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2014 EMPA Pocono Raceway Writers Contest Award Winners



Judge’s overall comments:



2014 EMPA Pocono Raceway Writers Contest Award Winners

PERSONALITY PROFILE:

1. Matt Noles, Race Pro Weekly “Tadd Parks: 59 Wins and Counting” October 3, 2014.

Judge’s comment: Loved the lead and detail throughout. Complete profile.

2. Gary Mondschein, Pocono Raceway Recap – Vintage Indy Cars “A Salute Fit For A Legend…Bob Harkey” July 2014

Judge’s comment: Nice tribute…concise. Kept me interested from beginning to end.

3. Ron Hedger, Speed Sport Magazine “Wolfe Enjoys Life On The Road” September 2014

Judge’s comment: Did a good job of letting the subject tell the story, without him (the writer) being too wordy.



RACE REPORT:

1. Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com “Birky passes Bloomquist, wins Knoxville Nationals” September 27, 2014

Judge’s comment: Loved the story from start to finish. Understood the significance of the vent. Great use of quotes and transitions!

2. Len H. Sammons, Area Auto Racing News “Pauch Jr. Gets Best Of Epic All Star Shootout Battle With His Father” September 23, 2014

Judge’s comment: Felt like I was in the middle of the action. Write covered dynamic between father and son extremely well.

3. Dino Oberto, Standard-Speaker, Hazleton (Pa.) “AHEAD OF HIS TIME..Strohl, 14, becomes youngest Modified driver to win at Mahoning” May 4, 2014

Judge’s comment: Not always easy to interview “young” people, but writer got a lot of interesting quotes from him. Writer used those quotes to produce a solid story.



COLUMN:

1. J.R. Kennerup, Area Auto Racing News “Racing Passion And Social Media Causing Trouble In Our Sport” October 7, 2014

Judge’s comment: Timely subject. Writer knew how to convey his opinion to readers. His own passion for racing came through load and clear - both ideal for a racing columnist.

2. Dino Oberto, Standard-Speaker, Hazleton (Pa.) “Racer’s death a wakeup call to all others” August 15, 2014

Judge’s comment: Great job “localizing” a national story. Chose word carefully, but correctly in making his point.

3. Jim Donnelly, Hemmings Classic Car “The Good Earth” September 2014

Judge’s comment: Easy to follow…well written.



FEATURE:

1. Ron Hedger, Speed Sport Magazine “The Race Between Races” August 2014

Judge’s comment: Great insight into what a casual fan might think about occasionally, but never saw print. Nice enterprise story….Well done!

2. Jim Donnelly, Hemmings Classic Car “Stocks at Indy” September 2014

Judge’s comment: Solid research plus solid writing equals outstanding piece.

3. John Snyder, Area Auto Racing News “A Short History of Hot Rodding” August 19. 2014

Judge’s comment:Great use of background information made for an interesting read throughout.



NEWS:

1. Steve Barrick, Area Auto Racing News “Alleged Steering Coupler Failure Leads To Violent 410 Sprint Car Crash” June 10, 2014

Judge’s comment: Very detailed…Strong quotes throughout put me at the scene. Felt like I was there….SUPER!

2. Kevin Kovac, DirtonDirt.com “Racing’s struggles push Smith to ‘turn the page’ October 7, 2014

Judge’s comment: Story captured subject’s raw emotions very well…Writer seemed to aslk the right questions, in turn he got solid responses.

3. Earl Krause, Area Auto Racing News “21 Year-Old Driving School Student Loses Life In TQ At Wall, Night Races Cancelled” August 19, 2014

Judge’s comment: Tragic event covered in detail. Solid effort.





      




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  • History of the EMPA
    • History of the EMPA-The 1970's
    • History of the EMPA- 80's
    • History of the EMPA- The 1990's
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    • History of the EMPA- The 2020's
  • EMPA Application
  • EMPA Hall of Fame A thru L
  • EMPA Hall of Fame M thru Z
  • Convention Sponsors
  • Convention Hotel Info & Room Reservations
  • Convention Photos
    • Convention Photos 2016
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    • Convention Photos 2022
    • Video acceptance speeches from Jan 2022 convention
  • Convention Contest Rules
    • Pocono Raceway/EMPA Writer's Contest
    • Brice's Auto Parts Inc./NAPA Auto Parts EMPA Photographer's Contest
    • Dirt Track Digest.com./EMPA Video and Broadcast Contest Rules
  • Award Winners
    • EMPA National Driver of the Year
    • Junie Donlavey Spirit of the Sport award
    • Richie Evans North East Driver of the Year
    • Ace Lane Photographer of the Year
    • Jim Hunter Writer of the Year
    • Newsmaker of the Year award
    • John Blewett lll Young Gun award presented by New England Fuels
    • Jerry Reigel Outstanding Contribution to Sprint Car Racing award
    • Promotional Effort of the Year
    • Ernie & Marilyn Saxton Service Award
    • Pocono Raceway Writer's Contest Judges Comments by Year
    • Honda Video Contest Winners by Year
  • Newsletter Archives