KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Logan Seavey has been named the Driver of the Year by the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the first time.
The 2024 USAC National Sprint Car champion won 14 times with the series including the Tony Hulman Classic, and claimed Indiana Sprintweek laurels.
Seavey garnered eight of the nine first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Ricky Lewis received the other first-place vote.
Those drivers ranked second through fifth, respectively, were five-time USAC winner Brady Bacon, nine-time USAC winner and Kokomo Smackdown champion Justin Grant, “Haubstadt Hustler” winner Kevin Thomas Jr. and 22-time winner Lewis, who also claimed the BOSS title.
Four-time USAC winner C.J. Leary was sixth, followed by nine-time winner, Robert Ballou, Western World victory, Kyle Cummins and Knoxville Corn Belt Clash champ Daison Pursley and USAC/CRA champion R.J. Johnson.
The Abacus Racing No. 57 team with Logan Seavey at the wheel, earned the 2024 Non-Wing Team of the Year Award for the second straight year.
Lewis was bestowed the “Wild Card Award” for his exciting non-Wing sprint car performances in 2024 for the second time in a row, while Blake Bower will receive the 2024 non-winged sprint car Rookie of the Year Award.
Scott Daloisio of Perris Auto Speedway will receive the North American Non-Wing Sprint Car Poll Media Member of the Year honor for the first time.
The O’Connor Family, promoters of events at Kokomo Speedway are awarded 2024’s Promoter of the Year Award. Their award will be their eighth in this category.
Kevin Thomas Jr. of Inferno Armor will receive the Builder/Manufacturer of the Year honors for the first time.
The North American Non-Wing Sprint Car Poll is an annual awards program of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation, Inc., of Knoxville, Iowa. Awards will be distributed in 2024 at tracks and other locations throughout North America.