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What are the rules for determining the WoO Rookie of the year? Kofoid has 3 WoO wins this year and Balog has one somewhere in his past. Will HL have a Rookie of the year? If they do, my money is on Brad Sweet.

I believe the Woo rule is based on the amount of reces run in one season so both might be eligible.

WoO. Never competed in a full WoO season and less than 5 WoO wins.  Buddy and balog (and Crawley) eligable

That's a pretty wide net. It looks like Kofoid raced 48 times with the WoO last season and won 3 times. Balog ran 14 races. Looking at the WoO points sheet, it looks like in 2023 only 11 drivers ran more WoO features than Kofoid. 342 drivers ran less races than he did. By comparison. 2023 WoO Rookie of the year Gio Scelzi had 72 starts, 1 win.

As Paul Harvey would say: "Closed caption to BStrawser26: It doesn't look lie Balog compares well against Kofoid in Rookie of the year competition".. 

D. Rookie Status

a. A “rookie” is determined by the criteria as set forth by World Racing Group Officials.
b. To be eligible a driver must submit his declaration for Rookie of the Year prior to the 15th event of the current season or April 15th, whichever may come first, to receive approval to participate for the award.
c. The parameters for eligibility will include but will not be limited to; any competitor that has never competed in an entire previous season; any competitor may not have won more than five (5) declared Series races (qualifying and/or features) in their career; have exceeded a maximum of three (3) declarations of intent to participate for Rookie of the Year in any prior seasons and/or competed in 50% or more series events in a single season.
d. The minimum number of races to be eligible for the Rookie of the Year Award will be 75% of the scheduled races as of the season opener, although those competitors not competing in 75% of the scheduled races will remain in the accumulated standings.
e. The Rookie of the Year Standings will be maintained based on the series points.
f. An Eligibility Panel will endorse Rookie of the Year candidates following the declaration(s). The Rookie of the Year Award will not be based solely in regard to on track performance. The Eligibility Panel will include: The Series Director, Race Director, Series Public Relations, World Racing Group Senior Management. The vote will be determined by a simple majority. Ties will be broken by another vote.

Thanks for posting that. There's a lot of gray area and wiggle room written into that. Sectio f made me shutter "The RoY award will not be based solely in regard to on track performance." What? 

buddy stated he wanted to run with the woo for the rookie award..

Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

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