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2020 All HammerDown! Team

2020 All HammerDown! Team – December 30, 2020. Rocklin, CA. HammerDownUSA.com, today, named the 2020 All-HammerDown! Team. Kyle Larson, the Champion of the Racer’s Racing Series, heads the list of the 40 driver “team”. The All-HammerDown! Team includes drivers that finished in the top 40 in HammerDownUSA.com’s, Racers’ Racing Series point standings. Points are awarded for a 60-race schedule of big-race events. Drivers must finish in the top eleven positions in an A-Feature to score points. This year there were 133 drivers that earned points at the biggest races in the United States. There was a tie for 40th place so 41 drivers made the team this year. “The schedule was a big challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out races left and right”, said Bobby Gerould, editor of HammerDownUSA.com. “We kept adjusting and we finished with 59 races that counted toward All-HammerDown! status. The year Kyle Larson had behind the wheel was truly jaw-dropping. The fact that he races midgets, sprint cars, and champ-dirt cars is exactly what being a racer’s racer is about.” Two drivers continued their streak of making the All-HammerDown! Team in each of the 18 years since the honor was created in 2003. The legendary duo is: Daryn Pittman, and Donny Schatz.  Six drivers made the All-HammerDown! team for the first time in their careers: Cap Henry, Buddy Kofoid, Anthony Macri, Austin McCarl, Cannon McIntosh, and Dominic Scelzi. The age range of the 40-driver team goes from McIntosh at age 17 to Sammy Swindell at age 65. The 18th annual All-HammerDown! Team, in alphabetical order: Rico Abreu – St. Helena, CA. – Age 28. Rico made the All-HammerDown! Team for the eighth year in a row. He started the 2020 season by winning his preliminary night and following up with a strong fifth place finish in the Chili Bowl (Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, OK.). Abreu won the All-Star sanctioned, Attica Ambush (Attica, OH.) as well as six other A-Mains in 2020. He won feature races in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Jacob Allen – Hanover, PA. – Age 26. Allen made the All-HammerDown! Team for the third time in his career. He broke through with his first World of Outlaws feature win in 2020 (Dodge City, KS.). Allen finished eighth in WoO points, with seven top-five finishes. His best Racer’s Racing Series finish was a third in the WoO visit to Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA.) Brady Bacon – Broken Arrow, OK. – Age 30. Bacon made the All-HammerDown! Team for the eleventh time in his career. Bacon won the USAC National Sprint Car Championship for the third time. He was the best at the Corn Belt Nationals at Knoxville (Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA.), one of his eleven wins on the season. Bacon finished fourth at the Smackdown at Kokomo (Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, IN.) Brian Brown – Grain Valley, MO. – Age 42. Brown came through in the clutch to make his  tenth consecutive All-HammerDown! Team. With a fifth-place finish in the World of Outlaws, Last Call (The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, NC.), Brown secured his spot. He captured his fourth Knoxville Raceway 410 track championship in 2020. Tyler Courtney – Indianapolis, IN. Age 26. “Sunshine” won the Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo (IN.), and he finished second in USAC National Midget points. He was fifth in Indiana Midget Week points, and fifth at the Corn Belt Nationals (USAC National Sprint Cars) at Knoxville, IA. In a winged Sprint Car, Courtney finished seventh in the Tuscarora 50 (Port Royal, PA.), and seventh with the World of Outlaws at Kokomo. This is Courtney’s fourth straight All-HammerDown! selection. Lance Dewease – Fayetteville, PA. – Age 55. Dewease won the Tuscarora 50 (Port Royal, PA.) for the seventh time in his career.  The Hall of Fame member (2018) took home $53,000 for that victory. Dewease raced to the checkered flag first on six occasions in 2020. He was runner-up against the World of Outlaws in the Williams Grove Summer Nationals (Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.). This is his eleventh All-HammerDown! selection. Danny Dietrich – Gettysburg, PA. – Age 32. Dietrich earned All-HammerDown! status for the eighth year in a row. He won 13 A-Mains in 2020, including eight at Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA.). He won the Central PA. Sprint Car Series championship for the third time. His best night in a HammerDown! points earning event was a fourth-place finish in the Bob Weikert Memorial (Port Royal, PA.). Cory Eliason – Selma, CA. – Age 29. Eliason made the All-HammerDown! Team for the fourth time in his career. He finished as runner-up in the final All-Star Circuit of Champions points, winning three A-Mains in the series. Eliason’s biggest victory of 2020 came with the All-Stars at Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD) in August. He was third in the Knoxville 360 Nationals (Knoxville, IA.) Shane Golobic – Fremont, CA. – Age 29. Golobic made the All-HammerDown! Team for the third time in the last four seasons. His best points earning night in Racer’s Racing Series action was a stout second place finish at the Knoxville 360 Nationals (Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA.) “Sugar Shane” finished fifth on the second night of the World of Outlaws sanctioned “One & Only” at Knoxville. Golobic won A-Mains in 2020 spread across Huset’s (Brandon SD), and California tracks: Chico, Marysville, Placerville (2), Stockton, and Watsonville (Ocean Speedway). Justin Grant – Ione, CA. – Age - 30. Grant made the All-HammerDown! Team for the fourth year in a row. He was the 2020 USAC Silver Crown champion, finished fourth in the USAC National Sprint Car standings, and eighth in the National Midget points. Grant was runner up in the Corn Belt Nationals (Knoxville, IA.), as well as runner-up in Indiana Sprint Week. David Gravel – Watertown, CT. – Age 28. Gravel made the All-HammerDown! Team for the ninth year in-a-row. He won the Williams Grove Summer Nationals (Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.), as well as the opening night of the “Grove’s” National Open. Gravel posted seven World of Outlaws feature wins, with 30 top-five finishes. He scored BIG wins at Charlotte (Last Call), Eldora (Governor’s Reign), Knoxville (One & Only night two), and Lernerville (Commonwealth Clash).   Sheldon Haudenschild – Wooster, OH. – Age 27. Sheldon had his best season yet. He finished fourth in World of Outlaws points, winning seven A-Mains, with 28 top-five finishes. Among his biggest wins: WoO at Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN.), WoO at Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD), the Night Before the Ironman (I-55 Raceway, Pevely, MO.), and the WoO July stop at Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA.). This is Haudenschild’s sixth straight All-HammerDown! selection. Cap Henry – Bellevue, OH. Age 30 - Henry won a dozen feature events in 2020 on his way to his first All-HammerDown! Team nod. Henry won the $13,000 top-prize at the Pete Jacobs Memorial (Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, OH.). Henry was track champion at Attica Raceway Park, and he totaled the most points in AFCS events. Henry upset the All-Stars, winning three times in just nine starts in 2020. Tim Kaeding – San Jose, CA. – Age 42. Kaeding is one of just four drivers that have made the All-HammerDown! Team 17 times. His best HammerDown! points earning nights were a fourth with the World of Outlaws at Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS.), and a sixth-place finish on the opening night of the Jackson Nationals (Jackson, MN.). “TK” won a 360 sprint car feature at Huset’s in September. Kraig Kinser – Age 36. Kraig made his 13th career All-HammerDown! Team. He scored a third place run on the final night of the World of Outlaws fourth of July stop at Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI.). Kinser finished tenth in the final Word of Outlaws standings. He had eleven top-ten finishes on the season. Buddy Kofoid – Penngrove, CA. – Age 19. Kofoid earned his first All-HammerDown! selection. In his rookie season on the USAC National Midget circuit, he finished fourth in points. Kofoid was seventh in the Chili Bowl final (Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, OK.), and he was third in the Indiana Midget Speedweek points. Kofoid also had a strong showing in the Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo, with a fifth-place result. Kyle Larson – Elk Grove, CA. – Age 28. Larson dominated in 2020. He won 45 feature events across Winged Sprint Cars, Midgets, and Champ Dirt cars (also had a late-model win to make it 46 wins). Among his biggest victories: The Chili Bowl, Indiana Midget Week, The Brad Doty Classic (Attica Raceway Park, Attica, OH.), The Ironman 55 (Pevely, MO.), The Capitani Classic (Knoxville, IA.), and the Bettenhausen 100 (Springfield, IL.). He won 22 of the 59 races that counted toward HammerDown! points. Carson Macedo – Lemoore, CA. – Age 24. Macedo earned his fifth All-HammerDown! Team selection. He won the $21,000 top-prize at the Tarlton Classic (Keller Auto Speedway, Hanford, CA.), as well as one World of Outlaws feature in 2020. Macedo finished fifth in WoO points, with 14 top-five runs. He also captured a USAC Western States Midget A-Main in Hanford. Anthony Macri – Dillsburg, PA. – Age 21. Macri made the All-HammerDown! Team for the first time in his young career. He won eleven A-Mains in 2020, nine coming behind the wheel of a winged 410 sprint car.  Macri won the $20,000 top prize at the Jim Nace Memorial (Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA.). Macri was runner-up in the Tuscarora 50, and he was on the podium at both nights of the Weikert Memorial at Port Royal (PA.). Macri finished third in the World of Outlaws sanctioned Summer Nationals at Williams Grove. (Mechanicsburg, PA.) Ian Madsen – Saint Mary’s, New South Wales, Australia. – Age 36. Ian made the All-HammerDown! Team for the sixth time in his career. He had two top-five finishes with the World of Outlaws in 2020. Madsen’s best points earning nights in the Racer’s Racing Series came in All-Star Circuit of Champions action, where he finished fourth at Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD.) in August, and fourth at Attica (Attica, OH.) in September. Kerry Madsen – Saint Mary’s, New South Wales, Australia. – Age 49. Kerry won the Knoxville 360 Nationals (Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA.). He was runner-up on the opening night of the World of Outlaws event at Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI.). He also posted a second place run in the Rayce Rudeen Foundation race (Plymouth, WI.). Madsen is the all-time international leader in making the All-HammerDown! Team. 2020 marks Kerry’s 14th selection. Brent Marks – Meyerstown, PA. - Age 30. The hard-charging Marks won four A-Mains, with 24 top-five finishes in 2020, following a “true outlaw” schedule. Among his best runs toward All-HammerDown! status was a second-place finish vs. the World of Outlaws in May at I-55 raceway (Pevely, MO), and a runner-up result in the WoO sanctioned Nittany Showdown at Port Royal (PA.). This is Marks’ sixth career All-HammerDown! honor. Austin McCarl – Altoona, IA. – Age 27. Austin made the All-HammerDown! Team for the first time in his career. “The Big Unit” had a strong season, scoring his first win in an All-Star Circuit of Champions event (Jefferson, SD.). He was runner-up in the Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA.) points. McCarl’s best finish toward All-HammerDown! status was a second place run with the World of Outlaws on the opening night of the Jackson Nationals. (Jackson, MN.) James McFadden - Ormeau, Queensland, Australia. -  Age 31. Driving for Kasey Kahne Racing, McFadden won the Jason Johnson Classic (Lake Ozark Speedway, Eldon, MO.). He had nine top-five finishes with the World of Outlaws in just 22 starts. McFadden was runner-up in the Outlaws’ September stop at Huset’s Speedway (Brandon, SD.). He finished second in the Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville (Sarver PA.). This is McFadden’s third All-HammerDown! nod.   Cannon McIntosh – Bixby OK. – Age 17. McIntosh earned his first career All-HammerDown! Team honor. The teenager won his preliminary night at the Chili Bowl (Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, OK.), and he finished third in the final showdown. He completed his USAC National Midget season fifth in points. McIntosh was eighth in Indiana Midget Week points. He won events in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in 2020.  Daryn Pittman – Owasso, OK. – Age 42. Pittman finished seventh in World of Outlaws points, with one win (Lawton, OK.), and a dozen top-five finishes. He was strong at the Jackson Nationals with a runner-up on night two, and a third-place result on the final night. Daryn was runner-up at the DIRTCar Nationals at Volusia (FL.). Pittman is one of two drivers to make every All-HammerDown! Team (The other is Donny Schatz). Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo, IN. – Age 22. “PPM” made the All-HammerDown! Team for the second time in his career. He finished ninth in the final World of Outlaws points. Price-Miller won a WoO feature event (34 Raceway, West Burlington, IA.), and posted 23 WoO top-ten finishes. His best points earning nights toward Al-HammerDown! status came with fourth place runs on the second night of the Jackson Nationals (Jackson, MN), and the final night of the WoO stop at Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI.) Freddie Rahmer – Salfordville, PA. – Age 24. Freddie made the All-HammerDown! Team for the third year in-a-row. He won the Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA.), and Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, PA.) track championships in 2020. Rahmer captured eight A-Main victories. He was on the podium on the opening night of the National Open, and he was runner-up during PA. Speedweek at Grandview Raceway (Bechtelsville, PA.). Aaron Reutzel – Clute, TX. – Age 30. Reutzel won his third consecutive All-Star Circuit of Champions points title in 2020. He captured 15 feature wins, while managing to get 82 races under his belt in the challenging COVID era. Reutzel won the Jim Ford Classic (Fremont Speedway, Fremont, OH.) to close the All-Stars schedule. He was runner-up in the Dirt Classic at Lincoln (Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA.). This is Reutzel’s fifth All-HammerDown! selection. Dominic Scelzi – Fresno, CA. – Age 23. Dominic earned his first career All-HammerDown! Team honor in 2020. In only a dozen starts with the All-Stars, Scelzi won a feature event and posted seven top-five finishes. He finished second in the series’ $20,000-to-win stop at Huset’s in early August. He posted fourth place runs at both the Tarlton Classic (Keller Auto Speedway, Hanford, CA.) and the Rayce Rudeen Foundation race (Plymouth Dirt Track, Plymouth, WI.) Gio Scelzi – Fresno, CA. – Age 19. Scelzi made the All-HammerDown! Team for the third consecutive season. Gio split time between stock car racing and winged sprint cars in 2020. His best points earning night toward All-HammerDown! status was a third-place finish in the Rayce Rudeen Foundation race (Plymouth Dirt Track, Plymouth, WI.) Gio was runner-up at Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA.) in the Jack Gunn Memorial. Donny Schatz – Fargo, ND. - Age 43. Schatz won the Williams Grove National Open (Mechanicsburg, PA.), as well as the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup (Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA.) in 2020. He captured five World of Outlaws A-Mains on his way to a third-place finish in the final series standings. Schatz is one of only two drivers (Daryn Pittman is the other) to make every All-HammerDown! Team since it was originated in 2003.  Logan Schuchart – Hanover, PA. – Age 28. Schuchart capped a great season with a victory in the World of Outlaws’ Last Call (The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, NC.). He won seven WoO A-mains en route to being runner-up in series points. He scored big wins at the Jackson Nationals (Jackson, MN.), and The DIRTCar Nationals at Volusia (FL.). Schuchart was also victorious on the legendary dirt of Devils Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX.), and The Terre Haute Action Track (Terre Haute, IN.) Logan Seavey – Sutter, CA. – Age 23. Seavey earned his second All-HammerDown! selection. Seavey opened the season with a strong fourth place finish at the Chili Bowl. Seavey won twice in the POWRi Midget Series. He finished seventh in the final Indiana Sprint Week points, as well as seventh in the Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo (IN.). Seavey also competed as a rookie in the USAC Silver Crown Series, finishing eleventh in points.   Tim Shaffer – Aliquippa, PA. – Age 53. Shaffer made the All-HammerDown! Team for the 16th time in his career. Shaffer’s best point scoring night toward All-HammerDown! status was a third place finish at the Pete Jacobs Memorial (Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, OH.). He won one All-Star Circuit of Champions feature (Attica, OH.). He was sixth in the All-Stars Attica Ambush and he posted two top-ten runs with the World of Outlaws. Shane Stewart – Bixby, OK. – Age 44. Stewart made the All-HammerDown! Team for the 17th time in his career. He won the opening night of the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA.). Stewart also captured a World of Outlaws win at Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS.). He was on the podium at the Ironman 55 (Pevely, MO.) Brad Sweet – Grass Valley, CA. – Age 34. Sweet won the World of Outlaws championship for the second year in a row. He won eight WoO A-Mains and finished in the top-ten 85% of the time with the series. Sweet swept the Independence Day weekend events at Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI.). Sweet is one of only a dozen drivers who have made the All-HammerDown! Team at least 14 times. Sammy Swindell – Germantown, TN. Age 65. Sammy is still getting it done. In his 50th season of professional race-driving, Swindell tackled Pennsylvania Speedweek. He finished third at Grandview Speedway (Bechtelsville, PA.), and third at Hagerstown Speedway (Hagerstown, MD.). Sammy finished in the top-ten both nights of the World of Outlaws’ June stop at Knoxville. This is Sammy’s 12th All-HammerDown! Team selection.   Logan Wagner – Harrisonville, PA. Age 30. Wagner earned his second consecutive All-HammerDown! Team acknowledgement. He won the Port Royal track championship (Port Royal, PA.) for the third time in his career in 2020. He finished fourth on the opening night of the Bob Weikert Memorial, and he was in the top-ten at the Tuscarora 50, the Nittany Showdown, and in the finale of Pennsylvania Speedweek, all at Port Royal.   Chris Windom – Canton, IL. – Age 29. Windom earned his tenth career All-HammerDown! selection in a year that saw him drive to the USAC National Midget Championship.  “Big Daddy” won eight features in 2020 combining midgets and non-winged sprint cars. He finished as runner-up in the USAC National Sprint Car points, and third in the USAC Silver Crown final standings. Windom was second in 2020 Indiana Midget Week points, and third in the Indiana Sprint Week standings. Brock Zearfoss – Jonestown, PA. – Age 30. Zearfoss clearly established himself further as a racer to be reckoned with. The “Jonestown Jet” finished third in the Dean Knittel Memorial (Portsmouth Raceway Park Portsmouth, OH.), and fourth in the 360 Nationals (Knoxville, IA.) He won two A-Mains in 2020 and scored 22 top-five finishes. Sources: Jim Allen, AllStarSprint.com, Tyler Altmeyer, Dirtvision.com, FullyInjected.com, Hoseheads.com, Bryan Householder, Lance Jennings, Richie Murray, P.J. Petersen, Jacob Seelman, SpeedSport.com, SprintSource.com, Joseph Terrell, TJSlideways.com, TonyStewartRacing.com, USACRacing.com, Walkapedia.com, Lonnie Wheatley, WorldofOutlaws.com. ########################################################

Kyle Larson won the 2020 Racer's Racing Series points championship.

 

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