The second season of the Philips Cup Series was hosted by Robbert Pieete on his original YouTube channel, TheBob0312, as well as on his DASCAR channel, Tasmandutch. It began with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on August 1, 2012 and concluded with the Final Countdown 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 7, 2012. Tessa Sato-Jackson won the driver's championship.
# Criss replaced Chris Akin (who was penalized) at the Abercrombie & Fitch 499.
Driver Changes[]
Mason Wood, Jacey Criss, Austin Talley, Steven Busch, Connor McJackson, Aaron Williams, Johanna Darcy, Jason Phillips, Logan Crisp, Jason McOwdof, Christopher Martin, Adam Jones, Brody Talley, and Chase Normile enter the series as rookies.
Deon Scott, Jackson Braun, Jon Pilat, Ken Johnson, Carter Keselowski, Austin Nay, Daniel Blanco, Brendan Aumann, Garrett Jones, Tyler Brown, James Qualls, Dave Henson, and Robbert Pieete did not return for Season 2 competition.
All other drivers swapped rides, with the exception of Trevor Holt, Jarrett Stymest, Joseph Onesto, Chris Atkin, Elizabeth Ross, Nick Kaswits, Sam Brady, Michael Schad, and Keith Batson.
Race Schedule[]
The race schedule consisted of 15 races. Darington lost a race slot, bumping the Martinsville and California up a week. A race at Phoenix fills the hole, and the Infineon race went to New Hampshire instead, leaving Watkins Glen as the only road course race.
Race #
Track
Venue
Pole Sitter
Race Winner
1
Daytona Int'l Speedway
Daytona 500
Eline Suijten
Chris Summers
2
Bristol Motor Speedway
Pringles 500
Austin Talley*
Jarrett Stymest
3
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Brickyard 400
Eline Suijten
Shawn Howell
4
New Hampshire Speedway
Tanner Dube 300
Zachary Robinson
Marshall Ritch
5
Michigan Speedway
McAfee 400
Mason Wood
Johanna Darcy*
6
Dover Speedway
Michael Jackson 400
Ray Castor
Ray Castor
7
Coca-Cola Superspeedway
Nokia 500
Austin Talley*
Chris Summers
8
Martinsville Speedway
Jumbo 500
Tessa Sato-Jackson
Tessa Sato-Jackson
9
California Speedway
Apple 500
Alex Jones
Tessa Sato-Jackson
10
Phoenix Int'l Speedway
Stratocaster 500
Chase Normile*
Shawn Howell
11
Richmond Int'l Speedway
Media Markt 400
Sam Brady
Tessa Sato-Jackson
12
Texas Motor Speedway
Guns n' Roses 500
Mason Wood*
Inge Lamboliana
13
Watkins Glen
Nigahiga 350
Eline Suijten
Tessa Sato-Jackson
14
Talladega Superspeedway
Abercrombie & Fitch 499
Jacey Criss
Colin Cropley
15
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Final Countdown 600
Greg Berkowitz
Chase Normile*
Trivia[]
Tessa Sato-Jackson won the most races during the season, with four victories.
Eline Suijten got the most pole position during the season, with three.
Despite racing in Season 1, Michael Schad ran for rookie of the year, due to only running four races the year prior.
Jacey Criss performed the odd feat of winning the pole in his first attempt as a replacement driver for the penalized Chris Akin.