ISMA
Banquet - November 16th, 2002 |
ISMA AWARDS BANQUET CONCLUDES 2002 SEASON;
LUCAS
OIL ANNOUNCED AS TITLE SPONSOR FOR 2003 |
ISMA president Chuck Handley, ISMA 2002 Car Owner of the
Year Paul Dunigan, ISMA 2002
Driver of the Year and ISMA vice-president Howie Lane. Dunigan won an unprecedented
7th ISMA title while Wood picked up his sixth.
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A huge announcement was made regarding ISMAıs new title
sponsor for 2003. Lucas Oil,
major backer of many racing organizations nationally, has agreed to sponsor the
traveling supermodified group next season. Vicki Rabozzi, Judy McKnight,
Kathy Martel and Barb Soule present the new banners to the elated group.
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Jim
Feeney Photos
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The 2002 ISMA Car Owner and Driver with
their wives, from left, Helen Dunigan, Paul Dunigan, Russ Wood and Lisa Wood. |
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Some of the ISMA top ten car owners
Standing, l to r, Howie
Lane, Bruce Budnick, Paul Dunigan, Jim Martel, Tim Ryan (Cicconi), and ISMA President
Chuck Handley. Rear, George Pynn, Dave McKnight, Reg Welford (Lichty) and Vic Miller. |
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Some of the top 20 drivers for ISMA in
2002: Standing, l to r,
Chuck Handley, ISMA president, Jennifer Chesbro, Howie Page, Mark Sammut, Eric Shirey, Jim
Shirey, Ken Bell, Greg Furlong and Howie Lane (driver and ISMA VP). Rear, Dave McKnight,
Scott Martel, Joe Gosek, Jamie Timmons, Jon Gambuti and Chris Perley. |
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Car owners and drivers 11-20, l to r,
Chuck Handley, ISMA
president, Ray Chesbro, Howie Page, Mark Sammut, Eric Shirey, Jim Shirey,
Steve Miller, Greg Furlong. Standing, Mark Letcher, Ken Bell, Dan Soule, Pat
Furlong and Jamie Timmons. |
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The LST Landscaping New England Regional
top point getters: Paul
Dunigan, winner Greg Furlong, Scott Martel and Dave McKnight. Clyde
Booth-Mike Ordway absent from photo. |
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Midwest regional winners: Vic Miller
(2nd), Paul Dunigan (1st) and Tim
Ryan, representing Lou Cicconi. |
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The Empire Regional winners, Scott
Martel, Paul Dunigan and Vic Miller. |
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ISMA treasurer Delores Murphy presents
Oberlin, Ohioıs Eric Shirey with
the Randy Witkum Memorial ISMA Rookie of the Year award. Eric also received a $500 check
for his efforts. |
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Debbie Lane presented the ISMA Mechanic
of the Year award to Vic
Miller, owner and chief wrench of the Miller-Perley 11. |
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Sharon Miller, wife of car owner Steve
Miller, presented Greg Furlong
with the ISMA Achievement award. Furlong had two feature wins in his
inaugural season with the group. |
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Mary Lou Kritzman, wife of ISMA starter
Jerry Kritzman, presented Ken
Bell, driver of the Soule Racing 32, with the ISMA Most Improved Award for
2002. Bell got the current Soule team its first feature win this year.
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The Race Threads Crew of the Year Award
was given to the Vic Miller
Chris Perley team with hats and shirts going to all. Perley and Lana and Vic
Miller stand to the rear of the some of the crew on hand.
Absent from photo, Jack. |
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Lorraine Kisselstein was awarded a
special plaque denoted her tireless
efforts as the ISMA scorer for many seasons. ISMA president Chuck Handley
did the honors. |
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ISMA photographer Jim Feeney (who did
not take this photo) was also
honored with a special plaque denoting his almost 20 years of service.
Chuck Handley presented. |
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Former ISMA president, current board
member and tech inspector Jack
Murphy was presented the prestigious Jim Shampine Memorial award for the
third time since the awardıs inception in 1991. |
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Helen Dunigan presented Jack Murphy with
the ISMA Support Award for his
hard work in an often-thankless job as ISMA tech inspector. |
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Dan Soule received the 2002 Jim Soule
Dedication award from his mom
Ruth Koch (left) and wife Barb. Jim Soule was an ISMA member from the clubıs inception
until his passing several years ago. Son Dan has carried on the family tradition of
campaigning a supermodified on the ISMA trail. |
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Vicki Rabozzi presents Chris Perley with
his second consecutive A.J.
Michaels Memorial award. |
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Chris Perley also picked up his second
straight Fanıs Choice Most
Popular Driver award, sponsored by Gater Racing News which includes a $100 check,, a pair
of racing gloves and free newspaper subscriptions from the Syracuse, NY-based racing
publication. Carol D. Haynes, Gater columnist and ISMA media person, presented. |
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