DIRT CUP CHAMP 360 DRIVER OF YEAR

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Shane Stewart of Bixby, Oklahoma, was voted the 2011 Driver of the Year by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the second time.

Stewart, the American Sprint Car Series ASCS national tour champion and 2009 Driver of the Year, earned 13 of the 20 first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Stewart’s car owner, Paul Silva, earned his second Team of the Year award as well.