Renegade Series Champion Frank Nominated For "Driver of the Year"!!!

 

Apple Creek,OH 11-21-02

 

Chub Frank, the 2002 Renegade DirtCar Racing Series champion, has been nominated for the prestigious "Richie Evans Memorial EMPA Driver of the Year" award presented by the Eastern Motorsports Press Association.

 

The Sugar Grove,PA driver, who also captured the Renegade championship in 2000 and 2001, competed in all 32 events on the RDRS championship trail this season collecting 5 wins, 14 Top 5 finishes and over $95,000 in purse money.

 

Including Frank's efforts off the Renegade schedule the driver of the Corry Lazer Technology/Corry Rubber/Nystrom's Auto Sales/Draime Racing Engines/Rocket Chassis No. 1* Chub Frank Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo racked up a total of 9 victories and 26 top 5 finishes in 60 events competed in during the 2002 season.

 

Frank's fellow nominees for the prestigious award is loaded just like his competition on the track during the 2002 season. The other nominees for the "Richie Evans Memorial EMPA Driver of the Year" award include DIRT Motorsports Modified drivers Brett Hearn and Alan Johnson, "Pennsylvania Posse" Sprint Car driver Greg Hodnett and NASCAR Busch Series North driver Andy Santerre. 

 

The Eastern Motorsports Press Association will honor the award winner at their annual convention January 17-19 in Trevose,PA. The EMPA, founded in 1969, is made up of more than 200 professional media (broadcasters, journalists, photographers and those on the internet) that cover motorsports on a regular basis.