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In Touring Series it was NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Johnny Benson and young ARCA champion Justin Allgaier who dominated the category. Both achieved nail-biter finishes to their seasons, Benson winning by just 7 points in the final Truck Series race while Allgaier's come-from-behind title was a result of winning the final three races of the ARCA season. It is Allgaier's first time as an All-American and Benson's second -- his first coming 15 years ago when he was ASA champion.

The tight vote in the At Large category finally produced IRL Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos and ALMS GT2 champions Jorg Bergmeister/Wolf Henzler for the First Team. Matos not only won three times in the IRL junior series but also twice in sports car races. He was an honorable mention last year when he won the Atlantic Series championship. Bergmeister is First Team for a third time, while his teammate Henzler makes his first appearance.

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FIRST TEAM
OPEN WHEEL: Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon
STOCK CAR: Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson
ROAD RACING: David Brabham/Scott Sharp, Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas
DRAG RACING: Cruz Pedregon, Tony Schumacher
SHORT TRACK: Jerry Coons Jr., Donny Schatz
TOURING SERIES: Justin Allgaier, Johnny Benson
AT LARGE: Jorg Bergmeister/Wolf Henzler, Raphael Matos

SECOND TEAM
OPEN WHEEL: Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan
STOCK CAR: Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch
ROAD RACING: Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas, Jon Fogarty/Alex Gurney, Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner (3-way tie)
DRAG RACING: Jeg Coughlin, Tim Wilkerson
SHORT TRACK: Tracy Hines, Jason Meyers & Cole Whitt (tie)
TOURING SERIES: Ted Christopher, Benny Gordon
AT LARGE: Frank Manzo, Travis Pastrana

HONORABLE MENTION
(At least 5% of the vote)
OPEN WHEEL: Danica Patrick, Dan Wheldon
STOCK CAR: none
ROAD RACING: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O°ØConnell
DRAG RACING: Greg Anderson, Spencer Massey
SHORT TRACK: Darrell Lanigan
TOURING SERIES: Eric Holmes, Matt Kobyluck
AT LARGE: Laurie Cannister, Rob MacCachren


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