Sports Car Club of America honored their top Club Racing volunteers on Wednesday evening at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road America, selecting nine BFGoodrich Tires Workers of the Year.
One BFGoodrich Tires Worker of the Year award was given to a member in each of the nine SCCA divisions, regardless of specialty. Each of those nine Divisional winners are given a set of BFGoodrich Tires and a patch, plaque and jacket to commemorate the achievement.
To award a grand prize winner, the nine finalist’s names were put into a hat. Gene Petersen, a Scrutineer from the Arizona Region, was selected for the top bill.
The grand prize, a trip to the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway, will include airfare, lodging, tickets, track hospitality, golf cart for use during the weekend and pit and paddock tours, all courtesy of BFGoodrich Tires.
Mark Bingheim, Race Administrator from the Chicago Region, was selected in a second drawing to win a lifetime SCCA membership.
“We’re here tonight to celebrate what makes our Club unique in the motorsports world: our dedicated bunch of volunteers,”Terry Ozment, SCCA VP of Club Racing, said. “Thank you for all of your hard work, time and dedication.”
Previously in the evening, Dayle Frame, representing the Production drivers, awarded 53 workers envelopes with cash totaling $2,685 that was donated by racers at the group’s party on Tuesday night.
This year’s winners BFGoodrich Tires Worker of the Year are:
Central Division: Mark Bingheim, Race Administration, Chicago Region
Great Lakes Division: Dr. Karen Crider, Flag & Communication, Detroit Region
Midwest Division: Steven Burkett, Race Administration, Southern Illinois Region
Northeast Division: Jessica Honigs, Flag & Communication, New England Region
Northern Pacific Division: Ali Montgomery, Flag & Communication, Oregon Region
Rocky Mountain Division: Christy Hopkins, Flag & Communication, Colorado Region
Southeast Division: Lori Vitagliano, Registration, Florida Region
Southern Pacific Division: Gene Petersen, Scrutineer, Arizona Region
Southwest Division: Brent McNaul, Flag & Communication, Lone Star Region
A list of all previous Worker of the Year winners is available at http://www.scca.com. Follow all the live timing and scoring at http://www.scca.com/runoffs. Live Twitter stream is available @SCCALive. Follow this week’s activities on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SCCAOfficial.
The 50th SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, The Pinnacle of American Motorsports, will crown Sports Car Club of America’s Club Racing National Champions at Road America, Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22.
Each race will be broadcast live on http://www.speedcastTV.com.