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A Look Back At The 2020 Champions

NEW MEXICO MOTOR RACING ASSOCIATION (NMMRA)

1 – Caleb Saiz – 236
2 – Spencer Hill – 229
3 – Don Grable – 221
4 – Robert Marfia – 189
5 – J.R. Bonesteel – 177
6 – Clint Miller – 169
7 – Michael Fanelli – 144
8 – Colt Treharn – 131
9 – Devon Amos – 127
10 – Randy Smith – 125

2018 champion Caleb Saiz, of Albuquerque, N.M., earned two wins on his way to the 2020 New Mexico Motor Racing Ass’n championship, driving for David Burns.

The New Mexico-based non-winged sprint car series contested six events this season.

Don Grable was the only other racer to win multiple feature wins, earning two. Michael Fanelli and Rick Ziehl earned the other two features.

NORTHEASTERN MIDGET ASSOCIATION (NEMA)

1 – Todd Bertrand – 1,015
2 – Randy Cabral – 983
3 – Avery Stoehr – 964
4 – Jake Trainor – 868
5 – Mike Horn – 751
6 – Doug Cleveland – 743
7 – Paul Scally – 732
8 – John Zych – 692
9 – Lanson Fornoro – 659
10 – Alan Chambers – 578

After a second-place point finish in 2019, Todd Bertrand won the Northeastern Midget Ass’n championship in 2020.

Although he was winless for the season, Bertrand finished in the top 10 in all eight races the series contested.

Randy Cabral topped the series‘ win list, with three, while Avery Stoehr claimed two wins as the only other driver to nab multiple checkers.

Bertrand Motorsports earned four of the five top owner point finishes, including the owner championship.

NORTHERN OUTLAW SPRINT ASSOCIATION (NOSA)

1 – Jade Hastings – 923
2 – Wade Nygaard – 855
3 – Nick Omdahl – 845
4 – Shane Roemeling – 811
Tie – Austin Pierce – 811
6 – Brendan Mullen – 799
7 – Jack Croaker – 782
8 – Jordan Adams – 780
9 – Blake Egeland – 725
10 – Tom Egeland – 702

By taking the green at the Sept. 18 finale at River Cities Speedway, Jade Hastings, of Grand Forks, N.D., earned the Buffalo Wild Wings Northern Outlaw Sprint Ass’n championship.

Hastings went on to win the finale, his sixth win of the season, also collecting a $1,520 bounty placed on two-time NOSA champion Austin Pierce, after Pierce entered the event with a three-win streak.

It was the second time Hastings collected a bounty on Pierce this season.

Pierce won a total of 10 features in 2020, while Brendan Mullen was the only other multiple feature winner, with two.

NRA SPRINT INVADERS

The K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders were only able to compete two events in 2020, a race at Fremont Speedway won by Chase Dunham in June and a race at Plymouth Speedway in October won by Tim Allison.

1 – Jamie Myers – 649
2 – Jason Dolick – 635
3 – Hunter Lynch – 565
4 – Nick Patterson – 538
5 – Dave Dickson – 522
6 – Ricky Peterson – 510
7 – Lance Webb – 505
8 – Nate Reeser – 448
9 – Chris Myers – 431
10 – Andrew Fike – 416

OHIO VALLEY SPRINT CAR ASSOCIATION (OVSCA)

Jamie Myers was the 2020 champion of the Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association.

The series ran nine events.

Ricky Peterson topped the win list, with four checkered flags.

1 – Zach Chappell – 1,056
2 – Terry Easum – 1,013
3 – Joe Bob Lee – 970
4 – Casey Wills – 923
5 – Kinzer Edwards – 840
6 – Andrew Deal – 778
7 – Alex Sewell – 762
8 – James Shoun – 694
9 – Casey Buechler – 648
10 – Brandon Leland – 644

OIL CAPITAL RACING SERIES (OCRS)

Zach Chappell, of Talala, Okla., won his third championship with the AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Oil Capital Racing Series.

Casey Buechler was the series‘ Rookie of the Year.

At the 2020 awards banquet, series owner Kerry Gorby announced that Terry Mattox has purchased an interest in the series and is now co-owner of OCRS.

2020 OTHER OPEN-WHEEL SERIES CHAMPIONS

American TQ Midget Racing Association – Non-points season
AFCS 305 Series – Paul Weaver
Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) – Cap Henry
BCRA Midget Lites – Non-points season
Can-Am TQ Midgets – Non-points season
Illini Racing Series – Scott Koerner
NEMA Lites – P.J. Stergios
NSRA Winged Sprintcars – Season postponed
Pennsylvania Sprint Series (PASS) – Garrett Bard
USAC DMA Speed2 Midgets – Seth Carlson
USAC Eastern Speed2 Midgets – Jessica Bean
USAC IMRA Speed2 Midgets – Bryan Stanfill
USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midgets – Jacob Denney
USAC Radical Focus Speed2 Midgets – Joseph Holiday
Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints – Jimmy Sivia

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