​Newsmaker of the Year award

,
T. Wayne Robertson-1998 (posthumously) (Promoter and man responsible for Winston sponsor involvement in NASCAR)

Ray Evernham & Chrysler-1999 

Petty Family-2000

Boundless Motorsports-2003

Brian France-2004

Marco Andretti-2006

Bruton Smith-2007

Jim Morton-2009 (Manager of Wall Stadium Speedway who saved the track from closing)

Chip Ganassi- 2010

Randy Bernard-IRL-2011

Roger Penske-2012, 2019

Tony Stewart-2013

Super DIRT Week Finale at Syracuse-2015

​Indianapolis Motor Speedway-2016

Ryan Preece-2018

​DirtTrackDigest TV-2020

​Andy Jankowiak- 2021