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BANQUET AWARDS - 1981 - 1991 |
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March, 1981 ('80 season)
Driver of Year - Charlie Rudolph
Most Improved - Charlie Rudolph (asphalt)
March, 1982 ('81 season)
Pellamwood House - West Seneca, NY
Driver of Year - Pete Bicknell (dirt), Bruce
Pikett (asphalt): FIRST YEAR for two winners
Rookie of Year - Jimmy Begolo (d), Joe Schwab (a)
Most Improved - Brian Stevens (d), Tony Jankowiak
(a)
Achievement - Sherkston Adventures: Canadian Boys
Club (d), Tom Gesel (a)
Mechanical - Old Man Engineering/Ken Bainbridge
Perserverance - John Pennell
Sportsmanship - Ron Richter
Promotion - Perry Speedway
Media - Bob Feeney
Outstanding Contributions - Southgate Oil, Dick
Hammond/Gohr Distributing
March 12, 1983 ('82 season)
Pellamwood House - West Seneca, NY
March, 1984 ('83 season)
Red Jacket Motor Inn - Niagara Falls, NY
Driver of Year - Gene Schulz (a)
Rookie of Year - Jim Ruston (d), Tony Jankowiak
(a)
Most Improved - Don Marsceill (d), Jim Reid (a)
Achievement - Jimmy Begolo (d), Dan Knoll (a)
March 9, 1985 ('84 season)
Cavelier Restaurant - Amherst, NY
March 15, 1986 ('85 season)
Driver of Year: Jim Ruston (d), Art Clark (a)
Achievement - Jerry Gradl
Mechanical - Harry Macy
Perseverance - George Gress
Sportsmanship - Keith Steingart
Promotion - Bill Moharsky, Doug Chapman
Media - Larry Ott
Inaugural Hall of Fame inductees - Fred
Allgeier, Chuck Boos, Richie Evans, Bob Feeney, Dick Hammond, Jim
Hurtubise, Charles "Ron" Lux, Bill Rafter, Ed Shaw, Frank
Wagner
March 21, 1987 ('86 season)
Ramada Inn - Niagara Falls, NY
Hall of Fame inductees - Jerry Cook, Russ
Fleetwood, Vern Harriman, Maynard Troyer
March 5, 1988 ('87 season)
Ramada Inn - Niagara Falls, NY
Driver of Year - Jimmy Begolo (d), Art Clark (a)
Rookie of Year - Ray MacIver (d), Dave Muck (a)
Most Improved - Rich Vinson (d), Bill Carey (a)
Achievement - Pete Tingue (d), Dave Heitzhaus (a)
Mechanical - Ken Bainbridge
Perserverance - Dave MacLeod
Contribution - Harry Macy, Don and Marilyn Toal
Promotion - Ron Bennett
Media - Dave Roberts
Hall of Fame inductees: Doc Hoctor, Ed Ortiz, Joe
Russo, Ed Serwacki
March 4, 1989 ('88 season)
Ramada Inn - Niagara Falls, NY
Driver of Year - Pete Bicknell (d), Rick Wylie
(a)
Rookie of Year - Richie Vinson (d), Mike
Fiebelkorn (a)
Most Improved - Rick Hoctor (d), Bob Weber (a)
Achievement - Terry St. Amand (d), Sege Fidanza
(a)
Perseverance - Dick Kluth
Sportsmanship - Jim Sulzbach
Mechanical Achievement - Les Townsend
Media - Gordie Wilson
Contribution - Jim Ball, Superior Lubricants, Ron
Corbo, Ranger Trucking
Hall of Fame inductees - Jeno Begolo, Bob Hunter,
Harry Macy, Harold "Stroker" McGurk
February 3, 1990 ('89 season)
Buffalo Hilton
Guest speaker: Ned Jarrett
Driver of Year - Danny Johnson (d), Sege Fidanza
(a)
Driver of the Decade - Pete Bicknell
Rookie of Year - Tammy Willard (d), Rodney Arndt
(a)
Most Improved - Dale Buck (d), Rich Littlefield
(a)
Achievement - Wayne Howard (d), Jan Leaty (a)
Mechanical Achievement - Randy Williamson
Perserverance - Mike Logsdon
Sportsmanship - Lee Jerome
Promotion - Frank Wesley and Dan Hoffman
Media - Phil Czarnecki
Woman in Racing - Gloria Macy
Hammond Dedication - Gordon Becker
Contribution - Rev. Walter Kelly, Bill Colton
Sr., Bob Bainbridge
Hall of Fame inductees - Gil Bruss, Hugh Darragh,
Ivan Little, Merv Treichler
February 2, 1991 ('90 season)
Buffalo Sheraton Inn - Cheektowaga, NY
Guest speaker: Steve Byrnes
Driver of Year - Pete Bicknell (d), Sege Fidanza
(a)
Rookie of Year - Tim Murdoch (d), Dennis Tybor
(a)
Most Improved - Mark Anastasi (d), Andy Mackereth
(a)
Achievement - Mark Bliss (d), Tony Jankowiak (a)
Perserverance - Roy Amedick, Bill Bendell
Sportsmanship - John Barber
Mechanical Achievement - Gail Barber
Promotion - The Friesen Family
Woman in Racing - Barb Holmes
Dedication to Auto Racing - Al Cyrek, Jack Cole
Contribution to Drag Racing - Jim Oddy
Media - John Murphy, John DeMerle
Contribution - Pete Certo, Bruce Roll, Billy
Colton, Dr. Dick Berggren
Special Recognition Award for Humanitarian
Efforts - Bill Colton Sr.
Hall of Fame inductees - Tommy Druar, Donald
"Dutch" Hoag, Howard Purdy
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