Sprint Car End of Year Awards

Kirk Spridgeon · 11/21/08, 5:47 PM

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:

racefan20 · 11/21/08, 6:01 PM

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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

D.O. · 11/21/08, 7:00 PM

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:

Z-man · 11/21/08, 7:12 PM

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

ClaytonYeley · 11/21/08, 8:16 PM

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

Jerry Shaw · 11/21/08, 9:00 PM

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

SpridgeIsMyHero · 11/21/08, 9:23 PM

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

Pat O'Connor Fan · 11/21/08, 10:17 PM

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

Fred Zirzow · 11/22/08, 12:37 AM

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

onthegas7j · 11/22/08, 9:48 AM

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

11/21/08, 7:00 PM	#3 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
D.O. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,915	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: _________________________________________________ Last edited by D.O.; 11/21/08 at 11:56 PM.

11/21/08, 8:16 PM	#5 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
ClaytonYeley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 644	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 _________________________________________________ Last edited by ClaytonYeley; 11/21/08 at 8:18 PM.

11/21/08, 9:00 PM	#6 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
Jerry Shaw Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,734	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 __________________ A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. Winston Churchill _________________________________________________ Last edited by Jerry Shaw; 11/24/08 at 11:34 AM.

11/22/08, 12:37 AM	#9 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
Fred Zirzow Senior Member Race Count This Year: 65 Race Count Last Year: 49 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 958	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 __________________ Fred Zirzow

11/21/08, 5:47 PM	#1 Sprint Car End of Year Awards
Kirk Spridgeon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 802	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:

11/21/08, 7:12 PM	#4 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
Z-man Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 880	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

11/21/08, 9:23 PM	#7 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
SpridgeIsMyHero Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15	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

11/21/08, 10:17 PM	#8 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
Pat O'Connor Fan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,029	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

11/22/08, 9:48 AM	#10 Re: Sprint Car End of Year Awards
onthegas7j Senior Member Race Count This Year: 48 Race Count Last Year: 31 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 302	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