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Posted: Tuesday Dec 11th, 2007 10:56 PM |
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Tied in voting, will share the honor with Glenn Styres
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - CONTACT: TOM SCHMEH; (641) 842-6176
GARY WRIGHT NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 360 SPRINT CAR POLL
“DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2007
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (December 11, 2007) - For the fourth time, Gary Wright of Hooks, Texas, was voted the 2007 “Driver of the Year” by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers. Wright, who clinched the American Sprint Cars on Tour (ASCoT) national title, earned thirteen (13) of the eighteen (18) first place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Gary Wright also received the 2007 “Team of the Year” award for the third time.
Those drivers ranked second through fifth, respectively, are ASCoT runner-up and defending “Driver of the Year” Jason Johnson of Louisiana, Knoxville 360 Nationals winner Shane Stewart of Oklahoma, ASCoT third-place point finisher Wayne Johnson of Oklahoma, and ASCS Patriot Region point champion Chuck Hebing of New York. Rounding out the ‘top ten’ for the season are United Sprint Car Series (USCS) champion Terry Gray, Northwest Sprint Challenge Series (NSCS) champion Roger Crockett, United Racing Company (URC) champion Curt Michael, Travis Rilat, and Tim Crawley, respectively. In addition to Wright, others receiving first place votes were Jason Johnson, Shane Stewart (two), Terry Gray, and California Civil War Series champion Andy Forsberg.
Winged Outlaw Warriors (WOW) feature winner and point title runner-up Josh Fisher of Missouri earned the “Rookie of the Year” title. Due to a tie in the voting, Glenn Styres of the Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and Dick and Shawna Wilskey of the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series (NSCS) will share the “Promoter of the Year” honors for 2007. Chuck Merrill of Maxim Chassis will receive the 2007 “Builder/Manufacturer of the Year” plaque. Lonnie Wheatley of the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) earned the “Media Member of the Year” award for the first time ever due to his hard work covering all of their regional and national tours. Tim Crawley of Arkansas claimed the “Wild Card Award” for his exciting sprint car performances in 2007.
The North American 360 Sprint Car Poll is an annual awards program of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation, Inc., of Knoxville, Iowa. All awards will be distributed in the spring of 2008 at tracks throughout North America.
Final 2007 North American 360 Sprint Car Poll
rank, driver (first place votes), hometown, state, points
1., Gary Wright (13), Hooks, TX, 1365
2., Jason Johnson (1), Eunice, LA, 690
3., Shane Stewart (2), Bixby, OK, 420
4., Wayne Johnson, Mustang, OK, 380
5., Chuck Hebing, Ontario, NY, 266
6., Terry Gray (1), Bartlett, TN, 198
7., Roger Crockett, Rio Linda, CA, 154
tie, Curt Michael, Ocean View, DE, 154
9., Travis Rilat, Texas City, TX, 148
10., Tim Crawley, Little Rock, AR, 132
11., Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL, 121
12., Steve Poirier, St. Mathieu de Beloeil, PQ, CAN, 107
13., Kenny Adams, Malabar, FL, 97
14., Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 86
15., Andy Forsberg (1), Auburn, CA, 85
16., Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, KS, 60
17., Brian Brown, Higginsville, MO, 52
18., Tim Norman, Warsaw, IN, 50
19., Phil Gressman, Helena, OH, 28
20., Darren Stewart, Bixby, OK, 27
21., C.J. Johnson, Quinter, KS, 22
22., Natalie Sather, Fargo, ND, 18
23., Randy Martin, California, MO, 17
24., Dustin Daggett, Eagle, MI, 10
tie, Michael Dupuy, Amite, LA, 10
Also receiving multiple votes: Michael Carber, Greg DeCaires, Bryan Dobesh, Kevin Ramey, Marshall Skinner, Jeff Swindell, Colby Weisz.
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Posted: Wednesday Dec 12th, 2007 01:12 AM |
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Yay!! I'm so happy for both of them. They really deserve it!!! 
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drifter56w
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Posted: Saturday Dec 15th, 2007 03:14 PM |
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Thank you Frizzy for the kind words. The real congratulations belong to the crew of NSCS for their hard work and dedication to the sport that we all love so much. They all worked very hard last summer, not to mention the costs they incurred to put the show on. Also a lot of credit has to go to the promoters that prepared the tracks and assisted in putting the races on.
Most of all, Shawna deserves this award much more than I do since it was due to her efforts over many months that made it possible.
I certainly hope the racers appreciate all the hard work that Shawna and all the crew put in to make it happen.
Dick Wilskey
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rickt
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Posted: Saturday Dec 15th, 2007 05:25 PM |
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Me thinks someone does not give himself enough credit where credit is due
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Posted: Saturday Dec 15th, 2007 05:47 PM |
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rickt wrote: Me thinks someone does not give himself enough credit where credit is due
Rickt
Me thinks you're right Rick... 
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Just an Old Guy
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Posted: Saturday Dec 15th, 2007 06:33 PM |
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drifter56w wrote: Thank you Frizzy for the kind words. The real congratulations belong to the crew of NSCS for their hard work and dedication to the sport that we all love so much. They all worked very hard last summer, not to mention the costs they incurred to put the show on. Also a lot of credit has to go to the promoters that prepared the tracks and assisted in putting the races on.
Most of all, Shawna deserves this award much more than I do since it was due to her efforts over many months that made it possible.
I certainly hope the racers appreciate all the hard work that Shawna and all the crew put in to make it happen.
Dick Wilskey
Having "been there and done that", I think the award was well deserved. Stepping in and taking on the job of keeping a sprint touring group alive in the Northwest was, I believe, very important in keeping sprint car racing in the NW healthy. It takes a team to make it happen, but you wouldn't have a team with out the leaders.
Enjoy the award, Dick & Shawna, and congrats and kudu's to the rest of the crew also.
GRH
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Posted: Saturday Dec 15th, 2007 07:49 PM |
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| Dick and Shawna it was well deserved. I made about half the events last year and every one of them was awesome,
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