2022 Dirt Racing Awards: Jonathan Davenport, Matt Sheppard & Year of Superman
The only thing that could keep Matt Sheppard from winning driver of the year in 2022 was another driver nicknamed Superman, one Jonathan Davenport.
The only thing that could keep Matt Sheppard from winning driver of the year in 2022 was another driver nicknamed Superman, one Jonathan Davenport.
USAC national champion driver Justin Grant proved the last man standing in winning the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway.
Defending USAC midget national champion Buddy Kofoid continued his title defense with a crown-jewel victory in the BC39 at Indianapolis.
And while this incident would not prove to have a lasting impact on Indiana Sprint Week, it is part of a behavioral problem that is becoming epidemic in sprint car racing.
Brady Bacon more or less owns Grandview Speedway at this point.
Sprint car racing doesn’t see a lot of drivers get turned on a straightaway, but that’s what happened to Logan Wagner at Port Royal Speedway.
Justin Grant won richest midget race since the Chili Bowl with a $10,000 win in the Shamrock Classic, keeping RMS Racing perfect in USAC midget racing in 2022.
Brandon Overton gobbles up yet another $20,000 with a Gobbler win at Cochran, while the best of Hendrick Motorsports find mixed results out west.
Chris Madden makes Blue Gray 100 history at Cherokee Speedway while Brandon Overton and Justin Grant score the weekend’s richest paychecks.
The A-Main – The stats sheet will show that Kyle Larson was utterly dominant in scoring his second consecutive Chili Bowl, but it was far closer than the scoresheet will show. KYLE LARSON IS A BACK-TO-BACK CHILI BOWL CHAMPION!!! pic.twitter.com/L7lAtfkrhn — ?????????? (@Walkapedia_) January 17, 2021 Larson, who bested polesitter Justin Grant on the race’s …
A typical road-course weekend saw a few names you don’t normally see up front, and some you expected to see up front relegated to poor finishes through no fault of their own. When the smoke cleared from a day filled with bumper cars and bumpy strategies, Jimmie Johnson surprisingly took home the checkered flag for …
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