The following is a timeline of major events that happened during the split between the All Star Circuit of Champions and the Renegade Sprint Car Series:
- May 7th, 2014: ย Jeremy Elliott from the Patriot Newsย writesย a story on how Pennsylvania car owner Mike Heffner over not being paid his point money by the All Stars.
- June 24th, 2014: Wayne County Speedway’s Ohio Sprint Speedweek date was postponed after a rain delay with more rain shown on the way. Multiple teams were were unhappy with how the situation was handled. ย Rumors of a rival series begin to surface.
- July 30th, 2014: ย New series is officially formed under the name Renagade Sprint Car Series. ย First race booked for August 24th at Atomic Speedway during the Freedom 40.
- August 23rd, 2014: ย Randy Hannagan wins the first Renegade Sprint Car event during the Freedom 40 at Atomic Speedway.
- November 13, 2014: ย Frankie Kerr announced as competition director, then Renegade’s quickly retract the release and Kerr is named a consultant due to a misunderstanding.
- December 8th, 2014: ย Wayne County Speedway books Renegade Sprint Car Series events and announces they will hold a non-sanctioned event in place of where their traditional Speedweek event is held. ย Track indicates they wanted to book both series, but were threatened with having their Speedweek date pulled if they did so.
- December 11th, 2014: ย All Star Circuit of Champions schedule released earlier than it has been in years.
- December 16th, 2014: ย Len Sammons runs a story in Area Auto Racing News with Guy Webb making disparaging comments about several of the Renegade Seires veteran drivers. ย Reaction is largely negative.
- December 29th, 2014: ย Dale Blaney send out this scathing tweet. ย “The ship is sinking ย #imnotgoingdownwithit”. ย Blaney had been a stanch All Star series supporter and arguably its biggest star. ย The All Stars and Guy Webb also put out a retraction of the statements made in the AARN story.
- January 2, 2015: ย Attica Raceway Park switches shows that were All Star sanctioned over to the Renegade Series.
- January 8, 2015: ย Renegade Sprint Car Series announce 2015 schedule.
- January 28, 2015: ย Tony Stewart’s purchase of the All Stars and merger of the Renegade Racing Series is made official.