ITS BAAACCKKK!!!!! - 2012 Racing Voting

Driver of the Year:
Team of the Year:
Reject of the Year:
Reject Team of the Year:
Tough Luck:
Turn-around Driver:
Hardest Hit:
Best Race:
Worst Race:
Most Exciting Finish:
Most Dramatic Race:
Most Intense Rivalry:
Most Popular Driver:
Trevor Bayne Award:
Brian Barnhart Award:
Dumbest Move:
Best Moment:
Worst Moment:
Biggest Screwjob:
Best Racing Season:
Worst Racing Season:
Most Laughable Moment:

What the new categories are.

Most Dramatic Race:
- The race that had a crap load of drama in it. It is not the same thing as the "Best Race."
- EX: Phoenix 2 (Cup)

Best Moment:
- What was like the biggest highlight of that season.
- EX: When Kesolowski won the championship.

Worst Moment:
- What was like the worst highlight of that season.
- EX: When Jimmie was the one to give Hendrick's 200th win

Biggest Screwjob:
- The driver that got screwed the hardest.
- EX: Sadler at Indy

Best Racing Season:
- The league/divison that produced the best season.
- EX: Indycar, NCWTS

Worst Racing Season
- The league/divison that produced the worst season.
- EX: NNS

Most Laughable Moment
- I think you have to ask kensethfan for that.
- EX: What the hell is he talking about.

Voting shall now precede.... and please, don't rip off my examples.

Driver of the Year: Tie between Brad Keselowski or Will Power
Team of the Year: Penske Racing [NASCAR and IndyCar]
Reject of the Year: Kurt Busch
Reject Team of the Year: Rick Ware Racing or Key Motorsports [NNS]
Tough Luck: Jeff Gordon [NSCS]
Turn-around Driver: Ryan Hunter-Reay [IndyCar]
Hardest Hit: Eric McClure at Talladega [NNS]
Best Race: ???
Worst Race: Both Kentucky races [NSCS]
Most Exciting Finish: 2012 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen [NSCS] (I was there. )
Most Dramatic Race: 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 [NCWTS]
Most Intense Rivalry: Gordon vs. Bowyer
Most Popular Driver: Brad Keselowski
Trevor Bayne Award: ???
Brian Barnhart Award: NASCAR's invisible debris cautions
Dumbest Move: Angela Cope wrecking on Lap 1 at Charlotte [NNS]
Best Moment: ???
Worst Moment: ???
Biggest Screwjob: Blake Koch [NNS and NCWTS]
Best Racing Season: IndyCar, with no doubts at all
Worst Racing Season: None, it was pretty balanced all around.

Driver of the Year: Brad Keselowski (Sprint Cup)
Team of the Year: Penske Racing (Sprint Cup and IndyCar)
Reject of the Year: Romain Grosejan (F1)
Reject Team of the Year: Hispanic Racing Team (F1)
Tough Luck: Jeff Gordon (Sprint Cup)
Turn-around Driver: Kurt Busch (Nationwide) (Couldn't think of anyone else, but he makes this award except for one flaw...)
Hardest Hit: Eric McClure, Talladega (Nationwide) (Honorable Mention to Tony Stewart at Talladega in Sprint Cup)
Best Race: Irwin Tools Night Race (Sprint Cup)
Worst Race: Fontana (Sprint Cup)
Most Exciting Finish: Watkins Glen (Sprint Cup) (I almost thought about giving this one to the ARCA race at Daytona, except for the fact that GERHARTWINSLOL.)
Most Dramatic Race: Indianapolis 500 (IndyCar)
Most Intense Rivalry: Clint Bowyer vs. Hendrick Motorsports (Sprint Cup)
Most Popular Driver: Kimi Raikkonen (F1)
Trevor Bayne Award: Cale Gale at Homestead by a mile. (Camping World Trucks)
Brian Barnhart Award: NASCAR's bullshit calls on jumping restarts. (Nationwide)
Dumbest Move: Romain Grosejan at Spa-Francorchamps (F1); Kurt Busch at Daytona (Nationwide)
Best Moment: Jimmie Johnson losing the championship by a loose lugnut and a drive train issue. (Sprint Cup)
Worst Moment: Takuma Sato being taken out on the last lap of the Indy 500. (IndyCar)
Biggest Screwjob: Jeff Gordon's luck (Sprint Cup)
Best Racing Season: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Worst Racing Season: No answer. To second what Casey said, all of the excitement was pretty evened out.
Most Laughable Moment: Earnhardt, Jr. snapping a 129 race winless streak by outrunning Brad Keselowski on foot to the restroom under the red flag at Daytona. Geez, was that a mouthful. (Sprint Cup)

Honorable Mentions:

-Angela Cope being a dipshit at Loudon. (Nationwide)
-ESPN's tribute to Dan Wheldon at St. Petersburg. (IndyCar)
-Marco Andretti's hard hit at Long Beach. (IndyCar)
-Jacques Villeneuve crashing people at Road America, Nelson Piquet, Jr. winning said race. (Nationwide)
-"Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing." -Kimi Raikkonen, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (F1)
-Danica leaking oil with 2 to go at Phoenix, no yellow. (Sprint Cup)
-ARCA drivers deciding not to run out of talent until the last lap at Daytona. (ARCA)

Driver of the Year: Ryan Hunter Reay
Team of the Year: Tie between Andretti and Penske
Reject of the Year: Lotus in IndyCar
Reject Team of the Year: America Israel Racing (start and park team shouldn't get this, but AIR fails for other reasons)
Tough Luck: Sébastien Bourdais
Turn-around Driver: Mike Bliss (8th in Nationwide Points!)
Hardest Hit: Eric McClure in Aarons 312
Best Race: Indianapolis 500
Worst Race: Cup at Pocono (the one Logano won) and the Aaron's 312 (somebody was almost killed)
Most Exciting Finish: Indianapolis 500 (the last 10 laps with Dario, TK, Taku, and Dixon
Most Dramatic Race: ALMS Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase @ Road America
Most Intense Rivalry: Bowyer vs. Gordon
Most Popular Driver:
Trevor Bayne Award: Pastor Maldanado @ Grand Prix of Spain
Brian Barnhart Award: ALMS for DQing Patrick Long at Mosport & the people that fired Randy Bernhard
Dumbest Move: Pierguiseppe Parrazini wrecking Anthony Davidson at Le Mans
Best Moment: An American winning the IndyCar title
Worst Moment: The Phoenix Brawl
Biggest Screwjob: Simona de Silvestro (screwed by Lotus)
Best Racing Season:
Worst Racing Season:

Driver of the Year: Brad Keselowski (Cup)
Team of the Year: Penske Racing (Cup)
Reject of the Year: Jeff Gordon (Cup)
Reject Team of the Year: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing (Cup)
Tough Luck: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Cup) and Johanna Long (Nationwide)
Turn-around Driver: John Wes Townley (Trucks)
Hardest Hit: Tony Stewart (Talladega 2)
Best Race: Talladega 2 (Cup)
Worst Race: Any race Jimmie Johnson won (Cup)
Most Exciting Finish: Watkins Glen (Cup)
Most Dramatic Race: DRIVE4COPD 300 (Nationwide)
Most Intense Rivalry: Gordon VS. Bowyer
Most Popular Driver: Brad Keselowski (Cup)
Trevor Bayne Award: James Buescher (DRIVE4COPD 300 Nationwide)
Brian Barnhart Award: Who the fuck is Brian Barnhart?
Dumbest Move: Jeff Gordon retaliating because of what he thought happened with Clint Bowyer when it was simply hard racing and his fault.
Best Moment: Parker Kligerman winning at Talladega (Trucks)
Worst Moment: Any race Jimmie Johnson won.
Biggest Screwjob: Blake Koch
Best Racing Season: Trucks
Worst Racing Season: I don't know

updated it..

Driver of the Year: Narain Karthikeyan
Team of the Year: Hispania Racing Team
Reject of the Year: Narain Karthikeyan
Reject Team of the Year: Hispania Racing Team
Tough Luck: Narain Karthikeyan
Turn-around Driver: Narain Karthikeyan
Hardest Hit: Narain Karthikeyan at Abu Dhabi
Best Race: Nascar @ Auto Club
Worst Race: Nascar @ The Glen
Most Exciting Finish: Nascar @ Auto Club
Most Dramatic Race: Indycar @ China
Most Intense Rivalry: Tony Stewart vs Weight Watchers
Most Popular Driver: Narain Karthikeyan
Trevor Bayne Award: Trevor Bayne
Brian Barnhart Award: Brian Barnhart
Dumbest Move: Logano leaving Gibbs, he was so good with them
Best Moment: Logano Winning in Nationwide
Worst Moment:
Biggest Screwjob:
Best Racing Season:
Worst Racing Season:
Most Laughable Moment:

Driver of the Year: Brad Keselowski (Nascar)
Team of the Year: Turner Motorsports (Nascar)
Reject of the Year: Todd Bodine (Nascar)
Reject Team of the Year: XXXXTREEMMME MOTORSPORTS (NASCAR)
Tough Luck: Jeff Gordon (Nascar)
Turn-around Driver: Clint Bowyer (Nascar...Both in the wins column and the fact i thought he would be terrible this year)
Hardest Hit: Eric McClure (Nascar)
Best Race: China (F1)
Worst Race: Any race Logano won in Nationwide
Most Exciting Finish: Watkins Glen (Nascar Cup)
Most Dramatic Race: Watkins Glen (Nascar Cup)
Most Intense Rivalry: Pastor Maldonado Vs Roman Grosjean (F1...For most cars wrecked)
Most Popular Driver: Brad Keselowski
Trevor Bayne Award: Cale Gale (Nascar)
Brian Barnhart Award: Indycar firing Bernard
Dumbest Move: Nascar not suspending Jeff Gordon
Best Moment: Finish at Glen
Worst Moment: Logano picked up by Penske
Biggest Screwjob: Piquet getting a speeding penalty on exit when he has the FIRST STALL at Rockingham, thus in turn screwing him out of a race that he pretty much dominated, which in turns leads to cuppiewinslol.
Best Racing Season: Indycar
Worst Racing Season: Nascar Nationwide
Most Laughable Moment: Nascar Red Flag madness at Daytona

Alta wrote:

Most Laughable Moment: Nascar Red Flag madness at Daytona

That's what I'm talking about, Mike.