinking of doing a part-time car, but that is to be determined if we do it.

John Arndt: Excited for next season at Silverspeed. Expecting great things.

CJ Racing Increases to a 4-Car Team, Will Continue to Run Chevy's for S24

After it was announced earlier today by AES Officials that teams were allowed to run up to 4 cars next season, the questions began to roll in on who would be the first team to grow to the limit. Well, it didn't take long, as CJ Racing has announced that they will be running a 4-car team next season, continuing to run under the Chevy banner. They have already locked in contracts with Dornan Bouchard and Eitisham Phadkar, but are now going to be looking for 2 more drivers to fill their S24 roster.

CJ Racing's S24 AES Roster Lineup
#8- Etisham Phadkar(Ufone)
#15- TBA(???)
#25- Scott Roush(Folgers)
#88- Dornan Bouchard(A&W)

Aidan Shepherd, one of the quietest drivers on the grid is looking for a ride. He has not been fond of the performance of the engines and handling in the Xios Honda team vehicles. He is looking out there for a better ride, but is completely open to any option. Aidan states "I need a car that can last a race and win, and Xios Honda just wasn't enough for me."

CJ Racing Signs Scott Roush for Season 24

CJ Racing has announced that Scott Roush will be driving the #25 Folgers Chevy for S24. It's been a wild 360 for both CJ Racing and Roush, as the Alabama native was originally going to drive for the team in S22, before cancelling his contract and driving for Porsche instead. CJ Racing's CEO David Levin calls this signing, "An important moment for both us(CJ Racing) and Roush," adding that: "We are glad to finally be able to close that chapter, and are excited to see what S24 will hold."

Team Chart

Xios Honda

1- Madeline Myatt- Cedar Fair Parks
11- Grayson Acevedo- Cooper Tires
31- Treck Tauger- AT&T


Fuel Bros Racing- Toyota

9- Kenny Myatt- Interstate/Bowling Green
18- Noah Hart- Dairy Queen?


CJ Racing- Cheverolet
8- Etisham Phadkar- Ufone
15- D.J. Kurtis- Bass Pro Shops
25- Scott Roush- Folgers
88- Dornan Bouchard- A&W


Dominier & Caraway- Mercedes

2- William Brock- Shell
3- Bobby Jones- Orange
4- Zaedin Davidson- Crown Royal
6- Aidan Shepherd- CSX 

Mentervini- Some old Durbinsport car from Season 16 or something

77- Marien Schalrotte- Probably underfunded
78- Zsolt Dormitory- Probably underfunded

Team Reddit Davis- VW

05- Vince Freeze- Reddit
5- Roman Rehall- Reddit
24- Eric Monaco- Reddit
 

F&S Marlone

16- Vance Caldwell- Rab-O-Tech

Silverspeed- Dodge

82- Nick Pericles- FOX News
83- John Arndt- Zaxby's 
84- Beka Moss- MasterCard 

Great Lakes Motorsports- TBA

17- Ryan Griffin- ??
35- Kyle Basaglia- ??

Blue Flare Motorsports- Lexus

41- Chris Dodd- ??
51- Alex Allen- ??
81- Sean Angel- ??



Team NOPEA Finland

#37 - Jake Baskinger
#73 - Moshe Gurion

Action Terra- Nissan GT-R

80- Benjamin Dover (R)- UPS

Red Viper- Aston Martin

21- Tayil Wallach (R)- Axalta
22- Chase Dunbar (R)- Arris

KR Subaru

19- Christian Van Der Pesch- ??
48- Cody Llamas- Lowes

Pirtek Racing- Holden
59- Zachary Fitzwater- Pirtek
60- Jack Hallec (R)- Pirtek

Team Flame Racing has decided to come back with support from Ford, TFR bought FPM's AES Facilities and equipment after they left the series

TFR will be a one car team

Team Flame Racing (Ford)
26- ???