NMPA
c/o Bridget Holloman - Exec. Secretary
P.O. Box 500
Darlington, SC 29540
Phone: (843) 395-8900
I want to thank everyone who made the recent NMPA convention weekend so successful from our outstanding Hall of Fame induction ceremony to the presentation of the Richard Petty Driver of the Year award to our awards dinner. It was great to see so many people.
 
We inducted Rusty Wallace, Roger Penske, Jack Roush and Robert Yates into the NMPA Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 16. A record crowd of about 225 attended the dinner. Among those who introduced inductees were NASCAR President Mike Helton and former champion Dale Jarrett.
 
On Sunday, Jan. 17, we awarded the Richard Petty Driver of the Year Award to Jimmie Johnson during the Goody’s luncheon. Johnson was there to accept the award from Petty himself. Then, we met some of the candidates for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series.
 
That evening we celebrated the work our members had done in the past year with our annual awards dinner, which featured a capacity crowd. Congratulations to Nate Ryan for winning the George Cunningham Award for Daily & Internet; Bob Pockrass for winning the George Cunningham Award for Non-Daily; Craig Moore for winning the NMPA Radio Broadcaster of the Year; Ladon George for winning the T. Taylor Warren Picture of the Year Award; and Phil Cavali for winning the Howard O’Reilly Photographer of the Year Award.
 
Congratulations also to the following winners: Chris Browning for the Joe Littlejohn Award, Judy Dominick for the Ken Patterson Helping Others Award; Ned Jarrett for the Barney Hall Award; and the late David Poole for the NMPA Speedway Motorsports Spirit Award for 2009.
 
Thanks to all our sponsors and to you for taking an active role in NMPA and making the start of the year start off so well. Let’s keep the momentum going!
 
Please, this organization is all about its members. So, please stay involved or get more involved. We can’t do it without you.
 
Dustin Long
President, NMPA
 

 

2010 SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Feb. 6 - Daytona Int. Speedway (Bud Shootout)
Feb. 14 - Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21 - Auto Club Speedway
Feb. 28 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 7 - Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 21 - Bristol Motor Speedway
March 28 - Martinsville Speedway
April 10 -  Phoenix International Raceway
April 18 -  Texas Motor Speedway
April 25 -  Talladega Superspeedway