Whelen All-American Series championship

Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills, the NASCAR Super Late Model champion at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, was ninth in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship standings.
Philip Morris, a driver at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., won the short track national championship and a berth in the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale in January.
Morris won the national championship by two points over Brian Harris of Davenport, Iowa, who raced at three tracks in Iowa: West Liberty Raceway, Farley Speedway and Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway.
It was the second national championship for Morris, who had 14 wins and 24 top fives in 28 races. Joanides had 10 wins and 17 top fives in 21 starts at Irwindale.
The champion is determined based on a driver's best 18 finishes at NASCAR-sanctioned tracks.
The Toyota All-Star Showdown, which includes a race that pits the top drivers from the NASCAR Camping World Series East and West and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series drivers, is Jan. 23-24 at Irwindale.