Polls Open For 2013 NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver Awards

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Title Up for Grabs As Voting Begins on NASCAR.com

There’s one guarantee in this year’s voting for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver Awards: Fans will crown a new winner.

With Danica Patrick, last year’s NASCAR Nationwide Series winner, moving to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nelson Piquet Jr., last year’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner, racing in the Nationwide Series, this year’s vote – like the eventual winner’s driving style – is wide open. 

For the sixth consecutive year, fans can vote online for the Most Popular Driver Award in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Twitter hashtags: #NNSMPD, #NCWTSMPD).

Driver Nelson Piquet Jr., poses with the Most Popular Driver Award during the NASCAR Nationwide Series And Camping World Truck Awards Banquet at Loews Miami Beach on November 19, 2012  Photo - Chris Trotman/Getty Images

Driver Nelson Piquet Jr., poses with the Most Popular Driver Award during the NASCAR Nationwide Series And Camping World Truck Awards Banquet at Loews Miami Beach on November 19, 2012
Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images

Each series has a dedicated site on NASCAR.com for voting. For the NASCAR Nationwide Series, fans can go to www.NASCAR.com/nnsmpd and for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to www.NASCAR.com/ncwtsmpd. Fans are encouraged to vote once per day leading up to the deadline.

Voting is open and runs through Friday, Nov. 15 for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Saturday, Nov. 16 for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, prior to the respective season finale races at Homestead-Miami Speedway during Ford Championship Weekend.

To be eligible to receive votes, drivers must have selected either the NASCAR Nationwide Series or NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to receive 2013 championship driver points. Additionally, drivers must have attempted at least half of each series’ races this season.

The winners will be announced at the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards. The combined post-season gala will once again take place in South Florida at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel on Monday, Nov. 18.

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