Mitch Hovden, accompanied by his wife, Kia, was recently selected as the United States Racing Association (USRA) Driver of the Year at the 2016 USRA Awards Banquet in Kansas City, Mo. The Decorah wheelman is a four-time USRA Stock Car national champion and was chosen out of the nearly 2,500 drivers across five classes to race in a USRA-sanctioned event in the 2016 race season. (submitted photo)
Hovden recognized as Driver of the Year
Zakary Kriener
News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com
Last season, a total of nearly 2,500 different drivers raced in a United States Racing Association (USRA) event across the country. Among those entries was Mitch Hovden of Decorah, driver of the No. 15 stock car.
In 2016, Hovden had a year that most dirt track drivers would dream of. Of the 42 races he entered, he managed an impressive 18 wins and 33 top-five finishes. To him, however, it is all in a season’s work.