EXPO '08 Awards!

Speedy Award Winners for 2008 included:

Break-Out Racer of the Year: Joey Logano

Long Haul Award Winner:
Bob Garbarino

Best Individual
Performance in an Event:
Erica Santos
Stafford Motor Speedway, (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)

Best Individual Promotion: Charles Kepley
5th Annual John Blewett III Memorial North-South Shootout

Best Series or Track Coverage:
Shawn Courchesne
The Hartford Courant

Race Fan of the Year:
Fran Messier

Best Weekly Racer:
JR Heffner

Best Touring Series Racer:
Patrick LaPerle

Best Weekly Show:
Thunder Road International Speedway

Outstanding Contribution:
Charlie Lima

Solid Lifter:
Elllie Seymour

Joey Logano (l) was presented with the well-deserved Break-Out Racer of the Year SPEEDY Award by EXPO Event Coordinator Dale Wolbrink.

Charles Kepley, Promoter of the 5th Annual John Blewett III North-South Shootout, received the SPEEDY Award for the Best Individual Promotion from Ms. Motorsports, Tiffany Skias.

For her history-making victory at Stafford Motor Speedway in July 2008, Erica Santos was honored with the SPEEDY Award for the Best Individual Performance in an Event.

Bobby and Matthew (l) Seymour accept this Kristin Nason original pencil drawing depicting the Seymour Family for 2008 Solid Lifter SPEEDY Award winner, Ellie Seymour.

Charlie Lima was dressed for the occasion when he received the Outstanding Contribution SPEEDY Award from Tiffany Skias.

Show Only Awards

Best of Show:
Senior Tour Auto Racers

Junior Best of Show:
Bolles Kart Series

Best Commercial Display:
SPAFCO

Best Track/Racing Organization Display:
True Value Modified Racing Series

Best Independent/Individual Car Display:
Rob Summers #9

Vehicle Categories

Best Open-Wheel:
Richie Evans #61 (Carl Oberg)

Best Full-Bodied Car:
Dan McKeage #40

Best Drag:
Jasmine Brillion

Best Go-Kart/Quarter Midget:
Sonny Germain

Best Late Model/Pro Stock:
Brian Keough #311

Best Road Racer:
Bill Fenton

Best Vintage Racer:
Ed Shores

Best Street/Strictly Stock:
Brian Blaise #51

Best Mini Stock:
Randy Churchill #05

Best Touring Division Racer:
Jack Bateman #17

Best Presentation of Paint & Design:
Bobby Grigas #09

Fabricating Marvel Award:
Jim Lowry

Mary Lima (r) of the Senior Tour Auto Racers shares her excitement in winning the Best of Show Award with Tiffany Skias.

Ms. Motorsports Tiffany Skias is flanked by EXPO Award winners (l to r) Ken Barry for Best Commercial Display, Bobby Rodier accepting Best Independent/Individual Car Display honors for Howie Lane & Rob Summers, and Randy Churchhill, Jr. for Best Mini Stock.

Silver City Quarter Midget Racer Ms. Caterina LaBella pulls the winning duck from during the Race to Excellence Award ceremony.

Finalist Rob Janovic (l) tells emcee Karl Fredrickson the number of his rubber duck.

Race to Excellence finalists (l to r) Rob Janovic, Rob Williams, Jeremy Blood, Ralph Solhem and Matt Gallo await the winning duck.

Ralph Solhem holds the rubber ducky that helped him earn the $5,000 Race to Excellence Award while Ms. Motorsports Tiffany Skias helps him hold the big check.

Jack Bateman collects his hardware as his True Value Modified Racing Series won the Best Track/Racing Organization Display Award and his own #17 entry scored Best Touring Division Racer honors.

Best Open-Wheel: Richie Evans #61 (Carl Oberg)

Dan McKeage poses with Ms. Motorsports after his #40 “Naughty” entry was voted the Best Full-Bodied Car award winner at EXPO ’08.

Car owner Steve Pukas accepts the Best Drag Car Award on behalf of his driver Jasmine Brillion.

Jim Lowry accepts the Fabricating Marvel Award from Tiffany Skias.

Wade Gagnon accepts the Junior Best of Show Award from Tiffany Skias on behalf of the Bolles Kart Series.

Car owners and proud parents Pam and Bob Grigas join Ms. Motorsports after their son Bobby’s Whelen Modified Tour #09 was honored with the Best Presentation of Paint & Design Award.

Town Fair Tire Pedal Car National Winners: First place: Joshua Parsons; 2nd: Martin Gonzalez-Myer; 3rd: David Giordano; 4th: Devin Roffo. Special thanks to Town Fair Tire and C&C Racing Promotions.

Other Winners included Team GUN of Tom Pokorny, Dan LaFerriere, Woody Pitkat, and Tim Longton in the 2nd Annual EXPO Pit Crew Challenge and Dan Anderson, who smoked the competition in the Tire Rodeo with a time of 39.134 seconds.

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