The Hard-Charger award is an award that is given to the driver who makes up the most positions throughout their race. Total positions gained will be determined by finishing position relative to qualifying starting position. Ties will go to the highest overall finishing position.
I was just notified yesterday that I won this award from my April 25 BRP race. You can read about my 2 BRP races here. For my Saturday race I was supposed to be grid up in 5th, but there was a mistake and I ended up getting grid up in 6th. I ended up going from 6th to 1st. So I ended up passing 5 of my competitors and won my race.
There were only 5 Hard-Charger awards issued for the races on Saturday. I tied with 2 other Hard-Charger award winners with the most passes, which was 5. But I was the only racer who had the most passes and won his race, all the while as a rookie racer.