Year monster energy series nationwide series camping world series. Dillon born april 27, 1990 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Well find out in four months as voting began saturday and will conclude nov. October 15, 20 with only five races remaining in the 20 nascar sprint cup season, the race for the championship is at fever pitch. Preece won in fan balloting for the 2012 most popular driver award on the nascar whelen modified tour. Voting for 2012 nmpa nascar most popular driver award to. The season continued with the chase for the sprint cup beginning on september 16 at chicagoland. After that, i found the top 64 drivers by flair in rnascar. Voting opens for 2012 nationwide series most popular driver.
Kasey kahne has been in the top 10 of the most popular driver voting for 14 straight seasons. Nascar hall of fame class of 2012 jayskis nascar silly. Allgaier, 33, takes the mantle from former teammate elliott sadler, who had won the fanvoted honor. Earnhardt jr continues his reign as nascars most popular. The fiveperson class, which will be officially inducted in a ceremony during the weekend of jan. Earnhardt was presented as nascars most popular driver during the annual seasonending awards ceremony, which is meant to fete all the playoff drivers and. Danica patrick voted most popular driver in nascar. The 10week playoff format will return, with the top 10, based on. Found the number of flairs for each driver through adding up the number of people with their respective flairs in the wiki including historical flairs for kahne, jr, harvick, etc. Nascar fans are among the most brandloyal in all of sports, and as a result more fortune 100 companies participate in nascar than any other sport.
Nascar logo shop buy tickets headers mpd voting is closed opt 2. I know our fans take a ton of pride in voting for it, earnhardt jr. Nascar most popular driver award top 10 announced for 2011 by jeff gluck the nascar most popular driver voting has been narrowed to 10 and the points have been reset. Kyle busch finished second to chase elliott in most. The 10week playoff format will return, with the top 10 votegetters competing for top accolades at the seasons end.
Justin allgaier wins most popular driver award in xfinity. Nascar most popular drivers are selected by fan voting. The news comes right after patrick won the nationwide series most popular driver award last night. Most popular driver award voting now open hendrick motorsports. The award is the only major nascar award determined. Voting for the national motorsports press association nmpa sprint most popular driver award is set to open at 12. For the fifth consecutive year, fans can vote online on nascar. The 2012 nascar sprint cup series was the 64th season of nascar professional stock car racing in the united states and the 41st modernera cup season. Fans will then have 10 race weeks to cast their vote once a day to determine the 2012 nascar nmpa most popular driver winner from the final field of 10 drivers. Fans selected the 10 most popular drivers in voting from february through september. Justin allgaier, ross chastain named most popular driver.
Ryan preece may have come up second in the standings in 2012 but he was first in the voting booth. The reigning, twotime most popular driver award winning driver for hendrick. Justin allgaier has been named the nascar xfinity series most popular driver for the first time. The late dale earnhardt was voted most popular driver that year. Voting under way to determine nascars most popular driver. The season started on february 18, 2012 at daytona international speedway, with the budweiser shootout, followed by the daytona 500 on february 27. Nascars most popular driver voting runs through friday nov. Nascar most popular driver voting begins online fans. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars sprint cup series. Chase elliott was selected as the nmpa most popular driver in a fan vote announced during thursdays nascar awards show.
Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar silly. Sponsored by hamburger helper in 2010, it was also sponsored by wheaties in 2011. Never in a million years did i think this would be the outcome of the fan voting this year. Chase elliott 201415, regan smith 20, danica patrick 2012. Nascars most popular driver award is awarded to the most popular nascar driver in the. My favorite drivers are apparent by my flair but even blaney, chase, bubba and kyle dont give me as strong or visceral, lets be honest of a. Time is running out to vote for nascars most popular driver. Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar. Brad keselowski captured the cup series championship in 2012. Most popular driver award archives nascar talk nbc sports. Nascar opened voting tuesday for its most popular driver awards across a spectrum of their national and regional touring divisions. Com for the 2012 most popular driver in the nascar nationwide series twitter hashtag.
Nascar xfinity series most popular driver voting now open. In voting by nascar fans, justin allgaier earned most popular driver honors in the xfinity series for the first time in his career. The award is presented by the national motorsports press association. The winner will be announced during the monster energy nascar cup series awards banquet at the wynn las vegas on nov. Voting for 2012 nmpa nascar most popular driver award. Voting continues for nascar nmpa most popular driver award. Previous winners of the nmpa sprint most popular driver award. The award, given annually since 1956, is earnhardt jr. Less than 24 hours remain to vote for the 2019 winner. Kasey kahne is the latest nascar driver to retire, at. Sadler voted nxs most popular driver for a third time. Allgaier, 33, takes the mantle from former teammate elliott sadler, who had won the fanvoted honor for three consecutive years. Voting for the nmpa sprint most popular driver award will open sunday, sept. November 29, 2012 the national motorsports press association nmpa is proud to announce, on behalf of all nascar fans who voted, dale earnhardt jr.
Patrick won the most popular driver award for the series in voting conducted online. Nascar announced today the 2012 class of inductees into the nascar hall of fame. Voting opens for 2012 most popular driver in two nascar. Nascar most popular driver online voting for all divisions. Kyle busch is the defending cup series winner and cole custer won last years xfinity series race at. While the most popular driver in the nascar cup series wont be announced until thursday, nascar on wednesday revealed winners of the most popular drivers voting in. By amanda vincent voting has opened for the national motorsports press associations most popular driver award. He is the son of former driver and richard childress racing rcr general manager mike dillon, older brother of ty dillon and grandson of richard childress. Nascars most popular driver award is awarded to the most popular nascar driver in the monster energy nascar cup series, xfinity series, and camping world truck series every year since 1956. He currently competes fulltime in the nascar cup series, driving the no. Nascar races are broadcast in more than 150 countries and in 20 languages. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup. Voting for the 2012 national motorsports press association nmpa nascar most popular driver award will officially begin march 15.
It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup series competitors. Nascar hall of famer bill elliott chases father owns the most awards with 16, while former hendrick motorsports driver dale earnhardt jr. Nascar fans have the opportunity to vote for their favorite driver to determine the national motorsports press associations most popular driver award. Voting for the 2019 national motorsports press association nmpa most popular driver award presented by hooters officially opens today, september 4, at noon et.
The winner will be announced at the seasonending awards banquet following the seasons last race at homesteadmiami speedway in november. Nascar has released the current top 10 in voting for the monster energy nascar cup series most popular driver award. Nascar most popular driver voting begins speed sport. Top 10 nascar cup drivers of the 2010s includes a few surprises. Threetime champion stewart faces ninetime most popular. The nascar gander rv and outdoors truck series is off this weekend.
Wins nascars most popular driver award yet again by jeff gluck dale earnhardt jr. Cale yarborough, darrell waltrip, dale inman, richie evans and glen wood. Ranking the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time fox. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars sprint. Brandt justin allgaier most popular driver news xfinity series. The most popular driver award is the only major nascar award. Today it is voted for by fans across the united states. After a bit of a delay to start the season, the nmpa nascar most popular driver award voting is officially open starting today at as was the case last year, the. Danica patrick won it in 2012, regan smith followed in 20 and. She has more than 670,000 twitter followers and drove for the most. Petty, earnhardt, gordon, johnson nascar has a host of legendary drivers from. New to this years campaign, two lucky fans and their guests will win an allexpense paid trip to the 2012 nascar nationwide series and nascar camping world truck series awards on nov. Voting for the 2012 national motorsports press assn nascar most popular driver award began today. Ryan preece voted 2012 most popular driver on nascar.
Dale jr wins 10th consecutive most popular driver award. The award, which is voted on by the fans, has been presented annually since 1953. Fan voting set to open for nmpa sprint most popular driver. While the battles for championship supremacy reign over the tracks, the battle for popularity is about to heat up over the web. Others, like the 20 greatest nascar drivers of all time, are more clear.