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The third and final round of the 2017 TCM Best of Racing Awards are here!

The third ballot, which will run until Friday, October 20th at Noon Atlantic, consists of five different awards, including the final round of the CSS Insurance Most Popular Driver Award voting.

The ballot also includes the 2017 Kings County Performance Rookie of the Year and the TCM Breakout Performer of the Year Awards, along with both classes (Late Model and Support) of the Finish Line Vinyl Design Best Looking Car Awards. All three have a panel and fan vote aspect to decide the winner of each awards.

Read below about the Most Popular Driver format, the nominees for the TCM Breakout Performer, Kings County Performance Rookie of the Year and Finish Line Vinyl Design Best Looking Car Awards and cast your vote for in the final round of the 2017 TCM Best of Racing Awards!

TCM Most Popular Driver Voting Format:

Round One – All of the 125 nominated drivers (a record for the TCM Most Popular Driver Award) are placed on the same ballot. After Round One of voting, the field will be trimmed to the top 25 drivers for the second round of voting. Voting closes for Round One on Thursday, October 5th at NOON Atlantic.

Round Two – The second round of voting will take place from  Thursday, October 5th at 6pm Atlantic to Thursday, October 12th at Noon Atlantic and will feature the top 25 27 drivers from the first round of voting.  The top ten from this group will transfer into the final round of voting.

Round Three – The final round of voting for the 2017 CSS Insurance Most Popular Driver Award will feature the top ten from the second round of voting. The winner of this final vote will receive the sixth annual TCM CSS Insurance Most Popular Driver Award. Voting runs from Thursday, October 12th at 6pm Atlantic to Friday, October 20th at Noon Atlantic.

Finish Line Vinyl Design Best Looking Car Awards

The nominees for this years award were placed into a Facebook photo album on our Facebook page, separated by division – Late Model and Support Class. A panel of 20 from outside the region whom are seeing the cars for the first time, had the chance to pick their favorite five cars, in no particular order. Each car they selected received one panel vote. The five cars that received the most panel votes are placed into the Fan Vote portion of the award.

As in previous years, the fan vote is worth 50% of scoring for this award. The panel’s final overall tally will count for the other half. The car which scores the most points over the two halves will win the award.

Ties are broken by the car who finished higher in the panel vote.

SCORING EXPLANATION – TCM Breakout Performer of the Year/Kings County Performance Rookie of the Year Award

Each of the three panelists, who have been to the race tracks, seen the racers and have read/heard plenty about the nominees, formulated the list of ten nominees and a brief list of each of their accomplishments. They were asked to rank their favorite five. Their top picks each received five points, second pick received four points, third received three, fourth got two points and their last pick got one point.

The fan vote winner will be awarded five points, with each of the top five in the fan vote receiving the same point scoring as if the fans were a panelist.

Simply put, each “panelist” carried 25% weight in determining the winner of these two awards. Drivers could score five points from each, meaning a perfect score would be 20 points.

Ties are broken by the amount of ballots a driver appears on, followed by the amount of top votes they received. Should drivers still be tied following that, the combined panel score will determine a winner.

Kings County Performance Rookie of the Year Award Nominees

Car No.	Name	Hometown	Track	Division	Accomplishments
08	Matt Vaughan	Bedford, NS	SSW	Sportsman	Scotia Speedworld Sportsman Champion, One Feature Win, Five Podiums
08	Nicholas Naugle	Dartmouth, NS	MPST	Pro Stock	One Top Five, Four Top Tens in Maritime Pro Stock Tour Rookie Season
1	Ryan Messer	Harvey, NB	S660	Pro Stock	One Feature Win, Four Podium Finishes and Sixth in Speedway 660 Points. McLaughlin Roof Trusses 250 Pole Sitter.
22	Cuyler Byrne	Charlottetown, PE	OBS	Street Stock	One Feature Win in Season Finale, Fourth in Championship Points at Oyster Bed Speedway
22	Darren Flemming	Belnan, NS	SSW	Thunder	September included two top fives at Scotia Speedworld, two podiums at LDMS and a runner-up finish on SpeedWeeked at Speedway 660 after leading 48 of 50 laps
27	Curtis Collins	Saint John, NB	S660	Sportsman	Speedway 660 Rookie of the Year, Two Second Place Finishes, Glyn Nott Sr. Award on SpeedWeekend in 150
48	Courtney O’Blenis	Boundary Creek, NB	S660	Sportsman	One Feature Win, One Second Place Finish in Rookie Late Model Season at Speedway 660
54	Jarrett Butcher	Porters Lake, NS	MPST	Pro Stock	MPST Rookie of the Year with Two Top Fives and Six Top Tens
58	Logan Power	Riverview, NB	PIR	Street Stock	Petty Raceway Street Stock Champion and Triple Crown Winner, One Feature Win
59	Mark Best	The Goulds, NL	EBP	Sportsman	One Feature Win, Fourth in Championship Standings at Eastbound Park

TCM Breakout Performer of the Year Nominees

Car No.	Name	Hometown	Track	Division	Accomplishments
00	Matt Crocker	Fredericton, NB	S660	Street Stock	Four Feature Wins at Speedway 660 incl. SpeedWeekend
06	Alex Sheehan	Oyster Bed Bridge, PE	OBS	Street Stock	Five feature wins at Oyster Bed including David Lambe, Atlantic Stock Car Champion for Street Stocks at CFS
1	James Matchett	Miramichi, NB	PIR	Street Stock	Four Feature Wins including Mike Stevens Memorial at Petty Raceway, Podium Finishes on SpeedWeekend and Atlantic Championships
23	Brandon McFarlane	Placentia, NL	EBP	Sportsman	First Feature Victory in Sportsman, Seventh in Points
3	Chris Cooper	Old Shop, NL	EBP	Legends	Third in standings, scored first feature victory in July
32	Ashton Tucker	Lyttleton, NB	S660	Pro Stock	Two Feature Wins, Runner Up in McLaughlin Roof Trusses 250, Third in Best of the Best 150, Second in Points
4	Shane Bridges	Ellerslie, PE	OBS	Four Fun	Three Feature Wins in Competitive Four Fun Class at Oyster Bed Speedway
48	Waylon Farrell	Conception Bay South, NL	SSW	Legends	Three Legend Feature Wins at SSW, Maritime Legends Champion, Second in Affordable Fuels Sportsman 150
51	Jesse Deveau	Greenwood, NS	SSW	Thunder	Seven Top Fives at Scotia Speedworld, TJ Greenlawn Dirt Clash Winner, Swept Lake Doucette Fun Day
80	Amanda Wheatley	Warren Grove, PE	OBS	Street Stock	2017 Street Stock Champion, Two Feature Wins, Fifth in Maritime Street Stock Showdown

Finish Line Vinyl Designs Best Looking Car Finalists

(All photo rights owned by their respective photographer)

SUPPORT CLASS

#06 – Sara Thorne – Chance Cove, NL – Eastbound Park – Bandolero

#21 – Patrick Horne – Lawrenctown, NS – Oyster Bed Speedway – Street Stock

#22 – Cuyler Byrne – Morrell, PEI – Oyster Bed Speedway – Street Stock

#33 – Shane Collins – Placentia, NL – Eastbound Park – Hobby Stock

#99 – Dave Matthews – Kennetcook, NS – Scotia Speedworld – Thunder

LATE MODEL

#08 – Nicholas Naugle – Dartmouth, NS – Maritime Pro Stock Tour – Pro Stock

#1 – Matt Moore – Falmouth, NS – Scotia Speedworld – Sportsman

#2 – Lonnie Sommerville – Barnesville, NB – Open Comp. – Pro Stock

#28 – John Rankin – St. Martin’s, NB – Speedway 660 – Sportsman

#67 – Dylan Blenkhorn – Truro, NS – Maritime Pro Stock Tour – Pro Stock

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2017 TCM Best of Racing Awards Final Ballot

***Note – one vote per computer/IP address/email address/person per ballot. Multiple responses from the same information will not be counted. Incomplete responses will not be counted.

VOTING CLOSED FOR THIS BALLOT

About CSS Insurance:
CSS Insurance has been operating in Halifax since 1968, and is one of the few fully independent insurance brokerage firms remaining in the area. Our success has been built on the high level of customer service we provide to our clients. We are located in downtown Halifax. Please contact us by visiting CSSInsurance.ca, by phone at (902) 422-1211 or visit us at 2625 Joseph Howe Drive, Suite #14 in Halifax.

About Finish Line Vinyl Design:
Finish Line Vinyl Design was founded in 2013 by Kirk Alexander and is the only place you need to go for all your design and print needs. From the design itself to making it a reality, whether it’s a sign, banner, vehicle wrap, race car graphics or any other method of print, Finish Line Vinyl Design will help you create a great finish. For more information, find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/finishlinevinyldesign