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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 After nine years of go kart racing, starting when Nicholas was 11 years old, he began a successful tenure in SCCA Club Racing and pro series, starting with the 2003 Mazdaspeed Miata Cup championship in 2003, dominant runs in Formula Continental to win the Runoffs in 2005-06-08 … his third such feat was enough to justify the SCCA’s highest honor, the President’s Cup.

 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.

 As a racer, Derek parlayed the 1975-76 Formula Ford championships into the ignoble life of living in a school bus for a year … The year after that, 1977, he was the British F-3 champion and in that era, the title landed him a Formula One drive … he made 49 starts in F-1 and six in the Indy 500 … in sports car racing, he was a two-time winner in the 12 Hours of Sebring … Derek’s largest presence in racing has happened since he retired, and because he was such a good driver … He’s been a racing-on-TV commentator for ESPN, Fox, Speed, NBC, etc., and has been amply awarded for the quality of his efforts in explaining this complicated business to the proletariat … In 1996 he opened the Derek Daly Performance Driving Academy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, an effort which earned it “best of” awards from both Motor Trend and Automobile magazines … His MotorVation company merged racing’s necessities with those of the business world to improve one’s performance in the latter .. He’s also written a book on racing and been the force behind a video game.

 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.

 Dennis didn’t start racing in America until he was 27 years old – with Formula Fords – but by 1976 he’d won not only the hotly-contested SCCA Runoffs National Championship, but the coveted Kimberly Cup … A foray into USAC’s version of Super Vees produced a Rookie of the Year title in 1978 and the series Championship a year later, along with seven wins in the two seasons … From there, Denis went to CAART racing and earned the Rookie of the Year trophy for that series in 1981 … his career best finishes were fifth places at Phoenix and Mexico City in 1980 … in all, he had 55 career starts in CART … now retired from racing, he owns a trucking company in suburban Los Angeles.

 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.

 Born in Italy in 1959, Michael’s family moved to America in 1980, where Michael began his sports car racing career by winning his first race, and has shown little sign of backing down since that 1987 day … Starting in SCCA Club Racing, he notched an incredible five SCCA National Championship Runoffs titles in Showroom Stock B and C between 1989 – 1997 … in the professional ranks, he and his co-drivers shared six wins in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance series between 1993-95 … Michael has been a fixture in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge series since 1991, with 21 race wins and Drivers’ Championship trophies in 1996, ’98, ’99, 01 and ’02, plus the SCCA’s President’s Cup in 1994 … His career’s 100+ race wins at both amateur and professional levels have helped win the all-important Manufacturer Championships for Audi, Mazda, Honda, Acura and Toyota.

 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.

 Attracted to the burgeoning Southern California car culture of the late 40s through the 1960s, Dan began racing a Triumph TR2 in 1955 … There was the 1969 12 Hours of Sebring win in a factory Ferrari with Phil Hill and others, three Formula One wins at Rouen and Mexico City, sports car wins from Daytona to IRP and many others, but what vaulted Dan into the major spotlights were his five wins between 1963-68 in the Motor Trend 500 NASCAR races at Riverside in the Wood Brothers Fords, the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hour with A. J. Foyt in the Ford Mk IV, and the rainy win in the Belgian Grand Prix a week later in his own Gurney-Weslake Eagle .. with that win, he became the only American to win a F-1 race in a car of his own design .. only Dan and Mario Andretti can claim wins in F-1, Indy Cars, NASCAR and major international sports car races … In 1970, Dan retired as a driver, bought out partner Carroll Shelby to become sole owner of All-American Racers and went into high gear with design and production of the Eagle chassis for USAC Champ Car races … In the 1990s, AAR produced the cars for Toyota’s foray into the IMSA Camel GTP series … AAR Eagles for various series have won eight series championships, 78 individual races including the Indianapolis 500, 12 Hours of Sebring and the Rolex 24 At Daytona … Dan was also one of the founders of the Long Beach Grand Prix in suburban Los Angeles, America’s longest-surviving street race.

 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

 Peter parlayed an engineering degree from Purdue into a successful career as a racer, where he could speak to his crew in the technical language they could understand, and vice-versa … He quickly moved through the SCCA Formula Vee and Ford ranks into the professional USAC and SCCA Super Vee series in 1979-80, then leapfrogged into CART where he made 33 starts over a five-year span with a best finish of 2nd at the inaugural Cleveland race …road racing was still Peter’s forte, so solid seasons with Mazda’s IMSA GTO and Camel GTP programs, plus racing Mercury Cougars and Merkurs for Jack Roush, and factory Mazda RX-7s, lead to Camel GTO season championships in 1989 and ’91, as well as three class wins in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and a ride in the 1992 IROC series … multiple wins were added to Peter’s resume during his long tenure with the Honda of America Racing Team in Grand-Am Cup … other major wins include the 1985 Camel GTP race at Riverside in Jim Busby’s Porsche 962, and seven SCCA Trans-Am series wins in 1986-87 for Jack Roush.

 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.

 Since John Heinricy is the retired Director of High-Performance Vehicles for General Motors, it is no surprise that 249 of his 250 professional road races were in cars powered by GM engines … In fact, a General Motors V-8 engine powered all but three of the cars he has ever raced … John remains a living legend to Corvette owners around the world for his 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, the duo 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

 James started road racing in 1963 with a two-engined go kart (!!), but switched to two wheels in 1970 for AMA moto-cross racing … he turned to AMA road racing in the early 1990s and finished third in the 1991-92 750cc. sportsman and grand prix classes … between 2000 and 2008, he raced four times in the Pan American Road Rally, winning the Historic Class C in 2000 and placing second or third in that class the other three years – his successes coming over 120 cars in his class.

 Although Carl started racing in 1964 with a TR-3, and 45 years later is still driving a thunderous GT-1 class car in SCCA Nationals, his big love is vintage car racing … For the past 10 years he has been Competition Director for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Assn., where he races a 1969 Camaro, and is Chief Steward for the Historic Grand Prix series … He also participated in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and La Carrera Panamericana.

 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.

 Rising through the ranks as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving at Sears Point to pay the racing bills, Parker was a champion in IMSA’s Renault Cup series and won an SCCA Club Racing national title. … He won an IMSA record 54 races in the Renault Cup, Firestone Firehawk, International Sedans, and Camel Lights …all but the Renault series wins were in factory-aided Hondas and Acuras which Parker and teammate Doug Peterson engineered and prepped ... Parker won the International Sedan series in 1987-88, was the 1987 Rookie of the Year in Formula Atlantic, and IMSA GTP Lights titlist in 1991-92-93 … open-wheel racing remained one of his ambitions, so when Honda went CART racing, Parker was the driver who gave Honda its first pole position and set a world closed-course speed record in the process.

 Vowing to never be beaten by equipment, R. W. “Kas’ Kastner literally not only wrote the books on how to win races and championships with Triumph race cars, but ran the Triumph Competition Department as its manager from 1960 to 1972 ... before that he raced a Triumph TR-3 to an SCCA California Sports Car Club championship … As an independent engineer, he designed and built performance parts for many kinds of race cars, and even managed race teams … In 1986 he took on the task of making Nissan the force that Triumph had once been, only on a larger scale … he began as Motorsports national manager for Nissan North America then moved on to be Vice President of Operations for Nissan Performance Technology during the height of they IMSA GTP program, with a staff of 225 under him … Kas served on the SCCA’s Cal Club’s Board of Governors, authored the top tech story of 1963 in the SCCA’s member magazine, and in 1964 headed the club’s driver training program.

 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.

 One of the most widely-traveled and respected motor racing journalists in the business, Gordon’s byline has appeared in well-known magazines from America’s Road & Track to England’s Autosport …starting with a 1987 book with Emerson Fittipaldi on “The Art of Motor Racing,” Gordon has since authored biographies on Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal, Mario Andretti, Greg Moore, the Unser family, and is currently writing one on the history of Newman/Haas Racing.

 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.

 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 in his 80s, 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.

 While his racing career has been limited to running marathons (including Boston 12 times), J.J. O’Malley has covered motorsports in many capacities since 1973, when he was asked to interview Brian Redman to promote Pocono International Raceway’s upcoming IMSA Camel GT race … A native of Pittston, Pa., and graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he was news editor for National Speed Sport News, sports writer for The Pocono Record, longtime communications director for Watkins Glen International, and public relations director for Homestead-Miami Speedway …Currently, he is senior editor for ISC Publications in Daytona Beach, Fla. … He has written several books, including two histories of racing at Watkins Glen, and most recently, a history of the Daytona 24 Hours … He is now writing a biography of NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine, and a biography of NASCAR founder William H.G. France …J.J. is also a frequent contributor to racingone.com and a number of leading motorsports publications. He formerly held an SCCA National announcers license, and does PA interviews from the pits at Daytona International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Barber Motorsports Park … He is currently working on his master’s degree in pastoral ministry from St. Leo’s University in Tampa.

 One of the true gentlemen in road racing, despite being the man who did auto racing’s legendary 'All-Time Guy-Thing' -- on a dare by Roger Penske and Peter Ryan -- by driving a Hertz rental car into a hotel swimming pool in Monterey, Calif. Started racing in 1956 with a Triumph TR-3, then an AC Bristol, and a Ferrari 2.5 Testa Rosa. Drove his first of six 12 Hours of Sebring races in 1958 in a Corvette. Became the U. S. Auto Club’s road racing National Champion in 1959 and won the pre-Runoffs SCCA National Championship in the 1960 B Modified class, both driving one of the famed Meister Brauser Scarab-Chevrolets for the Peter Hand Brewing Co. His other famous car owners have included Briggs Cunningham, Luigi Chinetti, Holman-Moody, Alfred Momo and John Mecom Jr. 1961-63-64 Road America 500 winner. Competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in 1960, at age 26, and finished second in class driving a Ferrari; fourth the following year in a Maserati. Won the 12 Hours of Sebring’s GT class in 1963, and finished fourth overall, with young Roger Penske as his co-driver in Mecom’s Ferrari GTO, as part of an unprecedented Ferrari sweep of the top six places. Started to back down his racing in 1964 at age 31 but returned to the famed June Sprints at Road America in 1984 to win the Sports 2000 class. Multi-time winner since then in Road America and Watkins Glen Historic races with his famed Scarab

 Dr. Donald Panoz, the son of a boxer, went on to create a successful pharmaceutical business, Mylan Laboratories in Morgantown, WV, then relocated to Ireland where he founded Elan Laboratories and created the method for transdermal delivery of medication … In1980, he and his wife, Nancy, returned to the U.S. and started building world-class resorts and wineries, such as Chateau Elan near Road Atlanta, the St. Andrews Bay Resort and Spa in Scotland, and the Diablo Grande Winery & Resort near Patterson, CA … His involvement in racing began with his son, Danny’s interest in building a high-performance street car called the Panoz Esperante, and was quickly followed with the Panoz GTR-1 race car in 1997 … The following year Panoz created the highly-successful American Le Mans Series for high-tech cars, returning international road racing to the U.S. … His Elan Motorsports Technologies now builds the chassis for the Star Mazda series cars, as well as all the chassis for the Champ Car World Series

 Roger semi-professional racing career was short, 1961 to 1965, and included wins in a 1963 GT class win at Sebring, USRRC Manufacturers race at Pensacola, and a NASCAR Winston West race at Riverside; plus an eighth place in the 1961 U. S. Grand Prix … his retirement in 1965 was to focus on his first business, a Chevrolet dealership in Philadelphia … With his work ethic, attention to detail and resources to do whatever it takes to represent his sponsors in a professional manner that may never be rivaled, through the start of the 2008 season, Penske Racing cars’ 295+ major race wins included 14 at the Indianapolis 500, the 2008 Daytona 500, 21 National Championships, 75 stock car races, 134 Indy car wins and 19 in the American le Mans Series … Regardless of whether Penske Racing fielded entries for Chevrolet, Porsche, Dodge, Honda or others, it was always understood that his team would have the latest and greatest equipment – much of which they developed – and as a reward, more than often delivered the desired results – race wins and championships …Among the team’s more notable drivers have been Mark Donohue, Rick Mears, Rusty Wallace, Danny Sullivan, Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves …Roger’s single Chevrolet store in Philadelphia grew into the Penske Automotive Group which has 300+ retail dealerships representing 40 brands … the Penske Corporation employs 40,000 people worldwide with revenues in excess of $20 billion, and includes, among other entities, Penske Performance and Penske Racing, and Penske Truck Leasing.

 Pete didn’t start road racing until 1988 with a Toyota MR2 in Showroom Stock, but quickly became one of the most dominant forces in SCCA Club Racing … Always racing Toyotas, since he is a Toyota and Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealer, he earned his first SCCA Runoffs National Championship title in 1991 with a GT3 class Toyota Corolla … added the second championship in 1995, and four more in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007 … Winner of the RRDC’s Mark Donohue Award in 1997.

 After an undistinguished, two-year “career” racing Formula Fords in 1976-77 (highlighted by a 7th place out of 48 starters in a Regional race at Summit Point, turned to motorsports journalism ... After doing PR work for Chip Ganassi, covered Super Vee, Indy Lights and Indy Cars for [the late] On Track magazine from 1985-89 … covered Indy Cars for Autoweek from 1990-95 … has been a senior writer for Racer magazine since 1997 … has also contributed to Autosport, Motoring News, Sports Car, Motorsport and SPEED TV.com. ... now an associate editor for iRacing.com.

 1986 SCCA Kimberly Cup award winner … 1986-90-95-2002-03-05 Runoffs winner in G Production, all with venerable MG-A racer, an ancestor of the car in which he started racing in 1980

 Justin’s drive to win the hotly-contested SCCA Runoffs in Formula Ford in 2002 also went a long way toward his winning the RRDC's Mark Donohue Award that year … He is a three-time SCCA Runoffs National Champion in Formula C and Formula Ford – 1996 in F/C, 2002-03 in Fords … There are also two FC class pole positions and three in Fords on his resume, as is a notation that he has the innate talent to develop new cars to the point they work very well, and quickly.

 A teenage aspiring amateur racer who drove his first race in Canada with a slightly-fudged date of birth, Bobby became an American racing icon as a driver, car owner, and administrator. Won a Formula Atlantic championship then took a hiatus from racing to work for a Chicago ad agency. Became CART’s 1982 Rookie of the Year, driving for Jim Trueman’s Red Roof Inns team. Won the Indianapolis 500 in 1986 , CART Champion in ’86, ’87 and ’92, and the series’ Driver of the Year in ’86 and ’92. Only owner/driver to win a CART title. In 17 years of CART racing won 24 races in 165 starts, on the podium 88 times. Has given back to the sport which made him famous. Owner of Team Rahal along with CBS Late Show host David Letterman, which now fields cars in Indy Racing League and Toyota Formula Atlantic. In 2004, Buddy Rice drove the Rahal-Letterman car to the Indianapolis 500 pole and race win. Spent nine months as CEO of Jaguar Formula One Racing, six months as Interim President and CEO of CART. On Boards of Directors for Central Ohio Children’s Charities and The Bobby Rahal Foundation. Still carries a 10-handicap in golf. President of the Road Racing Drivers Club. 1975 winner of the SCCA’s President’s Cup and Runoffs champion in Formula B

 Mike began racing with a Lotus 20 in 1968 and after winning an SCCA Divisional championship, he switched to a Brabham BT21 and won the 1970 Formula C National Championship Runoffs at Road Atlanta … He switched between Formula B and C cars in the 1970s, then won the pole at the Runoffs in 1980 … Has raced Formula Fords since 1992 with four wins and a 1994 NARRC Club Ford class title … Also left a positive mark in racing outside the cockpit as an instructor/manager of the Skip Barber Racing School between 1981-88, manager of the Barber-Saab Pro Series from 1986-88, vice president and general manager of Lime Rock Park between 1992-98, and oversaw the high-quality resurrection of VIRginia International Raceway in 1999-2000 … his wife, Tracy, is the daughter of RRDC member Dan Carmichael.

 Turned his 1959 racing start with a Morris 1000 Traveler into one of the world’s most impressive endurance careers. Four wins at Spa 1000km, three at Rolex 24 At Daytona, two each at Nurburgring 1000km, Kyalami 9hr, 12 Hours of Sebring, Imola 500km, Brands Hatch 6hr, Osterreichring 1000km, one each at Spa 500km, Nurburgring 500km, Vallelunga 1000km, Targa Florio, Dijon 1000km, Norisring, Mosport 6hr, and Watkins Glen 6hr. Has raced Formula One for SEFAC Ferrari, UOP Shadow, Frank Williams, BRM, Chevron. Raced Prototypes for John Wyer Gulf Porsche, Dr. Ing. H.c.F Porsche AG, Group 44 Jaguar, BMW Motorsports, Proteus Aston Martin. Raced Formula 5000 for Haas/Hall Chaparral team. 1974-75-76 Formula 5000 series champion for Haas/Hall. 1970 South African Springbok Champion. 1981 IMSA Camel GTP Champion. Currently races Lola, Chevron and Ford GT-40 cars in Vintage/Historic races. Promotes many of the country’s most-prestigious Vintage/Historic events. Contributing editor to Road & Track magazine, past president of the RRDC, life member of the British Racing Drivers Club. Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Detroit in 2002

 After a 1967 start on North Florida and South Georgia dirt ovals, by 1976 Tommy was NASCAR Busch Grand National races at Daytona, Talladega and Charlotte … he then made a switch to road racing with the new Kelly American Challenge series in 1977, earning the Most Improved Driver award and three times finished in second place … Since Tommy was more than just a driver, he deservedly won the Kelly series’ Mechanic of the Year award in 1982, and two years later the Drivers’ Championship, repeating that honor in 1985 …Ensuing years saw many ventures into IMSA GTO, SCCA Trans-Am, NASCAR Winston Cup, ARCA and F.I.A. races offshore, resulting in a 1987 GTO class win at Sebring, four IMSA GT wins, and two in Camel Lights … he returned to the cockpit in a big way in 2003, winning Grand-Am’s Rolex Series GTS class Drivers’ Championship.

 Veteran Vintage car racer since 1987 who has had the privilege of driving some of the world’s most-famous marques, including Ford GT40 MkI and MkII, Ferrari 250 Testa Rosa, Lotus 11, Porsche 962C, ex-Rahal CART Lola-Cosworth, March-Chevrolet, and 1989 Formula 1 Ferrari

 Used a Turner 950 to begin his sportsman racing career in 1960. Switched to a Lotus 23 to become the 1963 Runoffs champion in F Modified. Won a Divisional title in 1964 with a Brabham BT5. Has been involved in Historic racing since 1979. IMSA Firehawk and Grand-Am Cup since 1994, mostly in Ford Mustang Cobras

 If it has wheels and looks like a fun vehicle to drive, Boris has raced it and probably put it in the winner’s circle … A native of New York City and son of late RRDC member Bob Said, Boris was inspired to go four-wheel racing when a friend gave him tickets to the Detroit Grand Prix and watched neighbor Bob Sharp race a Nissan in the Trans-Am support event … His first race was an SCCA Escort Endurance 12-hour at Road Atlanta in a Mustang, an event which he not only drove the whole thing by himself but was his own one-man pit crew … He won SCCA National Championships in Showroom Stock GT in 1989-90-91, and his first professional title in 1992 while racing a Dodge Stealth in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship … Ten years later he won the Trans-Am series driving title and in the process, Ford’s 100th win in the series … He graduated to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the 1997-98 seasons and scored one win, but along the way befriended many Busch and Nextel Cup series drivers and team owners, making him much in demand as a test driver and occasional racer in the Nextel Cup series … His fee for testing the late Dale Earnhardt’s car prior to a race at Watkins Glen was to have his picture taken driving the car …In 2003 he won the pole at Sears Point, and in 2005 finished third in the Cup race at the Glen … During the 2005 season he shared a BMW M3 GTR in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and won the race by five laps in weather ranging from sunshine to rain to snow.

 How deeply is John into racing? The names of his children are Nigel, Hans, Jacques and Senna … John began racing 19 years ago and made it to the podium at the SCCA’s Runoffs by 1992, but it took another 12 years for him to reach the top step when he won the F Production National Championship with his MG Midget … that drive, and John’s spirit, made him an easy choice to received the RRDC’s Mark Donohue Award for 2004 … He validated that year’s drive in 2005 by winning the GT-3 National Championship in a Nissan 240SX.

 In 1971, at age 19, Dorsey became the first person under age 21 to be awarded an SCCA National competition license. It turned out to be a good move on SCCA’s part, and a good one for American road racing as a whole …In 1985, his first professional racing season, he won the SCCA Lucas Pro Sports Renault title, followed that four years later with a Trans-Am championship in a Jack Roush Ford Mustang, and the 1990 Trans-Am title in a Roush Mercury Cougar … His longest tenure was 81 races in 11 years of Trans-Am racing, where he won 17 races and finished on the podium 43 times … He also had 56 starts in the IMSA Camel GT series and 42 in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk series, where he was a stalwart on Paul Rossi’s factory Dodge team …In all, Dorsey won 40 pro races in 242 starts on 47 circuits around the world … His other talents have earned him a sit-in keyboards job with the rock group “38 Special,” and a job with SPEED TV as a commentator-who-has-been-there.

 Larry began racing in1968 with a Formula Vee, then turned semi-pro in 1974 in IMSA’s BFG Radial Challenge series with a BMW 2002. He won his first professional race in 1993 at age 57, in IMSA’s Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship series, driving a Pontiac Firebird with Doug Goad at Road Atlanta. He was named the series’ Rising Star that year… racing against men young enough to be his sons, he won his first series Drivers Championship , IMSA’s 1996 Exxon GTS-2 title, at age 60; and his fourth driving title in 1999 at age 63. His other three pro racing championships are a 1997 repeat of the IMSA GTS-2 title, again in 1998, and the 1999 SCCA U. S. Road Racing Championship series honors, in GT2; all with Porsches. His major class wins include the 1996 12 Hours of Sebring. Even though he has won over 20 races in five different series at 11 different tracks, his 1972, 1978 and 1987 efforts to retire were utter failures, and to this day he continues to be a force in professional racing

 Began racing in 1965 in the Formula Vee class, and was a Runoffs National Champion by 1968. Won the Hubert Brundage trophy in Vees at the 1970 Daytona World Championship race. Also picked up a World Championship in Formula Ford at Sebring in 1969. Turned pro in 1971 with the Bosch VW Gold Cup series for Super Vees and won that championship two years 1971 and 1972

 The fabled dead-of-winter races in Nassau, Bahamas during the late 1950s and early 60s was the first place where Don’s talent excelled, with overall wins in the 50-mile and 200-mile races there in 1958 in his Porsche 550 RS … The new Porsche 718 RSK the next year, and a stellar co-driving job by Bob Holbert, resulted in a class win and fourth overall finish in the 12 Hours of Sebring … The SCCA’s highest award in Club racing, the President’s Cup, was earned by Don in 1959 at Marlboro, MD, with that Porsche RSK, along with the SCCA’s F Modified National Championship .. Don won his second National Championship in 1964, with his F Production Sunbeam Alpine.

 Dennis quickly caught the racing bug after spectating a 1969 race at Virginia International, and in 1971, at age 18, won the first race he entered, an invitational IMSA event at Daytona … He quickly became the engine builder for Amos Johnson’s Team Highball between 1974 and 1992 , but also matured into a winning driver with 14 race wins and the 1985 series championship in IMSA’s BFG Radial Challenge and its successor series … Switching to the IMSA Camel GTU class with Johnson’s Mazda RX-7 cars, he is a three-time winner (1986-’87-’88) of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and knocked down a 12 Hours of Sebring win in the same class in 1988 … In the meantime, he won a 1982 IMSA Renault Challenge race … He now runs Dennis Shaw Racesports Performance Engines.

 A former magazine editor, in 1990, Jeremy led the fundraising and management to create the Team USA Scholarship to send selected American drivers to England to compete against that country’s best. Among the program’s graduates are current Grand-Am Rolex series drivers Andy Lally, Paul Edwards and A. J. Almendinger.

 Famous throughout the Pacific Northwest for his 43 years in racing, starting with an Austin Healey 100 in 1960. Has raced in Can-Am, Formula 5000, IMSA Camel GT and SCCA Trans-Am (5 wins). 11 times at 24 Hours of Daytona. Has raced great collection of cars including Lola T-70, ex-Team McLaren M8F, Eagle, Cobra, 8 models of Porsches including 917. Now races a Porsche 935 hybrid in Club events

 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.

 Began racing in 1955 with a Porsche Speedster, a stalwart of the grand era when road racers were "gentlemen, with no prize monies or factory assistance. We drove our cars to and from the races as far away from our home in New Jersey to Kansas City and Elkhart Lake, Wis.". Won an SCCA National Championship in his rookie year in what became F Production, then repeated the feat the next year in E Production. Won many hillclimbs and local club events using a Porsche-powered Volkswagen, and later, his Porsche Speedster

 While not otherwise-occupied running his fire equipment business, Joe became one of the more successful sportsman open-wheel racers in the country … In the late 1970s he won SCCA Regional championships in both Formula Ford and Formula Atlantic, then earned the Canadian Automobile SportsClub’s 1979 Atlantic title …In 1990, he finished second in the Atlantic pro series.

 Gave up a potential career as a piano teacher to become legendary proponent for bringing women into racing. First appeared on the radar screen when she placed second in an IMSA Kelly American Challenge race , IMSA GTO class wins at Road America, Watkins Glen and Daytona in 1985, then the 1987 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Her Watkins Glen win was the first solo GT race win by a woman. Second woman in history to race in Indianapolis 500. Indy 500 Rookie of the Year in 1992 after an 11th place finish; her first of seven starts. Qualified sixth there in 1994, highest start for a woman in America’s most-fabled race. Set a female driver world record closed course speed of 225.722 during the ‘95 race’s qualifying. Holds 31 international and national closed circuit records, two starts in 24 Hours of Le Mans, 53 SCCA Trans-Am starts and 62 in IMSA GT classes. Honored as Sports Illustrated’s top 100 women athletes of the 20th Century. Selected by Working Women magazine as one of 350 women who changed the world between 1976-96. Recipient of the 2001 Guiding Women in Sports award from the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports. Frequent television talk show guest and commentator on ESPN and ABC-TV. 1990-93 President of the Women’s Sports Foundation and active on a lengthy list of national advisory boards. Currently heads her Lyn St. James Foundation and working on Women’s Driver Development Programs. Her autobiographical book, 'The Ride of Your Life,' was published in 2002

 Another devotee of the Austin-Healey Sprites … began racing in 1963 and in 1991 won his first H Production Runoffs title, then combined that with the SCCA President’s Cup honor, backed it all up with a repeat Runoffs championship in 1992. In addition to his two Runoffs championships, Ray has finished in the top 10 spots 11 times.

 Although Judy has spent some time behind the wheel of race cars ranging from VW Rabbits to Chevrolet Monzas to her vintage Osca, she is better known for her dual careers in racing public relations and as the person who, working for Penske Racing, brought the art of race timing and scoring into the 20th century, then wrote a best-selling book (in the racing market) about how do that … Judy was the RRDC’s secretary for many years, after her help was requested by Mark Donohue, and her well-outfitted hospitality RRDC motor home was an annual fixture at the SCCA Runoffs, with its door open to not only RRDC members, but to anybody in the racing community … Her corporate public relations business has listed companies from General Motors to Dunlop, Pirelli and BMW over the years; her current focus is Don Schumacher’s multi-championship in NHRA drag racing …her editing talents were used by the publishers of the Auto Racing USA book in the 1980s, and her racing-oriented affiliations include the Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Assn., and the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society ... in 2009 was honored with the Jim Chapman Award for Excellence in Motorsports Public Relations.

 Son of a famous pre-World War II driver by the same name, Hans won the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1986-87. Won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1986, ’88 and ’93, 24 Hours of Nurburgring in 1970 and ’98, 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in 1972, 1972 and ’90 German Touring Car champion, 1979 BMW Procar Series winner, 1985 Sportscar World Champion. Won the ADAC Supercup in 1987, and IMSA’s Bridgestone Supercar Championship in 1995. Has also raced Formula 1, Formula 2, European Touring Car Championship, SCCA Trans-Am Championship, and FIA GT Championship. Driving in SCCA SPEED World Challenge for BMW in 2003

 Started in 1953 on oval tracks with a 1937 Ford Coupe. Multi-time Runoffs champion, 1962 E Production, 1963-64 D Production, 1975 B Production. Brought the MG and Triumph brands to America’s forefront with Group 44 team which took professionalism in amateur racing to a new level. Progressed to Jaguars first in Club Racing, then in IMSA Camel GT series. Now restores World War II fighter planes

 Lake took up amateur sports racing when it was still in its infancy, 1952, driving an MG in the SCCA’s E Production ranks … He switched to a “bathtub” Porsche 356 and won back-to-back F/P National Championships in 1956-57, then a third in 1963 with a larger engine … He also raced a rare Porsche 550 Spyder during that era .. Lake did himself well in his few professional races, finishing sixth in his class in the 1959 12 Hours of Sebring racing a Lister Jaguar with fellow RRDC members Stirling Moss, Briggs Cunningham and Russ Boss … Lake and Cunningham paired to win their class at the 1964 Sebring in a 904GT; and won again in 1965 racing a factory Porsche 904 with Gunther Klass as his co-driver, against a plethora of Chaparral, Ford GT40, Ferrari 330 and Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes, they finished 5th overall that year … Lake’s final Sebring race saw a fourth place finish in the Sport Prototype class, driving a Porsche 906 with Ed Hugus.

 First raced Jaguars (XK140MC & E-type) in New England SCCA regional events in late 50s and early 60s ... Returned to racing in 1988 in Barber Formula Ford, and VSCCA, SVRA and HSR vintage classes ... From 1990 – 1996 campaigned a D-type Jaguar, Ford GT Mk IV and Ralt Formula 2 at tracks across the United States, with a number of podium finishes …Winner, Skip Barber Racing Cup, 1994 … Ran Ford GT40 Mk IV at Bonneville speed week in 1996, at top speed of 226 and one-mile average of 187 mph ... Co-drove G &W Motorsports First Union Bank Porsche GT3 in Rolex 24 At Daytona (DNF in 1998; 9th in class in 1999) … Also continued vintage racing and won Monterey Historics Award in 1997 ... Continued in HSR/SVRA vintage GTP and FIA classes with Chevron B-36, Porsche 956, and Ford GT/40 from 1999 to present ... Many podium finishes from 1988 to present: 1st in class, 5th overall at 2002 Sebring Rolex Enduro, 1st in class and 6th o/a at 2003 Sebring Rolex Enduro, 1st in class and 4th o/a at 2003 Road Atlanta HSR Enduro ... Winner of GTP 2 in 2003 HSR/SVRA GTP/Group C Series Championship ... Overall winner of HSR Historic GTP/Group C series championship in 2005.

 Peter started racing in 1977 with a Triumph Spitfire, then became was one of the stars of IMSA Camel GT racing in its GTU class during the early 1990s, sharing his class win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona four times 1991-93, and picking off a 12 Hours of Sebring win in 1993 … His 1991 Daytona triumph earned him MOMO’s “Driver of the Race” honor.

 Started racing in go karts, but quickly jumped to cars .. 1987 Runoffs winner in Showroom Stock C with a Volkswagen GTI, and 1995 Runoffs champ in Spec Racer. 7 SCCA Divisional championships in 3 different classes. All-time leader in National race wins for Spec Racer and Spec Racer/Ford class. Has National wins in 6 classes

 In the heyday of the SCCA Trans-Am Championship’s 2.5 Challenge division, Ed was one of the strongest Alfa Romeo competitors, driving his Alfa GTV … Between 1967 and 1983, he scored numerous podium finishes in that series, plus SCCA Super Vee, VW Scirocco Cup, Bilstein Rabbit Cup, the two-liter Can-Am class, and even USAC stock cars …Now focused on Vintage racing, he’s won nine races and the SVRA’s BOSS Championship.

 Since starting his on track career in 1994, Rob has primarily focused his efforts on racing vintage sports cars ... Over the years, Rob's involvement has expanded to include a variety of cars from 1600 c.c. Alfa Romeos to 427 Corvettes ... He has competed in over 60 events in the U. S., Europe, Africa, and Mexico ... In a form of motorsports best known for not giving trophies or awards, he has achieved considerable success ... Notable achievements include winning the Monterey Cup at the 2000 Monterey Historic Races, and the Rolex Award for Outstanding Presentation and Performance at the 2004 Lime Rock Vintage Fall Festival. He has several class wins in the multi-day, multi-race Tour Auto in France, and Vintage race wins at Road America, Laguna Seca, Sears Point, and Lime Rock .. In addition to his vintage activities, in 1995 – 98 Rob also competed in the IMSA Speedvision Cup. Sharing a Pontiac Firebird with Don Knowles … their best finish was a 1997 third place at Road Atlanta.

 Although his efforts in organized professional and amateur road racing have netted him one win in the former SCCA Escort Endurance series, Bill’s major contributions to the sport have been in preserving its history and significant cars. In 1996 he founded the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance; the show has raised over $1.2 million for the care of terminally-iIl children and adults .. In 1997 he was named the Volunteer Fund Raiser of the Year by the National Society of Fund Raising Enterprises. Has also judged at the Meadow Brook and Louis Vuitton Concours shows. In 2002 was named Meguiar’s Collector Car Hobbiest of the Year. One of the first participants in the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash in 1971 and 1975 (the latter in a Hertz rental car). Has driven factory-sponsored cars for Saab in part of the world speed/distance record run at Talladega. Also widely-regarded as a professional photographer and writer for Road & Track and countless others, with many peer awards

 Like so many others before and after John, his first race car was a Porsche Speedster … 10 years later he was in a new Porsche 911S which won a Chicago Region SCCA class championship and set a class track record at the old Wilmot Hills circuit … By 1968 he was racing a Porsche 906 which set a track record at Meadowdale and also won the Central Division and National Championship in the B Sports-Racing class … Starting in 1989, John, along with his son, Joel, became deeply-involved in racing vintage cars, including a Porsche 906, Lotus 23, Ferrari F-2, Maserati A66CS and an Alfa Romeo TZ1 … In these rides, he has won the 2001 USRRC Under 2 Liter title, and scored dozens of race wins at Road America, Laguna Seca and a street race in Grand Rapids, Mich. … his wife, Lisa, also does Vintage racing with an ex-Janet Guthrie Toyota Celica; and Joel made it to the SCCA Runoffs in 2006 in D Sports-Racing

 1972 RRDC Mark Donohue Award winner. 1977 SCCA President’s Cup winner. 7 Runoffs wins: 1972 Formula Vee, 1977-79-81-87 Formula Ford, 1992-98 Formula Continental, 1977, 1979-83 Champion of American Formula Ford Assn. Competed in 1985 Formula Ford Race of Champions at British Grand Prix. Has also raced IMSA GTP and GTU. 171 pro and SCCA National race wins and 55 track records set during 37-year career

 With a college degree in mechanical engineering, Ted has been able to apply his education to racing as a talented driver, an engine builder and chassis developer for many front-line racing teams in historical, amateur and professional racing from road courses to Bonneville …As a driver he’s won six various Historic racing championships in F/5000 and Indy cars … Ted also became a life member of the 200mph Club at Bonneville with a class record average speed of 252.623mph …As an SCCA Club racer he drove everything from a Lotus S-7 to a Lola T300 F/5000 car, winning several regional championships … The list of cars he’s developed and/or raced range from Sprites to ex-Formula 1 cars, not to mention a dirt track Modified car … He is currently Chief Technical Advisor and Director of Competition for the Monoposto series, and Technical Advisor for the HSR BOSS series … He started building engines in 1969 and continues that to this day with his company, Marcovicci-Wenz Engineering, with clients in amateur and professional racing.

 George’s road racing career was comparatively short – only a decade – but he squeezed two decades worth of success and fun into those years when there were only SCCA and FIA to contend … The popular hillclimbs in eastern Pennsylvania first caught George’s fancy, and by the time the 1962 season rolled around, he’d already traded his Porsche 1600 for an ex-Pedro Rodriguez Porsche RSK which he bought from Bob Holbert. That car, on SCCA road courses, the next year earned him an E Modified championship for the Northeast Division …The next rung on the ladder was a huge one, buying an Elva-Porsche, but first he shared Ed Lowther’s thundering 427 Cobra at Sebring to an unremarkable result … The Elva was used in the Mosport Players 200 race to a seventh place, then was quickly replaced with Roger Penske’s Cooper-Chevrolet for the West Coast series … A good run at Riverside until the engine broke encouraged George to step up the ladder and purchase Penske’s Corvette Grand Sport Coupe which he drove in the famed Nassau Speed Weeks events. The SCCA noted the quality of George’s presence and his driving ability by awarding him their coveted Kimberly Cup for the year. … He started 1965 with a soggy 14th place finish in the infamous Sebring “deluge” race with the Corvette, and after some USRRC races was invited to England for the Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch in a McLaren.Mk-1A … in 1966 George became the driver for Penske’s first races as a non-driving entrant, driving the Corvette at both Daytona and Sebring, the latter to a 9th place finish and winning the GTO class, then bought the Corvette (chassis #002) and raced in selected USRRC events … won the SCCA’s Formula B National Championship in the Northeast Division with a Brabham …went open wheel racing in 1968 with a Gurney-Eagle in the SCCA’s Formula 5000 series, winning at Lime Rock Park and Donnybrooke Raceway, and even though he had to miss two races, he still took the championship down to the final race of the season. …1969 was a consistent season in F/5000, finishing inside the top five at every race he entered, and became a feature in actor/driver James Garner’s “The Racing Scene” movie by destroying his Lola in the first lap at St. Jovite. …Gerorge paired with Dick Smothers for the 1970 F/5000 season using a pair of Lotus 70s. His best finish was his third consecutive rnner-up finish at Laguna Seca in three races.

 Successful amateur racer starting in 1955 with succession of MG, Alfa-Romeo and Porsche cars, but really made his mark in the fledgling professional and semi-pro events of the time. Ran the 1000km Nurburgring races in a Porsche Carrera GT Speedster as early as 1958. Shared an Elva-Porsche with fellow RRDC member Augie Pabst to win the 1963 Road America 500. Finished second overall to Jim Hall in the 1964 U. S. Road Racing Championship series, and won the Under 2 Liter class, third overall behind two 3-liter Ferraris in the 1962 12 Hours of Sebring classic, sharing a 1.5 liter Porsche RS60 with Frank Rand and Bruce Jennings, and won the event's quirky Index of Performance award for their fuel efficient effort.

 Began his racing career on the streets of Marion, Ohio, in a lowered 1950 Mercury, then progressed to sports cars with an MGA and an Austin-Healey 100. Attending SCCA races as a spectator got him afflicted with 'the bug', and by 1962, he was racing a Lotus 7 in organized events, raced a Merlyn Mk 6 in Regionals and Nationals, and even placed 10th overall in the 1964 U. S. Road Racing Championship event at Mid-Ohio. Moved up to a Shelby Mustang GT-350 and a 289 Cobra in 1965. Turned professional in 1966 with the advent of SCCA’s new Trans-Am series, driving a notchback Mustang with some Shelby and Ford Assistance. Tom and co-driver Bob Johnson won the Trans-Am races at V.I.R. and Mid-America Raceway; the first Ford wins in Trans-Am ; their points clinched the Manufacturer’s Championship for Ford. Drove a Mustang to 2nd in class at the 1967 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Retired from active racing that year to become an SCCA-licensed instructor for Production car drivers. Now active in SVRA racing with Lotus, Spice and Chevron cars. 1996 SVRA Driver of the Year and winner of the Chopard Award at the Monterey Historics event. Restoring a ’64 Merlyn, identical to his fist real race car, and plans to race it in 2004