NASCAR Awards 2007

[RaikkonenRules]

Here are the catorgories:

Best Driver
Best Team
Most Improved Driver
Most Improved Team
Best Race
Best Paint Scheme
Surprise of the Year
Worst Driver
Worst Team
Worst Race
Worst Paint Scheme
Disapointment of the Year
Cock up of the Year

Here are my picks

Best Driver: Jeff Gordon
Best Team: Hendrick
Most Improved Driver: Tie between Bowyer and Truex
Most Improved Team: Waltrip Racing
Best Race: Daytona 500
Best Paint Scheme: #18 Interstate Batteries
Surprise of the Year: David Ragan
Worst Driver: Jeremy Mayfield
Worst Team: Morgan McClure
Worst Race: Calbornia
Worst Paint Scheme: #14 Waste Management
Disapointment of the Year: Evernham
Cock up of the Year: Ginn Racing

[blakebeatty]

Best Driver Jimmie Johnson
Best Team Hendrick Motorsports
Most Improved Driver Martin Truex / Dave Blaney
Most Improved Team Richard Childress Racing
Best Race Dickies 500 @ Texas (Maybe best duel this decade [b/w JJ and MK])
Best Paint Scheme #24 Dupont (Baddest Paint Scheme since Black #3)
Surprise of the Year So Many First Time winners
Worst Driver Paul Menard
Worst Team Red Bull Racing
Worst Race Rain Shortened Pocono
Worst Paint Scheme #31 W/O AT&T Sponsor Decals (Aired Dirty Laundry)
Disapointment of the Year Evernham Motorsports
Cock up of the Year: Biff winning Kansas in a stalled car

[tstran17_88]

Best Driver :
Jimmie Johnson (no brainer)

Best Team :
Hendrick Motorsports (another no brainer)

Most Improved Driver :
Clint Bowyer (making the chase and winning first race)

Most Improved Team :
Richard Childress Racing (all three teams make the chase)

Best Race :
Daytona 500

Best Paint Scheme :
Dewalt ‘Nano’

Surprise of the Year :
Casey Mears win at Lowe’s in the Coca-Cola 600

Worst Driver :
Michael Waltrip

Worst Team :
Michael Waltrip Racing

Worst Race :
tie (USG Sheetrock 400, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard & Centurion Boats at the Glen)

Worst Paint Scheme :
Another tie. The all red and yellow Shell/Penzoil car (aka Ronald McDonald mobile)
and all the ’57 Chevy paint schemes from the August Michigan race.

Disapointment of the Year :
Losing Benny Parsons, Bobby Hamilton Sr. & Bill France Jr.

Cock up of the Year :
Theresa and Dale Joonyer soap opera

[Sparky1329]

Best Driver - Jimmie Johnson (He has the trophy.)
Best Team - #48 Lowe's (See above)
Most Improved Driver - Martin Truex Jr (The team finally figured out something that made them competitive.)
Most Improved Team - The RCR organization as a whole.
Best Race - Coca-Cola 600 (Casey Mears won his first Cup race.)
Best Paint Scheme - The #7 Monster car at Sonoma
Surprise of the Year - Dave Blaney's Pole at Loudon in July.
Worst Driver - Jeremy Mayfield
Worst Team - MWR
Worst Race - Michigan in June
Worst Paint Scheme - Budweiser Desert Camo
Disapointment of the Year - Evernham Motorsports performance
Cock up of the Year - Dale Jr leaving DEI to go to HMS

[harvick#1]

Best Driver: Johnson (sadly)
Best Team: KHI truck team :D
Most Improved Driver: Clint Bowyer
Most Improved Team: RCR's #07
Best Race: Daytona 500 (like there were any other good ones)
Best Paint Scheme: #29 Pennzoil Platinum
Surprise of the Year: Busch getting dumped for a overrated driver
Worst Driver: Dale Earnhardt Jooyner
Worst Team: BDR's #36
Worst Race(s): Pocono (pick one), Bristol (fall), all CoT races really
Worst Paint Scheme: Dupont Nicrorette ( neon green and yellow :s )
Disapointment of the Year : Bristol repavement
Cock up of the Year : Bristol repavement

[MD24]

Best Driver:Jeff Gordon

Best Team:HMS

Most Improved Driver:David Stremme

Most Improved Team:RCR

Best Race:Can't think of any

Best Paint Scheme:24

Surprise of the Year:JR joining HMS

Worst Driver:Michael Waltrip

Worst Team:MWR

Worst Race:Pocono

Worst Paint Scheme:Yellow 29

Disapointment of the Year:Evernham racing

Cock up of the Year:Ginn racing

[Hoss Ghoul]

Best Driver: Jimmie Johnson

Best Team: HMS

Most Improved Driver: Truex and Bowyer

Most Improved Team: RCR as a whole, and Truex's DEI team

Best Race: Daytona 500

Best Paint Scheme: I like the chrome and red(RBR) wheels on the Toyotas.

Surprise of the Year: DEI letting Earnhardt get away, Gibbs switching to Toyota, flood of open wheel stars to NASCAR(didn't expect so many, so soon)

Worst Driver: Same cannon-fodder as usual, Waltrip, Jarrett past his prime, etc.

Worst Team: MWR, Yates is bad too, #8 DEI team-terrible engines

Worst Race: Lots of forgettable ones this year

Worst Paint Scheme: MWR cars with the chrome wheels, good idea, bad implementation

Disapointment of the Year: COT doesn't actually make the racing better

Cock up of the Year: COT, Bristol repaving(may change with time), Kansas finish

[jeffmr2]

Best driver Jimmie Johnson
Best team HMS
Most improved driver Casey Mears (maybe its just the car)
Most improved team HMS (i know they were the best anyway but theyve raised the bar even higher)
Best race Pepsi 400 daytona
Best paint scheme Kyle Buschs no.5 busch car at vegas (before crashing)
Suprise of year Jr joining HMS
Worst driver Dale Jarret
Worst team Yates
Worst race Subway 500 martinsville
Worst paint scheme I'm not keen on the penzoil yellow
Disapointment of the year HMS sacking Kyle Busch
Cock up of the year I'm hoping Kyle Busch will show that HMS sacking him was monumental mistake,otherwise i'd say it was goodyear supplying poor tyres most weeks.