The charming “Tony A-to-Z” began his racing career as a winner in a Volvo 544 at Marlboro, Md. … Before he retired from professional racing and turned to instructing others, he had notched two class wins in the Rolex 24 At Daytona (1969, ’79); a class win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972; a historic class win in the first-ever SCCA Trans-Am Championship series at Sebring in 1966; and the 1969 SCCA F/5000 series championship … His list of career race wins includes the 1966 Marlboro 12-hour Trans-Am, 68-69 season Trans-Am wins at Lime Rock (2), Meadowdale, Bridgehampton, St. Jovite, Watkins Glen and Bryar; F/5000 at Kent and Road America in 1969; and IMSA GTO/GTU class wins at Daytona, Riverside, Road America (2), Mid-Ohio, Brainerd, Sears Point, and Portland … He also won a non-championship 12-hour race in Quito, Ecuador in 1971 in a Ferrari 512 … Tony’s unique personality was enhanced in 1971 when he, Oscar Koveleski and Brad Nemecek formed the Polish Racing Drivers of America and drove a Chevy motor home to a second place overall in the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, finishing only 20 minutes behind winners Dan Gurney and Brock Yates in a Ferrari Daytona.

 Began racing in 1956 with an ex-Formula 3 Cooper-Jap. 1960 National Champion in Formula 3 1964 Runoffs champion in Formula Libre .1971 and 1974 IMSA Baby Grand champion with Datsun 510/AMC Gremlin . Overall winner in 1992 Nelson Ledges 24-Hour with Caterham S-7.

 Veteran open-wheel racer who won dual 1978 championships with the SCCA VW Golf Cup for Super Vees, and the USAC Mini-Indy series for the same cars , Switched to CART in 1979-84, finished second in the 1991 PPG Championship and 11th at Indianapolis 500 . Returned to road racing in 1985 and won the IMSA Camel Lights class at Watkins Glen and Laguna Seca.

 Started racing in 1962 with Fiat Abarth Zagato. Raced in Runoffs for 20 years . Raced Porsches and Camaros in IMSA Endurance series . Member of SCCA Board of Governors for eight years, and President of Road Racing Drivers Club for six years.

 Only RRDC member who successfully made the leap from a solid road racing background to NASCAR wins, stopping along the way to excel in both CART and NHRA drag racing. Picked up his first Nextel Cup win at Daytona’s Pepsi 400 in 1997, then added a 1999 Martinsville win. Related to two of America’s racing icons;Mario is his uncle, and A. J. Foyt is his godfather. Has a degree in business management from Moravian College . Began racing go karts at age 11 . USAC Midget Rookie of the Year in 1983. Tuned his abilities in IMSA road racing with BMW in 1986. Won 3 Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship races at Watkins Glen, Road America and Riverside, and a Camel GTP race at The Glen .Returned to ovals with a 1987 California Racing Assn. Sprint car win at Santa Maria, Calif. . Raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 with Mario and cousin Michael .Made CART debut in 1987, and Indy 500 debut in 1988 . First CART win came in 1991 in Australia , fifth in 1991 Indy 500 . Turned to 300mph Top Fuel drag racing in 1993 and reached semifinals in his first try. Joined NASCAR in 1993 with Billy Hagan, then to Michael Kranefuss and Cale Yarborough-owned teams for 1995-97 . Hired by Petty Enterprises in 1998 . 298 career NASCAR starts through 2002 season, 4 poles, 13 top-five finishes and over $14 million in team winnings.

 You don’t need a world-class driving resume to be a member of the RRDC, and many of the Club’s members prove that, through years of giving back to racing in other ways, such as officials, or successful race team owners … Joe Aquilante has spent many an hour behind the wheel since 1978, but his outside-of-racing business acumen is what made him successful, as the owner of the Phoenix Motorsports fleets of Camaros, Firebirds, Subarus and Corvettes in 20 years of IMSA Endurance and SCCA Club Racing programs … Lead Phoenix drivers John Heinricy and Stu Hayner were the 1996-97 champions in the Endurance series and runners-up in 1993-98 … At the SCCA Runoffs, drivers Heinricy, Jeff Altenburg, Lance Knupp and Andrew Aquilante have driven Phoenix-built Corvettes to the T-1 Runoffs title in 1999, 2001-07 ... Mark Sandridge, Chuck Hemmingson and Don Knowles won the T-2 championship from 2003-07; and Knowles took the 2006 SSB win in a Pontiac Solstice ... Personally, Joe has been an SCCA Northeast Division champion three times and been to the Runoffs 12 times... at Pocono alone, he's won 50 races sine 1980 in 10 different cars ranging from a Chevy Monza to a C5 Corvette ... His Subaru program in Grand-Am KONI Challenge racing debuted in 2006, with RRDC members Chuck Hemmingson and kKris Skavnes winning twice.

 Made his mark in racing cars based on production models, starting with seven Ice Racing championships 1972 and 1987 in Renaults and Chevy Spectrums . Won a Runoffs National Championship in 1980 with a Renault LeCar in the GT 4 class . Turned to Corvettes to win the SCCA Escort Endurance Championship GT category in 1986-87 . World Challenge series Class A titlist in 1989 and 1990 with an Eagle Talon, then 1998 with a Dodge Viper. Two-time winner (1989-90) at the Longest Day 24-hour race in a Corvette.

 In 1965, at his first daily newspaper job in Dover, Ohio, Dave wrote a weekly column on auto racing. He was soon lured by the Dover newspaper's sister paper in Mansfield, Ohio where his managing editor wanted expanded coverage of Mid-Ohio's races. He left the newspaper in 1970 to accept the Public Relations position at Mid-Ohio, where he stayed until he was hired by Firestone Racing in 1984 to handle the media relations for the new Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship. He followed that series and its successors until the end of Street Stock racing in 2000. He has covered almost 500 races in his career, including more than 25 working trips to the SCCA Runoffs between 1969-2007. Since 1995, he has handled writing duties for a number of teams and drivers, and has been in charge of the RRDC website since 2003.

 Tom didn’t run his first race until age 31 – a 1971 IMSA Pro Formula Ford Race, which he ran on a provisional license from Bill Scott’s Racing School and finished 18th of 56 entries ... a new career accelerated quickly for Tom: his fifth race saw him finish seventh at the 1972 Sebring Pro VW Gold Cup race for Super Vees …the next steps were progressive – 3rd in the 1974 SCCA Gold Cup, second the following year and Gold Cup or USAC Mini-Indy series Champion in 1976-77 … The series is now gone but Tom holds the record for the most wins with 16 in 53 starts … Tom competed in three full seasons of Indy Car Racing (1978 – 1980), earning series Rookie of the Year honors in 1978, finishing 11th or better in points all three seasons, and with a best Indy 500 finish of 9th in 1979 ... He also raced and won races in SCCA TransAm, Formula Atlantic, IMSA Firestone Firehawk and Dodge Neons. Tom still holds the record for the most Pro F/SV wins - 16 out of 53 races ... Tom still does a lot of driving as track manager and head instructor at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill ... He has been an RRDC member since 1976.

 Racing for over 30 years. Won his first of four SCCA Runoffs championship in 1980 with a Jaguar E-type. British native but American citizen who, in 1981, became the first American to win the Jaguar Driver of the Year award ... Won four SSCA Runoffs championships -- 1980 with C Production Jaguar XK-E, 1986 and 1987 with Showroom Stock GT Porsche 944 Turbo, and 2000 T-1 class in a Porsche 911 ... Won The Longest Day 24-hour race in 1980-83-84, and a six-hour IMSA Camel GTU race in 1974.

 Began racing in 1959 with Alfa Romeo. 1964 Runoffs champion in G Modified. 29 race wins between 1966-68 in factory Ford Cortina. Raced SCCA Speed World Challenge GT in 2000-2001 with Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper. Now active in Vintage racing.

 Began racing in 1964 with a Lotus 7 and four years later debuted in Formula One for Ferrari at Italian G.P. Best finish of sixth in 1970 Watkins Glen race. Nine F-1 starts for Ferrari, McLaren, Brabham, Techno and Surtees. One of the world’s greatest endurance drivers, notably for Porsche, with 1985-86 championships in World Sports Car series. An incredible five wins (1975, ‘81, ‘82, ‘86, ‘87) in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three wins in Rolex 24 at Daytona (1986, ’87, ’89), 18 career wins in IMSA GTX and GTP cars, one win each in F-2 and European F-5000, 22 wins in World Sports Cars, including Spa, Buenos Aires, Kyalami, Nurburgring, Brands Hatch, Monza, Fuji and many others. Also a long list of race wins in European 2-liter sports cars, Interserie, and Formula 3 . In 1985 was awarded the MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth for his service to the sport of racing. His eldest son, Justin, now runs a driving school in Florida.

 As both a driver and now, through his business interests, as a team sponsor, Don has remained at the top of his game for many years. Starting as a successful Porsche racer in SCCA Club Racing events during the 1970s, he graduated to the IMSA Camel GT series in 1981 and to the IMSA GTP series with a Buick Argo in 1984. He won the 1986 Miami GP Camel Lights race, then switched to a Pontiac-Spice for 1987 and became the series runner up champion, winning six of 16 races and finishing second twice. Camel Lights wins include the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, Riverside, Laguna Seca and San Antonio, helping Pontiac earn the class Manufacturer Championship in 1987, and earning the GTP/Lights Most Improved Driver honor. He is currently staying active by racing in Europe in the Orwell SuperSportsCup Series with a vintage Lola T-163 Can-Am car, and also has recently raced a Porsche GT3 Cup entry in the ALMS GT3 Cup Series. His business, Bell Microproducts, currently sponsors a GT2 Porsche team in the ALMS as well as entries in the ChampCar Series.

 Deservedly takes credit for creating many successful professional road racing series in America, where once there was only stand-alone major international events at Watkins Glen, Riverside, Road America, Laguna Seca and others. Then became the most-respected leader in the history of both SCCA and IMSA. Saw his first race at Watkins Glen in 1950 while a student of Industrial Design at Syracuse University . Began to illustrate race cars and sold them through the R. Gordon book store in New York City. Worked as a designer for Martin Aircraft, and throughout his later career, always doodled airplane and car designs while talking on the phone. Hired by SCCA in 1956 to run its Contest Board and most notably, conceived and implemented classifying race cars by their potential, not just by their displacement. Became Executive Director of SCCA in 1962 and focused on burgeoning professional racing interest. First created the U. S. Road Racing Championship series, followed by Can-Am, Trans-Am and Formula 5000 series. Meanwhile, revamped SCCA’s Club Racing program to determine a National Champion in every class, an effort which resulted in the existence of the Runoffs. Left SCCA in 1969 after disagreements on value of professional racing series vs. amateur events on which the Club had been built. With advice from Bill France Sr., created the International Motor Sports Association, drew up rules for a GT category and signed R. J. Reynolds as the sponsor for the new Camel GT series. Later created a small sedan series and brought in BFGoodrich to sponsor it, plus a mid-size stock car series which Kelly Services Inc., fell in love with. Sold IMSA in 1989, retiring to an aviation ranch community where he has built an aerobatic biplane which he flies regularly, plus flying two other planes. Remains active in road racing as a director of ACCUS FIA, a commissioner of NASCAR, and a commissioner of the Grand-American Road Racing Association. Also a founder and chairman of the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen.

 Walt spent five years racing motorcycles, starting in 1968, before switching to four wheels with a Formula Ford … racing a series of awesome Mazda RX-3s, he was the Most Improved Driver in 1977’s IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge series and became the series champion the following year … in 1980 he moved up to a Mazda RX-7 and won IMSA’s Camel GTU class Driver’s Championship … between the two classes, he was a 24-race winner.

 Ross was an outstanding small sedan driver, starting in 1962, winning the1964 – 67 SCCA Regional championshps in C Sedan, then placed third in the U-2 Touring class of the 1967 Rolex 24 At Daytona … he than refocused his activities on sailing for a couple decades before returning to Vintage racing in 1993 … Among his long list of honors are an SVRA Bob Fergus “Big Fun” award, the Lime Rock Dodge Vintage Festival, an Amelia Concours d’Elegance award, SVRA Spirit of Vintage Racing, Amateur Mechanic of the Year and Driver of the Year titles, and a show title in a Porsche Club of America concours judging.

 After graduating from the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, Peter was hired by General Motors VP of Styling Bill Mitchell where he did design work on both the 1957 Stingray Racer and the 1963 Stingray street Corvette … after leaving GM he dabbled in racing from the cockpit angle, with a G-Modified Cooper Climax and a Lotus 11, and in 1968 may have scored the only significant race win for the Hino Contessa at the Mission Bell 100 on Riverside Raceway … in the meantime, Peter had become Carroll Shelby’s first employee where his most significant contribution to automotive designed was the famed Cobra Daytona Coupe, which won the 1965 World Championship GT class … after leaving Shelby Automotive, he became the man responsible for bringing Datsun, a novice Japanese importer, into the American sports car racing scene with the Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Datsun 240Z for John Morton, then the Datsun 510 coupes in the Trans-Am Under 2.5 Liter class … the 240Z effort netted two SCCA National Championships and the 510 sedan scored Datsun’s first American championships in professional racing … In the current era, Peter is equally well-known for his highly-technical Motorsports writing and photography; his bylines have appeared in dozens of publications ranging from Car & Driver to the Wall Street Journal.

 Scored nine IMSA Camel GT series wins in 1976, 78, 79 and 80 . Group 5 winner at 1978 Le Mans 24-Hour, and repeated in 1982 and 1984.

 Successful SCCA Club racer who turned semi-pro. Started racing in 1970 with an Austin Healey Sprite and one year later was the Runoffs National Champion in F Production. Became the first winner of the RRDC’s Mark Donohue Award that year. Won the Sports 2000 National Championship a decade later. Four-time CenDiv champion in F/P and twice more in S2000. Raced a Ford Pinto in the IMSA Goodrich Radial Challenge between 1974-77 with several top 5 finishes.

 Idol of the small-engine SCCA Production car racers in his Bugeye Sprites. Won the Runoffs H Production National Championship 5 times, 1969, 1971-72, 1985 and 1990 with 14 runner-up or third place finishes in non-title years. 30-time H/P NeDiv titlist between 1967-2002, the last at age 72. Began racing in 1961 with a Sprite, and won the FIA Group 4 class in the 1968 12 Hours of Sebring in a factory MG Midget.

 With John Higgins and Charles Monk as his co-drivers, in 1987, Howard shared a IMSA Camel GTP Lights win in the 12 Hours of Sebring race, one of the crown jewels of American road racing … He started that season with a second place in the Daytona 24-Hour, and followed it with another win, this time at West Palm Beach, all in a Porsche-powered Fabcar chassis … Howard started racing in 1981 in the SCCA Club Racing ranks with a Crossle 32F in Formula Ford, won seven SCCA Nationals in Formula Atlantic in 1983-84, and was the Central Division’s Driver of the Year.

 Crewman-driver-car owner-car builder-race promoter and SCCA official -- Fred is one of the original 3000 members of the Sports Car Club of America … His tenure as a driver began with a street Corvette for autocross purposes, which got him interested in the organizational side of racing … to give back to racing, Fred chaired many SCCA race events, been a SCCA Regional Executive and is co-chairman of the 45th anniversary of Formula Vees … While racing Formula Vees, he also formed an crewman/co-driver alliance with Porsche dealer George Drolsom … Fred bought the Lynx / Caracal car company, resulting in 12 SCCA Runoffs titles for the company between 1971 and 1997 … He continues to stay active with SCCA activities in the Southeast, as well as vintage race promotion.

 1981 winner of RRDC Mark Donohue Award. 1978 winner of SCCA President’s Cup. Began racing in 1973 at age 43 with Formula Vee. 1978 and 1981 Runoffs champion in F/Vee. Long-time IMSA Camel GTO, GTP and Lights driver. Active in SCCA Florida Region as race official.

 One of IMSA’s most-successful GT category racers in the late 1970s and early 80s, Dave was the Camel GTO series titlist and Most Improved Driver in 1978 with his Porsche RSR, then switched to the radical Red Lobster-sponsored BMW M1 in1981 where he became a repeat champion. One of many RRDC members with humble starts in SCCA Club Racing before turning semi-pro, Dave began racing in 1969 with a then-10-year old Fiat Abarth Double Bubble

 Started racing in 1967 with a Formula B Brabham BT-21 and won the 1969 DC Region’s Norair Trophy .. 3rd in 1971 Formula Atlantic series ... Two-time (1973-75) IMSA Goodrich Radial Challenge champion in BMWs ... 1993 American Road Race of Champions winner in ITS class, and two-time (1994-96) winner of Nelson Ledges 24-Hour race. Former director of Hospital Ship Hope. Found out on a Mid-Ohio race weekend he had been named to head the Peace Corps. CEO of the SCCA for 17 years, longer than any other person ... Named President of ACCUS in late 2004.

 It is almost a flip of the coin to decide whether Peter Cunningham should be more respected for his personal ability as a championship driver, or for the legacy team he created 15 years ago with RealTime Racing as first Honda’s, and now Acura’s factory team in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car championship … As a driver, through March of 2008, Peter had won 79 sports car races in eight different professional series, a record unmatched by anybody in North American sports car racing history, as well as seven Drivers’ Championships in SCCA Pro Racing series, and five more in everything from ice racing to SCCA Pro Rally … As a team owner, he heads an effort which has won 65 individual events (by eight of his drivers) in 15 years of World Challenge racing, 10 Drivers’ Championships, 15 second or third places in season-long drivers’ points, and most important in the bigger picture, 10 Manufacturers’ Championships for the Honda and Acura brands, which may explain the length of their relationship.

 Many drivers finish their careers in Vintage and Historic cars, but Duncan started his there in 1993, and now owns the succesful Highcroft Racing race car preparation business … His five proudest wins are in the Monaco Historic GP races (1997-2000-02-04-05) which annually run prior to the Grand Prix of Monaco … As a professional racer in the American le Mans Series he shared 2002 season race wins in the LMP675 class at Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, and added three more in 2003 at Road Atlanta, Trois-Rivieres and a Petit Le Mans repeat.

 Tom is an Honorary RRDC member who has served the sport in ways other than driving race cars … As a physician who has brought his talents to race tracks across the Midwest, he began going to races in 1968 in that capacity … Served as Medical Director, then Chief of that group, for the Milwaukee Mile between 1968 and 1995 … also served in the same capacity at Road America, and for the Chicago region SCCA between 1968 and 2000 … in 1996 the SCCA honored Tom with its Outstanding Physician of the year award … Road America added to his awards with their Governor’s Cup in 2003.

 Began racing in the mid-50s early days of Quarter-Midgets and go karts. Moved to sports cars in 1981 with great success. 1981 Runoffs champion in GT-4, followed by 1989 and 1993 titles in GT-3. 1998 winner of the Wisconsin Governor’s Cup for outstanding contribution to road racing. 1998 FIA European Champion for Historic Touring Cars.

 Ed started racing in 1960 at Marlboro, Md., in a Triumph TR-3 … Two years later he and Bob Tullius campaigned a unique (for Bob) black-painted Triumph … The following year he raced a factory TR4 in the 12 Hours of Sebring, with Charlie Gates and Robert Cole, finishing second in the GT 11 class … The variety of cars Ed has raced over the years includes a Holman-Moody Ford in a 12-hour sedan race at Marlboro, Md., a Saab Sedan Champ, and a G Modified Lola Mk 1 … Competed in the first-ever Trans-Am race at Sebring in 1966 and finished fourth in his class with a Saab, co-driven by Sam Perry … Also once drove one of the rare Corvette Grand Sport cars … Winner of SCCA Regional and local club championships in a Triumph Spitfire from 1989 to 2000 …. Currently drives a Mazda RX-7 and instructs in SCCA Drivers’ Schools.

 RRDC Member since 1958. Began racing in 1948 with MG-TC. 3rd in British Empire Trophy Race. Won 10 straight SCCA National races, 9 SCCA CenDiv championships, 1963 SCCA National Champion in G Modified .. 1967 Runoffs champion in Formula B. 1969 GT class winner at 12 Hours of Sebring. 1970 GT class winner at 24 Hours of Daytona .Over 25 wins at Mid-Ohio

 John is one of the RRDC’s select few Honorary Members, selected not only for his talent as a weekend racer, but for his career spent enhancing auto racing as a journalist for car magazines and for various manufacturers … He was among journalists invited to race in the famed Longest Day 24-hour race at Nelson Ledges, an event which spawned professional Street Stock racing in the U.S., and evolved into today’s SCCA World Challenge and Grand-Am Cup series … He won that race in 1980-83-86-88 in Saab, Fiat, Porsche and Datsun entries … He also raced in the Longest Day’s professional successor, the SCCA Escort Endurance series, driving a Corvette … He now owns John Dinkel & Associates.

 Following success in Porsche Club of America events, where he was also an instructor, David’s first professional race was the 1993 IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship event at Mid-Ohio … the following season, he raced a BMW M5 for Ed Arnold in the IMSA Bridgestone Supercar Championship, then won the 1997 CART Super Touring series in a BMW … He joined the factory Dodge Viper team in 1998, winning the GT-2 class at Le Mans … he scored several American Le Mans Series class wins in the Viper during the 1999 season … He also spent many a race weekend competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks and Busch Grand National series before joining forces with Bob Snodgrass to race one of the Brumos Porsche Fabcars in the Rolex Sports Car Series where he won 2003 races at Fontana, Watkins Glen and Le Circuit St-Jovite … The RRDC’s top award for a driver at the SCCA Runoffs is named for his father, Mark.

 One of the most successful racers in International Motor Sports Assn. History with 40 race wins and six season championships, all in Mazda-based cars with Rotary engines built by the Downing/Atlanta team. Began his IMSA career in 1974 with a Mazd. Won the 1981 Drivers Championship in the International Sedan series. His team built the Mazda RX7 which won 23 races and five Camel GTU championships between 1982 for himself, then two more for Jack Baldwin and Tom Kendall. Switched to two-rotor Mazda Argo and won three consecutive Camel Lights driving titles (1985-86-87) plus the 1989 Kodak Endurance trophy for completing the most miles of any Camel GT series competitor. Built his first Mazda Kudzu World Sports Car in 1993. Mazda-engine reliability led him to multiple wins in IMSA’s two most prestigious races, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Along with brother-in-law Dr. Robert Hubbard’s development talent, led the manufacturing and distribution of the Head and Neck Restraint System (HANS) which has revolutionized racing safety.

 Starting in 1956, George was one of the first people to race the then-new Ford Thunderbird in Club racing, going against the Corvettes in the B Production class … he won the GTU class at the 1965 Bridgehampton USRRC race during his long tenure in USRRC and Can-Am events … it was IMSA’s Camel GT series where George and his Porsche 911s were truly prominent with 93 race starts, competing 13 times in the 1966-83 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and many times in the 12 Hours of Sebring … in 1967 he had class wins in both the Sebring and Nassau events, and won the 1975 Porsche Cup for under 2.5 liter cars .. he is also one of the founders of the Amelia Island Classic car show … he grew up on a farm near Sandwich, Ill., and developed a knack for being able to repair all things mechanical … while in college, given a choice of washing dishes in a sorority house or becoming a part-time employe of a Porsche dealership, he picked the latter …He later became a Porsche salesman to dealers over a 12-state area, then moved to Florida to cover the Southeast U.S. for Porsche and later became the first non-German employed by the Porsche factory.

 One of America’s top sportsman drivers since the 1980s, his Dyson Racing cars have won many races and championships. Began racing in 1974 in SCCA Club Racing with a B Sedan Datsun 510. Became an SCCA Runoffs champion in 1981 in the GT-2 class. Winner of the IMSA Camel GT L. A. Times Grand Prix in 1986 and named IMSA’s Most Improved Driver that year. Shared the winning car in the 1997 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

 Took up racing in 1977 with a Porsche in IMSA Camel GT events. Drove with late RRDC member Bob Akin in 1978 at Daytona, Sebring and Talladega. Scored his first podium finish in 1978 in Rolex 24 at Daytona in the GTO class. Second on C2 category at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1985.

 Only RRDC member who became equally-successful in both professional drag racing and sports car road racing. Began drag racing in 1970 and the following year became the NHRA’s Southeast Division champion in the Super Stock category. Won a prestigious NHRA U. S. Nationals championship in 1973 (Super Stock class) in a Hemi Plymouth Barracuda .. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976 in the NHRA’s Southeast Division. Between 1986 and 1994 his 30 wins in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship and later IMSA Endurance Championship made him the series’ winningest driver. Became the 1996 Touring class champion. Also holds series record for most starts (121), and second in top 10 finishes. Along with brother Steve, owner of the drag strip at Rockingham, N.C., organized the first police pursuit driving schools. Later became an instructor for the Skip Barber Racing School, and is now the Chief Instructor for the school’s programs.

 Gave up weekends behind the wheel for 40 years in the Tower as Chief Steward for various series/races including 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, SCCA Runoffs, IMSA Firehawk, SCCA Trans-Am, World Challenge, Formula Ford, and HSR. Awarded Craig Hinton Trophy for contributions to Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR). 1981 winner of SCCA’s Woolf Barnato Trophy for outstanding long-term contributions to the sport of road racing .. Operating Steward for RRDC Advanced Drivers Schools at Daytona.

 Now an octogenarian, Chris remains America’s best-known motor racing journalist and TV broadcaster, the best friend an up-and-coming driver in every form of motorsports could have, and the man who has seen it all happen. No driver in any series, no publicist, no sanctioning body head will ignore his phone call. His 'voice' is National Speed Sport News, (the only racing paper in the Library of Congress) where he started his career by hawking copies at East Coast tracks while still a teenager. Received his first byline in 1935, earning him a press card which enabled him to see the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup races at Roosevelt Raceway. Became NSSN’s editor around 1950 and is now the Publisher Emeritus. His weekly column, Editor’s Notebook, always on page 4, is still the 'first read' of the paper, even before scanning race coverage of events from Monza to Dog Hollow Speedway, Pa. For journalists, an NSSN byline is pride, not paychecks. Joined ABC-TV in 1961. In the early 1970s had a Sunday morning racing show on NBC radio. Deserves much credit for putting auto racing on television through ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Guided CBS Sports through its first live broadcast of the 1984 Daytona 500, a production which put NASCAR racing on the nationwide sports map. Patented the 'How was it out there?' line of interviewing. He has worked as 'gofer' for teams, as a track announcer and publicist. Has called races in over 15 countries, including the famed 1957 Race of Two Worlds at Monza. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., his first race as a fan was in 1929 when he peered through the fences at Ho-Ho-Kus Driving Park in New Jersey, then found a way to get into the races free by lying on the running board of cars as they passed the ticket gate. His only try at driving a race car came in 1937 in a Midget race at Ashley, Pa., on a track carved from a used car lot; 'suffered rectal puckers;' confirming that his future in the business was as a journalist. Noted for never creating the visual distraction of writing down quotes while interviewing, but rather memorizing what he had been told and writing it down after the conversation ended. Last journalist in the world to give up his manual typewriters, long after the computer generation was well underway. His motto as a track announcer: 'Make sure the fans go home thinking they saw a better race than they did.'. His sage advice to journalists is, ' be curious, be probing, be inquisitive, be nosy, be a busybody.'

 Grand-Am President/CEO Roger Edmonson also had a 25 year career in race series management. He created the Championship Cup Series for motorcycles in 1984, a series which grew to 3,000 riders, the largest road racing motorcyclist group in the U. S. … From 1986 to ’94 he operated the road racing programs for the American Motorcyclist Assn. where he created the SuperSport and Harley-Davidson Twin Sport classes … he was a member of the FIM Road Racing Commission, cycling’s version of the F.I.A. … He was the first employee of the Grand-American Road Racing Assn.

 At the age of 13, Vic’s father took him to see the first post-war British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He decided then and there he would become a race car driver, starting with a Mini-Cooper in 1961 and rallying in a DKW the following year …Five years later, he was doing both for the Porsche factory team … while his countless wins at the Nurburgring, Targa Florio, Daytona and Sebring are the stuff of legends, perhaps his 1968 season best sums up his versatile career: It began with a win in the Monte Carlo Rally, and one week later he was in the winner’s circle for the Rolex 24 At Daytona … One month later he won the 12 Hours of Sebring and in May scored an epic win in the Targa Florio … Two weeks later he’d won the Nurburgring 1000km then was off to his Formula One debut, in an outclassed Cooper T86B which he drove to a stunning fourth place finish in the wet French Grand Prix … His rally driving experience also paid off in 1970 when he drove Jim Hall’s Camaro to a Trans-Am series win at the rainy Watkins Glen race … He was very much the focused racer, but knew what was more important: When a Ferrari crashed in front of his Porsche at Le Mans, he stopped to rescue the driver from the burning car, thus earning him the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite by French President Georges Pompidou …He has written three books, including the “Porsche High-Performance Driving Handbook” and his biography,“Reflections on a Golden Era in Motorsports.”

 One of IMSA’s all-time champions. Ex-U. S. Marines captain had his first taste of racing on motorcycles (and won a championship) while stationed at Okinawa in 1959. Began road racing in SCCA competition in 1964 with a BMW 700, Now has 46 IMSA wins on his lengthy resume; 25 in Kelly American Challenge series, 11 in Camel GTO, 8 in Champion Spark Plug Challenge, 2 in GT class. Also won the first SCCA Trans-Am he ever entered, and has 2 SCCA Escort Endurance series wins. Career stats include 73 pole qualifying spots with 63 qualifying track records. Has also raced in NASCAR Modifieds and Grand National. Multiple championships in Southeastern Mini-Stock competition on both pavement and dirt. Class pole and 2nd place finish at 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans. Helped develop Chevrolet’s new V-6 engine in 1981. 4 consecutive IMSA Kelly American Challenge championships between 1977-80. 1984 GTO class winner at 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring with Terry Labonte. Suffered severe injuries in a 1984 Trans-Am crash at Riverside but still finished 2nd in season points despite missing 70 days or half the season. Now owns Gene Felton Restorations, restores ex-Winston Cup cars for Vintage racing, where he has 102 race wins and 9 season championships. 1996-2003 President of Historic Stock Car Racing Group. Nominated to International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2003 and 2005; inducted into Georgia Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2005.

 John is Vice President and Treasurer of the Road Racing Driver’s Club ... A winner of both amateur and professional championships, John started his career with three consecutive SCCA Solo II National Championships in 1977-1978-1979 ... Switching his attention to road racing in 1980 resulted in being selected as the SCCA Road Racing Rookie of the Year … John has won the Sports 2000 National Championship at the Runoffs five times (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007) and holds the track record at every course at which he has competed in the class ... He has enjoyed equal success in the ProSports 2000 Series, winning the championships in 1988, 1989, 1999 and 2000, with twice as many laps led, pole positions and victories than any other driver ...A frequent IMSA racer, John has 13 victories the 1991 GTU Drivers' Championship.

 Five-time SCCA Runoffs Champion, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2004, all in the GT2 class and all with Porsches ... 1988 winner of Porsche’s Al Holbert Memorial Trophy ... Won the SCCA President’s Cup in 1989 ... RRDC’s Mark Donohue Award winner at the 2001 SCCA Runoffs.

 After winning the 1976 SCCA Runoffs championship in Formula Ford, the Australian native turned to professional racing with the Bosch VW Golf Cup series, became the 1978 Rookie of the Year and the 1979 series champion with 7 race wins in ’78-’79 … He then moved up to CART, starting at Ontario Motor Speedway in 1979 … made 34 starts in CART between 1979-87, earning the 1980 Rookie of the Year honor in that series, too … His best finish was a pair of fifths.

 The 2005 winner of the RRDC’s prestigious Phil Hill Award, Jim France started his career at the International Speedway Corp’s home track of Daytona International Speedway by parking spectator cars and selling tickets at the gates ... He was elected to the ISC Board of Directors in 1970, named to the NASCAR Board of Directors in 2000, and became ISC’s Chief Executive Officer in 2003 … He is a son of William H. G. France, who founded NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway, seeing both grow into the headliners of American auto racing …His interest is not limited to just stock cars, but to the Grand American Road Racing’s Rolex Sports Car Series as well – specifically, the Daytona Prototype class … RRDC President Bobby Rahal, when presenting the Phil Hill Award, noted it was for France’s “efforts to rejuvenate this famous race with a new class of cars which are fast, affordable and good-looking.”

 Turned his tenure as a successful SCCA Club racer into an equally-successful, however brief, professional driver. Started with a Datsun 2000 roadster in 1970 and in 1973 won the SCCA’s Kimberly Cup at the RunOffs. Joined IMSA in 1975 with his Datsun 240Z and won the Most Improved Driver award. Won the 1976 Camel GTU title, as a privateer against factory teams, with eight wins in 12 starts. Won 15 races over a five-year span, including an overall win in the 1977 12 Hours of Sebring driving a Porsche RSR, 1978 Talladega six-hour, and the GTU class at Sebring in 1980 his Chevrolet Monza was the only American car in the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. Developed the Frisbee Can-Am car. Returned to IMSA in 1980 with a factory Mazda, winning the GTU class at Sebring, then retired from racing at the end of the season. Now guiding son Burt’s growing racing career.

 Starting with a two liter Ferrari in 1959, he won the Governor’s Cup trophy in the fabled Nassau races, and in 1961 (with Skip Hudson) was the Under 2 Liter winners in the 12 Hours of Sebring, an event where he raced seven times …In his Lola T70-Chevrolet, he won the 1966 Riverside and Watkins Glen USRRC races … He also tried his hand at NASCAR and in 1961 finished seventh at Charlotte.

 Race car driver insurance consultant John Gorsline’s company is widely-known for insurance packages geared to the needs of auto racers, since 1994 Gorsline, an Honorary Member of the RRDC, has made a financial investment in the careers of up-and-coming racers through the Human Performance Institute Scholarship, and a Driver Performance Enhancement Program.

 It took 10 years after Jim started racing in a Formula Vee Beach to reach true success, and he didn’t stop there … He won a Showroom Stock Divisional title in 1984, then turned semi-pro for a year or so, winning the Road America IMSA Firestone Firehawk race in a Porsche 944 with Tom Bagley … His winning the SCCA Northeast Division championship eight times between 1988-2004 helped earn him the Division’s 1992 Driver of the Year award .. His first SCCA Club Racing Runoffs National Championship came in 1998 in the GT2 class with a Nissan 300ZX, a title which he repeated in 2003 with the first big win for the 350Z model ... with two Runoffs wins, three seconds and three third place finishes make Jim the model of consistency.

 A vintage Brabham BT-8 was Dick’s first racing effort in 1982, at age 50. Won SCCA CenDiv championships in 1983 and ’86 .. 1991 IMSA Camel GTO Champion at age 59. Won GTU class at 1993 12 Hours of Sebring and 1991-92-93 GTU winner at 24 Hours of Daytona. 1991 IMSA American Challenge class season champion. Drove 11 races in 2000 SCCA Trans-Am series. 2001 24 Hours of Daytona winner in AGT class at age 69. 143 career IMSA race starts.

 In 1965, Bill was one of the first customers for Gerry Mong’s new Bobsy chassis for SCCA’s Sports-Racing classes in Club Racing competition, then switched to open-wheeled cars … in 1967 he was the SCCA Northeast Division titlist in Formula C with a Brabham BT18-Ford, then moved to the Formula B class, winning a pro race at Lime Rock in 1969 .. he spent the 1972 season in Europe, winning the British Formula Atlantic Championship, then raced the 1976 season in the European F/5000 series.

 Alex, the son of long-time RRDC member Dan Gurney, joins Butch Leitzinger, David Donohue, Boris Said and a few others as a second-generation RRDC member …In 10 short seasons of racing he went from dominating the 1997 Barber Former Dodge Midwest Championship season to Formula Atlantic and then into the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series where he shared (with Jon Fogarty) the 2007 Drivers’ Championship in the Daytona prototype category … drove in 20 DP class races in 2005-06, but came alive in ’07 to share seven wins with Fogarty.

 Janet began racing in SCCA in 1963 in her 1956 Jaguar XK140MC. While working as an engineer in the aerospace industry, she finished 6th overall in the Jag in the first Watkins Glen 500 (1964), powered by the first engine she ever built herself. First in class in the Sebring 12-Hour in 1967 (GT6) and 1970 (Under 2-Liter Prototype)…In 1977, she became the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500, and also in the Daytona 500, where she finished 12th and Top Rookie. In a career total of 33 NASCAR Cup races, her best finish of 6th (Bristol, 1977) remains the best by a woman in the superspeedway era. In 1978, she finished 9th in the Indianapolis 500 with a team she formed, owned and managed herself. Her best finish in a career total of 11 Indy-car Championship races was 5th (Milwaukee, 1979). She earned top-10 starting positions and posted top-10 finishes in both Indy-car Championship races and NASCAR Cup races, and is the only woman ever to lead a NASCAR Cup race…She is a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Her helmet and driver’s suit are in the Smithsonian. Her own book “Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle” (2005) was described by Sports Illustrated as “an uplifting work that is one of the best books ever written about racing.”

 Successfully raced Porsche’s latest-and-greatest cars in the mid-70s and early-80s to promote the family’s Porsche dealership in Denver as a performance-oriented store. Competed in IMSA’s Camel GT series and SCCA’s Trans-Am Championship for 11 years with his Porsche Carreras and 934 Turbo entries. Had a stellar 1977 season with Trans-Am wins at Nelson Ledges and Watkins Glen (with RRDC member Hurley Haywood), then the Camel GT win at Mid-Ohio

 Howard began his racing in 1952 in the small-bore SCCA Production classes with MG and D-B cars staying there until 1957. In 1958 he finished 2nd in the 12-hour race at Rheims, Germany. Won the Class A race that year in Nassau, and finished third in the Trans-Am series points driving an Alfa-Romeo

 Known to everybody in the paddock as 'Colonel Joe' following his illustrious United States Air Force career. Won his first SCCA National Championship at the Runoffs at age 55, and as of September 2003, was still a viable threat to win the Runoffs at age 84. Competed in the Runoffs every year between 1969 and 1996. Four-time Runoffs National Champion. 1974 in G Production in a Sprite; 1976, 1981 and 1982 in a G/P Datsun Spl. 311. Bought his first sports car, a MG-TD in 1953 while on duty in Germany. Began racing in 1964 with his Sprite, then became the Dean of racing vintage Datsuns in a high-tech world. 4-time Washington DC Region champion in the 1960s. SCCA Northeast Division champion 22 out of 29 years between 1969 and 1997. Went into semi-retirement in 1997 after he and his late wife, Lois, were seriously injured in a highway accident, but unable to stay away from racing forever.

 Jim joined SCCA in 1956 so he could race his MG-TD, then graduated to an E Production class Morgan the next year … He raced open-wheel cars the next year, first a Cooper Mk. 5, then a Mk. 10 … Raced a Crosley-powered Three-Quarter Midget at the Teaneck, N. J. Armory under the pseudonym “Eddie James” to avoid attracting the attention of the SCCA, which frowned on their members racing professionally … Jim added an SCCA National Championship to his resume in 1959 with a Formula 3 Cooper Mk. 13, and a second one in 1963 with a Formula Junior Lotus 20 …In 1959, he took time from his job at IBM to race an F-2 Cooper-Climax in Europe with races at Zandvoort, Snetterton, Mallory Park, and a hillclimb at Bouley Bay …Drove the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring in a Bandini and was the highest-placed American finisher in the F-Jr. support race …Assumed management of Lime Rock Park in 1964, then sold it in 1987 to Skip Barber … his final professional race was the 1966 Daytona 24-hour in a Porsche 904 GTS with Sam Posey …He continued vintage racing until 1984 with a Porsche RSK and the Fitch-Whitmore Special … served as VP of Special Projects with SCCA from 1987-89, then became President of Road America until his 2000 retirement.

 John’s business title is Director of High-Performance Vehicles for General Motors, so it is no surprise that in almost 250 professional road races in his career, 249 of those races have been in cars powered by GM engines … in fact, a General Motors V-8 engine has powered all but three of the cars he has ever raced … a living legend to Corvette owners around the world for his working career’s development of the car they love so much, and his success racing them … along with eternal co-driver and fellow RRDC member Don Knowles, became the most dominant Street Stock endurance racing team in American history … has nine wins in 32 24-hour Street Stock races … member of a team of Corvette ZR-1 drivers who, in 1990, set three world land speed records and nine FIA international speed records at Ft. Stockton, Texas … over 40 professional racing wins in 7 series … 1989 IMSA Firestone Firehawk and SCCA Escort Endurance championships in the same year for different teams …1996-97 IMSA Endurance Champion in Pontiac Firebirds, winning the ’97 title on the last lap of the season … ultra-successful in SCCA Club Racing, too, where his 11 wins are the highest wins-to-starts percentage of any competitor … He and a fleet of General Motors-based race cars have been the all-time dominant force in the Runoffs Touring 1 class, winning the National Championship in 2001-02-03-04-05, the GT-1 National Championship in 1993, the American Sedan title in 2003-04-05-06, and Showroom Stock C in 2007 … so dedicated to racing that his 1993 marriage to his wife, Rita, took place in the Sebring paddock.

 Chuck gave the Subaru Impreza brand its first SCCA Runoffs championships in 2005 and 2006, events sandwiched between two outstanding stints in the professional IMSA International Sedan, Firestone Firehawk and Grand-Am Koni Challenge series … He was the 1987 SCCA VW Cup titlist, ’91-’92 International Sedans, and won six Firehawk races in 61 starts over 13 seasons, has four wins in SCCA World Challenge and one in the former SCCA Racrtrucks series .… He’s also raced ARCA and ASA stock cars, too, and in 1992 was part of an Oldsmobile Aurora Aerotech team that set 26 world records …At Bonneville’s Salt Flats in 2001 he drove a Ford Ranger to a record 202.434 mph … He’s now content driving one of the factory Subaru Impreza sports cars in the Koni Challenge where he and co-driver won at Mid-Ohio and Lime Rock in the brand’s rookie season.

 Any driver with a win in the 12 Hours of Sebring can rightfully be proud of his career; John’s win came in 1987 in the Camel Lights class, followed by another win a few weeks later at West Palm Beach … He was also on the podium in the 1987 and 1988 Camel GT races in San Antonio, Texas, as well as the 1984 Sebring race …John has now turned to Vintage racing in a great collection of rides which includes a Chevron B21, Fabcar-Porsche and a Porsche 910 which he and fellow RRDC member Howard Cherry drove to a 2000 win at the Daytona Rolex Enduro, and which he and RRDC President Bobby Rahal drove to a three-hour race win at Mid-Ohio in 2003.

 Rob began racing in 1995 with a Mazda RX-3. He was the Washington DC Region’s Paul Norair Cup Driver of the year in 1997 … in 1998, won the Kimberly Cup, the SCCA’s most-prestigious award for amateur drivers, which he honored the following year by capturing the Touring 2 National Championship at the Runoffs in a Chevrolet Camaro …That title earned him his Region’s Pohanka Trophy as its top owner/driver of the year … Finished second in T-2 the following year and made his professional debut in the Motorola Cup series, earning three top 10 finishes in four starts … Moved to the SCCA’s Speed World Challenge series in 2001 and finished with a single top 10 finish … Win the Northeast Division T2 class in 2004 and finished second at the Runoffs … Repeated his Divisional standing in 2005 with seven podium finishes in eight starts.

 Before he became the widely-recognized Formula 1 color commentator for SPEED TV, David was a successful racer in his native England and throughout Europe, but achieved his greatest successes once he focused on American racing … Started with the SCCA’s Formula 5000 series in 1969, won 13 races in a four year span, and became the series champion in 1971 … followed that with a 1983 championship in the SCCA Trans-Am series, where he won four more races … had 11 wins in IMSA Camel GT events between 1977-83 in the GT and GTP classes … Finished 5th in his 1974 Indianapolis 500 debut for Roger Penske, one of four times he competed in the 500 … Led two laps in the 1976 Daytona 500 and did the Michigan 400 later that year ... raced in the 1979 IROC series … Back in Europe, he won the GT class and finished 8th overall driving a Lotus Elite in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans … His Le Mans career spans 20 races with third places in 1969 and 1984 ... Drove seven Formula 1 races between 1967-74 for McLaren, Honda, BRM and Penske, with five top 10 finishes and a career best of 7th in his final F-1 race, the 1974 Austrian GP, for Yardley-McLaren … Won four European Formula 5000 races between 1969-74, and the 1968 Monza 1000K World Sports Car Championship race … also has a 1969 European Touring Car GTU class win in the Nurburgring 6-hour, one in 1972 Tasman Cup, plus many non-championship sports car race wins from Kyalami to Mid-Ohio.

 Began racing in 1976 in IMSA Radial Challenge. 1986-87 IMSA Kelly American Challenge champion. 1992 IMSA GTO champion. 1993 IMSA Radial Challenge champion. 1995-96 IMSA GTS champion. More than 50 pro race wins ... now operates Hoerr Racing Products and hrpworld.com, supplying race car components to teams worldwide.

 One of many RRDC members who has contributed to the sport not through driving prowess, but rather through his work, since 1975 Wolfgang has been the Manager of Motorsports for the Robert Bosch Corp. In that capacity, he has always given the sport a little more spark

 Amos carved two small niches in racing history when he won his Touring Under class in the first-ever IMSA GT race, 1971 at Virginia International Raceway, and two years prior raced in the first Talledega 500 … VIR was the first of 17 race wins for Team Highball in American Motors and Mazda cars in the GT classes, including the Daytona 24-hour in 1985-86-87-88; the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1982 and 1988, and twice in the Riverside six-hour … Amos and partner Dennis Shaw also excelled in IMSA’s International Sedan class (formerly “Baby Grand”) with another 17 wins and the 1973 season championship … he also competed in IMSA’s Kelly American Challenge, Renault Cup and Firehawk series, as well as SCCA Trans-Am … in the 1970s Amos led two-car American Motors assault on the Nurburgring 24-Hour race with fellow RRDC members Dennis Shaw, Lyn St. James and Jim Downing as his drivers …After retiring from the cockpit, Amos gave back to the sport by becoming IMSA’s Competition and Technical Director, where he wrote the rules for the World Sports Car class … he also held the same role in the former North American Touring Car Championship series.

 Marty is a veteran Chief Steward of world-class races …His five-plus decades of racing involvement began in the mid-1950s as a racer on Southern California’s drag strips, then SCCA autocross and Club Racing … Taking time from his business world in marketing and finance for several large corporations, he promoted some SCCA Nationals through the San Francisco Jaycees, leading to his current administrative roles in racing … From 1984-86 he traveled with the Trans-Am series and became its Chief Steward in 1986 … then joined IMSA as its Race Director 1987 … His first race at the helm was the Rolex 24 At Daytona … He continues to be “the man in the tower,” as the final word, at all American Le Mans Series races.

 Charlie first became visible in IMSA Camel GT racing, sharing the 1972 GT class win at Daytona … he raced a Lola T222-Chevy in the 1972 SCCA Can-Am series, then made a quantum leap to one of the ex-Penske Porsche 917/10K cars – paired with George Follmer – for team owner Bobby Rinzler … Charlie had the honor of scoring the team’s first win in its first race, at Mosport.

 Larry earned his competition license in 1964 from the Long Island Sports Car Assn … His first race car was a Triumph TR-4 for SCCA Club Racing events … In 1987 he not only turned semi-pro while racing in IMSA’s Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship series, but he became an event sponsor as well, backing the Burger King 24-Hour Firehawk race at Watkins Glen through his Burger King chain … Over the years, and most recently in SVRA and HSR events, Larry has driven a garden salad variety of cars such as Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Alfa Romeo, Mustang and an Elva Mk VIII.

 Strong Porsche runner in early days of IMSA’s Camel GT series. Scored his first GTU class win at Summit Point in 1971. Switched to Porsche 911 in 1972 and won Mid-Ohio plus twice at Daytona. Wins in 1973 at Pocono, Mid-Ohio and Lime Rock. Won again at Lime Rock in 1974, then not again until 1976 when he switched to a Chevrolet Monza after a 12 Hours of Sebring win and knocked off Mid-Ohio and Daytona. Also did 24 Hours of Le Mans 1972, ’74, and ’76

 James began racing a Porsche Roadster 1600S while a senior in college, but an army-sponsored tour of duty in Vietnam put his racing on hold until 1969 when he earned his first of three consecutive invitations to what is now the SCCA’s Runoffs, in the Formula Ford class … He jumped to the Formula B Club Racing class, then to professional Canadian Formula Atlantic series, driving for the late Doug Shierson … along the way, there were five more trips to the Runoffs … James became a factory March driver on its Formula 3 team in 1977, earning a sixth place in the BP F-3 Championship, and winning the series event at Cadwell Park, England … Between 1979 and ’87 he raced the Formula Atlantic class in both Club and pro series events, winning the Runoffs in 1982 with a Ralt … He put a roof over his helmet in 1987 long enough to finish second in the Camel Lights class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona with John Higgins, Howard Cherry and the late Chip Mead …The 1993 saw James change courses again, becoming deeply involved in Vintage racing through Shierson, winning the Watkins Glen F1 reunion in an ex-Brambilla March 761 … Since then he has raced historic F1, F2 and other sports cars on equally-historic circuits throughout Europe and the U. S., cherishing his third place finishes in an ex-Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax V8 F1 … In 1999 he drive the March 761 F-1 car to a fifth place in the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship … In 2000 he co-founded Historic Grand Prix, which organizes and sanctions races throughout the U.S. for 1966-83 three-liter F1 cars.

 Began racing in 1966 with a Lotus Super 7, and proudly claims he has never owned a race car. Won 87 SCCA Nationals between 1966-78. Major IMSA Camel GT series career with 19 wins in 127 starts, including 2 at Daytona, 3 in the 12 Hours of Sebring, 4 times at Riverside and Road America. Drove the TWR Silk Cut Jaguar in the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans. Active Vintage racer for the last decade with European experience at Monaco and Goodwood

 Rick's first professional wins came in 1979 in IMSA Goodrich Radial Challenge 6-hour at Talladega in an AMC Concord, followed by GTU win at Road America in a Mazda RX-7. Won a Camel GTU class race at Pocono in 1981. First major win was 1983 Rolex 24 at Daytona’s GTO class in Mazda RX-7. Also that year won GTO class at Mosport. Won Group C2 class in 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jim Busby in a Lola T-616, then won The Longest Day at Nelson Ledges in a Porsche with Busby and Fred Baker. Also drove selected Winston Cup races in 1981 and 1987. Since then has been frequent competitor in Historic Stock Car Series, plus Vintage and Historic races

 Following two SCCA Runoffs titles in the 1978-79 Showroom Stock B class with SAAB cars, Don graduated to endurance racing in the professional IMSA Firehawk and SCCA Escort series, learned his analytical mind had master strategist capabilities, and became one of the most successful drivers to ever compete in either series … has won a world record 14 24-hour races, and in both 1987 and ’88 won three 24-hour races … 12 race wins in 1989 Firehawk and Escort series alone … all-time Escort series winner with 19 wins … has 35 career wins in those two series plus VW Rabbit Cup, Renault Cup and IMSA Camel GT (with the factory Dodge team) … top American finisher at the 1982 Renault Cup International Challenge at Paul Ricard, France … team member of a Corvette team which, in 1990, set three world land speed endurance records and nine international speed records at Ft. Stockton, Tex., averaging over 175 mph for 24 hours … 1989 IMSA Firehawk Driver of the Year … Don then waited 27 years to get back into Club Racing and took up right where he left off, winning the 2006 SCCA Runoffs title in the Showroom Stock B class with a Pontiac Solstice, then back it up with a 2007 win in the T2 class in a more modified version of the Solstice .. Don was featured in a 1990 Sports Illustrated story … talented writer who has won the 1980 Best Article award in SCCA’s Sports Car magazine, and has written about his win in a Canadian ice race for Road & Track … retired Director of Protected Resources for the National Marine Fisheries Service; former staffer on the U. S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; former Associate Deputy Secretary of U. S. Department of Interior.

 The 2004 winner of the SCCA’s Sportsman of the Year title and 2005 winner of the RRDC’s Mark Donohue award, Kris is one of many drivers who have parlayed that award into an invitation to join the Club … Starting in 1982 with a SCCA Showroom Stock Ford Mustang, Kris also competed in 56 IMSA Firestone Firehawk and Speedvision Cup races between 1986 and 1997, winning 13 of them, the 1993 Rising Star award and the 1995 Compact class Drivers’ Championship … Now a factory driver for the Subaru of America team in the Grand-Am Koni Challenge series – alongside RRDC member Chuck Hemmingson – Kris and Chuck won the 2007 season races at Mid-Ohio and Lime Rock.

 Long before Horst took his Alfa-Romeo GTA’s to the small-bore professional sedan fight against Nissan, he was already a prominent Club racer, winning four consecutive Central Division championships, the first B Sedan National Championship in 1966 and with it, the SCCA’s President’s Cup … The next year he won the Under 2 Liter title in the SCCA Trans-Am Championship … In 1968-69 he, along with Peter Revson, were Shelby Racing’s factory Mustang drivers in the primary Trans-Am series class, but he returned to his beloved Alfas in 1970 and beat Nissan for the U-2 class title … In 1973, he tried the Formula 5000 series for a year with a Lola T300-Chevrolet., but in 1974 joined forces with noted engineer Lee Dykstra to build the DeKon Chevrolet Monzas which went head to head with Porsche in the IMSA Camel GT series; Al Holbert won two AAGT class championships with these cars … Back to driving, he won two VW Cup Super Vee races in 1980.

 Became one of the Pacific Northwest’s top open-wheel specialists after winning the 1966 Runoffs title in G Sports-Racing .. 1971 champion of the Formula Continental series (now Toyota Atlantic series). His five wins scored more points than any driver in the 1973 Players Pacific series for Atlantic cars, but the rules allowed only Canadian drivers to win the championship. Stayed away from the cockpit for two decades, but returned in 1995 in an SCCA Club Ford and won many races between then and 2001

 Like so many top drivers of the latter part of the 20th Century, Darren began his racing career in go karts, encouraged by his father Peter Law, who, in the late 1960s, was a fabricator for Mark Donohue’s Penske Racing cars. At age 14 he was already the IKF Junior national champion in Karts ... In 1987 Darren won the WestPro Sports 2000 Group B road racing series … His first prime visibility came in the 1996 North American Touring Car Championship, followed by Motorola Cup and Grand-Am Cup, with 11 race wins between the three series … He was the Grand American Road Racing Association’s GT class champion in 2001, then joined Brumos Racing in 2003 when the new Daytona Prototype class debuted, driving the team’s Red Bull Porsche-Fabcar ... also a strong competitor in selected American Le Mans Series races, he won the GT class at Mid-Ohio in 2004, driving a Porsche.

 A second-generation racer and second-generation champion, Butch has driven and won in a variety of cars from off-road trucks to NASCAR Busch North to Busch Grand National to Winston Cup. Made his strongest mark in IMSA, SCCA and Grand-Am pro racing. World Sports Car champion in 1997 and 1998 with 10 wins in Dyson Racing R&S Fords. SCCA USRRC Rolex 24 at Daytona winner in 1999. 9 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series wins in 2000-2001-2002 and a third place in the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Bentley. 3 SCCA Trans-Am series wins in 2002. Won IMSA ALMS race in 2003 at Infineon Raceway. As an example of his character, he once turned down an offer to be Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s backup driver because he had already committed to another (and possibly lesser) team.

 Bob won his first of five SCCA Division championships in 1965 driving a Lotus Elan … a decade later he became one of Datsun’s primary racers in the U.S. with four Division titles in B Sedan and C Production between 1975-77 … turned to IMSA’s pro series with a Nissan 240SX and won the 1989 Camel GTU Drivers Championship … Brought his son, Butch, and stepson Chuck Kurtz into IMSA racing with a Nissan … Butch became a Le Mans and Daytona 24-hour winner and a four-time winner in NASCAR Busch North … Bob’s late wife, Sandra, was one of America’s best artists through her paintings of racing themes.

 In 1953, aided by Dr. John Knight and Chandler Lawrence, Gordon organized one of the SCCA’s first Driver Schools, held at Thompson, Conn. … Gordon, himself, began racing that year in the C Production class, then switched to C Modified in 1958 through 1967 … In 1955 he drove one of the Morgan factory’s cars in the 12 Hours of Sebring, finishing fifth in class E with clothing designer John Weitz … in his C Production era, he finished 72% of his 85 starts in the top three of his class, an during that era set fastest time of day in the Mt. Equinox Hill Climb … in the late 1990s he re-started his career, this time in Vintage racing, and now with a Lotus Europa … even at age 79, he’s still on the track, having fun.

 One of IMSA’s most-dominant drivers during the 1970s and 1980s .. Scored his first pro win at VIRginia Int’l Raceway in 1971 in AMC Gremlin with Amos Johnson. 1979 champion in IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge. 1983 IMSA Camel GTU titlist, and 1984 IMSA Camel GTO champion. Three-time GTU winner at 12 Hours of Sebring. 20 career IMSA race wins, putting him 9th on all-time IMSA win list

 Alfa Romeo fanatic who began racing them in 1971. Won his first SCCA National Championship in 1983, then backed it up with consecutive repeat wins in 1988-89

 Racing since 1953 with MG-TC. 1985 IMSA Camel Lights winner at 24 Hours of Daytona and Road America

 The ultimate 'been there, done that' driver. Began racing in 1945 at Portland (Ore.) Speedway in what would now be a NASCAR Nextel Cup-type car. Won the fabled 1950 Pan-American Road Race in an Oldsmobile. Competed in 86 Winston Cup races in three stints (1950-54, 1971-78, 1980-93). Finished sixth in 1954 season points after winning four of the season’s last nine races. His 14 professional race wins at the now-defunct Riverside Int’l Raceway are the most by any driver. 1986 Winston West champion (at age 59!!). While still competing in Winston West in 2001 at age 74, he was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

 Never a driver, but the best friend many racers, series or sanctioning bodies throughout the world ever had during his 1959-1996 tenure as Director of Worldwide Racing for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. His tireless (sic) work truly made Goodyear the 'Number 1 name in Racing' for many years. After retiring from Goodyear, became Executive Director of the Indy Racing League from 1997- 2000, and remains a vital consultant to the IRL. Leo is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Motorsports Hall of Fame., and is President of the Chemical Engineering Academy at his alma mater, West Virginia University

 Arch-rival to Randy Canfield. 3-time Runoffs winner in H Production with a Sprite -- 1975-83-84. Has 6 more finishes in the top 5

 Doug attended his first race, a New Jersey board track event, in 1949 at age nine but didn’t become involved in the business until he was out of high school and began crewing for a neighbor – Mark Donohue … Mark went one way in racing while Doug went another – working with Westinghouse Broadcasting on its race broadcasts … He then turned to motorcycles from the promotion side ... The American Motorcyclist Assn., named Doug its Commissioner in 1977, but he eventually left racing and went into business making furniture components … He bought his first vintage F-1 car – a Cooper – in 1997, and added two more ... He’s raced in Historic and Vintage events from New Zealand to Monaco to South Africa with many wins … He now provides his stable of F-1 cars to young American drivers to showcase their skills to a new audience of potential sponsors, and has been a significant supporter of the development of young American road racers.

 An SCCA Formula Vee standout who began racing in 1974, became Southeast Division champion in 1979 and validated that with 1979 and 1980 National Championships at the Runoffs. SCCA President’s Cup winner in 1980 after winning the Runoffs from a 26th place on the grid

 John was just another talented West Coast SCCA Club racer with big aspirations and little money to make them happen until the 1970 season when the merger of John’s talents and personality and Peter Brock’s new affiliation with import car newcomer Datsun put both men and Datsun on the racing radar … The results were the 1970-71 SCCA National Championships in C Production, and 1971-72 SCCA Trans-Am 2.5 Challenge titles … John also won the C2 class in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Lola-Mazda, and two years later placed third overall in a Joest Porsche 956 … Focusing on IMSA’s Camel GT series for many years with the Group 44 Jaguar and Electramotive Nissan teams, he won 11 races including the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1993-94-95, and in 1994 again won his class at Le Mans …His focus in the 21st Century is Vintage and Historic racing from Goodwood to Monterey.

 Began racing in 1975 in Formula Ford and progressed to IMSA Camel GT series. 1982 GTU class win at Riverside. Overall winner at 1983 12 Hours of Sebring. Also raced IMSA GTO and GTP. Now drives HSR in Chevrolet-Spice GTP car

 That Tom has only two professional road racing wins, 1970 at Daytona and 1972 at Talladega in the IMSA Camel GT serries, is not indicative of what he has contributed to sports car racing … in 1972 he purchased Georgia’s defunct Savannah International Raceway and turned it over to the local SCCA region to operate for a $1 @ year fee … In 1978 he matched whatever funds the Region was able to raise, and loaned the balance needed to re-pave the facility, then sold the track in1991 to the Buccaneer Region … the track is now re-named Roebling Road in honor of Robert Roebling, a landmark of Savannah society, who initially built the track in 1958 … Tom was born in Oregon and raced sprint cars from 1947 to 1987 … relocating to Jacksonville, he was also a part owner of an Indy Car team between 1963-82 and is a member of the Indy 500 Oldtimers Club … He claims more than 50 wins in SCCA Nationals … in 1980 he received the SCCA Area III’s John C. Reuter Award.

 There is virtue in doing something relatively small and doing it better than anybody else, and thus, Bill’s five SCCA Runoffs titles in the hotly-contested Formula Vee class are a remarkable achievement. Bill was the national Vee champion in 1982, 1989-90 and 1993-94. He also won professional Formula Vee championships in 1976 and 1995, and earned the RRDC’s Mark Donohue Award after his second National Championship.