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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”

June 2014 Vol. 47 No. 6

AARWBA CongratulatesRyan Hunter-Reay!

Photo by Chris Owens, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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AARWBA board member Patrick Reynolds was the MCfor the annual Indy 500 Breakfast, and received a fewcertificates for his Online Column, Web Log Entry, and

Online Feature on MotorWeekLive.com.

Our thanks again to Firestone and Honda for theircontinued sponsorship of the AARWBA breakfast!

Angela Savage showsher Dad's helmet,provided by Bell

Helmet.Thanks to Paul

Powell, friends, andAARWBA members

with donations,Angela made it to

Indy and was a guestat the Breakfast

Even before the breakfast got started the tableswere almost full.

Dick Mittman (L) interviews Bettie Cadou's children,Kitty O'Doherty and Tad Fruits.

Bettie was the first female media to receive Full Credentialsfor the Indy 500 in 1971. Dick and Bettie worked at the

Indianapolis News.

Bill York, last year's Russo Founder's recipientpresents Donald Davidson with the plaque at the

Breakfast.(Story on page 5.)

Photos by Mark Watson

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2013 AARWBA CONTEST WINNERS(Presented at AARWBA awards breakfast, May 24, 2014, Indianapolis, Ind.)

MOTORSPORT BOOK 1. Tammy Kaehler, "Braking Points," PoisonedPen Press 2. John Havick, "The Ghosts of NASCAR," Uni-versity of Iowa Press 3. Ed Justice Jr., "Follmer," EJJE PublishingGroup Honorable Mention: Fr. Dale Grubba, "The Mil-waukee Modified Era," Stone Chapel Publishing

NEWSPAPER NEWS WRITING 1. Mark Armijo, , "Two Winners, One Race," Ari-zona Republic 2. Ron Hedger, "Hearn Runs Down Dunn,"Schenectady Sunday Gazette 3. Scott Walsh, "Jimmie Johnson Untouchable atPocono," Scranton Times-Tribune Honorable Mention: Ralph Smith, "Grand Prix Ac-tion at The Glen," Wayne Independent

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING 1. Nicholas Dettmann, "Women of Slinger," WestBend Daily News 2. Mark Armijo, "NASCAR's Best Assets," ArizonaRepublic 3. Scott Walsh, "Driven: IndyCar's James Hinchc-liffe," Scranton Times-Tribune Honorable Mention: Ralph Smith, "Memories ofthe Tricky Triangle," Wayne Independent

NEWSPAPER COLUMN WRITING 1. Nicholas Dettmann, "Ritger Continues To BuildUp Career," West Bend Daily News 2. Scott Walsh, "Andretti Curse Raises Its UglyHead," Scranton Times-Tribune 3. No award

NEWSPAPER TECHNICAL WRITING 1. Scott Walsh, "NASCAR's War Wagons," Scran-ton Sunday Times 2. No award 3. No award

MAGAZINE EVENT REPORT 1. Burt Levy, "Pig Meat, Steamed Oysters andSpeed," Vintage Motorsport 2. Mary Bignotti Mendez, "Untouchable," InsideTrack Motorsports News 3. No award

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING 1.(tie) Jim Donnelly, "The Black Beast," HemmingsClassic Car 1.(tie) Mike Adaskaveg, "Aftermath of a Tragedy,"Speedway Illustrated 3. Charles B. Camp, "Flat Out at Low Tide," VintageMotorsport Honorable Mention: Bill Sessa, "Stockton 99: America'sNewest Dirt Track," Sprint Car and Midget

MAGAZINE COLUMN WRITING 1. Burt Levy, "Red Mist-Ique," Vintage Motorsport 2. Dick Berggren, "Progress," Speedway Illustrated 3. Ron Hedger, "New Englander Finds Dirt Success,"Speed Sport Honorable Mention: Mary Bignotti Mendez, "OfficiatingOvershadows Title Battle," Inside Track Motorsport News

MAGAZINE TECHNICAL WRITING 1. William Vartorella, "Leaner, Lighter, Longer," ChargedElectric Vehicles 2. Bruce A. Bennett, "Have It Your Way," Speedway Il-lustrated 3. Dick Berggren, "Vintage Restoration," Speedway Il-lustrated

ONLINE NEWS WRITING 1. Nicholas Dettmann, "Balog Makes His Own RacingHistory," Nationalspeedsportnews.com 2. Kay Presto, "Dixon Wins IndyCar Championship,Power Wins Race," Carsandcompetition.com 3. Ron Hedger, "Dunn Gets Syracuse Redemption,"National speedsportnews.com

ONLINE FEATURE WRITING 1. Nicholas Dettmann, "Heavy Heart Can't Slow DownRoger Lee," Nationalspeedsportnews.com 2. Kay Presto, "Brittany Force: Tiny But Tough,"Carsandcompetition.com 3. Patrick Reynolds, "Zanardi, Ganassi Provide Pre-In-dy Emotion," Motorweeklive.com

ONLINE COLUMN WRITING 1. Anne Proffit, "The Screwing of Katherine Legge,"Motorsport.com 2. Paul Gohde, "A View from the Berms,"Racingnation.com 3. Patrick Reynolds, "Alan Kulwicki Gone 20 Years,"Motorweeklive,comHonorable Mention: Ron Hedger, "The Long Look,"Nationalspeedsportnews.com

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ONLINE TECHNICAL WRITING 1. Kay Presto, "The Tire Dance in Racing,"Carsandcompetition.com 2. No award 3. No award

WEB LOG ENTRY 1. No award 2. No award 3. No awardHonorable mention: Patrick Reynolds, "IndyCarMarches Forward," www.motorweeklive.com

PROFESSIONAL RACING WEB SITE 1. Carsandcompetition, Kay Presto2. No award3. No awardHonorable Mention: Motorweeklive.com, PatrickReynolds

PHOTOGRAPHY - PRINT ACTION 1. David Moulthrop, "Frightening Finish," GaterRacing News2. Bruce A. Bennett, "Who Put That Wall There?,"Speedway Illustrated 3. Don Figler, "Tight Formation," Speed Sport Honorable Mention: Harold Hoch, "Blown Away,"Reading Eagle

PHOTOGRAPHY - PRINT PEOPLE 1. David Moulthrop, "Say It Again," Gater RacingNews 2. Kimberly Shaw, "Precious Moments," GaterRacing News 3. Harold Hoch, "The Winning Time Slip," Read-ing Eagle

PHOTOGRAPHY - ONLINE ACTION 1. Bruce A. Bennett, "Pitting Carl Edwards,"Nationalspeedsportnews.com 2. Michael C. Johnson, ""Spanky Hits the Spot,"Motorsport.com 3. Kay Presto, "Kurt Busch Gets Quick Service,"Carsandcompetition.com

PHOTOGRAPHY - ONLINE PEOPLE 1. Larry Mason, "Sato Does Post-Practice Inter-view," Carsandcompetition.com 2. Michael C. Johnson, "Victory Circle,"Motorsport.com 3. No award

2013 AARWBA CONTEST WINNERS(Presented at AARWBA awards breakfast, May 24, 2014, Indianapolis, Ind.)

RADIO FEATURE PROGRAM 1. Larry Mason, "Motorsports Roundup," ESPN Honolu-lu 2. Kay Presto, "Ohana Road Show," ESPN Honolulu 3. No award

PODCAST/WEBCAST 1. Dick Sisich, "NHRA Pre-Race with Jack Beckman,"Racesonoma.com 2. Larry Mason, "Pro/Celebrity and ALMS Interviews,Carsandcompetition.com 3. No award

JUDGESPhotography (all) - Prof. Emeritus Susan Fleck, PulliamSchool of Journalism, Franklin (Ind.) College

Radio Feature, Podcast/Webcast - Prof. Joel Cramer,Pulliam School of Journalism, Franklin (Ind.) College

Newspaper Feature Writing, Newspaper Column Writing,Magazine Event Reporting, Magazine Feature Writing,Magazine Column Writing, Online Feature Writing, On-line Column, Web Log, Professional Racing Website -Prof. Emeritus Jerry Miller, Pulliam School of Journalism,Franklin (Ind.) College, & AARWBA Contest Chairman

Newspaper News Writing, Newspaper Technical Writing,Magazine Technical Writing, Online Technical Writing -Ron Lemasters (Sr.), Muncie Star-Press (ret.)

Motorsport Book -- Jerry Miller, Ron Lemasters (Sr.), Da-vid Stringer, sports photojournalist

(All judging was essentially "blind," except in the Book,Racing Website, Radio Feature Program, andPodcast/Webcast categories. Judges had the option tonot make awards if they felt they were not warranted.)

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Bob Russo Founders AwardPresented to Donald Davidson

Donald Davidson, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’sfull time Historian, whose dedication to the history of thestoried racing facility, has earned him the respect andfriendship of journalists from around the world, was hon-ored Saturday with the American Auto Racing Writersand Broadcasters Association’s (AARWBA) Bob RussoFounders Award.The award was presented to Davidson by Committee-man and former recipient of the award, Bill York, duringthe Association’s Annual Indy Breakfast held at theSpeedway.York pointed out that the selection committee felt thatDavidson fulfilled the stated requirements which paral-leled Bob Russo’s interests in auto racing: “Presentedannually by AARWBA to an individual who has demon-strated profound interest, tireless efforts and undyingdedication to auto racing, exemplified by our Founder,Bob Russo throughout his lifelong career” .In 1964 Davidson, a young Englishman with a passionfor the world famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway wasdrawn to travel to the facility for the “500”. His detailedmemory of the history of all events including partici-pants, past and present, drew the immediate interests ofeveryone connected with the running of the Indianapolis500.In 1965, he returned and assisted the late Sid Collins onthe world wide IMS Broadcast Network on race daywhich he continues today. He also became a thirty-oneyear employee of the United States Auto Club (USAC)as a statistician and historian.On January 1, 1998 he accepted the position with theIMS, which he still holds today. He co-authored, “Auto-course, Official History of the Indianapolis 500” and hascontributed to numerous hardback books on auto racing.Among Davidson’s other efforts include articles in theIndianapolis 500 Yearbook, Autoweek and Motor Trend.On May 27, 2010 Davidson was inducted into the AutoRacing Hall of Fame at Indianapolis.Former recipients of the Founders Award: MichaelKnight, Wally Parks, Chris Economaki, Bob Jenkins,Shav Glick, Bill York, Bill Marvel, Paul Page, andthe Hulman-George and France Families.

For further information contact:Bill MarvelChairman, Bob Russo Founders Awardat 859-749-0646

Quadriplegic Indycar Team OwnerSam Schmidt Completes a Lap

At Indianapolis

Dick Mittman presents Sam Schmidt with theAngelo Angelolopous Award

Photo by Mark Watson

In 2000, a crash during an IndyCar test session atWalt Disney World Speedway ended SamSchmidt’s racing career, but incredible technologi-cal advances have allowed Schmidt to return tothe track in a specially designed semiautonom-ous car.

Schmidt, a quadriplegic, remained in racing andstarted Sam Schmidt Motorsports after his acci-dent. In 2011 a Schmidt-owned car won the Indy500.

After practice on Pole Day, Schmidt took to thetrack in a 2014 Corvette C7 Stingray that is oper-ated entirely by his own head movements.Schmidt can control the steering and accelerationof the car by tilting his head in small increments.Schmidt said earlier this month that he hopes toaverage over 100 miles-per-hour around IMS.

On receiving the Angelo Angelolopous Sports-manship Award' from the American Auto RacingWriters and Broadcasters Association annual Indy500 Breakfast Saturday morning, Sam said thathe did run 100 mph.

Sam Schmidt and the SAM team with SAM Project car.Photo by Anne Profitt.

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Jade Gurss personallyautographed his book "Beast"for the members at the break-

fast. It's the behind-thescenes story of the '94 Indy

500 with the Mercedespushrod engine for

Team Penske.

Paul Ghode won for Online Column Writing,Racingnation.com

Mike Johnson receives certificates forPhotography - Online People, Motorsport.com

and Online Action, for Motorsport.com.

Don Figler's photowas in Print Action

and ran inSpeed Sport

Nick Dettmann was a multiple winner. News-paper Feature, West Bend Daily News; News-

paper Column Writing, West Bend DailyNews; Online News Writing,

nationalspeedsportnews.com; Online FeatureNews, nationalspeedsportnews.com.

Photos by Mark Watson

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Jim Donnelly won a first place in Magazine FeaturesWriting, for his story in Hemmings Classic Car.

Bruce Bennett accepts his certificates from Dusty.Technical Writing, for Speedway Illustrated; Print Action

Photography, for Speedway Illustrated; Online ActionPhotography, nationalspeedsportnews.com.

Firestone's Rodreich Von Stotsenburg,Manager Bridgeston Americas Motorsports. Speaks

to the membership on Firestone's racing plans,at the Breakfast.

AARWBA Members: This isYOUR newsletter.

Your editor, Andy Hartwell, would love tohear from you. Write in and let him know what

you are up to in the world of motorsports.We need good news content from

professionals like you that we can share withall the other professionals in the AARWBA.

And this newsletter is a great vehicle forannouncing your recent successes to your

peers! And you can even have your companyor organization sponsor an issue!

Send your words and photos toashartwell@att.net.

For issue sponsorship informationcontact:

our President,Dusty Brandel, at

dusty.brandel@gmail.com

Photos by Mark Watson

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Vintage car racer Howard Katz was named thethird recipient of The Gorsline Cup on June 5 atThe Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway. The Gorsline Cup ispresented by Gorsline Company, the premier insur-er of high-risk individuals, to a driver who best ex-hibits the qualities that Gorsline Company andprincipal John Gorsline have stood for in the fourdecades they have supported all forms of motor-sports: sportsmanship on the track, integrity in carpreparation, and excellence in presentation in thepaddock.

The award was first presented in 2012 to GeorgeRobinson, and last year it was awarded to TobyBean. Both are vintage and historic racers. "TheGorsline Cup is not necessarily awarded annually,"said Gorsline. "If we find a worthy recipient, we willpresent the award."

Katz, of New York, N.Y., was selected by Gorslinebecause "he exhibits the qualities of a fine gentle-man, has high standards, integrity, honesty anddemonstrates sportsmanship on the race track."

An active real estate developer and operator whohas "no intention of retiring anytime soon," Katzcurrently competes in a 1975 Toj BMW 2-litersports racer, which he is driving at the BrickyardInvitational this weekend, and also owns a 1973Mach BMW F2 car. Over the years he has raced a1975 Shadow DN-5 F1 car, and a 1987 Lola Lar-rousse Cosworth F1. As a pro driver from 19872009 he competed in SCCA events and co-drovewith Jim Downing in IMSA in a number of Mazda-powered cars, scoring class wins at the Sebring12-Hour in 1992 and the Daytona 24-Hour in 2001.

"It is an honor to be selected by John and theGorsline Company for this award," said Katz. "Johnhas been associated with the finest and best indi-viduals in racing for many years and to be selectedby him for this is truly amazing."

Said Gorsline, "Howard Katz is one of those peoplewho enjoys the laid-back atmosphere of competingin vintage and historic cars yet is very competitive.He is also a gentleman on the track and in the pad-dock and represents the best qualities of sports-manship."

About Gorsline Company:Gorsline Company, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., pioneeredthe business of providing insurance for high-risk professionals inthe U.S. The company specializes in providing racing drivers andteam owners creative, custom-designed insurance packages

and estate planning strategies. In addition to insuring top racing driversin all U.S. racing series for over 45 years, the company has been in-strumental in structuring successful Performance Bonus Packages forteams, tracks and series. Dedicated to the motorsports community,Gorsline Company has awarded the Gorsline Company scholarshipsince 1994 to talented up-and-coming drivers, as well as the WalterMitty Award to the vintage driver who demonstrates the sportsmanshipof the committed "gentleman vintage driver." Gorsline Company alsosupports the Bob Snodgrass Award, given to the TUDOR UnitedSportsCar Racing Championship team owner and/or manager whoshares the professionalism and dedication of the late Bob Snodgrass.

Vintage Car Racer Howard Katz Named Third Recipient of Gorsline Cup

Karam Is Jigger Winner

Sage Karam was the recipient of the'Jigger Award' at the annual AARWBA

Indy 500 breakfast.Note: Sage missed his high school prom and

his graduation, but he qualified for the2014 Indy 500!

Photo by Kathy Seymour

Photo by Michael DiPieco

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News & NotesNo More What Ifs For Angela Savage

By Linda Mansfield

As a follow up to our earlier mention of the story ofAngela Savage and her quest to get to Indy - where herDad, Swede Savage lost his life in 1973 - we suggest all

AARWBA members read Linda Mansfield’s wonderfularticle posted on National Speed Sport News.com.

From left to right: Scott Jackson, Angela Savage’s husband;Angela Savage; Paul Powell and Bruce Savage at Indianapolis

Motor Speedway on Carb Day. (Linda Mansfield Photo)

Here is the direct link to the story:http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/Indy/Verizon-

Indycar/no-more-what-ifs-for-Angela-savage/

Mary Bignotti Mendez (center) at the GeorgeBignotti Memorial in the Chris Economaki

conference center, with four-time Indy 500 winnerA.J. Foyt and Indy Historian Don Davidson.

AARWBA’s 2012 Rising Star a Winner!Amy Ruman captures flag-to-flag Trans-Am victory

at New Jersey Motorsports Park

Amy Ruman, in the #23 McNichols Chevrolet Corvette, startedon pole position at New Jersey Motorsports for theRacingJunk.com 100, Round 5 of the 2014 Trans Am Champi-onship, a position that she held for the duration of the race,despite multiple challenges from defending Champion DougPeterson. The win, her first since the 2012 season, places Ru-man within 2 points of Peterson for the Championship leadgoing into the rest of the 2014 season.

“This week has been all about myteam, my mom, my dad, everyonethat works so hard for me, McNich-ols, everyone that lets me do what Ido,” said Ruman. “I can’t thank ev-eryone enough for all the effort theygive me week in and week out. Itfelt great to start on pole and leadthe race, back-to-back wins in NewJersey is pretty cool too—so Iguess I really like Thunderbolt trackhere.”

The race began with Ruman onpole with Peterson, in the #87 3Dimensional.com ChevroletCorvette, alongside and the #59 Derhaag Motorsports Chev-rolet Corvette of Simon Gregg in third position.

Ruman was quick to build a lead during the early laps; but itwas Jim McAleese, starting fourth in the #03 Chevrolet Cor-vette who put on a show during the early laps, shooting upthrough the field, passing both Gregg and Peterson on therestart on lap 9, the consequence of a brief full course yellowduring the start of the race.

Ruman was able to fend off Peterson until the checkered flag,in turn capturing her second consecutive victory at New Jer-sey Motorsports Park, despite finishing the last eight laps ofthe race without power steering.

“It was an endurance race,” said Ruman. “I knew Petersonwould be there when we got the yellow, he was probably be-ing conservative with his tires; I was trying to be as conserva-tive as possible with mine too. At the end, I knew he’d begunning for me; I didn’t anticipate the power steering prob-lems. I was ok on the straights; but in the corners he caughtup with me, so I had to get back on the gas as fast as I could.I don’t know how much longer I could have done that; but youknow, I’ve been working out, so we’re good!”

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2014 Racing Calendar - Created By Steve MayerTUDOR NHRA

FORMULA SPRINT UNITED MELLOONE CUP INDYCAR SPORTSCAR YELLO

Jan 26 DaytonaFeb 2Feb 9 PomonaFeb 16 Daytona *Feb 23 Daytona PhoenixMar 2 PhoenixMar 9 Las VegasMar 16 Australia Bristol Sebring * GainesvilleMar 23 FontanaMar 30 Malaysia Martinsville St. Petersburg Las VegasApr 6 Bahrain TexasApr 13 Darlington * Long Beach Long Beach * CharlotteApr 20 ChinaApr 27 Richmond * Birmingham HoustonMay 4 Talladega Laguna SecaMay 11 Spain Kansas * Indianapolis *May 18 Charlotte * AtlantaMay 25 Monaco Charlotte Indianapolis TopekaJun 1 Dover Detroit x2 Detroit * EnglishtownJune 8 Canada Pocono Texas * Kansas City *June15 Michigan BristolJune22 Austria Sonoma EppingJune29 Kentucky * Houston x2 The Glen ChicagoJuly 6 Great Britain Daytona * Pocono NorwalkJuly 13 Loudon Iowa * MosportJuly 20 Germany Toronto x2 DenverJuly 27 Hungary Indianapolis Indianapolis ** SonomaAug 3 Pocono Mid-Ohio SeattleAug 10 The Glen Elkhart LakeAug 17 Michigan Milwaukee BrainerdAug 24 Belgium Bristol * Sonoma VIRAug 31 Atlanta Fontana * Indianapolis +Sep 7 Italy Richmond *Sep 14 Chicago CharlotteSep 21 Singapore Loudon Austin * DallasSep 28 Dover St. LouisOct 5 Japan Kansas Road Atlanta * ReadingOct 12 Russia Charlotte *Oct 19 TalladegaOct 26 MartinsvilleNov 2 United States Texas Las VegasNov 9 Brazil PhoenixNov 16 Homestead PomonaNov 23 Abu Dhabi

* Saturday Race ** Friday Race + Monday Race

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"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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