Tanner Mullens captured the FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Award for the Summit USMTS National Championhip presented by RacinDirt. It was his first time winning the season-long award just two years after winning the Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year honors.

Competitors throughout the season earn $100 from FK Rod Ends during the season as the winner of the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award at each race, and accumulatimg points throught the year-long campaign.

FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Award
Final 2022 Standings & Statistics

1. 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. .. 165
2. 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn. .. 148
3. 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. .. 122
4. 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. .. 120
4. 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas .. 120
6. 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. .. 116
7. 65X Carlos Ahumada, El Paso, Texas .. 112
8. 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa .. 97
9. 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. .. 92
10. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa .. 81

One point is awarded to each eligible competitor for each car passed from his/her actual starting position to finishing position during each "A" Main (includes all points races). Provisional starters are not eligible for the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award at each event and earn no hard charger points at that event.

FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger Award winners:

2022 – Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2021 – Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz.
2020 – Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2019 – Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2018 – Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2017 – Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2016 – Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2015 – Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
2014 – Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2013 – Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2012 – Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa
2011 – Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2008 – Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2007 – Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
2006 – Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa
2005 – Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
Note: The award was first handed out in 2005. There was no award given out in 2009 or 2010.

About FK Rod Ends: The nation’s premier manufacturer of precision rod ends and spherical bearings, the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger Award will recognize the highest-finishing driver that most improves his or her starting spot to finishing position in every USMTS feature race this year.

With American-made quality and dependability, the Official Rod Ends of the USMTS came onto the scene more than 36 years ago and quickly won over their customers with fair pricing and plenty of inventory.

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