2014 Weekly awards thread

[f1fan12]

I used some of Pyro's awards and added some. This is for all racing series across the board.

First weekend: Daytona 500 weekend.

Driver of the Race: (Best driver of the week)
Reject of The Race: (The driver that shouldn't even of shown up this weekend)
Got Screwed Award: (The driver you feel the worst for)
Dumb Call of the week award: (The dumbest call from officialdom)
Best Race of the Week: (Self explanatory)
Worst Race of the Week: (Self explanatory)
The Nick Heidfeld Award: (Driver that should have won, yet didn't)
What the hell were they thinking award: (Pretty much any strange call by a team or driver)

[f1fan12]

First weekend: Daytona 500 weekend.

Driver of the Race: Paul Menard in Daytona 500 (His car was FAST!!!)
Reject of The Race: Austin Dillon (Caused like 4 crashes!)
Got Screwed Award: Menard (Had what I thought was a race winning car, only to get taken out)
Dumb Call of the week award: NASCAR Nationwide (Penalizing one driver when it was clear half the field was breaking the rule!)
Best Race of the Week: Cup at Daytona
Worst Race of the Week: Nationwide at Daytona
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Paul Menard in the Daytona 500
What the hell were they thinking award: The fans that thought Jimmie Johnson won the 500 during the rain delay!

[Lucstar88]

Driver of the Race: DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR!!!
Reject of The Race: Kevin Harvick (Caused 2 Wrecks, including the first Big One, and last one at the finish)
Got Screwed Award: Brad K in Nationwide, so close of winning that race... got beat by the outside
Dumb Call of the week award: Tandem rule for the 99 in NW
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: None
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Kyle in Nationwide, Brad K in Sprint
What the hell were they thinking award: Fans thinking Jimmiewinslol

[flyingturns89]

Driver of the Race: Denny Hamlin
Reject of The Race: Michael McDowell
Got Screwed Award: Michael Annett
Dumb Call of the week award: Kahne speeding to avoid the wreck.
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: None
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Denny Hamlin
What the hell were they thinking award: Austin Dillon causing two wrecks and taking out almost every other rookie in the field.

[Michael29Shell]

Driver of the Race: #88 - Dale Junior(Cup), #7-Smith(NNS),#8-Nemechek(Trucks), #11-Hamlin(Overall)
Reject of The Race: #3- Dillon(Cup/Overall), #88-Junior(NNS),#17-Peters(Trucks), #4-Harvick()
Got Screwed Award: #27-Menard
Dumb Call of the week award: NW/CWTS no-bump-drafting rule, (Kahne pit speeding is honorable mention)
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: None
The Nick Heidfeld Award: #11-Hamlin
What the hell were they thinking award: Fans thinking Jimmie won the 500.
Crash of the Week: Bowyer and his Flip-and-drive
Weekend Rating: 9/10

[Alta]

Driver of the Race: Denny Hamlin
Reject of The Race: Matt Kenseth
Got Screwed Award: James Buescher
Dumb Call of the week award: Nascar Policing the Nationwide and Truck Race
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: Trucks at Daytona
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Paul Menard
What the hell were they thinking award: 2013 Daytona 500 Fiasco.

[Spannerhead29 (Nelson)]

Driver of the Race: Denny Hamlin. 1st in both Shootout and Duel, 2nd in 500.
Reject of The Race: Hard to tell, probably Austin Dillon
Got Screwed Award: Brandon Davis.
Dumb Call of the week award: Black flagging James Bueschar for tandeming.
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500.
Worst Race of the Week: Drive4COPD 300
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Tie between Timothy Peters and Denny Hamlin
What the hell were they thinking award: Jennifer Jo Cobb publicly firing her gas man on Facebook.

[bartman97]

Driver of the Race: Denny Hamlin (So close to the trifecta and raced without a spotter for most of the 500 and finished 2nd.)
Reject of The Race: Austin Dillon (Caused two wrecks in such idiotic fashion)
Got Screwed Award: James Buescher (Because Kyle Busch and Dale Jr weren't bump drafting other people around in that race   )
Dumb Call of the week award: Tandeming crap in trucks and NW (God those races were bad to watch)
Best Race of the Week: 500 (Once people made the bottom line work finally the racing was really good)
Worst Race of the Week: Trucks (The 1st NASCAR race where I thought someone was going to lead the field flag to flag)
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Denny Hamlin (See driver of the race)
What the hell were they thinking award: NASCAR for having Madison Rising do the national anthem. (They were terrible, no offense to people who actually liked them)

[bsoyuz]

Driver of the Race: Dale Jr.
Reject of The Race: Austin Dillon
Got Screwed Award: Everybody in the Nationwide race
Dumb Call of the week award: NASCAR not allowing tandems
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: Drive4COPD 300
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Denny Hamlin
What the hell were they thinking award: The people that watched the 2013 race thinking it was the 2014 one.

[day500champ1]

Driver of the Race: Paul Menard (echoing f1s choice. Where was he earlier in the week.)
Reject of the Race: Ross Castenain (sp?) (I know I can't spell.) In the truck race. This is guy that should know better and the fact he didn't take responsibility for it as well.
Got Screwed Award: Aric Amorola (sp?). Had a top 10 car but was caught up Scott and Harvick's games.
Dumb Call of the Week: Hard to say for me. I guess I'm just going to say throwing the yellow in the 500 when they we're 25 feet from the checked flag.
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500, Nationwide Race gets nod for Best Finish.
Worst Race of the Week: If we are going to while week, Budweiser Duel Race #2.
The Nick Griddles Award: Denny Hamlin
WTF award: Fans getting confused at 2013 rewiring.
Adding one, Crash of the Week: Bowyer easily gets this.

[BWard]

Driver of the Race: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Reject of The Race: Kevin Harvick
Got Screwed Award: Timothy Peters
Dumb Call of the week award: James Buescher getting penalised for Tandem Drafting.
Best Race of the Week: Daytona 500
Worst Race of the Week: Nationwide Race, finish was the only good thing about it.
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Denny Hamlin
What the hell were they thinking award: Austin Dillon's antics.

[Michael29Shell]

Phoenix Weekend

Driver of the Race: #4 - Harvick
Reject of The Race: #10 - DanicaDanicaDanicaDanicaDanicaDanica
Got Screwed Award: #41-Busch
Dumb Call of the week award: None.
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: NW
The Nick Heidfeld Award: #88-Junior
What the hell were they thinking award: The 10 crew thought they got the car fixed.
Crash of the Week: --
Weekend Rating: 4.7/10

[Alta]

Driver of the Race: Kevin Harvick:
Reject of The Race: Danica Patrick
Got Screwed Award: Kurt Busch
Dumb Call of the week award: Danica's crew for letting her return to the track with the fender rubbing
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: Nationwide
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Dale Jr
What the hell were they thinking award: See Dumb Call

[flyingturns89]

Driver of the Race: Kevin Harvick
Reject of the Race: Any of the rookies.
Got Screwed Award: Kurt Busch
Dumb Call of the Week: Kurt Busch's engine almost going, but the team sending him out again only to have the engine blow up.
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: Nationwide
The Nick Heidfeld Award: None, both races were won by a driver who dominated the race.
"What the hell were they thinking?!?" Award: Fox Sports

[day500champ1]

Driver of the Race: Ryan Newman (umm, where did he come from?)
Team of the Race: #4 team (anybody who brings a car like that to the track not named Johnson or Knaus gets this.)
Reject of the Race: Kurt Busch's engine builder
Got Screwed Award: Kurt Busch
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: Nationwide (didn't even watch it, what was the point?)
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Though Harvick dominated you could say Team Penske, just for the fact they were good enough to contend just didn't have enough to get over Harvick but really who could?!

[Backmarker]

Martinsville + St. Petersburg:

Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch
Reject of The Race: Johnny Sauter
Got Screwed Award: John Wes Townley
Dumb Call of the week award: The St. Pete restart fiasco
Best Race of the Week: Cup?
Worst Race of the Week: Indycar?
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Jimmie Johnson
What the hell were they thinking award: Will Power

Might go back and do the other weekends later.

Also, 800 posts.

[Alta]

Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch
Reject of the Race: Johnny Sauter
Got Screwed Award: John Wes Townley
Dumb Call of the Week Award: Nascar for not parking the #08 truck when it was dangerously slow
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: F1
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Timothy Peters
What the Hell were they thinking award: Brad Keselowski going after Kurt Busch

[Michael29Shell]

Driver of the Weekend: #12 - Will Power (other than the restart fiasco)
Reject of The Race: The driver of the 08?
Got Screwed Award: #28 - Ryan Hunter-Reay
Dumb Call of the week award: Restart Fiasco
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: F1
The Nick Heidfeld Award: #17 - Peters
What the hell were they thinking award: Kesolowski going after Busch after he did noting.
Crash of the Week: Kesolowski's screwjob.
Weekend Rating: 7.1/10

[RealRacingRoots]

Driver of the Weekend: "Roic" Duval, Super Formula at Suzuka
Reject of The Weekend: Jeff Gordon
Got Screwed Award: Josef Newgarden
Dumb Call of the week award: The not-a-penalty to Power
Best Race of the Week: Super Formula @ Suzuka
Worst Race of the Week: MotoGP @ COTA
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Yvan Muller, WTCC
What the hell were they thinking award: That WSR 3.5 Crash.

[Alta]

Driver of the Weekend: Chase Eillott
Reject of the Weekend: Bourdias/Hunter-Reay/Kwasn
Got Screwed Award: Josef Newgarden
Dumb Call Of The Week Award: Dixon not getting penalized for checking Wilson into the wall/ Hunter-Reay going urnhardt on Newgarden
Best Race of the Week: Indycar
Worst Race of the Week: Nascar Cup
Nick Heidfield Award: Will Power
What the hell were they thinking award: Hunter-Reay wrecking the field/Kwas dicking Buescher and wiping out David Starr in his shenanigans

[Backmarker]

Talladega:

Driver of the Race: Landon Cassill
Reject of The Race: Brad Keselowski
Got Screwed Award: Ryan Sieg
Dumb Call of the week award: The finish to the Cup race
Best Race of the Week: Cup
Worst Race of the Week: ARCA
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Grant Enfinger
What the hell were they thinking award: Keselowski running in the middle of the pack while several laps down, and causing the Big One

[Alta]

Driver of the Race: David Starr
Reject of the Race: Nascar officials in the Nationwide race
Got Screwed Award: Ryan Sieg
Dumb Call of the Week: Nascar pussying out on their tandem rule
Best Race of the Week: Nationwide
Worst Race of the Week: ARCA on the race side of things, Cup on the entertainment side of things
The Nick Heidfeld Award: Grant Enfinger
What the hell were they thinking award: Chris Buescher and David Ragan playing games rather than trying to win.

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