MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Nick Hoffman put a wrap on his World of Outlaws Late Model Series campaign by earning the rookie-of-the-year title.
During the course of his rookie season on the national tour, the Illinois native earned a fifth-place finish in the series’ standings, as well as his first-career win with the tour — which came on May 23 at New York’s Stateline Speedway.
When not on the WoO trail, Hoffman entered a bevy of additional super late model events as well as a few midget starts. With two nights of super late model racing still looming at the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals, Nick has already entered 72 events with four wins, 20 top-five finishes and 34 top-10 finishes.
“What a great year for our Tye Twarog Racing team. We set out this year with the goal of getting the Rookie (of the Year) title and winning our first (World of) Outlaws race. We accomplished both those goals, and then we also won two $10,000 XR (Workin’ Man) Series events and a $7,500 Iron-Man Series event,” Hoffman said.
“After running a modified pretty much every week for the past several years, it was quite the change of pace to hit the road with the Outlaws, but man Tye (Twarog) and my whole team and sponsors, they just gave me everything I needed every night to be successful.
“We’re going to go run the Dome (at America’s Center) in a few weeks with the super late model, and then get ready for the Chili Bowl. From there we are already preparing for our second year on the road with the World of Outlaws, and I’m really excited to get back to a lot of these tracks for a second time now that we have a notebook.
“Again, thanks so much to every person, who makes this possible. It’s pretty awesome to be getting to live my dreams.”