Most Improved Driver
 

I would have to say Conner Donelson has to be one of the most improved drivers of 2012. He has had a couple good runs lately. 4th last night at LPS.

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Hands down, Chase Stockon. Theres been several much improved drivers in 2012 but only one went and took on the best of the best at many tracks he'd never raced before.

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I would have to say Chase Briscoe, he was a rocket ship all year long. Doing well at the Hoosier Sprint Nationals and running for a points championship week in and week out at Bloomington until getting screwed.

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Chase Stockon. Hands down. Not even close.

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Originally Posted by Mitch:
I would have to say Chase Briscoe, he was a rocket ship all year long. Doing well at the Hoosier Sprint Nationals and running for a points championship week in and week out at Bloomington until getting screwed.

Also, at the Kokomo Smackdown they had motor problems and he had a terrible first day, points wise. He then preceded to get up off the deck and fight his way into a starting position in the big event. The resolve he showed that weekend was very impressive.

Jerry

Chase stockon

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I say Briscoe

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How many top tens this year? CHASE STOCKEN is doing great this year !!

Another vote for Chase Stockon,the kid can flat wheel a sprint car and is doing it almost no crew

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Gotta go with chase stockon as well. Kid has been full throttle all year with success

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I can't argue with any of these. I think Coleman Gulick could be considered also. Still happy to see Chase Stockon get that well deserved win at Lawrenceburg.

I say josh Burton even though he only ran a couple races last year he only made the show once but this year to win two races and a bunch of top tens he is only on the rise with sponsorship he could be special

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Some major Improvers IMHO and I don't get out as much as many.

Logan Hupp, CJ Leary, Josh Burton, Nick Bilbee, Coleman Gulick, T-Mez, Bryan Clauson, Yeah he's already a champ but the sprint team turned it up a couple notches this year.
DD. Him and Walker are a good fit, Several big wins this season. JS, Full time national and kicking but regional. Dustin Smith on a more traveling schedule. Landon Simon!

Too many to name, I hope the trend continues.

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Maybe not the most improved but I have been impressed with KT Jr this year.

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How about A.J. Hopkins.

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I'd have to agree with either one of the Chase's. Stockon or Briscoe. Both showed huge improvements.

Chase Stockon for sure he is a hell of a driver

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I have to go with Coleman Gulick he really broke through this year.

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CJ Leary and Chase Stockton:22:

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I'll let you guys look at the numbers...

Chase Briscoe

2011
23 races
3 top 5 finishes
11 top 10 finishes
1 win
average finish of 11.5

2012
28 races
8 top 5 finisihes
15 top 10 finishes
0 wins
average finish of 10.1

13 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
15 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)


Josh Burton

2011
10 races
0 top 5 finishes
2 top 10 finishes
0 wins
average finish of 14.9

2012
29 races
9 top 5 finishes
19 top 10 finishes
2 wins
average finish of 9.2

5 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
24 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)


Chase Stockon

2011
17 races
4 top 5 finishes
7 top 10 finishes
2 wins
average finish of 11.3

2012
23 races
5 top 5 finishes
13 top 10 finishes
1 win
average finish of 10.9

21 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
2 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)

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Driver	2012 Races	2012 Top5's	2012 Top10's	2012 Wins	SS	RS	2012 AvgFinish	2012 SchStrngth	2011 Races	2011 Top5's	2011 Top10's	2011 Wins	2011 AvgFinish	2011 SchStrngth
Jon Stanbrough	43	24	35	6	28	15	5.9	4.12	36	21	29	2	6.5	4.39
Dave Darland	38	22	25	7	24	14	7.1	4.23	44	20	37	7	6.4	4.34
Coleman Gulick	42	24	32	7	18	24	7.3	3.81	38	17	29	6	7.9	4.05
Bryan Clauson	22	17	19	7	15	7	5.3	4.33	21	10	14	0	8.3	4.66
Casey Shuman	38	17	27	5	11	27	7.4	3.70	39	14	30	6	7.4	4.08
Shane Cottle	33	17	28	4	18	15	6.4	4.04	38	18	30	3	7.9	4.15
Brady Short	31	14	20	5	14	17	8.7	3.60	39	23	30	10	6.1	3.95
Scotty Weir	41	14	29	2	11	30	8.1	3.49	17	2	12	0	8.9	3.71
Thomas Meseraull	42	16	26	3	18	24	9.6	3.88	13	3	6	0	11.8	3.86
Jon Sciscoe	34	13	21	4	5	29	8.7	3.42	20	9	12	2	9.0	3.97
Levi Jones	24	14	21	3	18	6	5.9	4.29	20	10	14	2	7.7	4.63
Robert Ballou	35	11	23	3	26	9	9.2	4.19	29	8	19	1	9.3	4.41
Brent Beauchamp	36	13	24	0	13	23	9.8	3.67	14	6	11	1	7.5	3.95
Justin Grant	33	9	18	6	10	23	10.9	3.48	29	16	20	6	8.0	3.89
Jeff Bland Jr	27	11	18	2	10	17	9.5	3.66	6	1	2	1	13.3	3.78
Jonathan Hendrick	40	12	24	2	25	15	10.1	3.93	24	7	14	0	10.2	4.02
Billy Puterbaugh Jr	20	12	15	2	5	15	6.9	3.41	17	10	13	2	6.7	3.70
Hunter Schuerenberg	33	11	22	4	27	6	9.4	4.21	27	12	14	7	9.1	4.33
Chris Windom	31	10	20	2	18	13	9.0	4.10	33	22	27	8	5.3	4.47
Josh Cunningham	17	10	14	7	1	16	5.2	2.52	18	7	9	3	9.1	2.88
Chad Boespflug	22	9	12	2	12	10	9.3	3.90	29	10	19	3	9.1	3.98
Kyle Larson	16	9	12	2	6	10	7.1	3.90	4	1	2	0	12.0	4.61
Kyle Cummins	18	8	11	4	14	4	9.1	3.83	19	7	12	1	8.2	3.95
Josh Burton	29	9	19	2	5	24	9.2	3.26	10	0	2	0	14.9	3.75
Damion Gardner	28	9	16	0	23	5	9.6	4.40	22	5	12	1	9.8	4.59
Logan Hupp	23	8	15	2	5	18	8.1	2.97	25	7	14	0	10.6	3.49
Tracy Hines	24	10	14	0	18	6	10.5	4.37	24	8	18	2	8.8	4.37
Chase Briscoe	28	8	15	0	13	15	10.1	3.60	23	3	11	1	11.5	3.72
Andrew Elson	16	9	12	1	4	12	8.3	3.35	30	8	18	0	10.4	3.84
A J Hopkins	27	8	14	0	3	24	10.5	3.07	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Kevin Thomas Jr	27	7	13	1	21	6	11.0	4.30	21	7	12	0	11.1	3.48
Wes Mcintyre	29	5	15	2	12	17	11.5	3.62	31	7	12	1	11.9	3.92
Jake Scott	13	8	10	1	1	12	6.6	2.15	10	5	7	1	7.4	2.26
Nick Bilbee	10	6	9	0	2	8	6.4	2.79	11	2	6	0	10.4	3.48
Cj Leary	31	5	11	1	10	21	12.7	3.66	16	3	5	0	11.5	3.55
Danny Holtsclaw	22	5	9	1	5	17	11.8	3.47	12	2	8	0	10.6	4.10
Chase Stockon	23	5	13	1	21	2	10.9	4.39	17	4	7	2	11.3	3.95
Ethan Barrow	20	5	10	0	3	17	11.1	3.12	28	8	16	0	8.8	3.75
Bobby East	18	4	9	1	14	4	10.9	4.33	14	4	9	0	9.7	4.74
Shawn Westerfeld	10	4	7	1	2	8	8.2	2.41	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Daron Clayton	10	3	3	2	10	0	12.3	4.47	15	4	7	2	11.1	4.39
Eric Edwards	18	7	10	0	1	17	9.7	2.38	10	3	5	2	10.0	2.56
Dakota Jackson	30	3	8	1	11	19	14.1	3.52	28	5	14	1	11.8	3.64
Kent Christian	23	4	10	0	3	20	11.2	3.14	29	10	19	0	8.7	3.72
Eric Smith	7	4	5	2	0	7	7.1	2.23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Doug Heck	12	6	8	2	1	11	8.4	2.22	10	5	9	1	6.3	2.47
Bub Cummings	24	5	12	1	2	22	9.5	2.91	28	7	16	1	9.5	3.50
Brady Bacon	4	3	4	1	2	2	3.8	4.17	6	1	3	0	12.5	4.71
Seth Parker	22	3	11	0	8	14	11.9	3.24	28	8	12	1	11.9	3.85
Jerry Coons Jr	24	3	13	0	20	4	11.4	4.49	27	5	16	1	10.4	4.45
Jordan Kinser	16	4	11	0	3	13	9.8	3.01	8	1	2	1	13.0	3.47
Nic Faas	10	3	4	0	3	7	10.9	3.44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Bud Kaeding	3	2	2	1	3	0	8.7	4.45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Pat Giddeons	9	5	8	1	0	9	7.6	2.03	10	2	4	0	11.0	2.70
Brandon Morin	12	4	7	1	1	11	8.7	2.32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Logan Jarrett	24	2	11	0	3	21	12.2	3.07	30	1	7	0	13.2	3.52
Nick Johnson	14	3	10	0	1	13	8.7	2.23	11	3	5	1	11.0	2.58
Chris Gurley	17	2	11	0	3	14	9.9	3.35	21	2	10	0	12.0	3.72
Joe Liguori	15	2	7	0	1	14	10.8	2.88	21	0	5	0	13.6	3.66
Joss Moffatt	12	2	5	0	1	11	12.2	2.57	10	3	5	0	9.9	3.29
Ted Hines	8	2	5	0	1	7	10.1	3.11	22	2	11	0	11.3	3.58
Brian Lake	11	4	9	0	0	11	7.0	2.14	6	1	3	0	10.0	2.35
Tyler Courtney	11	2	5	0	2	9	11.8	3.35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Aj Anderson	2	2	2	0	0	2	4.0	2.17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Danny Harris	12	3	10	0	1	11	8.4	2.01	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Lance Hayden	16	3	7	0	1	15	11.2	2.52	6	0	1	0	15.2	3.70
Joshua Clemons	10	2	5	0	4	6	10.8	3.17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Drew Abel	22	2	8	0	2	20	12.2	2.63	11	0	1	0	13.8	2.94
Conner Donelson	16	2	5	0	0	16	12.4	2.95	17	0	2	0	14.4	3.40
Jason Soudrette	13	2	3	0	1	12	12.9	2.83	8	2	5	0	9.6	3.05
Brett Burdette	10	2	5	0	2	8	10.0	2.92	36	17	25	4	8.2	3.76
Joe Bares	8	2	2	0	1	7	14.5	2.96	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Travis Welpott	13	2	5	0	1	12	12.7	3.20	16	2	5	0	12.3	3.49
Jeff Miller	5	2	3	0	1	4	8.4	2.27	10	3	5	0	9.4	2.43
Darren Hagen	10	2	2	0	9	1	12.7	4.57	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Chris Babcock	16	2	6	0	1	15	12.6	2.77	20	2	8	0	13.5	3.66
Braylon Fitzpatrick	11	2	6	0	6	5	10.4	3.63	28	8	15	2	9.7	3.90
Troy Link	12	3	6	1	0	12	10.3	2.44	4	0	0	0	18.3	3.60
Rod Henning	8	3	6	0	0	8	7.8	2.48	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Buddy Lowther	15	2	8	0	0	15	10.5	2.28	8	0	3	0	11.6	2.10
Arin Mcintosh	7	3	5	0	0	7	8.0	2.13	12	2	5	0	10.9	2.44
Mike Miller	4	1	3	0	1	3	10.3	2.59	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Mitch Wissmiller	4	1	1	0	2	2	16.3	3.05	1	0	0	0	16.0	3.22
Tony Main	7	1	2	0	0	7	11.7	2.38	2	0	0	0	19.5	2.89
A J Francis	5	2	2	0	1	4	9.6	2.57	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Ray Kenens	2	1	2	0	0	2	4.5	2.23	8	2	4	0	11.6	2.34
Landon Simon	10	1	2	0	3	7	12.6	2.98	6	0	2	0	12.8	3.19
Jarett Andretti	9	2	3	0	0	9	12.3	2.59	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Ryan Bernal	2	1	2	0	0	2	6.0	2.82	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Brian Karraker	13	1	2	0	4	9	13.5	3.27	10	0	3	0	12.2	3.22
Ryan Pace	9	1	5	0	1	8	11.6	3.25	8	1	5	0	10.8	3.57
Josh Spencer	12	1	4	0	1	11	11.7	3.33	18	1	6	0	13.8	3.58
Dickie Gaines	7	1	2	0	2	5	14.7	3.22	16	5	6	0	12.1	3.72
Richard Vander Weerd	9	1	5	0	4	5	12.6	3.70	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Tommy Shields	3	1	1	0	0	3	10.0	2.77	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Tyler Hewitt	17	1	4	0	0	17	14.5	2.79	6	0	0	0	16.7	3.30
Jt Stapp	13	1	5	0	2	11	11.4	2.37	4	0	2	0	12.3	3.28
Bill Rose	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	4.30	3	1	2	0	8.3	4.35
Mike Spencer	2	1	2	0	1	1	6.0	3.66	9	2	4	0	10.6	4.79
Michael Fischesser	4	1	1	0	1	3	13.8	2.51	13	1	4	0	12.7	3.16
Matt Goodnight	21	1	6	0	0	21	12.7	2.90	17	0	6	0	12.4	3.44
Randy Johnson	8	2	5	0	0	8	10.0	2.03	7	1	4	0	11.1	2.03
Parker Price Miller	4	1	1	0	0	4	13.5	3.00	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Donny Brackett	4	1	1	0	3	1	11.8	3.07	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Justin Owen	10	1	4	0	2	8	13.1	2.51	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Brandon Whited	3	1	2	0	0	3	10.7	2.64	2	0	0	0	14.0	3.20
Kevin Studley	3	1	2	0	0	3	10.7	2.47	11	0	1	0	14.1	3.37
Adam Brykett	8	1	4	0	1	7	12.6	2.92	9	2	5	0	12.3	3.07
Shawn Krockenberger	6	1	2	0	0	6	11.5	2.87	14	2	5	1	12.1	3.55
Mitch Cunningham	3	1	1	1	1	2	15.7	2.28	5	1	3	1	11.2	2.63
Lance Grimes	2	1	1	1	0	2	8.5	1.78	18	2	5	0	13.8	3.26
Brent Turner	1	1	1	0	0	1	2.0	1.33	3	1	1	0	11.7	3.21
Chris Phillips	11	1	5	0	0	11	11.6	2.34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Nate Mcmillin	3	1	2	0	0	3	7.3	1.79	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Tony Reed	9	1	4	0	0	9	11.3	1.76	8	1	6	0	9.3	2.35
Randy Hickey	4	1	3	0	0	4	9.3	1.78	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.00
Buddy Cunningham	3	1	1	0	0	3	13.0	2.33	1	0	0	0	17.0	1.63

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Lets not forget the young Logan Hupp.

2011
25 races
7 top 5's
14 top 10's
0 wins
average 10th

2012
23 races
8 top 5's
15 top 10's
2 wins
average 8th
oh yeah his name will go down in the books as 2012 Lawrenceburg Track Champ He might be like Josh Burton and didn't run as many big money races but from the regular shows I've watched him at there always been stiff competion. From the stats I believe he's improved the most and has become a flat out driver. I've spoke with him a couple times and he seems to be a real good kid.

Congrats to all the young drivers and their accomplishments this year! :22:

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I would have thought Jonathan Hendrick would have been in the running...........Maybe not.........

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Originally Posted by Bill Gardner:
I'll let you guys look at the numbers...

Chase Briscoe

2011
23 races
3 top 5 finishes
11 top 10 finishes
1 win
average finish of 11.5

2012
28 races
8 top 5 finisihes
15 top 10 finishes
0 wins
average finish of 10.1

13 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
15 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)


Josh Burton

2011
10 races
0 top 5 finishes
2 top 10 finishes
0 wins
average finish of 14.9

2012
29 races
9 top 5 finishes
19 top 10 finishes
2 wins
average finish of 9.2

5 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
24 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)


Chase Stockon

2011
17 races
4 top 5 finishes
7 top 10 finishes
2 wins
average finish of 11.3

2012
23 races
5 top 5 finishes
13 top 10 finishes
1 win
average finish of 10.9

21 special shows (race paying over $2,000 to win)
2 regular shows (race paying $2,000 to win or less)

How does Beauchamp measure up in comparison to last year?

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There are several drivers who took a big step forward this year. It's just about impossible to pick one and say he or she is the most improved. I could make an argument for any of the following: Justin Grant, Wes McIntyre, Logan Jarrett, Chase Stockon, Josh Cunningham, Kevin Thomas Jr., AJ Hopkins, Coleman Gulick or Logan Hupp just to name a few. I'm sure there are more I could add if I sat down and thought about it.

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This sport gets tougher and tougher every year... there's really no such things as a field filler or a guy that is just there for fun... We might only get 20-30 cars but 10-15 can win on any given night! Indiana Sprintcar racing my be the most competitive form of motor sports in the world. Its great to see guys like Chase winning with the Best!

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Originally Posted by racefan20:
How does Beauchamp measure up in comparison to last year?

John... I posted the entire table because I knew somone would ask about someone else. Thanks for showing me that I was correct. :3:

Brent Beauchamp may not be the #1 guy people will mention but he needs to at least get some recognition along with these other guys. Very impressive whenever he has been out at Btown. Not afraid to run the top at Kokomo, and obviously his accomplishments at Putucky.

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I'd vote for either Chase Stockon or Kevin Thomas Jr.....

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Originally Posted by Bill Gardner:
John... I posted the entire table because I knew somone would ask about someone else. Thanks for showing me that I was correct. :3:

Yup you were.....I figured it out :D

Originally Posted by Pine:
I'd vote for either Chase Stockon or Kevin Thomas Jr.....

Not to take anything away from KTJ but he does have have Bubby in his pit and that tends to make everybody better

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I say Chase Briscoe..Look at the No Way Out 40 17th to 2nd, and Haubstadt 19th to 2nd. He's a good,smart kid whos always willing to talk.

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Originally Posted by rclaridge:
Not to take anything away from KTJ but he does have have Bubby in his pit and that tends to make everybody better

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Very true. But, If your going to look at it that way, I'm sure Chase Briscoe had Kevin, which isn't a bad cut man to have in your corner either.

I agree with Russ, keeping up with Indiana racing from PA, there was quite a few drivers that stepped into the spot light this year. Indiana racing keeps getting better and better every year !!!! Lucky youguys !!!!! :32:

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Originally Posted by Pine:
Very true. But, If your going to look at it that way, I'm sure Chase Briscoe had Kevin, which isn't a bad cut man to have in your corner either.

I agree with Russ, keeping up with Indiana racing from PA, there was quite a few drivers that stepped into the spot light this year. Indiana racing keeps getting better and better every year !!!! Lucky youguys !!!!! :32:

Chase is lucky to have his dad in his corner, as far as bubby we may sell the house to get him in our corner before we are done. I may be the only thing holding my driver back. My vote for most improved driver goes out to Dave Darland.

Jerry #66j
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Top 5 in order and my reasoning and opinion only
1. Stockon, great improvement and ran against the best competition night in night out. I've seen others talk about overcoming adversity....nothing outdoes even attempting to compete right after losing your Mom.
2. Briscoe, some awesome runs from back of field and was in the B-ton points til the end. Struggled at ISW.
3. T-Mez, may seem like an odd selection, but seems to have stepped his game up considerably while being in a lot of different rides. Lots of bad luck it seemed or results would be better IMO.
4. Logan Hupp, Burg champion, would of been interesting to see him start on pole against USAC guys Saturday night.
5. KT Jr, again seemed like a lot of bad luck runs, my dark horse to contend in USAC 2013.
Honorable mentions: Beauchamp and Burton

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Josh Burton could have been Lps champ had he not run the kiss and mscs races was in btown points race till late and tore up a car and his wins came against Stanbrough darland shuman cottle and to run top ten in a usac race all this from a guy who was happy just to make the show last year just him and his dad pretty good going to fun to see where it goes from here but lots of good drivers it is only going to get better

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I'm voting for Coleman Gulick. Every time i went down to Kokomo this year it seemed like he was in the thick of it. Then he went out and won the finale at Gas City as an encore.

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Proud to say both Chase Stockon & Chase Briscoe are students of Paragon Speedway. Our Program works for the future of Sprint Car racing, thanks to these young drivers and all the others for making us proud. Thank You

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I'll have to toss my vote towards Chase Stockon, too. To think what he's accomplished this year is impressive. He's went all over the country and showed that he is a contender week in and week out. Also, having to endure a loss as monumental as he did, but still giving it his all behind the wheel in remarkable. More recently, to capture a win in a big money race with all of the big guns on your heels. Way to go! I've heard nothing but great things about the kid. So, this is the reason I'd send my vote his way.

This isn't meant to take anything away from Kevin Thomas, Jr. or Chase Briscoe. These two would be a close second in my books.