Strength comes in a variety of ways. On any given week, there can be only one winner. Still, it is impossible to land among the 40 Greatest Dirt Track drivers without standing in Victory Lane at least once. Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series standout Seth Bergman’s only win of the season came in the third night of the Cocopah Nationals in the middle of November—in his last race of the season—but he qualified for this list by running strong start to finish.

How did Bergman become part of the Flo 50 with only one win?

Like several of the drivers in the high 30s to 50th, he got there with consistently strong runs. His top-10 percentage of 67% was not as stellar as some of his peers, but Bergman simply refused to struggle during the year.

He finished outside the top 10 in back-to-back races only once before September rolled around—and in that single instance when he finished worse than 10th in two consecutive races, one of his efforts was an 11th. He recorded an average of 77.5 percentage points in those first 25 races.

That allowed Bergman to surge in the closing months, despite suffering through a miserable September. In that month, he finished outside the top 10 in three of five races, but his early season heroics kept him in contact with the leaders.

Bergman surged when it mattered most: as final impressions were being made and winter was rolling around.

He scored six top-10s in his final seven races of the season, but his crowning glory came at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, AZ in the final three night stand for the ASCS. He finished third in night one, second in night two, and got that elusive win in the final night.

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*Percentage points utilize the baseline belief that a win is a win in the major series covered. One hundred points is awarded to first and the points decrement below that as a percentage of the field. For example, in a 25-car field, each position behind the winner is worth four fewer points. In races with incredibly large fields, the points decrement to a less extreme degree. A 50-car field decrements two points per position, and drivers earn points even if they fail to make the A-main.

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