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Impressions© ImPRESSions© The Official Newsletter Of The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association March 2014 Vol. 47 No. 3 AARWBA Awards Presented Dusty Brandel presents the 2013 Drag Racing Winner John Force with his Fifth Jerry Titus Memorial Trophy and the Horsepower Trophy during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Races at Pomona. AARWBA Parliamentarian Mike Bishop looks on. (Photo Anne Proffit) 2013 was the 43rd year that AARWBA has presented the All AmericaTeam with or without a banquet. Dusty gives a big congratulatory hug to John for winning 2013 NHRA Top Fuel World his 5th Titus Award. Champion Shawn Langdon is (Kay Presto photo) presented with his AARWBA Horsepower Trophy for being voted to the All-America First Team in the Drag Racing Category. Presenting the trophy, during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Races at Pomona, is Kay Presto, past AARWBA Western Vice President. (Photo by Roger Richards.) Over the years, we have lost many great racing icons, most recently George Bignotti and Andy Granatelli. If any members have short stories or quotes they would like to share about these two men in our AARWBA newsletter, please e-mail them to Andy Hartwell at [email protected]. American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association, Inc. (www.aarwba.org) “Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage Of Motor Sports” AARWBA 2013 ALL-AMERICA TEAM The American Auto Racing Writers and Force is also recognized as the Jerry Titus Memorial Broadcasters Association announced its first All Trophy winner for the driver having the most overall America Team following the 1970 season. That votes. annual tradition continued with the team being an- nounced for 2013’s top performers. In the Touring Series, Donny Schatz earned his first team position with 23 World of Outlaw Sprint Car A-Main A group of special drivers representing multiple victories for Tony Stewart Racing. forms of professional motorsports is elected each year by AARWBA. The association’s members vote Frank Kimmel drove Thorsport Racing’s Toyota to his on drivers within their participating categories of 10th career ARCA Champion and a spot alongside racing and the top two from each discipline are Schatz. elected to the first team. Sage Karam and Johnny O’Connell were the At Large The 2013 All-America First Team: category’s top vote earners. Karam was the Indy Lights Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves were the top champ for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. O’Connell was vote getters in the Open Wheel division. Dixon the Pirelli World Challenge GT winner for Cadillac Rac- claimed the IZOD Indycar Series Championship ing. driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing for the third time in his career. Andretti Autosport Firestone Indy Lights pilot Carlos Mu- noz was voted the Rising Star award after his Lights Castroneves finished second in the Indycar stand- crown and a second place finish in the Indianapolis 500. ings for Team Penske. One other tradition that AARWBA has followed, is to Road Racing saw the driving team of Max An- elect a Second Team to be honored with drivers finishing gelelli and Jordan Taylor earn the most votes on in the third and fourth positions within each voting cate- the strength of their Grand Am title for Wayne Tay- gory. lor Racing. The 2013 All America Second Team: Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas claimed runner up Open Wheel: Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power honors on the Grand Am circuit and in the Road Road Racing: Klaus Graf/ Lucas Luhr and Doug Peterson Racing division votes. Short Track: Daryn Pittman and Christopher Bell Stock Car: Kevin Harvick and Sam Hornish, Jr. USAC was well represented in the Short Track Di- Drag Racing: Antron Brown and Jeg Coughlin, Jr. vision. Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson led Touring Series: Matt Crafton and Alessandro Balzan the vote tally while Silver Crown titleist Bobby East At Large: Frank Manzo and Jim Whitely was second. Both men drive for Tony Stewart/ Curb-Agajanian Racing. Clauson won seven series The country’s top forms of professional motorsports are features and East saw Victory Lane at Pikes Peak represented in this championship group voted on by International Raceway. AARWBA as the 2013 All America Team. Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth led the way in Founded in 1955, AARWBA is a motorsports organiza- the Stock Car category. Johnson won his sixth NA- tion comprised of writers, broadcasters, photographers, SCAR Sprint Cup Series crown driving for Hendrick and other media-related professionals. The organiza- Motorsports. Kenseth finished second in the Cup tion's charter is aimed at providing not only proper recog- standings on the strength of seven wins for Joe nition for members of the motorsports media, but to Gibbs Racing. recognize their work as well as the work of the competi- tors that they follow in print, on the air, and on film The Drag Racing Category was honored with the driver earning the most votes of any All America Team nominee. John Force won his 16th NHRA Funny Car championship with four Final Round vic- tories for John Force Racing. NHRA Top Fuel kingpin, Al-Anabi’s Shawn Lang- don was also voted to the first team in Drag Rac- ing. All Contents©The AmericanAuto Racing WritersBroadcasters & Association 922 North Pass Avenue Burbank, CA 91505-2703 (818) 842-7005 American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association, Inc. (www.aarwba.org) “Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage Of Motor Sports” 2 News & Notes Santa Ana Airport Drag Strip Reunion Provided by Richard Parks The Santa Ana Airport Drag Strip Reunion will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 10 AM until 2PM at Santiago Creek Park just off North Lawson Way in the city of Orange. The cross streets are North Main Street and East Memory Lane. Go east on East Memory Lane for about half a mile until you come to a signal on North Lawson Way, then turn right (or South) into the paved creek bed parking Bud Meyer at the Peterson Museum, pointing at Ray Brown's ‘32 roadster. Bud built the original motor lot. We are right above the parking lot. Food will be for the car in 1946. catered by Gene Mitchell. There is no fee to attend, refreshments and parking are free. The Santa Ana Air- port Drag Strip started in the summer of 1950 and closed in 1959. Bud Meyer’s Life To Be Celebrated The Bud Meyer Celebration of Life event will be held at the Auto Club of Southern California Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, in Pomona, California on March 1, 2014, from 11 AM until 2 PM. Museum Main Number: 909-622-2133 Museum Fax Number: 909-622-1206 Museum Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Bud Meyer, May 19, 1940, with his first mid-engine roadster, which turned 121.95 mph. Doug Clem Remembers Bud Meyer Bud Meyer was a product of the "greatest generation", having come thru the hard times of the depression, served his country in WWII, and with his Dad Eddie, ran the Eddie Meyer Engineering company.Bud graduated from Hollywood high in 1936, and raced at the dry lakes before the war, holding the roadster record in 1939 and 1940. Bud built the first rear engine roadster in 1940, and only raced it once, setting the record. Bud and Eddie were racers, so they went boat racing for 40 years, holding many 135 c.i. records, and the first V8 60 powered hydro to get into the prestigious 100 MPH club. Bud and his partner Ralph Brown, won the national, and international championship in 1984 and 85 with their 2 1/2 liter hydro. The Meyer shop had two midgets after the war, one an Offy, the other a V8 60, using their speed equipment They won the 1948 Pacific Coast championship with the Offy with Bullet Joe Garson driving. The drivers that drove the Meyer midgets is a who's who of drivers, Sam Hanks, Johnny Parsons, Manny Ayulo, Frank Satan Brewer, Bullet Joe Garson, and in the early 60's, Bobby Unser. Bud was the "hands on guy" in the shop, and many folks did a lap thru the shop before going on to being successful in their own business. Some of the people were, Ray Brown, Lou Senter, Tommy Sparks, Ed Pink, Manny Ayulo, and Frank Brewer. Bud closed down the Eddie Meyer shop in 2002, and retired at age 84. Bud's Uncle was Lou Meyer, (Eddie's younger brother) who got his start racing in Eddie's Redlands Special in 1926, with a RAJO "T". Eddie broke Tommy Milton's 1 mile dirt track record in San Louis Obispo (1924) with his Rajo T, going around the track in 44 seconds. All Contents©The AmericanAuto Racing WritersBroadcasters & Association 922 North Pass Avenue Burbank, CA 91505-2703 (818) 842-7005 American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association, Inc. (www.aarwba.org) “Dedicated To Increasing Media Coverage Of Motor Sports” 3 News & Notes Angela Savage To Indy - umentary about her first trip to Indy. The producer has ex- pressed serious interest in the project." A Progress Report To date, donations received through the Facebook page have Angela Savage was in her mother's womb when her reached just under $500. Powell: "We continue to hope to Dad, racer and Dan Gurney's protégé, Swede Savage, raise more money to help Angela with expenses for this trip died during the 1973 Indy 500. Her Mom never wanted and to try and start a college fund for her two young boys, to go back to Indy but, as time went on, Angela always Chance and Cruz. Anyone interested in helping to make An- wondered what the world her father lived in - and gave gela's dream come true is asked to make a donation via Pay- his life to - was really all about.
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