George was presented with a handsome plaque and inducted into the 2009 MSPA Hall of Fame.
The letter he received from MSPA stated:
"Many drivers can be accomplished in one or two types of racing. Few can be as successful as you have been, let alone in formats as diverse as motorcycles, midgets, super modifieds, stock cars and Indy cars."
Needless to say, George was very honored. He really has a lot of respect for the Motor Sports Press. In the early days of racing it was difficult to get ink for what was considered by many sports writers a frivolous "non-sporting" recreation. He was running races before NASCAR became the "end all - be all" of oval track racing.
The presentation was made by Dennis Mattish, Motor Sports Photographer and Author.
He has recently published his "History of San Jose Auto Racing 1903-2007". It is a coffee table book with beautiful color pictures, including any one you ever heard of who raced at San Jose, in it's hayday. Dennis has done an excellent job of capturing the history and allure of San Jose area racing.
Here the authors are comparing notes discussing the business of book writing.
It was a very nice evening, catching up with old racing friends we haven't seen for a very long time. We were the last ones to leave and arrived back at our hotel room at the bewitching hour.
This is how we started our Wednesday morning:
The sky remained interestingly cloud-studded all afternoon. Quite a drive.
We made our standard commuting down below stops: Brunch at Rolling Hills Buffet in Corning - coming and going - and Trader Joe's, Redding for the grocery stocking-up on the way back.
Thanks MSPA.
joB
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1 comment:
How nice is that. Congratulation's to George. I read this post to Neil and I said "I didn't know George raced" ... then he said "I did". Geesh, he never tells me anything!! Again, congratulations to George!
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