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Veteran Race Official Roy Faulkner Honored with Noel Hargis Lifetime Achievement Award

WAVERLY, OHIO (October 25, 2025)—As the race season comes to a close for the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series fueled by VP, the series has named the Inaugural “Noel Hargis Lifetime Achievement Award” recipient for the 2025 season.

Roy Faulker, a native of Columbus, Ind. and longtime official for UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) and DIRTcar Racing was presented the award at the drivers meeting at the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series finale on Saturday afternoon at Atomic Speedway.

Faulker, a former employee at Cummins Engine Co., who will celebrate his 78th Birthday in November, is still currently an active traveling race official for DIRTcar Racing & World Racing Group which sanctions the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series. Faulkner has worked hundreds of Summer Nationals races over the course of his career plus has manned the scales for all but a handful of Dirt Late Model Dream and World 100 races at the famed Eldora Speedway. From a race car driver to car owner many years ago with drivers like Darrell Herbert behind the wheel, Faulkner went on to work for UMP founder Bob Memmer while teching race cars alongside with the likes of Gary Herbert, Roy & Steve Trabue and many other longtime race officials.

The award is named in honor of longtime race official Noel Hargis of Somerset, Ky. Hargis was a race car driver in the 1960’s and 1970’s before becoming a flagman for several Central Kentucky dirt tracks then flagman for the Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series (2002-2009) and the NARA which became the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series from 2004-2006 under promoter Spencer Wilson. Hargis also flagged numerous Iron-Man Series events from 2004 and retired from the flagstand on Labor Day Weekend of 2011. Hargis was inducted into the South-Central Kentucky Dirt Racing Hall of Fame in 2021 and has continued to work behind the scenes as a consultant and supporter of the sport.

Hargis’ character on and off the race track propelled Series Promoter Chris Tilley to name this award in his honor. “I wanted to name this award in honor of Noel (Hargis) because he’s someone I’ve always admired and looked up to. His consistency, work ethic, professionalism and fair treatment of the race teams over the years have made him respected across the sport. Our group felt like Roy (Faulkner) embodies those principles and we wanted to show our appreciation to a longtime race official that deserved it,” stated Tilley.

The Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series wraps up the 2025 season tonight at Atomic Speedway in Waverly, Ohio paying $15,000-to-win with flag-to-flag coverage on FloRacing.

For more information on the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series, call (828) 361-5981 or log on to www.IMDIRT.net.

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