The votes are in, the results are announced. Tony Schumacher of the NHRA beat out a bunch of NASCAR’s great drivers to win the Driver of the Year award. Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards were the main competitors from the NASCAR circuit. Schumacher had a great 2008 racing year, winning a vast majority of his races. On the other side, no one in NASCAR was really dominant; Johnson was really good and he locked up the Sprint Cup very early, but he didn’t win all that much at the end of the season. Schumacher has had a great year and we should congratulate him, even though he’s not on the NASCAR side.