SBNation - NASCAR 2013 Awards - Best Driver; Best, Worst Races, Biggest Underachiever, Etc.

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I would say that they are spot on with this. Nothing I would really disagree with here although some may argue with Ratcliffe beating out Knaus for the top spot. I think Ratcliffe takes it though.


>>Driver of the Year - Jimmy Johnson; Hon Mention = Matt Kenseth; Kevin Harvick; Kurt Busch

Best Race - Martinsville - Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500; Hon Mention = Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond); Irwin Tools Night Race (Bristol); Aaron's 499 (Talladega)

Worst Race - TMS - AAA 500; Hon Mention = Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas); Party in the Poconos 400 (Pocono); Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)

Biggest Overachiever - Kurt Busch; Hon Mention = David Ragan

Biggest Underachiever - Brad K; Hon Mention = Hamlin; Danica Patrick; Marcos Ambrose; Clint Bowyer

Crew Chief of The Year - Jason Ratcliffe; Hon Mention = Chad Knaus; Gil Martin<<


http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2013/11/29/5157172/nascar-2013-year-end-awards-season-review
 
oh man, the list is a joke, Jordan, whoever he/she is needs to audition for a spot on "The Crowd Goes Wild" It would be a step up for Fox puke 1. doesn't work on this board.
 
I think the California race was the best race.

Best superspeedway race. Martinsville was thrilling from start to finish. Hands down the best Cup race I've ever seen in-person and one of the best races I've seen all year behind only the Martinsville LMSC race, the Myrtle Beach 400 and the Hampton Heat 200.
 
This list definitely has some holes. The fall Martinsville race was good, but not the best of the year. As far as Bowyer on the underachiever list, he didn't win this year, but 7th in points isn't that bad. And I'm not sure how Ragan overachieved considering the Talladega races were his only two top-10's of the season. He even finished behind Danica in the points.
 
oh man, the list is a joke, Jordan, whoever he/she is needs to audition for a spot on "The Crowd Goes Wild" It would be a step up for Fox puke 1. doesn't work on this board.
Would you like to elaborate
 
My votes would be:

Driver of the Year - Kurt Busch
Best Race - Auto Club 400
Worst Race - TMS - AAA 500
Biggest Overachiever - Kurt Busch
Biggest Underachiever - Brad K
Crew Chief of The Year - Chad Knaus
 
Martinsville II was best start-to-finish; California was best the last twenty laps.

Could be either one. I enjoyed all the pass at Autoclub and the great 3 way battles for the lead, of which there were a few. There was passing much of the day.
 
I'd go with the June Pocono race as the worst of the year. It's a close call with Texas II, but the tiebreaker for me was the excessive amount of commercials TNT aired during that Pocono race. I know that has nothing to do with the race itself, but for me it made it less enjoyable.
 
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