The Knoxville Raceway held its 58th Annual Awards banquet last night in Des Moines. Not only did fans…officials and drivers celebrate the three points champions…but other awards were handed out such as the Owner of the Year…the Lyle Boyd Hard Charger…the Most Improved Driver…Sportsman…and Rookie of the Year. All of the awards can be seen on KNIA KRLS dot com by clicking this story in today’s sports. Matthew Stelzer won the 305 points title…while Clint Garner won his fourth straight 360 championship…and Terry McCarl took home his seventh 410 championship in 2012.

2012 Knoxville Raceway End of Season Awards:

JR. FAN CLUB DRIVER OF THE YEAR
410-Terry McCarl 360-Joe Beaver 305-Mitchell Alexander

JR. FAN CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Dillon Nicholson

FAN OF THE YEAR
Ted Schaffer

HARD LUCK AWARD
Davey Heskin

OWNER OF THE YEAR
410-Conrad Maxwell 360-Beaver Motorsports 305-Van Haaften Racing

HERITAGE AWARD
Lenard McCarl

LYLE BOYD HARD CHARGER AWARD
410-Dusty Zomer 360-Clint Garner 305-Matthew Stelzer

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERS
410-Bronson Maeschen 360-R.J. Johnson 305-Alan Ambers

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
410-Dustin Selvage 360-David Hall No 305 award

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
410-Rob Kubli 360-Carson McCarl 305-J Kinder