2014 EFR Motorsports Awards

Since we've reached the end of the year for NASCAR and the final major race weekend of the year with F1, let's begin the "awards ceremony" as decided by us here at EFR. I will be trying to keep track of results, and will say the deadline for your picks are on December 7th.

It's simple, nominate the driver/team who should get the nod and the one with the most wins the award.

SPRINT CUP SERIES/NATIONWIDE SERIES/CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES/INDYCAR/FORMULA ONE/OTHER (Formula E excluded)

Driver of the Year
Team of the Year
Fail Driver of the Year
Fail Team of the Year
Best Comeback
Best Race
Worst Race
Biggest Hit
Best Finish
Controversy of the Year
LOL Moment

Driver of the Year - Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year - Stewart Haas Racing
Fail Driver of the Year - Timmy Hill
Fail Team of the Year - Caterham (y u no barrichello)
Best Comeback - I'll fill this one later
Best Race - THAT FREAKING MONACO RACE
Worst Race - F1 @ Suzuka
Biggest Hit - ;_; Bianchi
Best Finish - 2014 Sprint Cup @ Auto Club
Controversy of the Year - Tony Stewart/Kevin Ward Jr.
LOL Moment - Timmy Hill fites Kenseth

Driver of the Year: Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: John Wes Townley
Fail Team of the Year: BK Racing
Best Comeback: Brad Keselowski winning @ Dega after having problems at Kansas.
Best Race: Eldora Truck Race (nuff said)
Worst Race: Dover I (hard to call this one though)
Biggest Hit: McDowell at Watkins Glen
Best Finish: Blaney edges Quiroga at Mosport.
Controversy of the Year: Keselowski vs Gordon @ Texas.
LOL Moment: Josh Wise running with a fan backed internet sponsor.

Oh is that how it's gonna be BBoy stealing the thread i've put up for the last gazillon years. >:O

Nah it's cool brah. All joking aside.

Awards:

Driver of the Year: Brad Keselowski
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Ricky Stenhouse
Fail Team of the Year: Roush Racing
Best Comeback: AJ Allmedinger (Maybe Larson if this is like the 2nd year i've done this lol)
Best Race: Watkins Glen
Worst Race: Atlanta
Biggest Hit: McDowell wrecking the wall at Watkins Glen
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year: The New Chase Format
LOL Moment: BK Racing's Battery explosion at Bristol

Nationwide:

Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Dylan Kwasniewski
Fail Team of the Year: Turner Motorsports
Best Comeback: Ryan Sieg
Best Race: Road America
Worst Race: Las Vegas
Biggest Hit: Jeremy Clements with a head-on shot at Deg
Best Finish: Road America
Controversy of the Year: Nascar delaying the race cause the track was not wet enough for rain tires.
LOL Moment: Rain causes the big one in qualifying at Daytona.

Trucks:

Driver of the Year: Darrell Wallace
Team of the Year: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: John Wes Townley
Fail Team of the Year: Turner Motorsports
Best Comeback: German Quiroga
Best Race: Eldora
Worst Race: Daytona
Biggest Hit: Ben Kennedy's impersonation of Dale Earnhardt Sr. 1996 Talladega wreck at the same track
Best Finish: Mosport
Controversy of the Year: The light fiasco at Phoenix
LOL Moment: Spencer Gallagher in an interview at Martinsville refers to Caleb Holman as a "lobotomized starfish."

Indycar
Driver of the Year: Will Power
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Graham Rahal
Fail Team of the Year: Rahal Letterman Racing
Best Comeback: Juan Montoya
Best Race: Indy 500
Worst Race: Mid-Ohio
Biggest Hit: Mikhail Aleshin's catch fence crash at Fontana
Best Finish: Iowa
Controversy of the Year: Hunter-Reay dumping Newgarden for the lead and taking several more cars with him
LOL Moment: Graham Rahal choking the win away at Sonoma

F1:
Driver of the Year: Lewis Hamilton
Team of the Year: Mercedes
Fail Driver of the Year: Kimi Raikkonen
Fail Team of the Year: Lotus
Best Comeback: Daniel Riccardio
Best Race: Canada
Worst Race: Russia
Biggest Hit: Jules Bianchi's horrific wreck in Japan
Best Finish: Bathurst
Controversy of the Year: F1's financial fiasco
LOL Moment: Mercedes Spa collision

Best Race: (Personal choice for race of the year): Bathurst 1000

Also BBoy...Best Comeback = Most Improved correct? Or is it something else?

NASCAR Sprint Cup:

Driver of the Year: Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Alex Bowman (I like the guy, but he's terrible)
Fail Team of the Year: BK Racing all-time
Best Comeback: Kurt Busch
Best Race: Watkins Glen
Worst Race: Richmond II
Biggest Hit: Michael McDowell @ Watkins Glen
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year: Tony Stewart. Enough said.
LOL Moment: All of Daytona II.

NASCAR Nationwide Series:

Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Dylan Kwasniewski (Moreover for being the swagfag that he is)
Fail Team of the Year: The Motorsports Group (For consistently building cars that fall apart every week)
Best Comeback: Brendan Gaughan
Best Race: Road America
Worst Race: Richmond II
Biggest Hit: Jeremy Clements @ Talladega
Best Finish: Road America
Controversy of the Year: Rain tire nonsense @ Road America
LOL Moment: Daytona II Qualifying

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

Driver of the Year: Darrell Wallace, Jr. (I did have Ryan Blaney on here at first for the many degrees at which he upstaged his father, but it seems like I'm in the minority on that...)
Team of the Year: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: John Wes Townley all-time
Fail Team of the Year: Turner-Scott Motorsports
Best Comeback: Germain Quiroga
Best Race: Eldora
Worst Race: Charlotte
Biggest Hit: Ben Kennedy @ Talladega
Best Finish: Mosport
Controversy of the Year: Johnny Sauter's run-ins throughout the year.
LOL Moment: Phoenix. All of it.

Alta wrote:Also BBoy...Best Comeback = Most Improved correct? Or is it something else?

You would be correct.

Driver of the Year
Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo (hon. mention to Valterri Bottas)
IndyCar: Simon Pagenaud
V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup (not a fan of him, generally, but he earned that championship this year; hon. mention to Chaz Mostert)

Team of the Year
F1: Mercedes (hon. mention to Williams)

Fail Driver of the Year
F1: Kimi Raikkonen
V8 Supercars: Jack Perkins
IndyCar: Takuma Sato (6 DNFs in a row, including a race you should have won? Really?)

Fail Team of the Year
F1: SAUBER SAUBER SAUBER (hon. mentions to Ferrari, Caterham)

Best Comeback
V8S: Erebus Motorsport
F1: Williams
Indycar: Juan Pablo Montoya


Best Race
V8S: Bathurst 1000. Eight hours of total insanity. As it should be.
F1: Canadian Grand Prix. It's one thing to have a battle between front-running teammates, it's quite another to try and fight off everyone else as your car limps around one of the fastest tracks on the circuit. (Hon. mention to Monaco.)
Indycar: GP of Alabama. Out of the surprising number of wet races this year, this one was probably the most fun to watch once it finally got started.

Worst Race
F1: Russian GP

Biggest Hit
F1: Maldonado and Gutierrez at Bahrain. (Hon. mentions go to Raikkonnen at Silverstone and Sutil at Monaco. Nominating Bianchi at Suzuka just seems like poor taste...)
Indycar: Saavedra stalling his start at the GP of Indianapolis.
V8S: Jason Bright rolls it on the 3rd Clipsal race.

Best Finish
F1: Bahrain
V8S: BATHURST (honorable mention to Whincup and McLaughlin at Clipsal)

Controversy of the Year
F1: Caterham and Marussia closing up shop. On one level, it was something we all expected to happen soon enough, despite what hope Bianchi's points gave Marussia. But F1 management's callous attitude to losing a fifth of their grid, and the fact that the rule changes that were supposed to help them become more competitive never materialized (and that the ones that did show up had the opposite effect), strike an ominous tone for Haas F1 or anyone else who's considering an entry. (Honorable mention to the ongoing Hamilton-Rosberg slapfight/manufacturoversy.)

LOL Moment
F1: Maldonado bins it in practice for China.
"I crash."
"Oh. Okay."
NASCAR: Josh Wise and the Dogecar.

Hey, Alta, since when is Bathurst on the F1 calendar? :p

Alta wrote:Oh is that how it's gonna be BBoy stealing the thread i've put up for the last gazillon years. >:O

Gazillion years? Alta, please. You're only 91.

BBoy, how did you want the nominations done? Individually for each series or collectively?

SPRINT CUP :
Driver of the Year : Joey Logano (why? Had a heck of a year imho)
Team of the Year : Penske (Made other ford teams look like a JO...............)
Fail Driver of the Year : Timmy Hill (Can he please leave the sport plz)
Fail Team of the Year : Roush Fenway Racing (Edwards leaving makes it worse)
Best Comeback : AJ Allmendigner (Great for the guy, hopefully it continues)
Best Race : Watkins Glen (Dega 2 was also in the running)
Worst Race : Texas BOTH (This track makes Dover look good)
Biggest Hit : McDowell at the Glen (Other one is Gilliland/Allgaier at Kansas)
Best Finish : Auto Club (Richmond 1 is 2nd for sure)
Controversy of the Year : The fights.......
LOL Moment : The whole Coke Zero 400 (All of the lols) (Hill derping in 2nd)

NATIONWIDE
Driver of the Year : Chase Elliott (No Doubt)
Team of the Year : JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year : Dylan Kwasniewski (All of that wrecking!)
Fail Team of the Year : Derrick Cope's team?
Best Comeback : Regan Smith
Best Race : Road America
Worst Race : Insert Cookie Cutter here!
Biggest Hit : Clements at Dega
Best Finish : Darlington
Controversy of the Year : Cuppies
LOL Moment : All the backmarkers getting screwed by rain/nascar not seeing it on track...

Trucks
Driver of the Year : Bubba Wallace
Team of the Year : Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year : Jon Wes Townley
Fail Team of the Year : Turner Scott Motorsports
Best Comeback : Joey Coulter (in that mediocre GMS car)
Best Race : Eldora
Worst Race : Was there one?
Biggest Hit : Kennedy being Earnhardt
Best Finish : Mosport
Controversy of the Year : Bubba getting the *B* equipment despite RUNNING FOR A TITLE
LOL Moment : John Wes wrecking.......

Sprint Cup Series
Driver of the Year: Jeff Gordon
Team of the Year Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Ryan Truex
Fail Team of the Year: Go Fast Racing
Best Comeback: Newman
Best Race: Watkins Glen (For like the 5th year in a row)
Worst Race: Texas Spring (Who even won it?)
Biggest Hit: Multi-car wreck at the Glen
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
LOL Moment: The entire Summer Daytona race

Indycar:
Driver of the Year: Will Power
Team of the Year: Penske
Fail Driver of the Year: Rahal
Fail Team of the Year: Rahal Letterman
Best Comeback: JPM
Best Race: The Indianapolis 500
Worst Race: Barber (I seriously can't remember anything about that race)
Biggest Hit: Aleshin at Fontana
Best Finish: Indianapolis
Controversy of the Year: Lack of Consistancy when it comes to officialdom.
LOL Moment: AJ Foyt's post crash rant in Houston

F1:
Driver of the Year: Danil Kyvit (Put JEV to shame... solid effort)
Team of the Year: Mercedes winslol
Fail Driver of the Year: Gutierrez
Fail Team of the Year: Sauber
Best Comeback: If Catheram actually makes the final race
Best Race: Canada (Honorable Mention to Australia)
Worst Race: The Motherland
Biggest Hit: Jules Bianchi @ Suzuka
Best Finish: Canada
Controversy of the Year: Bernie... just Bernie in general
LOL Moment: See Controversy of year!

Driver of the Year: Daniel Riccardo
Team of the Year: Mercedes
Fail Driver of the Year: John Wes Townley
Fail Team of the Year: Caterham
Best Comeback: Williams
Best Race: Bathurst 1000
Worst Race: Russian Grand Prix
Biggest Hit: Memo Gidley (Rolex 24 at Daytona)
Best Finish: Bathurtst 1000
Controversy of the Year: Bernie Eccelstone
LOL Moment: Tudor - Balance of Performance

kensethfan wrote:

Alta wrote:Oh is that how it's gonna be BBoy stealing the thread i've put up for the last gazillon years. >:O

Gazillion years? Alta, please. You're only 91.

BBoy, how did you want the nominations done? Individually for each series or collectively?

I was intending to have them individually for each series, but it seems most people are doing it collectively. Do whatever I suppose.

Driver of the Year: Brad Keselowski (NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series)
Team of the Year: Penske Racing (NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide, Indycar, NASCAR Camping World Truck (satellite team)
Fail Driver of the Year: Pastor Maldondo (Formula One)
Fail Team of the Year: Lotus Renault (Formula One)
Best Comeback: Felipe Massa (Formula One)
Best Race: Hungarian Grand Prix (Formula One)
Worst Race: Richmond Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (NASCAR Nationwide)
Biggest Hit: Jules Bianchi in the Japanese Grand Prix (Formula One)
Best Finish: Ryan Blaney vs. Germain Quiroga at Mosport (NASCAR Camping World)
Controversy of the Year: Fights between several drivers after the Charlotte and Texas races (NASCAR Sprint Cup)
LOL Moment: Nico Rosberg cutting down Lewis Hamilton's tyre in the Belgium Grand Prix (Formula One)

CUP:

Driver of the Year: Joey Logano
Team of the Year: Penske Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Joey Gase
Fail Team of the Year: BKRacing
Best Comeback:
Best Race: Bristol I
Worst Race: Texas II
Biggest Hit: McDowell at Glen
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year: Tony Stewart's Sprint car accident at New York
LOL Moment: TBA

Driver of the Year: Jeff Gordon
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Fail Team of the Year: Roush Fenway Racing
Best Comeback: Ryan Newman
Best Race: Sonoma
Worst Race: Texas II
Biggest Hit: Michael McDowell at Watkins Glen
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year: Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr's accident at Canandaigua.
LOL Moment: The July Daytona race.

Nationwide

Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Dylan Kwasniewski
Fail Team of the Year: Turner Scott Motorsports
Best Comeback: Regan Smith
Best Race: Road America
Worst Race: Almost the rest :V
Biggest Hit: Not too sure...
Best Finish: Daytona
Controversy of the Year: Cuppies
LOL Moment: When the sudden downpour took out a bunch of backmarkers in Daytona Q.

Trucks

Driver of the Year: Matt Crafton
Team of the Year: ThorSport
Fail Driver of the Year: Jon Wes Townley
Fail Team of the Year: Turner Scott Motorsports
Best Comeback: Brian Ickler... I guess???
Best Race: Mosport
Worst Race: Not sure
Biggest Hit: Ben Kennedy at Talladega
Best Finish: Mosport
Controversy of the Year: Johnny Sauter raging all the time
LOL Moment: See "Controversy of the year"

IndyCar

Driver of the Year: Juan Pablo Montoya
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Graham Rahal
Fail Team of the Year: Panther Racing :V
Best Comeback: Juan Pablo Montoya
Best Race: The Indy 500
Worst Race: Not sure on this, I remember liking most if not all the races.
Biggest Hit: Aleshin playing catchfence at Fontana
Best Finish: The Indy 500
Controversy of the Year: The fact that Graham Rahal and Sebastian Saavedra still have their rides
LOL Moment: John Barnes. Just John Barnes.

F1

Driver of the Year: Nico Rosberg
Team of the Year: Mercedes
Fail Driver of the Year: Pastor Maldonado
Fail Team of the Year: Sauber
Best Comeback: Williams as a whole
Best Race: Canada
Worst Race: Sochi
Biggest Hit: Massa at Canada
Best Finish: Canada
Controversy of the Year: Jules Bianchi's accident/Bernie trying to exterminate all the teams.
LOL Moment: Lewis Hamilton having to take to the media to QQ about Rosberg.

And since it's been my favourite series this season...

BTCC

Driver of the Year: Colin Turkington
Team of the Year: Triple Eight (MG)
Fail Driver of the Year: Matt Neal
Fail Team of the Year: Honda Yuasa Racing (Not even trolling, they've genuinely been terrible this season.)
Best Comeback: Colin Turkington
Best Race: Thruxton
Worst Race: Oulton Park (even though I was there, the racing was lackluster)
Biggest Hit: Simon Belcher flying into the trees at Thruxton
Best Finish: Brands Hatch International Race 2? (Adam Morgan's win, no-one wanted to win!)
Controversy of the Year: None that I know of...
LOL Moment: Matt Neal not doing anything of note

Sprint Cup:

Driver of the Year: Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year: Hendrick Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Kasey Kahne
Fail Team of the Year: Roush Racing
Best Comeback: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Best Race: California
Worst Race: Coca-Cola 600
Biggest Hit: Newman and McDowell at the Glen.
Best Finish: Spring Martinsville Race
Controversy of the Year: The stupid Chase format.
LOL Moment: Marcos Ambrose punching Casey Mears after the Spring Richmond Race.

Nationwide

Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR. Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Dylan Kwasniewski
Fail Team of the Year: RPM Motorsports
Best Comeback: Regan Smith
Best Race: Mid-Ohio
Worst Race: Any that Kyle Busch won.
Biggest Hit: Jeremy Clements @ Talladega
Best Finish: Road America
Controversy of the Year: Just Cuppies  ruining the show in general.
LOL Moment: Kyle Busch wrecks Marcos Ambrose at the glen, and Ambrose shoves it in his face by winning the race.

Trucks:

Driver of the Year: Matt Crafton
Team of the Year: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Gray Gaulding
Fail Team of the Year:
Best Comeback: Bubba Wallace Jr.
Best Race: Homestead
Worst Race: Any that Kyle Busch won.
Biggest Hit: Ben Kennedy @ Talladega
Best Finish: Homestead
Controversy of the Year:
LOL Moment: Johnny Sauter being a sped at Martinsville.

IndyCar:

Driver of the Year: Will Power
Team of the Year: Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Graham Rahal
Fail Team of the Year: Rahal Letterman-Lanigan Racing
Best Comeback: Helio Castroneves
Best Race: Indy 500
Worst Race: Milwaukee
Biggest Hit: Saavedra and Alesshin @ Indy Road Course.
Best Finish: Indy 500
Controversy of the Year: Will Power stacks up the field on a restart and causes a wreck at St. Petersburg.
LOL Moment: Will Power getting a penalty for blocking Castroneves at Pocono.

Formula 1:

Driver of the Year: Daniel Ricciardo
Team of the Year: Mercedes GP
Fail Driver of the Year: Pastor Maldonado
Fail Team of the Year: Lotus
Best Comeback: Valtteri Bottas
Best Race: Bahrain
Worst Race: Japan
Biggest Hit: Kimi Raikkonen @ Silverstone
Best Finish: Hungary
Controversy of the Year: Bernie Eccelstone, I don't think anything needs to said about this one.
LOL Moment: Gutierrez paying back Maldonado at Silverstone for flipping him over at Bahrain.

BTCC:

Driver of the Year: Colin Turkington
Team of the Year: West Surrey Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Nick Foster
Fail Team of the Year: Honda Yuasa Racing, that estate car was so god awful.
Best Comeback: Mat Jackson
Best Race: Silverstone Race 3
Worst Race: All 3 Oulton Park Races.
Biggest Hit: Simon Belcher @ Thruxton
Best Finish: Brand Hatch Indy
Controversy of the Year: Not really any to think of.
LOL Moment: Daniel Welch finishing the season on -40 points.

V8 Supercars:

Driver of the Year: Jamie Whincup
Team of the Year: Red Bull Racing
Fail Driver of the Year: Robert Dahlgren
Fail Team of the Year: Nissan Motorsport
Best Comeback: Scott Mclaughlin
Best Race: Bathurst 1000
Worst Race: Queensland Race 1
Biggest Hit: Lee Holdsworth @ Sandown 500
Best Finish: Bathurst 1000
Controversy of the Year: Russell Ingall's penalty at Winton.
LOL Moment: Fabian Coulthard and Shane van Gisbergen collide before Qualifying at Phillip Island.

Cup:
Driver of the year:Kevin Harvick
Team of the year: Penske
Fail Driver of the year: Timmy Hill
Fail Team: Roush (complain about car, get it redesigned for only your benefit, and then suck even harder? HOW DOES THAT WORK?)
Best Comeback: Dale Jr
Best Race: Talledega Fall
Worst Race: Coke 600
Hardest Hit: Glen wreck that broke the wall
Best Finish: Watkins Glen
Controversy: Tony Stewart's sprint car incident
LOL Moment: Coke Zero 400

Nationwide:
LOL moment: Daytona's surprise rain

Trucks:
Worst Driver: Anyone who drove the 0, but didn't park it
Best Race: Eldora
LOL moment: Kyle Larson steering via the wall/ Officials make the 3 put it's old tires back on, then penalize it more

(yeah, I pretty much just watch Cup Series and the Eldora Truck race

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Driver of the Year - Jeff Gordon
Team of the Year - Penske
Fail Driver of the Year - Trevor Bayne
Fail Team of the Year - Roush Fenway
Best Comeback -  The Dinger
Best Race - Uhhhhhhhhhh Fontana?
Worst Race - Fall Texas
Biggest Hit - Big Junk at Watkins Glen
Best Finish - Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year - This is nascar, i mean come on.
LOL Moment - Marcos Ambrose punching Casey Mears

NASCAR Feeder Series (Nationwide, Trucks, Canadian Tire, Etc..)

Driver of the Year - Chase Elliot
Team of the Year - Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year - John Wes Townley =(
Fail Team of the Year - Is it the Turner or the Scott in Turner Scott that is fail?
Best Comeback -  JV after the last Restart - Nationwide at Road America
Best Race - Nationwide at Road America
Worst Race - The thing is, races in Nationwide or Trucks are really bad if they aren't good. There is never a middle ground.
Biggest Hit - Xavier Coupal at Trois Rivieres - Canadian Tire Series
Best Finish - Spring Phoenix Race - Mexico Series
Controversy of the Year - This is nascar, i mean come on.
LOL Moment - Tyler Reddick getting parked at Pocono - Trucks

Indycar

Driver of the Year -  Simon Pagenaud
Team of the Year -  Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year - Takuma Sato, yes I went there.
Fail Team of the Year -  Chip Ganassi Racing
Best Comeback -  I guess Montoya was a comeback?
Best Race - Indy 500
Worst Race - Texas
Biggest Hit - Mikhail Aleshin at Fontana. Honorable Mention going to Saavedra at GP of Indy
Best Finish - Indy 500
Controversy of the Year - Will Power and his restart at St.Pete
LOL Moment - HUErtas winning at Reliant Park

Sportscars/Endurance

Driver of the Year - Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi
Team of the Year -  Toyota Racing - FIA WEC
Fail Driver of the Year - Most of the LMPC Drivers - TUSC
Fail Team of the Year - Level 5 Motorsports?
Best Comeback - Jeroen Bleekemolen and Cooper MacNeil finishing fifth in GTE Pro at Le Mans
Best Race - Bathurst 12 Hour, a million times better than the 1000
Worst Race - Grand Prix of Kansas - TUSC
Biggest Hit -  Roïc Duval at Le Mans
Best Finish - Bathurst 12 Hour
Controversy of the Year - The BOP on the Prototypes - TUSC
LOL Moment -  Watching the United Sportscar Championship burn

F1

Driver of the Year - Danny Ricciardo
Team of the Year -  Mercedes GP
Fail Driver of the Year - Max Verstappen?
Fail Team of the Year - Lotus
Best Comeback - Bianchi at Monaco?
Best Race - Bahrain
Worst Race - Russia
Biggest Hit -  Kimi at Silverstone
Best Finish - Montreal
Controversy of the Year - The FIA being idiots
LOL Moment -  Hamilton crying like weak baby at Spa after Nico ran into him

Cup
Driver of the Year- Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year- Team Penske
Fail Driver of the Year- Austin Dillon
Fail Team of the Year- Swan Racing
Best Comeback- Hamlin after his eye thing
Best Race- Fall dega
Worst Race- September Richmond
Biggest Hit- The HUGE one at summer Daytona
Best Finish- Fall dega
Controversy of the Year- The whole Stewart shebang
LOL Moment- Mears and Ambrose

I'll do the rest later.

Sprint Cup
Driver of the Year: Kevin Harvick
Team of the Year: Hendrick Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Austin Dillon
Fail Team of the Year: The 77
Best Comeback:Kevin Harvick winning the championship despite his atrocious luck.
Best Race:2014 Aarons 499
Worst Race: Not sure about that.
Biggest Hit:Michael McDowell at Watkins Glen.
Best Finish: Dunno.
Controversy of the Year: The Firewall incident
LOL Moment: Guy climbing Fence.
Nationwide
Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year: Dakota Armstrong
Fail Team of the Year:Unsure
Best Comeback: Brendan Gaughan getting his first top 3 win in 11 years.
Best Race: One of the superspeedways
Worst Race: Dunno
Biggest Hit: Unclear
Best Finish: Unclear
Controversy of the Year: Unclear
LOL Moment: Unclear
Camping World Trucks
Driver of the Year: Erik Jones
Team of the Year: KBM, and HOW!
Fail Driver of the Year: John Wes Townley after going to Athenian
Fail Team of the Year: Unclear
Best Comeback:Bubba Wallace doing well after his slow start.
Best Race: Superspeedway
Worst Race: Unclear.
Biggest Hit: Dunno
Best Finish: Superspeedway
Controversy of the Year: Unknown.
LOL Moment: Power failures and miscellania at Phoenix.
Indycar
Driver of the Year: Will Power
Team of the Year: Team Penske
Fail Driver of the Year: Mikhael Aleshin
Fail Team of the Year: KVFAS Racing
Best Comeback: Sebastian Bourdais winning for the first time in 7 years.
Best Race: Indy by a clear mile.
Worst Race: Dunno.
Biggest Hit: The crash where Aleshin landed on top of a car (or maybe the other way around)
Best Finish: Indy by a million miles.
Controversy of the Year: None to speak of.
LOL Moment: Not clear.

Driver of the Year:
Sprint Cup: Kevin Harvick
Nationwide: Chase Elliott
Trucks: Bubba Wallace Jr.
F1: Daniel Ricciardo
Indycar: Will Power

Team of the Year:
Sprint Cup: Team Penske
Nationwide: JR Motorsports
Trucks: Kyle Busch Motorsports
F1: Mercedes AMG Petronas
Indycar: Team Penske

Fail Driver of the Year
Sprint Cup: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Kimi Raikkonen/Sebastian Vettel
Indycar: Graham Rahal

Fail Team of the Year
Sprint Cup: Swan Racing
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Sauber
Indycar:Rahal Letterman Lanigan

Best Comeback
Sprint Cup: AJ Almindinger winning @ The Glen
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Valterri Bottas @Australia
Indycar: Sebastian Bourdais winning

Best Race
Sprint Cup: Daytona 500
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Canada
Indycar: Indy 500

Worst Race
Sprint Cup: TBD
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Japan(Honda's Fault)
Indycar: TBD

Biggest Hit
Sprint Cup: McDowell/Newman @ Watkins Glen
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Jules Bianchi @ Suzuka
Indycar: Mikhail Aleshin @ Fontana

Best Finish
Sprint Cup: TBD
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Canada
Indycar: TBD

Controversy of the Year
Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: Honda nearly killing Jules Bianchi
Indycar: TBD

LOL Moment
Sprint Cup: TBD
Nationwide: TBD
Trucks: TBD
F1: TBD
Indycar: TBD

Sprint Cup

Driver of the Year Brad Keselowski
Team of the Year Penske Racing
Fail Driver of the Year Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Fail Team of the Year Roush Fenway Racing
Best Comeback AJ Allmendinger
Best Race Watkins Glen
Worst Race Richmond 2
Biggest Hit McDowell at the Glen
Best Finish Watkins Glen
Controversy of the Year NASCAR's Stupid Chase format which got more unwarrented attention
LOL Moment Guy climbing fence at Richmond

Nationwide

Driver of the Year Chase Elliott
Team of the Year JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year Dylan Kwasnieski
Fail Team of the Year Turner Scott Motorsports
Best Comeback Brenden Gaughn
Best Race Road America. Absolutely a masterpiece!!
Worst Race Take your pick
Biggest Hit IDK
Best Finish IDK
Controversy of the Year IDK
LOL Moment Again IDK

Trucks

Driver of the Year Darrell Wallace Jr.
Team of the Year Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year Johnny Sauter
Fail Team of the Year Red Horse Racing
Best Comeback IDK
Best Race Mosport
Worst Race Pocono
Biggest Hit IDK
Best Finish Mosport
Controversy of the Year Johnny Sauter being Johnny Sauter
LOL Moment Lights going out at Phoenix

IndyCar

Driver of the Year Will Power
Team of the Year Team Penske
Fail Driver of the Year Graham Rahal
Fail Team of the Year Rahal Letterman Racing
Best Comeback Tony Kanaan
Best Race Indianapolis 500
Worst Race Texas
Biggest Hit Aleshin in practice at Fontana
Best Finish Indianapolis 500
Controversy of the Year Will Power's restart at St. Petersburg
LOL Moment Graham Rahal's atrocious season

F1

Driver of the Year Daniel Ricciardo
Team of the Year Mercedes
Fail Driver of the Year Pastor Maldonado
Fail Team of the Year Lotus, Maldolan's side
Best Comeback Valtteri Bottas
Best Race Canada
Worst Race China
Biggest Hit Bianci at Japan
Best Finish Canada
Controversy of the Year Marussia and Caterham not on the grid for the last part of the season
LOL Moment IDK

INDYCAR
Driver of the Year: Will Power
Team of the Year: Team Penske
Fail Driver of the Year: nobody sticks out but both Graham Rahal and Mikhail Aleshin has some serious moments of fail.
Fail Team of the Year: none
Best Comeback: Ganassi's end of the year rally
Best Race: Indy
Worst Race: Texas
Biggest Hit: Mikhail Aleshin at Fontana. And at Indianapolis. And at Toronto.
Best Finish: Indy
Controversy of the Year:
LOL Moment:

F1
Driver of the Year: Lewis or Nico. I'll decide after Abu Dhabi
Team of the Year: Mercedes
Fail Driver of the Year: Max Chilton
Fail Team of the Year: Caterham. Andre Lotterer's hasty departure shows this although I admire their spirit.
Best Comeback: Caterham maybe making it back for Abu Dhabi.
Best Race: Surprisingly, Bahrain
Worst Race: Japan
Biggest Hit: Jules Bianchi
Best Finish: Canada
Controversy of the Year:
LOL Moment:

Sprint Cup
Driver of the Year: Jeff Gordon
Team of the Year: ???
Fail Driver of the Year: Ryan Truex
Fail Team of the Year: Swan/BK Racing maybe
Best Comeback: Harvick possibly?
Best Race: Homestead Miami for Championship Drama maybe
Worst Race: a lot of them
Biggest Hit: Rick Hendrick's ego
Best Finish: not sure
Controversy of the Year: Technically Sprint Cars and not NASCAR, but the Death of Kevin Ward
LOL Moment: The new championship system
Nationwide
Driver of the Year: Chase Elliott
Team of the Year: JR Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year:
Fail Team of the Year: Rick Ware Racing for pretending to be R3 Motorsports and NEMCO. When your posing as them there's something wrong.
Best Comeback:
Best Race: I didn't see it but people said great things about Road America
Worst Race: there were a lot of them
Biggest Hit: probably Jeremy Clements at Talladega
Best Finish
Controversy of the Year:
LOL Moment:

Trucks
Driver of the Year: Kyle Busch. Matt Crafton among the native Truck drivers.
Team of the Year: Kyle Busch Motorsports
Fail Driver of the Year:
Fail Team of the Year: Red Horse
Best Comeback:
Best Race: Mosport
Worst Race:
Biggest Hit:
Best Finish:
Controversy of the Year:
LOL Moment: The lobotomized starfish quote. I'm fairly certain that before that no person in the three million year plus history of the human species had ever uttered that exact phrase before.

Minor bump. Wanted to throw in my picks for Formula One while there's still time:

Driver of the Year: Nico Rosberg
Team of the Year: Mercedes GP
Fail Driver of the Year: Pastor Maldonado (Also Pastor Maldonado in general)
Fail Team of the Year: Lotus
Best Comeback: Valtteri Bottas
Best Race: Hungarian GP
Worst Race: Russian GP
Biggest Hit: Jules Bianchi @ Suzuka ()
Best Finish: Hungarian GP
Controversy of the Year: Bernie Ecclestone vs. Marussia
LOL Moment: Williams F1 telling Massa that Bottas was faster than him at Sepang (Should've known better than to make that mistake with Massa. XD)

Might throw in picks for IndyCar at some point.