National Midget Driver of the Year

Hines captures second career NMDOTY title

Irwindale, Calif., November 27----Tracy Hines claimed his second career National Midget Driver of the Year Championship presented by Chevrolet & Ford, Thursday Night in midget racing's 226th and final event of the season at Toyota Speedway @Irwindale.
Despite needing a provisional to make the starting field for the Turkey Night Grand Prix, and an opening-lap spin, Hines' 26th place finish in the event, placed him 62 points ahead of Bobby East in the final points standings. East after topping the 64-car field in qualifying and leading the opening laps, appeared headed towards a finish to overtake Hines for the title. Mechanical problems slowed East at the midway,point resulting in a 16th place finish. 2008 USAC National Midget Champion Cole Whitt, Brad Kuhn, and Brad Sweet completed the top five, with a record 588 drivers earning points.
Tony Stewart Racing claimed the NMDOTY Car Owner Championship by 39 points over Terry Klatt. The top ten drivers and car owners along with Manufacturers Champions Ford-Esslinger (engine) and Spike (chassis) and Design 500 Rookie of the Year Nic Faas will receive their point fund checks and trophies in the annual ceremony held during the final night of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals on Jan. 17, 2009. r

Top 100 Drivers
Driver	Points	Races/Wins	Driver	Points	Races/Wins
1. Tracy Hines	1317	37/1	51. Tracy Readinger	311	18/1
2. Bobby East	1255	41/4	52. Alison MacLeod	310	15/2
3. Cole Whitt	1222	28/2	53. Jim Anderson	306	14/1
4. Brad Kuhn	1207	44/4	54. Erica Santos	304	16/0
5. Brad Sweet	1184	29/5	55. P.J. Gargiulo	302	17/1
6. Brad Loyet	1176	48/10	56. Tim Siner	292	19/0
7. Jerry Coons Jr.	1157	42/7	57. Donnie R. Crawford	288	16/2
8. Brady Bacon	1052	30/1	58. Kevin Swindell	284	9/2
9. Dave Darland	1014	33/3	59. Daniel Robinson	276	16/1
10. Darren Hagen	929	26/1	60. Joe Ligouri	270	20/0
11. Levi Jones	888	30/1	61. Pat Abold	266	9/1
12. Mike Hess	887	36/6	62. Mario Clouser	262	12/3
13. Davey Ray	845	37/2	63. Shannon McQueen	252	17/2
14. Dakoda Armstrong	761	33/4	64. Aaron Wall	249	14/0
15. Kody Swanson	724	14/1	65. Noki Fornoro	248	16/0
16.Bobby Santos III	704	19/6	66. Jeremy Frankoski	247	13/0
17. Brett Anderson	604	23/5	67. Robby Jossett	246	20/1
18. Bubba ALtig	595	32/1	68. Bruce Buckwalter	245	18/0
19. Scott Hatton	563	30/3	69. Nick Knepper	242	19/0
20. Zach Daum	550	38/1	70. Ricky Ehrgott	241	17/0
21. Randy Cabral	543	17/8	71. Austin Brown	227	25/0
22. Steve Buckwalter	517	22/6	72. Chad DeSelle	224	19/0
23. Brian Olson	511	18/3	73. A.J. Ernesto	224	15/0
24. Chad Boat	505	26/0	74. Chad McDaniel	222	15/1
25.David Byrne	463	22/5	75. David Gough	221	21/0
26. Bryan Clauson	420	13/2	76. Mark Atkinson	220	16/3
27. Brandon Waelti	419	18/2	77. Brent Beauchamp	215	14/0
28. Josh Ford	408	16/4	78. Eric Heydenreich	215	16/0
29. Chris Windom	408	28/1	79. Justin Grant	212	15/2
30.Nic Faas	403	20/3	80. Jason Leffler	212	6/0
31. Randy Monroe	402	18/3	81. James Robertson	210	10/2
32. Joey Payne	397	16/1	82. Cole Carter	207	6/0
33. Dereck King	384	17/0	83. Mario Marietta	206	14/1
34. Aaron Fiscus	378	24/0	84. Gary Taylor	206	9/2
35. Zach Schiff	378	23/3	85. Daniel Adler	204	14/0
36. Evan Margeson	367	18/6	86. Floyd Alvis	203	16/0
37. Greg Stoehr	367	17/2	87. Kasey Kahne	203	5/0
38. Andy Martin	357	15/3	88. Steve Lenig	201	19/0
39. Jonathan Beason	356	19/1	89. Damion Gardner	200	2/2
40. Shane Cottle	350	9/0	90. Bradley Galeridge	198	13/1
41. Travis Young	344	18/3	91. Scott Nail	198	20/0
42. Brett Arndt	343	18/0	92. Jon Stanbrough	198	7/1
43. Scott Pierovich	343	22/0	93. Nick FosterJr.	196	17/1
44. Dustin Morgan	339	20/0	94. Zack Martini	195	16/0
45. Frank Polimeda	337	18/0	95. Joe Wipperfurth	193	18/0
46. Billy Wease	337	10/2	96. Stephanie Stevens	191	17/0
47. Adam Cantor	330	14/0	97. Mike Muroitio	190	11/0
48. Nick Wean	325	18/1	98. Matt Smith	186	10/0
49. Drew Heistand	318	17/1	99. Tim Noble	186	20/0
50. Michael Pickens	315	14/1	100. Chuck Gurney Jr.	185	5/1

DESIGN 500 RACEWEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1.	Nic Faas	403
2.	Alison MacLeod	310
3.	Daniel Robinson	276
4.	Mario Clouser	262
5.	Aaron Wall	249

TOP 5 MANUFACTURERS
ENGINE CHASSIS
1.	Ford-Esslinger	544	1.	Spike	479
2.	Mopar	243	2.	Beast	290
3.	Fontana	137	3.	Stealth	239
4.	Gaerte	96	4.	Drinan	51
5.	Chevrolet	86	5.	Buzzard	48

588 Drivers Scored Points In 226 Events

132 Events Were Run On Dirt And 94 On Pavement

83 Tracks Were Visited In 28 States

Most Wins = Brad Loyet 10

Most Races = Brad Loyet 48

2008 SERIES CHAMPIONS

ARDC	Randy Monroe
AMRA	Jeff Perry
Badger	Mike Hess
BCRA	Nick Foster Jr.
NEMA	Randy Cabral
POWRi	Brett Anderson
RMMRA	Tony Rossi
SMRS	Jonathan Beason
SSMA	Evan Pardo
UMARA	Jim Anderson
USAC Nat'l	Cole Whitt
USAC Reg	Travis Young
USAC West	Nic Faas
WOWMS	Doug Dietsch
WMRA	Mark Atkinson