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Former NASCAR regular Erin Crocker has won the 2007 ARCA Re/Max Superspeedway Championship, becoming the first female driver in 55 years to take the award.
The superspeedway award honors the team and driver that accumulates the most superspeedway points in a season. This year, the series schedule included 12 superspeedway events. Previous winners of the award include Davey Allison, who won the title in its 1984 debut season, Jeff Purvis, Mike Wallace and Frank Kimmel. |
Crocker and team owner Ray Evernham were honored during the series’ annual banquet Saturday night in Covington, Ky.
Crocker has been a NASCAR competitor in both the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series ranks. She ran partial schedules in both series in 2005 and again in 2006 in the Busch Series, a year when she competed full time in the truck ranks for Evernham Motorsports. She finished 34th in the series standings that season.
Kimmel was honored the as the 2007 series championship, and Michael Waltrip Racing development driver Michael McDowell was named the rookie of the year.
Information is courtesy of Scene Daily.
