1/20/2024
Crawford County Speedway
2023 Drivers Banquet Awards
The 2023 Drivers Banquet was held on January 6th in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The event recognized the hard work put in by the Watson Family & all of the people who make Crawford County Speedway a great place to race.
The following awards were presented to drivers.
Perfect Attendance- Mini Stock- #71 Chris Brock, Mini Stock-#23 Jenny Boyster, Mini Stock-#39 Jack Bieker, Front Wheel Drive-#2 Chelsie Jones
2023 Rookie of the Year Awards- USRA Modified-#21C Conner Reed, USRA B Modified- #6T Grant Williams, Stock Car-#1H Issac Henson, Pure Stock-#67 Time Jones, Mini Stock-#95 Adam Burris, Front Wheel Drive-#2M Charlie Morton
Sportsmanship Awards- USRA Modified-#99 Victor Pinkerton, USRA B Modified-#F18 Jonathan Ferrari, Stock Car-#55 Ronnie Lingo, Pure Stock-#50 Joey Dunn, Mini Stock-#39 Jack Bieker
Most Improved Driver- USRA Modified-#5 Matthew Bolton, USRA B Modified-#77 Jared Ricketts, Stock Car-#1P Marshall Penson, Pure Stock-#3 Dylan Murray, Mini Stock-#4 Jeremy Taylor, Front Wheel Drive-#55 Cassie Maul, Front Wheel Drive-#2 Chelsie Jones
Hard Charger of the Year-USRA Modified-#55 Nathan Hagar, USRA B Modified-#05 Brent Willyard, USRA B Modified-#24W Shannon Weese, USRA B Modified-#3H Shay Hardin, Stock Car-#285 Gene Powell, Stock Car-#27 Ron Grover, Stock Car-#21 Darrick Laird, Pure Stock-#1 Brian Murray,Pure Stock-#55 Chuck Smith, Mini Stock-#5 Landon Lewallen, Front Wheel Drive-#18 Steven Raburn
The Top 10 Drivers in each class were also recognized along with the Track Champion for each class.
The 2023 Track Champions are as follows:
USRA Modified-#11M Carl McDade
USRA B Modified-#5 Brandon Wilson
Stock Car- #2M Brian McDade
Pure Stock- #B1 Bobby Murray
Mini Stock-#23 Jenny Boyster
Front Wheel Drive-#20F Ricky Foster
Young Guns-#35 Dillon Hobbs