Rookie racers in eight Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series divisions earned Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Awards in their divisions for the 2024 season.

Each Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year will receive a one-of-a-kind plaque and cash awards.

The top rookies in the USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will each get $500. USRA Limited Mods and Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks earn $350. USRA Hobby Stock and USRA Late Model competitors get $300, and the top rookie in the USRA Tuners will pocket $200.

Jacob Campbell was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Modifieds.

USRA Modifieds: Jacob Campbell emerged as the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Modifieds. The 29-year-old from Hackett, Ark., also finished fifth in the MSD Performance USRA Southern Region driven by MVT and ninth in USRA Modified national points.

Campbell scored points at the Arrowhead Speedway, Crawford County Speedway, Outlaw Motor Speedway, Tri-State Speedway and Tulsa Speedway during the season while winning seven times with 23 top-fives and 26 top-ten finishes in his 27 starts.

Henry Chambers of Baldwin City, Kan., came home second in USRA Modified rookie points, while Troy Martin Jr. of Wagoner, Okla.; Zach Brom of Winona, Minn.; and Weston Holman of Springdale, Ark., rounded out the top five.

Complete USRA Modified final points

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Dylan Clinton was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Stock Cars.

USRA Stock Cars: On the heels of capturing back-to-back USRA Hobby Stock national championships in 2022 and 2023, Dylan Clinton made the move to USRA Stock Cars in 2024 and garnered the Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award.

A liitle more than a month after his 31st birthday, the former Summit USRA Nationals winner from West Union, Iowa, clinched the title after a close battle with eventual runner-up Corey Myers of Atchison, Kan.

Along the way, Clinton faced some of the nation's fiercest USRA Stock Car competition while racing at the Cresco Speedway, Fayette County Speedway in his hometown, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mississippi Thunder Speedway and Winneshiek Raceway.

Clinton also wound up 22nd in the division's national points while netting five wins, 16 top-fives and 22 top-tens in 27 starts. He also finished ninth in the Christie Door Company USRA Northern Region driven by MVT.

Cody Torkelson of Elgin, Iowa; Keven MacRunnels of Albuquerque, N.M.; and Liberty, Missouri's Justin Custer were third, fourth and fifth in the final rookie rankings.

Complete USRA Stock Car final points

Patrick Lewis was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA B-Mods.

USRA B-Mods: Although victory lane eluded Patrick Lewis during the 2024 season, he visited nine different dirt ovals while registering 15 top-five and 38 top-ten finishes in 53 starts—the third most of any driver in any USRA division in the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series.

Along the road to his Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award in the USRA B-Mods, the 46-year-old racer from Wellsville, Mo., made stops at the Arrowhead Speedway, Caney Valley Speedway, Crawford County Speedway, Humboldt Speedway, I-35 Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Lucas Oil Speedway, Monett Motor Speedway and Tulsa Speedway.

Adam Dunwoodie of Polo, Mo., claimed the runner-up finish in the final rookie standings, followed by K.C. Mullin of Manhattan, Kan.; Mark Anderson of Chillicothe, Mo.; and Cole Bennerotte of Byron, Minn.

Complete USRA B-Mod final points

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Taylor Donlan was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Hobby Stocks.

USRA Hobby Stocks: At just 17 years old, second-generation racer Taylor Donlan ran away with the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award in the USRA Hobby Stocks, besting Postville, Iowa's Josh Harms by nearly 500 points.

Donlan—the son of long-time USRA Stock Car driver Kevin Donlan—made maiden voyages to the Cresco Speedway, Deer Creek Speedway, Fayette County Speedway, Hamilton County Speedway, Lucas Oil Speedway, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mississippi Thunder Speedway and the Winneshiek Raceway in his hometown of Decorah, Iowa.

The youngster also wound up 14th in the USRA Hobby Stock national points. He registed 3 wins, 8 top-fives and 19 top-ten results while making 38 starts.

Completing the top five in the division's rookie points chase were Nathan Albrecht and Winona, Minn.; Josef Zahn of Brandon of S.D.; and Travis Dann of Hartford, S.D.

Complete USRA Hobby Stock final points

Matthew Larson was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Late Models.

USRA Late Models: Another second-generation racer, Matthew Larson of Lake Elmo, Minn., dominated the battle for the Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award in the USRA Late Models while nearly dethroning defending national champ Cade Nelson.

Despite falling a few points short in his national title bid, Larson registered an impressive 10 wins in 34 starts, along with 31 top-five and 32 top-ten finishes.

The 19-year-old son of dirt Late Model veteran Brent Larson, visits were made to the Cedar Lake Speedway, Eagle Valley Speedway, Gondik Law Speedway, Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Proctor Speedway and Rice Lake Speedway.

Four Wisconsin wheelmen finished second through fifth behind Matthew Larson in the rokkie poins: Ryan Howe of Menomonie, Derek Berg of Amery, Josh Bach of Barron and Brian Dachel of Bloomer.

Complete USRA Late Model final points

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Matthew Riskey was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Limited Mods.

USRA Limited Mods: Three Texans wound up on the podium in the final USRA Limited Mod standings, and it was Matthew Riskey standing on the highest platform when all was said and done.

The 28-year-old from Commerce, Texas, raced at just three Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series tracks: Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Hunt County Raceway and Rocket Raceway Park en route to winning the Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award in the USRA Limited Mods.

Riskey recorded 6 wins while also registering 16 top-fives and 20 top-tens in his 25 starts—good enough for a fourth place finish in the divisions national points too.

Tyler Cook of Lubbock and Karnack's Landon Rogers wound up second and third in the rookie points while Louisiana racers Shannon Swilley of Elysian Fields and Daniel Jones of Provencal finished fourth and fifth in the final rankings.

Complete USRA Limited Mod final points

Dario Lopez Jr. was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks.

Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks: He may be 60 years old, but Dario Lopez Jr. of Rowlett, Texas, emerged as the Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award winner in the Sunoco USRA Factory Stocks.

Lopez made 27 starts between the Hunt County Raceway and Rocket Raceway Park in 2024, tallying a top-five finish and 6 top-tens. He finished 19th in Sunoco USRA Factory Stock national points too.

More than 1,000 behind Lopez, the runner-up in rookie points was Kendal Byram of Simms, Texas, followed by James Morris of Springdale, Ark. Daylon Briscoe of Paris, Texas, and Shelton Copeland of Vivian, La., completed the top five.

Complete Sunoco USRA Factory Stock final points

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Braxton Brownlee was the 2024 Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year in the USRA Tuners.

USRA Tuners: Braxton Brownlee of Weleetka, Okla., battled his way to a dominant and well-deseved Swift Springs USRA Rookie of the Year Award in the USRA Tuners.

Brownlee, who turned 20 in May, recorded 5 wins, 18 top-five and 24 top-ten finishes in 31 starts at the Arrowhead Speedway, Caney Valley Speedway, Creek County Speedway, Lucas Oil Speedway and Tulsa Speedway.

He also finished fifth in the USRA Tuner national points. His younger brother, Connar Brownlee, was the runner-up nationally.

Kade Raulston of Fargo, Okla.; Joshua Deason of Colcord, Okla.; Mekayla Wynne of Canyon, Texas; and Nolan Lerch of West Union, Iowa, rounded out the top five in rookie points.

Complete USRA Tuner final points

Swift Springs is also padding the points funds for all eligible drivers who competed during the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series in 2024.

About Swift Springs: In the time since Swift Springs officially opened its doors in 1997, Swift Springs has dealt with many world class race teams in multitudes of different races including road racing, rally, off road, drift, autocross, pavement and dirt oval track, motorcycles and more.

Swift Springs has lifted many racers to a podium finish and is continuing to do so. With so much experience behind them, they feel confident that their springs give racers a leg up in any kind of race he or she participates in.

For more information about Swift Springs, call (909) 393-8623, check them out online at SwiftSprings.com and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Awards Banquet nears: The annual Awards Banquet celebration of champions for both the USMTS and USMTS is set for Saturday, Jan. 25, inside the 12,000-square-foot Star Pavilion at the Ameristar Casino Hotel located at 3200 N Ameristar Dr, Kansas City, MO 64161. Tickets go on sale Nov. 29.

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