Who are the best drivers in track history at Benton County Speedway "The Bullring?"

Race fans are about to have their say.

An interactive competition will pit the best drivers in track history head-to-head throughout the entire off-season, allowing race fans their chance to vote on who they feel are the best racers in speedway history.

Drivers in the Modified, Stock Car, SportMod, Hobby Stock and Sport Compact divisions were compiled based on their achievements in weekly racing history on the Vinton oval. One point was awarded for each feature win and five points were awarded for each track championship.

The drivers were then seeded based on those point totals and bracketed for competition.

Due to the longer histories the Modifieds and Hobby Stocks have had at the speedway, more drivers were included in those divisions. The range of accomplishments in those divisions led to 28 drivers in each qualifying for the single elimination tournament.

The Stock Cars produced 16 qualifiers, SportMods 14 and Sport Compacts 12.

All track champions automatically qualified for the competition.

New match-ups will be posted each Monday on the track's Facebook page @BCSBullRing. Fans will have from Monday through the following Sunday at noon CST to cast their votes. A driver bio will be included with each match-up to highlight their career accomplishments at the speedway as fans consider who they think is worthy of moving on to the next round.

Voting will be completed by using the react emojis on the Facebook post that includes each match-up. At the time of the noon Sunday deadline, the driver with the most votes will automatically move on to the next round.

The competition kicks off Monday, September 27, with first round voting in Hobby Stocks. New head-to-head battles will be posted every Monday through the first day of voting for the final main event on Monday, March 28. A complete schedule of the competition is listed below.

The final four drivers remaining in each division will qualify for their respective feature event. Voting for those five main events will be conducted over the final month of the competition. Overall champions will be recognized next spring when the speedway opens for the 2022 season.


SPORT COMPACT

COM1 - 11/8 - 8 Brad Chandler vs 9 Steve Miedke

COM2 - 11/8 - 5 Merv Chandler vs 12 Neil Nabholz

COM3 - 11/8 - 7 Adam Gates vs 10 Cristian Grady

COM4 - 11/8 - 6 Jena Barthelmes vs 11 William Michel

COM5 - 1/17 - 1 Nathan Chandler vs COM1 winner

COM6 - 1/17 - 4 Jake Benischek vs COM2 winner

COM7 - 1/17 - 2 Gary Peiffer vs COM3 winner

COM8 - 1/17 - 3 Bill Whalen Jr. vs COM4 winner

FEATURE - 2/28 - COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8 winners


SPORTMOD

SM1 - 10/25 - 8 Drew Fish vs 9 Kurt Hogan

SM2 - 10/25 - 4 Kyle Olson vs 13 Joel Rust

SM3 - 10/25 - 5 Joe Docekal vs 12 Brett Lowry

SM4 - 11/1 - 7 Curt Hilmer vs 10 Nick Roberts

SM5 - 11/1 - 3 Austin Kaplan vs 14 Kyle Bentley

SM6 - 11/1 - 6 Ben Chapman vs 11 Racer Hulin

SM7 - 1/10 - 1 Danny Dvorak vs SM1 winner

SM8 - 1/10 - SM2 winner vs SM3 winner

SM9 - 1/10 - 2 Tony Olson vs SM4 winner

SM10 - 1/10 - SM5 winner vs SM6 winner

FEATURE - 3/7 - SM7, SM8, SM9, SM10 winners


HOBBY STOCK

HS1 - 9/27 - 16 Dan Krug vs 17 Matt Brown

HS2 - 9/27 - 9 Paul Shepherd vs 24 Chad Koch

HS3 - 9/27 - 8 Kaden Reynolds vs 25 Danny Dvorak

HS4 - 10/4 - 13 Benji Irvine vs 20 Ron Tharp

HS5 - 10/4 - 12 Steve Meyer vs 21 Steve Kesl

HS6 - 10/4 - 5 Brett Vanous vs 28 Joren Fisher

HS7 - 10/11 - 15 Justin Wacha vs 18 Todd Temeyer

HS8 - 10/11 - 10 Jerry Luloff vs 23 Leah Wroten

HS9 - 10/11 - 7 Brian Happel vs 26 Kyle Parizek

HS10 - 10/18 - 14 Frankie Dulin vs 19 Jerry Dedrick

HS11 - 10/18 - 11 Scooter Dulin vs 22 Curtis Roster

HS12 - 10/18 - 6 Brad Forbes vs 27 Max Leonard

HS13 - 12/27 - 1 Vince Buchholz vs HS1 winner

HS14 - 12/27 - HS2 winner vs HS 3 winner

HS15 - 12/27 - 4 Chris Luloff vs HS4 winner

HS16 - 12/27 - HS5 winner vs HS6 winner

HS17 - 1/3 - 2 Scott Pippert vs HS7 winner

HS18 - 1/3 - HS8 winner vs HS9 winner

HS19 - 1/3 - 3 Nathan Ballard vs HS10 winner

HS20 - 1/3 - HS11 winner vs HS 12 winner

HS21 - 2/14 - HS13 winner vs HS14 winner

HS22 - 2/14 - HS15 winner vs HS16 winner

HS23 - 2/14 - HS17 winner vs HS18 winner

HS24 - 2/14 - HS19 winner vs HS 20 winner

FEATURE - 3/21 - HS21, HS22, HS23, HS24 winners


STOCK CAR

SC1 - 11/15 - 1 Damon Murty vs 16 Jarod Weepie

SC2 - 11/15 - 8 Jay Schmidt vs 9 Phil Holtz

SC3 - 11/15 - 4 Norman Chesmore vs 13 Nathan Wood

SC4 - 11/15 - 5 Dan Trimble vs 12 John Emerson

SC5 - 11/22 - 2 Justin Temeyer vs 15 Brian Irvine

SC6 - 11/22 - 7 Scooter Dulin vs 10 John Oliver Jr.

SC7 - 11/22 - 3 Curtis Roster vs 14 Tom Schmitt

SC8 - 11/22 - 6 Dallon Murty vs 11 Scott Pippert

SC9 - 1/24 - SC1 winner vs SC2 winner

SC10 - 1/24 - SC3 winner vs SC4 winner

SC11 - 1/24 - SC5 winner vs SC6 winner

SC12 - 1/24 - SC7 winner vs SC 8 winner

FEATURE - 3/14 - SC9, SC10, SC11, SC12 winners


MODIFIED

MOD1 - 11/29 - 16 Jeff Aikey vs 17 Kevin Pittman

MOD2 - 11/29 - 9 Jerry Luloff vs 24 Jeff Barkdoll

MOD3 - 11/29 - 8 Robbie Schmuecker vs 25 Kyle Brown

MOD4 - 12/6 - 13 Patrick Flannagan vs 20 Tim McBride

MOD5 - 12/6 - 12 Ronn Lauritzen vs 21 Jim Schmuecker

MOD6 - 12/6 - 5 Corey Dripps vs 28 Tom Bartholomew

MOD7 - 12/13 - 15 Darin Duffy vs 18 Mike Burbridge

MOD8 - 12/13 - 10 Vern Jackson vs 23 Don Erger

MOD9 - 12/13 - 7 J.D. Auringer vs 26 Joey Schaefer

MOD10 - 12/20 - 14 Todd Jensen vs 19 Timm Jensen

MOD11 - 12/20 - 11 Joe Docekal vs 22 Joel Rust

MOD12 - 12/20 - 6 Dave Burrell vs 27 Mike Sampson

MOD13 - 1/31 - 1 Troy Cordes vs MOD1 winner

MOD14 - 1/31 - MOD2 winner vs MOD3 winner

MOD15 - 1/31 - 4 Arlo Becker vs MOD4 winner

MOD16 - 1/31 - MOD5 winner vs MOD6 winner

MOD17 - 2/7 - 2 Scott Hogan vs MOD7 winner

MOD18 - 2/7 - MOD8 winner vs MOD9 winner

MOD19 - 2/7 - 3 Jack Mitchell vs MOD10 winner

MOD20 - 2/7 - MOD11 winner vs MOD12 winner

MOD21 - 2/21 - MOD 13 winner vs MOD 14 winner

MOD22 - 2/21 - MOD 15 winner vs MOD16 winner

MOD23 - 2/21 - MOD17 winner vs MOD18 winner

MOD24 - 2/21 - MOD 19 winner vs MOD20 winner

FEATURE - 3/28 - MOD21, MOD22, MOD23, MOD24 winners

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