ARCSOA CEO Stephanie Tilton announced the testing schedule for Season 19. However the testing deadline is much earlier then previous seasons. Discover Ohio team owner Kenny Myatt stated, "We ran a prototype car twice last season, and we don't think we will make the January 11th first test. We will be close to making it, I'll just say that." Eric Grant, the team principal of Cathenix had similar things to say. However he added, "It isn't a simple matter of the smaller teams not making the deadline because of funding, it is just a huge time crunch. The majority of teams aren't ready yet. I can not believe we have 4 teams ready to test here a few days prior to New Years." The 4 teams that Grant mentioned were, Auricom, Porsche, S3, and Carolina American Ranmo.
The testing session will take place at Homestead Miami Speedway, the Road Course test in on January 11th and the Road Course test is scheduled for January 12th.