19, 2013) – JR Motorsports driver, Regan Smith was named the Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver (MPD) at the season-ending awards banquet on Monday night at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Smith went head-to-head with more than 30 eligible drivers, including notables Austin Dillon and Elliott Sadler, in the month-long fan vote on NASCAR.com. “Wow, this is such an honor,” Smith said after receiving the award. “I owe a huge thanks to all of JR Nation and the Regan Smith fans out there. From the bottom of my heart, thanks to each and everyone who voted. This is hands down, one of the biggest highlights of my career.” The award comes on the cusp of Smith’s most successful season in Nationwide Series competition. Piloting the No.
Danica Patrick voted most popular driver in NASCAR Nationwide series. Patrick won the most popular driver award for the series in voting conducted online.
7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet, Smith tallied two wins (Michigan International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway), eight top-five and 19 top-10’s en route to a third-place finish in the championship standings – all career highs for the native of Cato, N.Y. The accomplishment is also a highlight for JR Motorsports, giving the organization its fourth MPD award in six seasons. Smith joins Brad Keselowski (2008-09) and Danica Patrick (2012) as JRM drivers who have received the prestigious award. The Nationwide Series Awards Banquet will air at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. Java Jre 1 7 51 Download Yahoo. 24, 2013, on FOX Sports 1.
Vickers won the then-Busch Series championship in 2003 with Hendrick Motorsports and is back for more a decade later, on track to rebuild his career following part-time Cup success in Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. Facing plenty of challenges during his time up top — from health problems to an entire race organization shutting down around him — he returns older, wiser and much more experienced at age 29. Vickers will campaign Joe Gibbs Racing’s powerful No. 20 Toyota with funding from Dollar General. In the past five years, JGR has averaged 13.6 wins in the series as an organization, running in a different time zone from the rest of the field, so expect instant success here. Sensus Unipro Software on this page. Sadler moves from Richard Childress Racing to JGR for 2013, where he teams with Vickers.