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NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series State and Provincial Rookie of the Year Award winners for 2025

Adam Fenwick
In addition to Rookie of the Year awards at the national and regional levels, the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series also recognizes the top rookies at the state and provincial level each season. This year, 19 drivers claimed state or provincial Rookie of the Year Awards. Below is a closer look at the top rookie from each state or province from the 2025 season.
Racing at Edmonton International Raceway in the Late Model class, Kaylee Wilkie scored one victory on her way to securing top rookie honors in the province of Alberta. Taylor Occhipinti captured Rookie of the Year honors in the state of Idaho thanks to a consistent season in Meridian Speedway’s Modified class that include one top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. Ricky Baker turned in an impressive rookie season in the headlining Super Late Model class at Illinois’ Grundy County Speedway that saw him win four times in 13 starts. He captured the Illinois state championship to go along with the Illinois state Rookie of the Year crown. Jacob Burns enjoyed a strong season at Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway that saw him win three times in 14 starts while never finishing outside the top 10. As a result, he clinched his first Massachusetts state championship and was named the Massachusetts state Rookie of the Year. From Clarkston, Michigan, Tyler Lupton was impressive in his rookie season in Berlin Raceway’s Super Late Model class. He won twice to go along with eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes to capture top rookie honors in the state of Michigan. Justin Ziemiecki claimed the Minnesota state Rookie of the Year crown in his first season racing at Elko Speedway. There is domination, and then there is what Ryan Gillmore did this year at Monett Motor Speedway. In 16 starts at the Missouri dirt track, Gillmore won 13 times to claim the B Modified track title and his first Missouri state championship. He was also the top rookie in the state. Racing as a rookie in the Pro Late Model class at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Cody Brown nabbed an impressive five wins from March to September to secure his first Nevada state championship as well as the West Region Rookie of the Year Award. Charles Baldwin couldn’t have asked for a better rookie campaign. Splitting his time between Hudson Speedway, Claremont Motorsports Park and Lee USA Speedway, he scored seven wins in 10 features. Racing in Bowman Gray Stadium’s ultra-competitive Modified class for the first time, Ethan Truell secured eight top-10 finishes in 24 features to claim top rookie honors in the state of North Carolina. In his first season racing in Limaland Motorsports Park’s Modified division, Aidan Hinds bagged three wins, the track championship and his first Ohio state championship. Oh, and he was the top rookie in the state of Ohio. From Wagoner, Oklahoma, Brenner Skaggs called Salina Highbanks Speedway home for his rookie campaign in the B Modified class. He earned four top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 14 starts to capture state rookie honors. Jordan Stevens kept himself busy this year at Oregon’s Coos Bay Speedway. He was a regular in both the Division I Street Stocks as well as the Division III Mini Outlaw class. He captured the track championship in the Mini Outlaw class and was named the Division I Rookie of the Year in the state of Oregon. Competing at historic Grandview Speedway in the Modified division, Logan Watt earned two wins in 16 feature starts and only finished outside the top 10 five times on his way to Northeast Region and Pennsylvania state Rookie of the Year Award. Racing mainly at Autodrome Granby with the occasional stop at Le RPM Speedway this season, Antoine Parent captured Granby’s 358 Modified track title in addition to being named top rookie in the province of Quebec. A regular this season at Kingsport Speedway, Scott Salmons finished in the top 10 in all but one Late Model race at the historic venue to earn the Tennessee state Rookie of the Year Award. Chase Johnson looked nothing like a rookie this year. He was almost unbeatable in the Late Model class at Dominion Raceway, winning 15 times in 26 starts and easily claiming the track title, NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Josten’s Rookie of the Year Award, the Southeast Region Division I title and the Virginia state title. Kyle Lang made eight starts this year in the Pro Late Model class at Washington’s Evergreen Speedway, earning six top-10 finishes along the way. It was enough to secure the Washington state Rookie of the Year Award. Mike Lichtfeld was the man to beat this year at Dells Raceway Park in Wisconsin. He won six times on his way to the track championship in the Late Model class while also capturing both the Wisconsin state and Midwest Regional Rookie of the Year awards.