Sprint Car End of Year Awards
 

I am interested to hear what everyone might have to say about this. Please, pick only one person per category, but don't be afraid to add your reasoning behind that choice. Remember, this is for sprint cars only, so keep midget and winged sprint car accomplishments out of the equation. Thanks!

Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances:

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year:

Media Member of the Year:

Team of the Year:

Promoter of the Year:

Rookie of the Year:

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
 

Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon:
I am interested to hear what everyone might have to say about this. Please, pick only one person per category, but don't be afraid to add your reasoning behind that choice. Remember, this is for sprint cars only, so keep midget and winged sprint car accomplishments out of the equation. Thanks!

Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances:
Hunter!!

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year:


Media Member of the Year:
Danny Burton
Team of the Year:
HAR

Promoter of the Year:
DHK (saved Terre Haute)
Rookie of the Year:
Jessie Cramer
Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Coons
Darland
Sweet
Whitt
Hunter
Levi
Stanbrough
Hockett
Ballou
Bland
T Hines
Gaines
Hagen
Short
Weir

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC

Media Member of the Year: Bill gardner IndianaOpenWheel.com

Team of the Year: HAR

Promoter of the Year: THAT

Rookie of the Year: Cramer

Rank the top fifteen sprint car drivers of the year

Coons
Hockett
Stanbrough
Darland
Hunter

Whitt
Sweet
Hagen
Bland
Puterbaugh

Tracy Hines
Swindell
Boat
Gaines
Cottle

Worst Season Clayton

:dologob:

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter Schuerenburg

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: Claxton

Media Member of the Year: Kyle Hendershot for the local updates

Team of the Year:The Hoffmans for taking home their 9th USAC national title

Promoter of the Year: Dave Rudisel even though the Burg opened late and things were a little rough at first, by the end of the season almost all was forgotten.

Rookie of the Year: (Not sure if he is classified as a rookie) Chad Boesplug

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Outstanding/exciting= Schuerenburg
Media= Kyle, Don and everyone at http://www.talk2drivers.com/
Team= Hoffmans
Promoter= the Helfrich's and everyone at Haubstadt, perfect track all year
Rookie= Ricky Williams, he won the MSCS rookie of the year

Other people that had a great year in no particular order are Hud Cone, Kyle Cummins, Ballou, Short, Bland, Coons, Darland, Stanbrough, Cottle, Levi and Memmer.

Most improved= Boat

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter Schurenberg, with Brad Sweet a close second.

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC

Media Member of the Year: Kevin Eckert

Team of the Year: HAR

Promoter of the Year: DHK, definitely. Rudisell would have given them a run for their money if not for the late start.

Rookie of the Year: Jesse Cramer

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Coons
Darland
Hockett
Schurenberg
Whitt
Bland
Levi Jones
Ballou
Tony Jones
Sweet
Puterbaugh
Gaines
Cottle
Hagen
Swindell

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Darland (Kokomo, Eldora Silver Crown)

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: Maxim (Oval Nationals, Western, Oskaloosa)

Media Member of the Year: Eckert

Team of the Year: Hoffman

Promoter of the Year: DHK

Rookie of the Year: Boat (USAC National Sprint Car ROY)

Rank the top fifteen sprint car drivers of the year

Swindell
Coons
Hockett
Stanbrough
Darland
Boat
Hunter
Whitt
Sweet
Hagen
Bacon
Hines
Cottle
Demon
Tony Jones

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hockett

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: Spike

Media Member of the Year: Danny Burton

Team of the Year: HAR !

Rookie of the Year: Boat

Rank the top fifteen sprint car drivers of the year:
Alphabetic order:
Bacon
Ballou
Coons
Cottle
Darland
Gardner
Hagen
Hines
Hockett
Jones
Schuerenberg
Stanbrough
Sweet
Whitt
Windom

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter Schuerenberg

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC

Media Member of the Year: KO

Team of the Year: Hoffman

Promoter of the Year: Jiggs

Rookie of the Year: Boat

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Jerry Coons Jr
Dave Darland
Jesse Hockett
Brad Sweet
Kevin Swindell
Robert Ballou
Cole Whitt
Jon Stanbrough
Tony Jones
Billy Puterbaugh Jr
Casey Shuman
Jeremy Sherman
Hunter Schuerenberg
Levi Jones
Bobby East

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: DD at Kokomo in his dads memorial

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC

Media Member of the Year: Kevin Eckert

Team of the Year: Hoffman

Promoter of the Year: Dave Rudisell

Rookie of the Year: Boat

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Jerry Coons Jr
Dave Darland
Jesse Hockett
Brad Sweet
Shane Cottle
Kevin Swindell
Robert Ballou
Cole Whitt
Jon Stanbrough
Tony Jones
Billy Puterbaugh Jr
Casey Shuman
Hunter Schuerenberg
Levi Jones
Damion Gardner

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter at the Memorial Day weekend race at Haubstadt. Came from the C to third in the A. Gotta mention DC's run at the Hulman Classic. His hellacious run in the B to nip Weir at the line for the last transfer then what looked like a possible win from 17th only to nearly spinout twice and finish 4th.

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC

Media Member of the Year: Sleaze

Team of the Year: HAR

Promoter of the Year: Tom Helfrich

Rookie of the Year: Chad Boat

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year:

Dave Darland
Jerry Coons Jr.
Jon Stanbrough
Hunter Schuerenberg
Levi Jones
Tracy Hines
Cole Whitt
Robert Ballou
Brady Short
Jeff Bland Jr.
Damion Gardner
Brad Sweet
Shane Cottle
Jesse Hockett
Tony Jones

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Hey guys, Chad Boat isn't a rookie!! He's been running sprint cars for a few years now. He was a rookie with USAC, but this is for sprint cars in general.
If you would like to add in a different rookie pick, feel free...

I think I would have picked Nic Faas for sprint car rookie of the year.

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Dave Darland at the 4 or was it 3-Crown was almost Hewitt like (Hey, I said almost.). In a photo finish with Hunter.

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: I wouldn't have a valid idea.

Media Member of the Year: Danny Burton in a landslide.

Team of the Year: HAR

Promoter of the Year: Dave Rudisell. I have no choice if I want to keep my Section "A" perch. "Bozo" or not, he's still the BOSS. :O:

Rookie of the Year: Logan Hupp

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year.

Jerry Coons, Jr.
Dave Darland
Hunter Scheurenberg
Brady Short
Jeff Bland, Jr.

Brady Bacon
Shane Cottle
Tracy Hines
Cole Whitt
Chris Windom

Jon Stanbrough
Levi Jones
Darren Hagen
Brad Sweet
Brett Burdette

My picks based entirely upon racing I have witnessed, which maybe unfairlry leaves outs Tony Jones, Mike Spencer, Nic Faas, and others. I hope they won't be heartbroken. :wink:checkered:

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The only one I can really say is for promoter and that would be DHK because they saved the Action Track. DHK is actually changing names since Chris Novetney came on board.

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Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: This is a hard one since we've been to so many shows, however,,,,,,,Brady Bacon for his performance in the TNT races.............was I the only one there of what...Didn't he win 3 or 4 of them?

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC.

Media Member of the Year: Toss up.... Kevin Eckert-Dean Mills.

Team of the Year: Hoffman.......runner up, Benic

Promoter of the Year: Dave Rudisell.....Reasoning: Considering # of events to promote, professionalism and work load

Rookie of the Year: Logan Hupp:dologob:

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Originally Posted by DAK SIMS:
Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: This is a hard one since we've been to so many shows, however,,,,,,,Brady Bacon for his performance in the TNT races.............was I the only one there of what...Didn't he win 3 or 4 of them?

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: DRC.

Media Member of the Year: Toss up.... Kevin Eckert-Dean Mills.

Team of the Year: Hoffman.......runner up, Benic

Promoter of the Year: Dave Rudisell.....Reasoning: Considering # of events to promote, professionalism and work load

Rookie of the Year: Logan Hupp:dologob:

I HOPE YOU HAVE SUN BURN:moon:

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Builder MFG: JD Performance Engines(Best kept secret in the Nation)
Media: Eckert/KO (they should start their own mag, puts everyone else to shame)
Team: Cole Whitt and Lil' Rim(alone they beat the best) gets GLM points too(good looking Mom)
Promoter: O'Conners (Kokomo has no BS, same rules for everyone, good, fast, safe racing everyweek. Just wish they would let us run MC-2's/SD-44's as well as Hoosier DT-3's!)
Rookie: Too many to keep track of. I thought the economy was bad? CHAD BOAT gets my vote, Cool kid, cool Dad, doing it alone. They get hauler points and GLM points, (GLM= good looking Mom!) Might ned to learn more throttle control but he's a smart kid, he'll get it.
Top 15: DD, JRS, Coondog, Whitt, Hunter, Cottle, Billy P, Sweet, Short, Bland, Bacon, Windom, Tony Jones, Hagen, Swindell, Hockett

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BUMP--this si good stuff, keep it going

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I'll add one category. Most exciting single race performance. I saw a lot of them, but my vote goes to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the 4 Crown Midget feature. That was just crazy, there.:applaud:

Jerry

Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
 

Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
I'll add one category. Most exciting single race performance. I saw a lot of them, but my vote goes to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the 4 Crown Midget feature. That was just crazy, there.:applaud:

Jerry

I'll agree with that but there were a few races by Hunter at Kokomo that came awful close to Ricky at eldora

Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
 

Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
I'll add one category. Most exciting single race performance. I saw a lot of them, but my vote goes to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the 4 Crown Midget feature. That was just crazy, there.:applaud:

Jerry

I'd have to vote for Dave and J.J trading slide jobs during the midget race. Those 2 were THE show to me. :thumb
However Ricky was flat :censor: flying! :Steer

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Originally Posted by RR>LR=LTO:
Team: Cole Whitt and Lil' Rim(alone they beat the best) gets GLM points too(good looking Mom)
Promoter: O'Conners (Kokomo has no BS, same rules for everyone, good, fast, safe racing everyweek.

Team: :thumb
Promoter: Don't forget they've got the lovely Jill too! :respect:

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Originally Posted by Mr. Happy:
I'd have to vote for Dave and J.J trading slide jobs during the midget race. Those 2 were THE show to me. :thumb
However Ricky was flat :censor: flying! :Steer

That was on my short list, too. The first 15 laps or so of that race was some of the best Midget racing I've ever seen. Two future Hall of Famers, going at it tooth and nail, racing each other clean, for that many laps, is hard to top. I was just really blown away by the way Ricky caught and just flat checked out on both of those guys. And then after the yellow, how he nearly ran the table again, from the back. With a car that obviously had sustained some front end damage, on the incident that brought out the yellow. That guy attacks Eldora like Daron Clayton attacks Haubstadt. Regardless, I already had my money's worth by about lap 5 of the Midget feature.

Jerry

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So.... for the most exciting midget moment (event) of the year I will go with Hunters run in the sprint car from the back at Kokomo..
:)

Seriously though

Wild Card Award for outstanding/exciting performances: Hunter %

Builder/Manufacturer of the Year: Claxton, Always seems to help whether you have one of his bullets or not.

Media Member of the Year: IOW

Team of the Year: HAR

Promoter of the Year: Have to go with Dave from the Burg.

Rookie of the Year: Caleb Armstrong

Most Improved Driver: Brett Burdette

Rank the top fifteen (your choice! haha) sprint car drivers of the year: Coming soon

Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
 

Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
I'll add one category. Most exciting single race performance. I saw a lot of them, but my vote goes to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the 4 Crown Midget feature. That was just crazy, there.:applaud:

Jerry

a couple of VERY exciting races involving Hockett....take your pick with either Eldora race (how about the first time: 2 wreckers strapped to each downtube and pulling apart to get the motor out....barely made the show and finished 5th! from last, with a 360!)

How about Hockett and Ballou at T.H.A.T., now THAT was some racing!