Congratulations Jeff Gordon! aarwba newsletter.pdf · 2017-12-14 · ing, Glenn became CFO and MIS Director for Pekor Pumps in Columbus. Although very successful in his business career

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The Official Newsletter Of The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association

American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association, Inc. (www.aarwba.org)“Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage Of Motor Sports”

Oct/Nov 2015 Vol. 48 No. 7

Congratulations Jeff Gordon!

Gordon takes first win of 2015 at Martinsville

Gordon: “I'm telling you, it's not registering because I can't believe it. I cannot believeit. This is turning into one of these just incredible storybook finishes to this year, to

this career. Of all years, I mean, of all years, I cannot believe this. I'm so excited it'shappening in this year.

"This is one of the finest moments I think I've ever had in my career, I'll be honest.It's just because what this year means, that this is my final year, my final race at Mar-tinsville, punching our ticket to Homestead, having my family here, the hard work thisteam has put together, that reaction from the fans. This is one of my finest moments

I've ever had. "

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GLENN STANLEY SMITH, SR.

Glenn Stanley Smith, Sr., age 59, professional photojour-nalist and friend to so many, loving father and grandfa-ther, passed away on October 2, 2015 in Boise, Idaho ofcomplications from pneumonia.

Glenn was born in Heidelberg, Germany to Stanley andMartha Erika Smith. His family had been stationed inGermany at the time of his birth while his father wasserving in the US Army. Prior to beginning school,Glenn's family returned to the states settling in Colum-bus, Georgia. Glenn was raised in Columbus and gradu-ated Valedictorian from Hardaway High School beforeattending Georgia Institute of Technology. He was amember of St. Matthew Lutheran Church and a memberof Sons of the American Revolution.

With his education in Computer Science and Engineer-ing, Glenn became CFO and MIS Director for PekorPumps in Columbus. Although very successful in hisbusiness career and as a software engineer, in 1989Glenn made the courageous choice to pursue his truepassion of photography, particularly motorsports photo-journalism, where he became nationally known and hon-ored as "Indy Glenn".

His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Time Maga-zine's Year In Pictures, USA Today, People magazine,The New York Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Consti-tution, the Indianapolis Star, as well as most newspapersin the country. He was a member of the American AutoRacing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARW-BA), winning the 2009 AARWBA Award for his photo-graph "End of a Dream". Glenn's amazing racingphotographs were truly admired by racing fans and willcontinue to contribute greatly to the enjoyment of autoracing.

While his heart lied with shooting the Indianapolis 500and other fast cars, Glenn also loved photographing oth-er sporting events and became the team photographerfor the Columbus Cottonmouths professional hockeyteam, and professionally photographed the AtlantaThrashers and Atlanta Braves. Most recently, he wasactively continuing his career in Boise, Idaho, as theteam photographer for the Idaho Steelheads professionalhockey team.

Glenn felt blessed to have such a devoted family, wonderfulfriends and colleagues. He was a compassionate caregiver tohis parents, and loving father to his children. Throughout hislife, Glenn was a kind, thoughtful, and brave man who alwaysfought the good fight and never lost his uplifting spirit andcharming sense of humor even in the most difficult times.

He had a complete love for animals and cared for his petsdeeply. His great versatility, talents, and vast knowledge al-lowed him to enjoy many things including cooking, gardening,technology, and politics. Glenn will be profoundly missed andremembered always for his very kind heart, incredible intelli-gence, and his tremendous gift of giving to others.

He is predeceased by his father, Stanley Smith; his mother,Martha Erika Pohl Smith; and his brother, Kenneth "Clyde"Smith.

He is survived by his daughter, Natalie Smith; his son, GlennStanley Smith, Jr.; and his grandson, Cyrus Dayton all of LasVegas, NV. A private interment will be held at Larissa Ceme-tery, Mount Selman, Cherokee County, Texas. Memorial giftsmay be made to: Boise Kennels, Attn: Mark Fretz, 2303 36thStreet, Boise, ID 83703.

Signed Helmet Auctioned to BenefitJustin Wilson Charity

A Continental Tire-designed racing helmet, autographed bymore than 50 drivers from the season-ending TUDOR UnitedSportsCar Championship event at Road Atlanta, was recently

put up for auction to benefit the Justin Wilson Children’sFund. Autographs included 2015 Prototype, Prototype

Challenge and GT Le Mans champions, every 2015 GTLMCorvette Racing driver including IndyCar regular Ryan

Briscoe, and Justin Wilson’s former Michael ShankRacing teammates.

The closing bid was $1,575!

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The Utah Alliance and Save the Salt Coalition met with avariety of stakeholder groups at the Bonneville SaltFlats (BSF) in Utah this week to discuss potential solu-tions for restoring the historic racing venue. The BSF hasbeen in the spotlight following cancellation this year offive major racing events due to weather and deterioratingsalt conditions. In response, the Utah Alliance organizeda tour of the area with government officials who overseethe BSF, mine operators, geologists, engineers, and oth-er stakeholder groups. The tour allowed the parties tothen engage in follow-up discussions and beginidentifying tangible restoration actions.

"Everyone displayed a willingness to come together tofind a solution," said Dennis Sullivan, Chairman of theUtah Alliance, "There was a mutual respect demonstrat-ed among the public agencies, private entities andracers. We all need to learn more from each other as weall have specific observations and experiences that needto be combined with scientific data to provide a viableway forward."

The Utah Alliance and Save the Salt Coalition werejoined by staff from: Utah Governor Herbert’s office, Sen-ator Mike Lee’s office, Bureau of Land Management, In-trepid Potash-Wendover, Utah Department of NaturalResources, University of Utah’s Dr. Brenda Bowen,Brent Bingham, Mayor of Wendover, Utah, Councilmanof West Wendover, Nevada, and a number of landspeed racers.

The Utah Alliance and Save the Salt Coalition will nextpresent a position statement to the stakeholders identify-ing a number of short- and long-termactions to be considered. Priority will be given to deter-mine how to expand brine pumping and mitigate mudcontamination.

"Although concerns about deterioration at Bonnevillehave existed for decades, today marked the first timeofficials representing government, industry and racerssat at the same table to discuss solutions," said DougEvans, Chairman of the Save the Salt Coalition. "We arefinally at the starting line in the race to save Bonneville."

The groups indicated that no quick fixes existed to re-solve issues related to the condition of the salt. However,they believe that given the high level of cooperation, thehistoric, internationally famous speedway will eventuallybe restored to safe racing conditions.

The Save the Salt Coalition is an international group ofbusinesses and organizations with a vested interest inthe BSF. Major LSR sanctioning organizations are mem-bers of both groups. The two groups have partnered onthe shared mission of restoring the BSF as the premiervenue for setting world land speed records. The collabo-ration allows experts within the groups to undertake spe-cific roles and projects.

The Utah Alliance is a group of land speed racing indi-viduals that live in or have connections with the State of

Utah through employment or governmental agencies. The UtahAlliance works in Conjunction with the ave the Salt Coalition to“Preserve Our National Treasure - The Bonneville Salt Flats -As well as develop and execute a Comprehensive ReclamationPlan.”

Utah Alliance Leadership:DENNIS SULLIVAN - Chairman, USFRA President([email protected])RICK VESCO - Save the Salt Founding Member([email protected])LARRY VOLK - USFRA Founding member([email protected])GARY WILKINSON - Save The Salt Vice Chairman, USFRA([email protected])HUGH COLTHARP - USFRA Treasurer, USFRA Foundingmember ([email protected])TOM BURKLAND - Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials([email protected])RUSS EYRES - Save The Salt Treasurer, SCTA/BNI Liaison([email protected])ROGER LESSMAN - Nevada Liaison, USFRA([email protected])

Utah Alliance Partners:"LandSpeed" LOUISE ANN NOETH - Media Contact,([email protected])TERRY NISH - Nish Motorsports, Research & Racing History([email protected])MIKE NISH - Nish Motorsports, Research & Racing History([email protected])RUSS DEANE - SEMA/Save The Salt Legal Counsel([email protected])ASHLEY AILSWORTH - SEMA/Save The Salt Legal Counsel,[email protected] GOSSWEIN - SEMA/Save The Salt Public Relations([email protected])CHAD BOOTH - AYL TV Salt Lake City, Media,[email protected]

Utah Alliance Supporters:DICK ROSETTA - Utah Sports Hall Of Fame, Past Salt LakeTribune SportsEditor GREG MILLER - Director, Larry H Miller Family of Com-panies

Save the Salt treasurer, and defacto amateur geologist Russ Eyres(kneeling) explains the salt loss on the international speedway.

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AARWBA has many fine writers in the ranks. I know a lotof you and have enjoyed the friendships over the years. Ireally miss some of you who have gone on ahead,friends like Johnnie Parsons and Bill Vukovich and Mick-ey Thompson and so many others and, yes, MickeySchaffer, my longtime pal who left awhile back. The thingis, I can mention Mickey Schaffer in my new book, “Thisis Indy!” because after dozens of books I’m using a newsystem, and I highly recommend it to all of you.

Dusty talked me into joining AARWBA several dozenyears ago, and I even served as President for a term. Ilove motor racing, and I love to write about it and partici-pate in it. They even call me “Rollover Ross” at my hometrack in Ventura, California (but always with affection andunderstanding). There was a time, before I got old andworn, that I covered every major race in the country al-most every year. But the Indianapolis Speedway has al-ways been my favorite. Believe it or not, I attended as ayoung fan with my Dad, then covered the 500 nearly for-ty times, thanks to my friend Al Bloemker who alwaysissued me a “99” badge. But not recently. It is way easierto sit before my son’s giant TV, and we all know we seemuch more on TV than being there in person.

But you miss a lot by not being there. We all know that,too.

OK, OK, so I’ve seen the race a few times. But howmany of you would pick Joe Jagersberger for a chapterin a book on Indy? How many of you even know of JoeJagersberger? The thing about writing a book for a com-pany like Lulu.com, as many far more prominent authorsthan I have learned, is that you can say what you want tosay, write what you want to write, and feature who youwant to feature. After fighting the battle for nearly twohundred books in the trades in New York, companies likeDoubleday and Prentice Hall and Dodd Mead, and manyothers, I did what many writers are doing now and turnedto “Print on Demand” for absolute content control. Thismethod does have its drawbacks, but overall it is just fineand, by the way, free.

They didn’t have thisnot that many yearsago, so some of usseniors had to fight ourway to publication. It isway easier now.

So, I wrote “This IsIndy!” I have file draw-ers full of photos, andTom Surber from Indyhelped me with what Ididn’t have, and thebook is now available.A couple of importantpoints. These are mychoices, events andpeople and happen-ings in my memory of

Indy. I am certain that you have your own, and if you follow mylead you can write about them. There’s plenty of room out therefor all of us, so go for it! I never thought for a moment that theclose-up I shot of Rick Mears on the starting grid at Indy in ’79would end up on the cover of one of my books more than thirtyyears later.

And finally, this isn’t a book about crashes on the race track.There are crashes, of course. Along with a few of you, I wasthere at Indy in ’64 and, yeah, I cried too. Eddie Sachs was afriend, and so was Mickey Thompson, who designed, built,owned and team-managed Dave MacDonald’s car. So Mickeyand I cried together, me for the loss of a friend and Mickey forthe loss of a young man he considered a son. And I was therewhen the guy slammed into my spot just in front of the photostand in ’71 , and also when Salt Walther spun down the mainstretch in ’73 and soaked a bunch of people with fuel, who thencaught fire. And I was there when Tom Sneva endured his hor-rible crash in Turn Two in ’75. These are important, and espe-cially so when Tom walked away. Although Eddie and Davedidn’t.

If you are moved to honor me by taking a look at the book, youcan get it as a hard or soft cover (expensive) at most onlinebook sellers; Lulu.com, Barnes and Noble.com, and many oth-ers, or you can get it as an eBook (cheap) at most of the sameplaces. Just put my name, Ross R. Olney, in the search bar.Hope you enjoy it.

And no, I wasn’t drunk that night in December that I describe inmy Foreword, which I hope you will read and, if you feel as I doabout Indy, understand. I only had a couple, but the Novi wasout there in the snowy darkness outside Turn Two, talking tome. Laugh if you wish, I knew her when she was young, and Iabsolutely recognized her voice.

Some of you old-timers will understand.

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Eldora's World 100 is More Than Just a RaceBy Patrick Reynolds for www.motorweeklive.com

The year was around 1980 give or take. I'll even widen itout to a late 1970s or early 1980s time frame. My memo-ry cannot pinpoint the date. What I can recall was thatABC's Wide World of Sports was broadcasting from a dirttrack on a sunny Ohio afternoon. A member of the 'BigThree' television networks at that time was airing a shorttrack race. Not IndyCars, not NASCAR, but legitimateweekend warriors. This was big. My TV channel chang-ing stopped and I was glued to my parents' couch untilthis was over.

The program wastypical of 'WideWorld' auto racingin which it wasmixed in with othernot-so-extremesports. What wasnot typical of edited500-mile majorleague broadcastswas that the racingformat was laid outjust like many localweekend shorttracks- heat races,

a consolation race, and then the feature. The naturalbreak in between races presented ABC the perfect seamto place their other 'Wide World' non-motorsports cover-age.

This magical place was Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,Ohio. The cars were USAC Silver Crown machines. Thisviewer of around 10 years of age was absolutely capti-vated.

Many years later, I do not recall the results but I remem-ber the excitement the track and broadcast generated.From then on, Eldora Speedway popped up on my radarin racing publications- Illustrated Speedway News, StockCar Racing Magazine, National Speed Sport News, andmany others. I learned about the high banked half-miletrack and how it hosted open wheel and stock car races.I grew up on a regular diet of shorter 25 and 30-lap Sat-urday night features, but developed a propensity for spe-cial extra-distance contests. Any 100 and 200-lappersreally jazzed me up.

Then one day, amongst my frequent reading and digest-ing of auto racing written content, I saw an article aboutthe World 100.

That was a race that caught my attention. Late Models,100 laps, big money to win, and a massive car count totry for just 24 starting spots.

Over time, I read more about the race's history. BruceGould won the inaugural 100 and the $4000 first placeprize. That was a very impressive short track purse forthe time.

The big favorites in my introductory years were Larry Moore,Charlie Swartz, Mike Duvall, and some up-and-coming kidnamed Jeff Purvis.

In September of 2015, I checked off another "Bucket List" trackand race.

Driving to Eldora Speedway for my very first look at the high-banked half-mile brought me through miles of rural two-laneroads. Many acres of Ohio corn fields separated my journeyfrom any major interstate. When I took the last highway exitpossible, plenty of roadways still awaited, before any sign of aspeedway existed.

After following countryside roads for some time, suddenly fieldswere filled with tents, campers, and motorhomes. I kept filingpast campsite after campsite and wondered how many hun-dred- or how many thousand- motorhomes were on the Eldoragrounds. I was well aware I was heading to a dirt late modelevent but the sight sure resembled any Sprint Cup race.Healthy crowds filled the grandstands during Thursday's prelim-inary racing and even for Friday's eventual rainout. A packedcrowd of around 18,000 took in the Saturday finale. Not a largenumber by NASCAR superspeedway standards but mammothfor a half-mile grassroots track.

Walking into the infield's pit area brought about a special-eventfeeling. There was a definite buzz in the air. A feeling of excite-ment that everyone knew, that this was a special race, and aspecial place.

"It's a totally different atmosphere ," said young driver AustinHubbard. "It seems almost like NASCAR with the amount ofpeople, the fans, and how many cars you get and the level ofcompetition. If you want to be the best and want to competewith the best, you got to be here. Everybody knows that it hasalways been that way. I'm glad to see that has stayed that way.It's very obvious when you come here; it's nothing like anyone'sever seen before."

Hubbard said about winning the World 100, "it's a childhooddream of mine. Ask anybody in this pit area, and I'm going tosay nine out of ten are going to say that this is the most impor-tant race for them to win."

The excitement increased each day from Thursday to Saturday.By Saturday afternoon when the sun got lower, the shadowsreached further, and the temperature dropped- there was afeeling in the air. Not a tangible feeling that I can show you aphoto of or display on a piece of paper- just a feeling.

The type of feeling that one experiences on Sunday morning inSyracuse NY before the Big Block 200, or in Middletown NYprior to the Eastern States 200, or at Thompson CT early raceday when a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion will becrowned later that afternoon.

Eldora's World 100 is not just another race.

Tim McCreadie grew up in the D.I.R.T. modified world of up-state New York and is the son of dirt racing legend Bob Mc-

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Creadie. The family knows about the big Syracuse andMiddletown Modified races.

Winning the World 100, "… would rank up there some-where along the lines of the Chili Bowl… Syracuse."

"It's (World 100) unique," said McCreadie. "You get yourbig (short track) events all over the country and it's prob-ably in the top ten. It's an event and a race. Its aggres-sive racing, lot of fans, overpopulated all week. It's fun tobe in when you're competitive, that's for sure."The top car counts occurred during the high water marksof the U.S. economy with well over 200 cars entered.This year a still very impressive 106 cars entered for 30starting positions in the 100.

Donnie Moran has won "The Globe" four times and wasvictorious in the 2001 Eldora Million. His twenty-year-oldson Devin competed this year and is respectful of Eldo-ra's- and his family's- history.

"It's the Daytona 500 of Dirt Late Models," Moran said."It's not the most paying race, but you come to it and it'sthe race everyone in the country wants to win. You walkin the doors and you get cold chills."

"It would mean the world," Moran said with an intentionalpun and chuckle. "Dad's always going to have stuff onme. He's had an awesome career. To start it off by get-ting a World 100, that'd be pretty cool to get my firstcrown jewel here."

Moran was credited with a 23rd-place finish in the 100.Younger generation stars appreciate and respect Eldora.Twenty-two year old Brandon Sheppard won preliminaryTwin 25-lap A-Mains on Thursday night and Saturdayafternoon prior to Saturday night's big 100 lap feature.Sheppard in particular is an example of the highly com-petitive nature of the race. When it came time to executeand qualify for the 30-car A-Main, Sheppard fell short ofmaking it into the 100.

"It's a really prestigious racetrack. It means a lot to meand my family," Sheppard said. "It's definitely all the wayat the top. Either one of the big races at Eldora (TheDream and World 100) are obviously at the top of the list(to win).

Eldora's World 100

"The track, the fans, the media… it's just a huge place to get awin. Knoxville is up there, there's some other places are upthere, but everyone wants to win at Eldora," said Sheppard.

Who didn't make the 2015 World 100 would make an excellentfeature lineup in most dirt late model tracks around the country.Along with Sheppard, McCreadie, and Hubbard not making theWorld 100, also loading early were Vic Hill, Matt Westfall, BillyMoyer Jr., Greg Satterlee, and 69 others.

If the above drivers were competing at your local short track, apromoter would be wringing his hands at the crowd this groupwould attract. This was a small sampling of drivers that did notqualify for this year's World 100.

The original big purse trademark since 1971 has not stopped. Atradition of adding $1000 to the winner's share every year con-tinues. The 2015 World 100 champion Jonathan Davenportearned $48,000.NASCAR has the Daytona 500. IndyCar has the Indianapolis500. Sports car racing has the 24 Hours of Lemans. Dirt LateModel racing has the World 100 at Eldora.ABC broadcast that USAC race so many years ago that cap-tured my attention and drew me to the Ohio speedway. Timesand technology have advanced and in 2015 there was a liveinternet race telecast. Whatever the method, I'm fairly certainthere were a brand new crop of 10-year-old race fans that alsomade commitments to themselves to go see a World 100.Although not qualifying for this year, Hubbard may have put therace into the simplest, yet most accurate terms. "It's one ofcoolest races there is."

Patrick Reynolds is a former professional NASCAR mechanicwho hosts Motor Week LIVE! Mondays 7pm ET/ 4pm PT on

www.racersreunionradio.com

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Highlights from the 2015 Eldora’s World 100Can be found on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShllG3Zw4es

http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShllG3Zw4es

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Long-time AARWBA member Linda Mansfield haswritten a collection of fictional short stories for Christmasentitled "Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas." In it, sheoffers a baker's dozen of short stories to provide readerswith short breaks during the hectic holiday season. The

13th story features a race car driver.

The book is available as an e-book, a paperback or ahardcover through Amazon and other outlets.

For more information, see LindaMansfieldBooks.com.

August 29, 2015 was the date your Editorand his wife Shirley, became grandpar-ents! Magnus Tadeusz Hartwell wasborn in Warsaw, Poland to his parentsChristopher and Kristen Hartwell. At over23 inches in length and just over 8pounds in weight, this future Rugby stararrived in style and almost ready to play!

Shirley and I went to Warsaw in mid-Sep-tember to meet Magnus and I have tosay, holding him in my arms was themost wonderful sensation a person couldfeel. We were simply overcome with joy at having this beauti-ful little boy looking back at us.

Our daughter in law, Kristen, is every bit the professional trav-el agent as she and Chris have lived all around the world in-cluding Armenia, Tonga, New Zealand and, just prior tomoving to Warsaw, Moscow. She found us an apartment justa block or so away from their apartment. This saved us a tonof money over staying at a hotel and the accommodationswere simply perfect! The tram stop was right across thestreet, as was the subway entrance. It was a short walk totheir apartment and during our 10 day stay we made the tripseveral times alternating the use of both tram and sneakerpower.

Our apartment was also near the fairly new Arkadia shoppingmall which we visited several times during our stay. In addi-tion, we visited several museums and areas of interest includ-ing the Jewish History Museum, the Ghetto Uprising Museum,and we saw the outlines of the ghetto wall the NAZI'S used tosubjugate the Jewish population during WWII. It was a heartwrenching experience to know what had transpired here 70years ago.

Today Warsaw has been completely rebuilt literally from theground up. Areas like Old Town and New Town were restoredto their original look and have become a major tourist attrac-tion. The transit system is very modern and efficient. Thereare many major hotels and retail stores but everything hasretained a true European feel wherever you go in Warsaw.

But all that tourist information aside, we were there to spendtime with 'our kids' and meet the newest member of the family.We took walks with Magnus in the stroller and our 'grand-dog'Magda walking beside us. We all had dinner together almostevery night. We tried 'kebabs' forthe first time and wound up havingthem for dinner or lunch a total ofthree times while we were there!Delicious!

OK, I'll stop bragging for now butdon't be surprised if, when we hap-pen to meet, one of the first things Italk about is Magnus!

Proud grandparent alert!

John Greenwood Tribute At DaytonaThe upcoming HSR Classic 24 at Daytona Presented by IMSAwill have a strong Corvette presence, including a tribute to thelate John Greenwood, the Corvette racing and building legendwho passed away in July.

The celebration will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, atthe Daytona International Speedway Fanzone. The tribute isbeing organized by the Registry of Corvette Race Cars and theNational Corvette Museum, which will display a GreenwoodCorvette from its collection among the Corvettes on display.

The tribute includes an expert panel of Greenwood friends, co-drivers and designers to talk about the Corvette legend:

Ten Corvettes are currently entered in the Classic 24, includinga pair of Greenwood-built cars. Didier Andre and Marc Gounonwill co-drive the No. 48 1977 Greenwood Corvette 012, whileJules and Marc Gounon will share the No. 88 Corvette built in1979. Both cars will race in Group B, for cars raced at Daytonafrom 1973 through 1982. Other Corvettes in Group B are a 1972Corvette driven by Harry Dinwiddie and Bob Woodman, and a1969 Corvette that raced in GT1 for Jim Cantrell and Barry Ellis.

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Your AARWBA Leadership Team

President & Executive Director -Norma "Dusty" BrandelWomen's Editor, Racing InformationService -Photo-Journalist,[email protected]

Vice President -Kathy SeymourPhotographer, Racing InformationService [email protected]

Treasurer -Rhonda WilliamsJournalist - Williams [email protected]

Midwest Vice President -Nick DettmannSports writer, West Bend Daily [email protected]

Southern Vice President -Joe JenningsPhoto-journalist, Midwest Racing [email protected]

Eastern Vice President -John BryantJournalist - [email protected]

Western Vice President -Ray SoteroMotorsports Columnist, Gannett [email protected]

Secretary -Patrick ReynoldsWriter, Motor Week Livereynol945windstream.net

Members who renew theirmembership by Dec. 15th willreceive this color pocket palalong with their membership

card and photo ID badge.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway to hostSCCA Runoffs in 2017

The IMS road course will be the site of the 2017SCCA National Championship Runoffs, with

race days Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

The event is unprecedented for both the Club andthe Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pitting the amateur

National Championship event on the 14 turn,2.439-mile road course that hosts the Verizon IndyCar Series’

Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

“Many Indianapolis 500 veterans have their racing roots inSCCA competition, so hosting the SCCA national

championships at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is anatural fit,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “The

Runoffs will provide drivers who have dreamed of competingat the Indianapolis Motor Speedway an opportunity to do soand will hopefully motivate some participants to continue onthe path to compete in the Indianapolis 500 someday. It isgoing to be a tremendous event showcasing the talent and

passion that makes SCCA racing so exciting.”

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Media Professional ($45.00) Affiliate Member ($65.00) Associate / Corporate ($300.00)

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Active Media MemberApplicants for active media membership status must submit the following materials to the membership committee for consideration.Materials must be submitted with your check.

ü A fully executed membership application. (This information will appear in the membership directoryunless you specify otherwise. Attach a note to this application if necessary.)

ü Two 1" x 1.5" head shot pictures for use in the directory and for an I.D. badge.ü Tear sheets or samples of work as follows:

§ Two published articles on the subject of auto racing in a publication of generalcirculation within the past year.

§ Photographs on auto racing appearing in two publications of general circulation or twoseparate times in one publication, within the past year.

§ One video or audio tape of any race broadcast where spectators attended and exhibitedthe applicant's work within the past year.

§ One book on the subject of auto racing within the past year or three books on thesubject of auto racing, or one book contracted from any trade publisher for a book on auto racing

Affiliate MemberOpen to public relations, team representatives, motorsports advertising personnel. Full voting rights and privileges except to hold office.

Associate/Corporate MembershipOpen to any person, regardless of affiliation or professional orientation, who is interested in furthering the aims of the American AutoRacing Writers & Broadcasters Association and/or motorsports in general. Corporate membership is Limited to three (3) non-votingmemberships for the $300 fee.

Mail completed application, photos, and your check to the address shown above.

American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association Inc.922 North Pass Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505-2703Phone: 818-842-7005 FAX: 818-842-7020

"Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage of Motor Sports"The AARWBA is the oldest and largest professional organization of its kind. Founded in 1955 in

Indianapolis, it has grown to more than 400 members throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.Each year the AARWBA members select a 14-driver All America Team from Open Wheel, Stock Car, SportsCar, Drag Racing, Short Track, Touring Series and At Large championship categories. An annual banquet is

held to honor these drivers each January. AARWBA also sponsors several contests for its members andestablished the “Legends in Racing” auto racing hall of fame.

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