Awards and Special Recognition

The following drivers, staff and volunteers were recognized for thier outstanding contribution and achievement.

Instructor Of The Year

• Kent Owens (MW 2010)
• Jon Cindric (GL 2011)
• Mark Phillips (MW 2011)
• Al Bavolek (MW 2013)
• Melissa Davis (GL 2013)
• Marlon Sumlin (MW 2015)
• Derek Mortland (GL 2015)
• John Eiler (2016)
• Bill Griffin (2016)
• Robert Ellis (2016)
• John Poppenhouse (2017)
• Nick Owens (2017)
• John Eiler (2017)
• Nick Owens (2018)
• Brandon Wilson (2018)
• Darek Koman (2019)
• Curtis Baldwin (2020)
• Tony Marchaletta (2021)
• Jeff Halvorson (2022)
• Jason Scott (2023)
• Joey Pollak
• Eric Double
• Terry LeRoux

Volunteer Of The Year

• Kathy Gall (2014)
• Tara Toe Oram (2014)
• Steve Gill (2014)
• Cori Partusch (2015)
• Nick Zabolocky (2017)
• Team Weber (2017)
• Leslie Urff (2019)
• Garrett Ervin (2020)
• Cathy Palmore (2021)

​George Clos Jr. Award

• Jeff Henderson (2018)
• John Santiago (2019)
• Eric Meyer (2020)
• Chris Herbst (2021)
• Christina Losinecki (2022)

HPDE Group Leader Of The Year

• Robin Burnett (2019)
• Mike Jobe (2020)
• John Taylor (2021)
• Chris Herbst (2022)

Rookie Instructor Of The Year

• Christina Losinecki (2021)
• Dan Mehmeti (2022)
• Chad Sandy (2023)

Instructor Ironman award

• Brandon Taylor (2021)
• Robert Ellis (2022)

​Forgeline Sportsman Of The Year

• Jon Cindric (GL 2012)
• Team Sarsfield (MW 2013)
• Rick Briggs (GL 2013)
• Eric Pennington (2015)
• Terry LeRoux (2016)
• Michael Neuman (2017)
• Bill Griffin (2018)
• Brian Bohlander (2019)
• John Allen (2020)

Rookie Of The Year

• Jason Oehler (2017)
• Cagri Yilmaz (2018)
• James Wheeler (2019)
• Wyatt Wood (2021)

Teen Mazda Challenge Driver of the Year

• Camden Gruber (2021)

APEX Pro Spirit of Data Award

• Ryan Burkett (2019)
• ____________ (2020)
• Steve Pruden (2021)

Ross Bentley Award

• Mike Jobe (2018)
• Keith Patrick (2019)
• Tyler Chantrenne (2020)
• Tim Fokine (2021)
• Mark Young (2022)

Outstanding Contribution

• Eric Meyer (MW 2007)
• Dan Fargo (2009)
• Kent Owens (2011)
• Lyle and Lynda Royce (2013)
• Tom Hintzman (2013)
• Kathi Jorgenson (2013)
• Brad Hille (2013)
• Paul Rady (2013)
• Sara Siggelkow (2013)
• Priscilla Ohanesian (2013)
• John Taylor (2015)
• Toe (2015)
• Crystal Demorest (2015)
• Paul King (2015)
• Eric Meyer (2015)
• Brian Bohlander (2016)
• Kent Owens (2016)
• Jeremy Bryner (2019)
• Darren Fimple (2021)
• Jillian Ervin (2021)

Hard Luck/Perseverence Award

• Tom Byrns (2019)
• Lauri Sumlin (2021)

Race Series Leader of the year

• Joe Sullivan (GL 2013)
• Kyle Burkhardt (MW 2013)
• Neal Agran (2015)
• Ed Baus (2015)
• Brian Bohlander (2016)
• Bob Denton (2018)
• John Poppenhouse (2021)

Most Improved HPDE Driver

• Nolan Feathers (2015)
• Leslie Heinzen (2021)
• Kim Coffey (2022)

Most Improved Race

• Kent Owens (MW 2010)

Driver Of the Year

• Ed Baus (2010)
• Ed Baus (2012)
• Team Faessler (GL 2013)
• Dan Pina (MW 2015)

Rising Star Award/Most Improved Racer

• Ryan Roberson (2015)
• Andy Work (2019)
• Matt Giuffre (2020)

Perserverance Racer Award

• Team Sarsfield (GL 2015)
• Todd Davis (MW 2015)
• Scott Berkowitz (2015)

Hammer Award

• Mark Siggelkow (2013)