GRANT AND McGHEE STAY ON A TEAR WITH EARLY SEASON ROLL
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Since Justin Grant and Sam McGhee Motorsports joined up in August of 2016, the pair has seen their level of success soar to a new stratosphere.
When the two knocked down a non-sanctioned win in their first race together at Bloomington Speedway eight months ago, then followed it up with two-straight top-three finishes at the Badlands, you just had the feeling this was a dream pairing in the making.
When their formation resulted in a dominating performance at Eldora Speedway’s “4-Crown Nationals” last September, you just knew this dream was becoming a reality.
In the 16 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car starts the 26-year-old Grant and McGhee, the 17-year-old mechanical prodigy, have teamed up, they’ve earned an average finish of 3.7. This year alone, that average has peaked to its current 2.3 through six starts, which includes a season-opening victory at “Winter Dirt Games” in Ocala, Florida.
Without a single finish outside the top-four and no signs of letting up just yet, 2017 has thus far been a season that could turn out to be simply magical. The magic continued Friday night at northern Indiana’s Plymouth Speedway where the USAC National Sprint Cars made their first ever pilgrimage.
Early on in a downright chilly and wind-soaked evening, Grant’s run of success took on a bit of a turn for the worse on his ProSource Qualifying run when he stumbled in turn four coming to the green. He took a mulligan, turning it around before giving lap number a second shot. In turn three, he proceeded to almost dump it before setting it down and going on to salvage a respectable eighth on his second go-around.
Two top-six qualifiers missed the invert by not transferring through their heat, providing Grant a seat on the outside of the front row, which he took full advantage of by racing to the lead up top as polesitter Thomas Meseraull slid up the track in turn two. That allowed Grant to breakaway to a substantial advantage right off the bat.
By lap three, Grant was ahead by a half-straight. By lap five, the lead was a full-straightaway. And 10 laps into the 30-lapper, Grant had packed his suitcase, bought an airline ticket and checked out to a staggering half-lap lead as he began to negotiate lapped traffic.
Though he possessed a suffocating stranglehold on all those who followed, Grant’s lead would begin to shrink mightily through the second half of the event as the lappers ran high, low, top and bottom as they engaged in their own battles for position ahead of Grant.
Each lap, Boespflug chomped a significant chunk out of the interval between he and race leader Grant. With six laps remaining, Boespflug pulled even with Grant in turn one. The two Californians were separated by a single car length as they battled down the back straight with the lapped car of Aaron Pierce just in front of them. Grant decided this was the time to get aggressive and took a chance, splitting between Pierce and Jarett Andretti to separate himself for good.
Meanwhile, 18th starting Tyler Courtney seemingly came out of nowhere, shooting around the top to zip by Thomas Meseraull for third with 3 laps remaining and ran down Boespflug on the white flag lap with a sweet outside, inside move off the second turn, beating him to turn three to grab the second position.
By then, though, Grant was long gone once again where he would pull away for a commanding three-and-a-half second victory over KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Tyler Courtney and Chad Boespflug.
Grant established the 30-lap mark in caution-free fashion at 7 minutes, 36 seconds in a race that saw all 22 starters finish.
Additionally, team owner Sam McGhee revisited Plymouth Speedway victory lane for the first time in six seasons, but this time, in a different role. The now 17-year-old McGhee raced to a USAC Ford Focus Young Guns Midget feature at Plymouth in 2011 when the track was pavement.
Justin Grant remains at the top of the standings after winning his second series feature of the season. Yet, Chad Boespflug actually closed the gap to a single point after collecting valuable ProSource Qualifying and Heat Race points throughout the night. Chris Windom remains third ahead of Chase Stockon and Jarett Andretti.
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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE: Friday, May 12, 2017
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval
EVENT: “LetsRaceTwo” / “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars
STARTING TIMES:
1:30pm: Ticket Sales Begin (Main Gate and Turn 4)
2:00pm: Turn 3 Pit Gate Opens
2:00pm: Spectator Gates Open
6:00pm: Cars on track
TICKETS:
Ages 13 & up: $28 (General Admission), $32 (Reserved)
Ages 12 & under: Free (General Admission), $10 (Reserved)
TRACK ADDRESS: 13929 OH-118, New Weston, OH 45348
TRACK PHONE: (937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ and https://twitter.com/USACNation, plus available on the Race Monitor app on your phone. Watch the race one-day later at http://www.Loudpedal.TV/.
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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE: Saturday, May 13, 2017
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval
EVENT: “LetsRaceTwo” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars
STARTING TIMES:
1:30pm: Ticket Sales Begin (Main Gate and Turn 4)
2:00pm: Turn 3 Pit Gate Opens
2:00pm: Spectator Gates Open
6:00pm: Cars on track
TICKETS:
Ages 13 & up: $28 (General Admission), $32 (Reserved)
Ages 12 & under: Free (General Admission), $10 (Reserved)
TRACK ADDRESS: 13929 OH-118, New Weston, OH 45348
TRACK PHONE: (937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ and https://twitter.com/USACNation, plus available on the Race Monitor app on your phone. Watch the race one-day later at http://www.Loudpedal.TV/.
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2017 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS:
Feb 23: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park
WINNER: Rained Out
Feb 24: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park
WINNER: Justin Grant
Feb 25: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park
WINNER: Hunter Schuerenberg
Apr 1: Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway
WINNER: Chris Windom
Apr 14: Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway
WINNER: Chad Boespflug
Apr 15: Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway
WINNER: Chris Windom
Apr 21: Plymouth, IN – Plymouth Speedway
WINNER: Justin Grant
Apr 22: Montpelier, IN - Montpelier Motor Speedway
WINNER: Rained Out
May 12: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
May 13: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
May 19: Granite City, IL – Tri-City Speedway
May 20: Pevely, MO – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55
May 24: Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track
Jun 2: Greenwood, NE – I-80 Speedway
Jun 3: Knoxville, IA – Knoxville Raceway
Jun 13: %%% Bechtelsville, PA - Grandview Speedway
Jun 14: %%% Abbottstown, PA - Lincoln Speedway
Jun 15: %%% Mechanicsburg, PA – Williams Grove Speedway
Jun 17: %%% Port Royal, PA – Port Royal Speedway
Jun 18: %%% York Haven, PA - Susquehanna Speedway
Jun 30: Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway
Jul 7: *** Gas City, IN - Gas City I-69 Speedway
Jul 8: *** Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
Jul 9: *** Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway
Jul 12: *** Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track
Jul 13: *** Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway
Jul 14: *** Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway
Jul 15: *** Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway
Jul 28: TBA - TBA
Jul 29: Kansas City, KS – Lakeside Speedway
Jul 30: Moberly, MO – Randolph County Raceway
Aug 23: (SE) Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
Aug 24: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
Aug 25: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
Aug 26: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
Sep 15: Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track
Sep 16: Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway
Sep 23: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
Sep 30: Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway
Oct 6: TBA – TBA
Oct 7: TBA – TBA
Nov 3: ### Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Speedway
Nov 4: ### Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Speedway
Nov 9: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
Nov 10: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
Nov 11: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
Races noted with (SE) represent a non-points-paying "Special Event"
Races noted with %%% represent Eastern Storm
Races noted with @@@ represent California Sprint Week.
Races noted with *** represent Indiana Sprint Week
Races noted with ### represent a race with the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series.
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2017 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10):
1. (445) Justin Grant (Ione, CA)
2. (444) Chad Boespflug (Hanford, CA)
3. (386) Chris Windom (Canton, IL)
4. (364) Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, IN)
5. (297) Jarett Andretti (Mooresville, NC)
6. (282) Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, IN)
7. (239) C.J. Leary (Greenfield, IN)
8. (234) Shane Cottle (Kokomo, IN)
9. (230) Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, MO)
10. (228) Landon Simon (Tipp City, OH)
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2017 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OWNER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10):
1. (445) Sam McGhee Motorsports #11
2. (444) Dynamics, Inc. #69
3. (386) Baldwin Brothers Racing #5
4. (364) 32 TBI Racing #32
5. (304) Pace Racing #44
6. (297) Andretti Autosport Short Track #18
7. (282) TOPP Motorsports #23c
8. (239) Leary Racing #30
9. (230) Seth Motsinger Motorsports #2
10. (228) Landon Simon Racing #24
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2017 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10):
1. (120) Stevie Sussex (Tempe, AZ)
2. (59) Shawn Westerfeld (Guilford, IN)
3. (53) Clinton Boyles (Greenwood, MO)
4. (42) Joe Liguori (Tampa, FL)
5. (40) Aric Gentry (Robards, KY)
6. (34) Rob Caho, Jr. (Wyoming, MN)
7. (20) Robert Bell (Colfax, IA) & Cooper Clouse (Ohio City, OH)
9. (10) Kent Schmidt (Owensville, IN)
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2017 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS:
FEATURE WINS:
1. (2) Justin Grant (Feb. 24 at Bubba Raceway Park & Apr. 21 at Plymouth Speedway)
(2) Chris Windom (Apr. 1 at Lawrenceburg Speedway & Apr. 15 at Tri-State Speedway)
3. (1) Chad Boespflug (Apr. 14 at Bloomington Speedway)
(1) Hunter Schuerenberg (Feb. 25 at Bubba Raceway Park)
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FEATURE LAPS LED:
1. (85) Chris Windom
2. (51) Justin Grant
3. (26) Chad Boespflug
4. (9) Dave Darland
5. (7) Hunter Schuerenberg
6. (2) Thomas Meseraull
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TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:
1. (6) Chad Boespflug & Justin Grant
3. (3) Chris Windom
4. (2) Brady Bacon, Thomas Meseraull & Chase Stockon
6. (1) Tyler Courtney, C.J. Leary, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Carson Short, Landon Simon, Jon Stanbrough, Stevie Sussex & Kevin Thomas, Jr.
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TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:
1. (6) Chad Boespflug & Justin Grant
3. (5) Chris Windom
4. (4) Chase Stockon & Kevin Thomas, Jr.
6. (3) Jarett Andretti & Thomas Meseraull
8. (2) Brady Bacon, Shane Cottle, Kyle Cummins, Josh Hodges, C.J. Leary, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Carson Short & Jon Stanbrough
17. (1) Brent Beauchamp, Nick Bilbee, Jeff Bland, Jr., Jerry Coons, Jr., Tyler Courtney, Dave Darland, Aaron Farney, Max McGhee, Landon Simon, Stevie Sussex & Shawn Westerfeld
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PROSOURCE FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:
1. (2) Justin Grant
2. (1) Jarett Andretti, C.J. Leary, Carson Short & Chase Stockon
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HEAT RACE WINS (Presented by Simpson Race Products, Competition Suspension (CSI), Chalk Stix & Indy Race Parts):
1. (5) Chase Stockon
2. (2) Chad Boespflug, Kevin Thomas, Jr. & Chris Windom
5. (1) Brent Beauchamp, Nick Bilbee, Jeff Bland, Jr., Shane Cottle, Tyler Courtney, C.J. Leary, Max McGhee, Landon Simon, Carson Short & Tyler Thomas
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SEMI WINS:
1. (1) Tyler Courtney, Kyle Cummins, Dave Darland, Max McGhee, Chase Stockon & Stevie Sussex
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FEATURE STARTS:
1. (6) Jarett Andretti, Chad Boespflug, Isaac Chapple, Tyler Courtney, Dave Darland, Justin Grant, Landon Simon, Chase Stockon & Chris Windom
10. (5) Shane Cottle, Josh Hodges, C.J. Leary, Max McGhee & Hunter Schuerenberg
15. (4) Jeff Bland, Jr., Kyle Cummins, Aaron Farney, Carson Short & Kevin Thomas, Jr.
20. (3) Jerry Coons, Jr., Thomas Meseraull, Brady Short & Jon Stanbrough
24. (2) Brady Bacon, Nick Bilbee, Clinton Boyles, Dallas Hewitt, Stevie Sussex & Tyler Thomas
30. (1) Brent Beauchamp, Donny Brackett, Rob Caho, Jr., Colten Cottle, Aric Gentry, Tyler Hewitt, Dakota Jackson, Joe Liguori, Brandon Morin, Aaron Pierce, Kyle Robbins, Corey Smith, Josh Spencer, Kody Swanson, Shawn Westerfeld & Chet Williams
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KSE RACING PRODUCTS “HARD CHARGER” OF THE RACE:
2/24: Bubba Raceway Park – Brady Bacon (16th to 4th)
2/25: Bubba Raceway Park – Brady Bacon (13th to 5th)
4/1: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Shane Cottle (21st to 10th)
4/14: Bloomington Speedway – Kevin Thomas, Jr. (20th to 5th)
4/15: Tri-State Speedway – Brady Short (20th to 4th)
4/21: Plymouth Speedway – Tyler Courtney (18th to 2nd)
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WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHERS:
2/24: Bubba Raceway Park – Tyler Courtney
2/25: Bubba Raceway Park – Tyler Courtney
4/1: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Tyler Thomas
4/14: Bloomington Speedway – C.J. Leary
4/15: Tri-State Speedway – Tyler Courtney
4/21: Plymouth Speedway – Landon Simon
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ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DRIVER FEATURE WINS:
1. [59 wins] Dave Darland
2. [52 wins] Tom Bigelow
3. [47 wins] Tracy Hines
4. [46 wins] Jack Hewitt
5. [45 wins] Larry Dickson
6. [42 wins] Pancho Carter
7. [41 wins] Bryan Clauson
8. [40 wins] Gary Bettenhausen
9. [37 wins] Sheldon Kinser
10. [35 wins] Jon Stanbrough & Rich Vogler
12. [32 wins] Rollie Beale
13. [28 wins] Levi Jones & J.J. Yeley
15. [26 wins] Robert Ballou, Tony Elliott & Dave Steele
18. [25 wins] Steve Butler & Jay Drake
20. [23 wins] A.J. Foyt & Roger McCluskey
22. [22 wins] Rick Hood, Bubby Jones & Sam Sessions
25. [21 wins] Greg Weld
26. [17 wins] Brady Bacon, Jerry Coons, Jr., Parnelli Jones & Bud Kaeding
30. [16 wins] Damion Gardner & Chris Windom
32. [15 wins] Bobby East, Cory Kruseman, Jud Larson & Brian Tyler
36. [14 wins] Billy Cassella, Jim Hurtubise, Lee Kunzman & Bruce Walkup
40. [13 wins] Don Branson & Steve Chassey
42. [12 wins] Eric Gordon & Kevin Thomas Jr.
44. [11 wins] Daron Clayton & Greg Leffler
46. [10 wins] Tony Stewart
47. [9 wins] Mario Andretti, Hunter Schuerenberg & Robbie Stanley
50. [8 wins] Mike Bliss, Chet Fillip, Johnny Rutherford, Joe Saldana, & Chase Stockon
55. [7 wins] Kevin Doty, Darren Hagen, Kenny Irwin, Jr., Doug Kalitta, Jim Keeker, Bobby Santos, Brady Short, Kevin Thomas, Bobby Unser & Josh Wise
65. [6 wins] Chad Boespflug, Kevin Briscoe, Justin Grant, Jac Haudenschild, Jason McCord, Jan Opperman, Tom Sneva, George Snider & Dick Tobias
74. [5 wins] Larry Cannon, Dana Carter, Derek Davidson, Gene Lee Gibson, Jeff Gordon, Chuck Gurney, Shane Hmiel, Kevin Huntley, Frankie Kerr, Kelly Kinser, Eddie Leavitt, Jim Mahoney, Andy Michner, Johnny Parsons, Bill Puterbaugh & Cole Whitt
90. [4 wins] Rob Chaney, Cary Faas, Jesse Hockett, Steve Kinser, Michael Lewis, Thomas Meseraull, Don Nordhorn, Lee Osborne, Red Riegel, Ken Schrader, Al Smith & Danny Smith
102. [3 wins] Chuck Amati, Sonny Ates, Jeff Bloom, Mark Cassella, Shane Cottle, Jerry Daniels, Bob East, Bob Frey, Dickie Gaines, Wayne Hammond, Tray House, Kenny Jacobs, Tony Jones, Kyle Larson, Ralph Liguori, Charlie Masters, Mike Mosley, Larry Rice, Ron Shuman, Mitch Smith & Doug Wolfgang
123. [2 wins] Chad Boat, Marvin Carman, Ed Carpenter, Kyle Cummins, Brad Doty, Nic Faas, Cy Fairchild, Brad Fox, Arnie Knepper, Danny Lasoski, Mack McClellan, James McElreath, Lealand McSpadden, Danny Milburn, Mat Neely, Ryan Newman, Jerry Poland, Casey Riggs, Bill Rose, Mickey Shaw, Terry Shepherd, Dean Shirley, Brad Sweet, Kevin Swindell, Sammy Swindell, Mike Spencer, Bud Tingelstad, Billy Vukovich, Mike Ward & Carl Williams
153. [1 win] Donnie Adams, A.J. Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Tony Armstrong, Tommy Astone, Dick Atkins, Brent Beauchamp, Jeff Bland Jr., Stan Bowman, Alan Brown, Karl Busson, Johnny Capels, David Cardey, Bob Cicconi, Henry Clarke, Troy Cline, Duke Cook, Mel Cornett, Tyler Courtney, Allen Crowe, Bill Engelhart, Cotton Farmer, Aaron Farney, Gary Fedewa, Blake Fitzpatrick, Joe Gaerte, Russ Gamester, Rickie Gaunt, Elmer George, Brian Gerster, Todd Gibson, Ron Gregory, Richard Griffin, Garrett Hansen, Jerry Hansen, Jim Hemmings, Josh Hodges, Bob Hogle, Jackie Howerton, Chuck Hulse, Logan Jarrett, Marc Jessup, Gordon Johncock, Chet Johnson, Page Jones, Bob Kinser, Mike Kirby, C.J. Leary, Fred Linder, Steve Long, Hank Lower, Brett Mann, Bobby Marshman, Larry Martin, Mike Martin, Brad Marvel, Justin Marvel, Rusty McClure, Bob McCoy, Jim McElreath, Bobby Olivero, Gary Patterson, Billy Pauch, Dave Peperak, Jiggs Peters, Aaron Pierce, Paul Pitzer, Terry Pletch, Billy Puterbaugh Jr., Bud Randall, Byron Reed, Boston Reid, Rodney Ritter, Jr., David Roahrig, Carson Short, Billy Shuman, Jimmy Sills, Smokey Snellbaker, Wib Spalding, Greg Staab, Randy Standridge, Ron Standridge, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kody Swanson, Tanner Swanson, Mike Sweeney, Jeff Swindell, Clark Templeman, Bill Tyler, Rick Ungar, Lennie Waldo, Tyler Walker, Scotty Weir, Kenny Weld, Bob Wente, Matt Westfall, Johnny White, Rip Williams, Jacob Wilson & Eddie Wirth
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ALL-TIME USAC SPRINT CAR DRIVER CHAMPIONS:
1956: Pat O'Connor (Midwest) & Tommy Hinnershitz (Eastern); 1957: Elmer George (Midwest) & Bill Randall (Eastern); 1958: Eddie Sachs (Midwest) & Johnny Thomson (Eastern); 1959: Don Branson (Midwest) & Tommy Hinnershitz (Eastern); 1960: Parnelli Jones (Midwest) & A.J. Foyt (Eastern); 1961: Parnelli Jones; 1962: Parnelli Jones; 1963: Roger McCluskey; 1964: Don Branson; 1965: Johnny Rutherford; 1966: Roger McCluskey; 1967: Greg Weld; 1968: Larry Dickson; 1969: Gary Bettenhausen; 1970: Larry Dickson; 1971: Gary Bettenhausen; 1972: Sam Sessions; 1973: Rollie Beale; 1974: Pancho Carter; 1975: Larry Dickson; 1976: Pancho Carter; 1977: Sheldon Kinser; 1978: Tom Bigelow; 1979: Greg Leffler; 1980: Rich Vogler; 1981: Sheldon Kinser; 1982: Sheldon Kinser; 1983: Ken Schrader; 1984: Rick Hood; 1985: Rick Hood; 1986: Steve Butler; 1987: Steve Butler; 1988: Steve Butler; 1989: Rich Vogler; 1990: Steve Butler; 1991: Robbie Stanley; 1992: Robbie Stanley; 1993: Robbie Stanley; 1994: Doug Kalitta; 1995: Tony Stewart; 1996: Brian Tyler; 1997: Brian Tyler; 1998: Tony Elliott; 1999: Dave Darland; 2000: Tony Elliott; 2001: J.J. Yeley; 2002: Tracy Hines; 2003: J.J. Yeley; 2004: Jay Drake; 2005: Levi Jones; 2006: Josh Wise; 2007: Levi Jones; 2008: Jerry Coons, Jr.; 2009: Levi Jones; 2010: Levi Jones (Dirt) & Shane Hmiel (Pavement); 2011: Levi Jones (Dirt) & Bobby Santos (Pavement); 2012: Bryan Clauson; 2013: Bryan Clauson; 2014: Brady Bacon; 2015: Robert Ballou; 2016: Brady Bacon