Padjen 31st ARPY winner

Veteran California promoter John Padjen, Silver Dollar and Placerville (CA) Speedways (left) is presented with the 31st Annual Auto Racing Promoter of the Year Award by Steve York 30th Auto Racing Promoter of the Year. Lukens Photo/Racing Promotion Monthly

From Racing Promotion Monthly

LAKE MARY, FL - In the Grand Ballroom at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, February 12, John Padjen, promoter of Silver Dollar and Placerville (CA) Speedways, was revealed as the Thirty-First Auto Racing Promoter of the Year by Racing Promotion Monthly, the idea newsletter for auto racing promoters.  Padjen received the industry’s most prestigious award on his Fifth nomination.  The ceremony was part of the Speedweek National Workshops, the concluding event of the Thirty-Fourth Annual RPM Promoters Workshops Series, forums and trade shows for promoters, which will conclude Wednesday, February 14, at the hotel.  The Auto Racing Promoter of the Year is selected annually in balloting by promoters nationwide.

 

Honored as Regional Auto Racing Promoters of the Year were Mark Arute, Stafford (CT) Motor Speedway; Bruce Rogers, Grandview (PA) Speedway; Lynn Phillips, and Alfred Gurley, Talladega (AL) Short Track; the Nuckles Family, Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway; Ray Marler and Ken Schrader, I-55 (MO) Raceway; Greg & Steve Rubin, Huset’s Speedway; Lanny Edwards, Devil’s Bowl (TX) Speedway; and John Padjen.

Two other awards were presented during the ceremonies.  George England, long-time racing insurance agency owner received the seventh annual Stew Reamer Service Award, recognizing lifetime service to the weekly auto racing industry.  National Speed Sport News, presented the seventeenth annual National Speed Sport News Award for outstanding annual short track event to the Vermont Milk Bowl, the annual championship event in its 45th year at Thunder Road International Speedbowl.

The Lake Mary Workshop is the second event of the Thirty-fourth Annual RPM Promoters Workshops Series and the 93rd produced by RPM during its 34-year run.  Racing Promotion Monthly, the idea newsletter of auto racing promoters, and the Workshops are produced with the year-round support of K&K Insurance Group, Inc., Hoosier Racing Tire.  The 34th Workshops are produced with additional sponsorship support from: the Eldorado Hotel Casino, 600 Racing, GM Performance parts, Lucas Oil Products, Moffett Productions, Musco Sports Lighting, DIRT Motorsports, and Ticketmaster.  More information is available from RPM at 920-294-0830, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.racingpromotionmonthly.net/.