Justin Reed came up short in his bid for the late model track championship, but has emerged as the first DIRTy Driver of the Year following a week-long online vote among race fans.
Reed captured 38.4 percent of 352 votes cast to finish ahead of closest challengers Mark Burgtorf (24.7 percent) and track champ Lonnie Bailey (11.1 percent).
Here’s a breakdown of the ballots when voting ended at midnight Friday (the poll remained up after midnight, but votes stopped being counted after 12):
Justin Reed, 38.4 percent
Mark Burgtorf, 24.7 percent
Lonnie Bailey, 11.1 percent
Keith Pratt, 9.9 percent
Clint Kirkham, 4.8 percent
Jerry Weisenberger, 4.0 percent
Jason Perry, 3.4 percent
Matt Bailey, 1.7 percent
Bill Genenbacher, 1.1 percent
Joey Gower, 0.9 percent
Reed joins Tony Dunker in modifieds, Steve Steinkuhler in stock cars and Adam Scott in hobby stocks as voting champs.
Up next will be the second annual Stevie Dirt postseason awards, which feature Drivers of the Year in each of the Bullring’s four classes, plus first- and second-row selections. Will any, all or none of the online DIRTy winners also walk away with a Stevie Dirt Driver of the Year award, too?
