Noah Korner, is the Sunoco Race Fuels Young Racers Club winner for February 2018. He will receive 55 gallons of Sunoco race fuel, and a 5-gallon utility jug and will appear in the June 2018 iss ue of Car Craft.
A Canton, Connecticut native and Central Connecticut State University student, Noah Korner began Quarter Midget racing in 2004. After stepping away from racing briefly during high school, Korner returned in 2015, competing in the U. S. Legends Cars series. He set the Legends scene on fire in 2016, winning 43 of the 71 events he entered, with top-five finishes in all but 10 events he started. His skill for road course racing began to shine that year also as he finished the season with 17 victories in semi-pro level events on road courses. He won the Thompson (CT) Speedway MSD Legends Series championship on the road course, boasting six feature wins. He also won the prestigious Loudon Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The 2016 season also saw Noah win championships at Stafford (CT) Motor Speedway and the New London-Waterford (CT) Speedbowl. He finished the season as the INEX semi-pro oval national champion and runner-up in the road course national championship chase. He was also crowned the Connecticut semi-pro oval and road course champion. Overall, he was crowned as the INEX Semi-Pro National Champion and Touring Series Champion. He was also awarded a 2016 Bilstein Madonna Award during a ceremony at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The award, symbolic of racing excellence, has been awarded to drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott and Alan Kulwicki.
For 2017, Noah and his team set out to test their mettle at as many new track as possible around the country and even internationally. They visited 17 tracks overall during the season, where Noah shined on the road courses again. He finished the year with five victories and ten top-three finishes in 13 road course starts at the Pro level, including victories at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Winter Heat Series. Noah’s travels took him to his first Legends World Finals event at the 2.5-mile Botniaring Raceway road course in Finland, where he finished eighth. He also finished fourth in the national championship event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2017. Noah was the 2017 Connecticut Oval and Road Course Pro Champion. Overall, Noah finished 2017 third in the national INEX pro level standings for oval courses and fifth overall at the pro level for road courses and was the Touring Series Champion. Congratulations, Noah!
Racers between the ages of 14 and 24 can sign up to win by sending Car Craft a message on our Facebook page or an email to John Viscardo at jviscardo@enthusiastnetwork.com. Please include a description of your racing experience and two or three pictures. Please provide a phone number and address so we can contact you if you are selected as the winner. Drivers who have already applied do not need to re-enter.
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