The 14th Annual Justice Brothers Shav Glick Award 2013
Check out the motor racing legends nominated below for this annual award.
The 14th Annual Justice Brothers Shav Glick Award 2013
Motor Racing Legends Nominated
It’s time again for the annual Justice Brothers-Shav Glick award nominations. Shav Glick, who passed away in 2007, was a well-respected motorsports writer for the Los Angeles Times, and a member of the Motorsports Hall Of Fame. The Justice Brothers-Shav Glick Award recognizes motorsports personalities who have made valuable or distinguished contributions to the various types of motorsports in California. The winner will be presented by Ed Justice, Jr., President and CEO of Justice Brothers, during the pre-race ceremonies at the Auto Club 400 NASCAR race in Fontana, CA on Sunday March 24.
And the 2013 nominees in alphabetical order are: George Follmer, Tom McEwen, Chris Pook and Mickey Thompson.
GEORGE FOLLMER: George Follmer was one of the most successful road racers of the 1970’s. He raced at many venues including the USAC Championships during 1967, 1971 and ’74 seasons, and the 1969-’71 INDY 500 races. In 1973 Follmer tried Formula 1 racing. He participated in 13 World Championship Grand Prix and several non-championship races. In 1972 he switched again, competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. George also raced in SCCA, Trans Am and Can AM, winning championships in all three. The motoring press at the time dubbed him “George Am” due to his many victories. Now retired, Follmer still participates in vintage racing. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall Of Fame in 1999.
TOM MCEWEN: Tom McEwen is a drag racing legend, listed as #16 of the 50 most significant drivers in NHRA’s first 50 years of existence. In 1964 he was nicknamed “The Mongoose” by Ed Donovan. He instigated the famous Hot Wheels campaign pitting the Mongoose against Don ‘The Snake” Prudhomme, which catapulted both racers into the “big time”. McEwen was primarily a west coast racer, winning the 1964 Hot Rod Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway. He also recorded the lowest E.T. to date, running 6.64 at Orange County Raceway in 1968, and Tom Dominated Top Fuel at the 1972 Bakersfield March Meet. Tom retired from racing in 1992 and was inducted into the Motorsports Hall Of Fame in 2001.
CHRIS POOK: Chris Pook was born in Summerset, England and became one of America’s most well-known and respected race innovators and promoters. In 1973 he had a dream of founding the first post war, street run, Formula 1 race ever held in this country. His dream became a reality on September 24, 1975 with the Formula 500 race on the streets of Long Beach, California. It went on to be called the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. This annual event is rated second only to the Grand Prix of Monaco. In 1987 the F1 cars changed to Indy racecars, and again is only eclipsed by the annual INDY 500. Pook has also been the President of CART and has worked diligently to unite the various racing associations to work together to further promote the sport.
“MICKEY” THOMPSON: Marion “Mickey” Thompson became involved in drag racing in his early twenties. He was noted as a driver, mechanic and innovative designer of high-performance vehicle of all kinds. He designed and built the first “slingshot” dragster in 1954. As well as being a drag race champion, Thompson set more speed and endurance records than any other person in automotive history at that time. He was the first American to break the 400-mph barrier during the 1960 Bonneville time trials, and he designed several INDY 500 race-winning vehicles. In 1973 he formed SCORE International, an off-road racing sanctioning body. In his varied career Mickey raced everything from off-road vehicles to stock cars, to dragsters and land speed record holders. Mickey was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall Of Fame in 1990.
For over 75-years JUSTICE BROTHERS has been a supplier of quality professional vehicle care products used worldwide. Manufactured in America, each JUSTICE BROTHERS additive and lubricant is custom blended to offer performance and reliability. Contact them at JUSTICE BROTHERS, 2734 Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010, (626) 359-9174, Fax: (626) 357-2550. Available only at professional car care centers.
About Auto Club Speedway
Located 50 miles east of Los Angeles in Fontana, California, Auto Club Speedway is California’s premier motorsports facility, hosting over 320 days of track activity each year including the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 weekend in March and the MAVTV 500 INDYCAR World Championships Finale weekend in October. The two-mile D-shaped oval is one of the fastest tracks on the INDYCAR and NASCAR circuits. The Speedway is also home to numerous movies, television and commercial productions, photo shoots, new car testing, club racing and a variety of racing schools.
For more information on events at Auto Club Speedway call 1-800-944-RACE (7223) or visit www.autoclubspeedway.com.