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The AACA National Awards

The AACA National Awards

Antique Automobile Club of America
Antique Automobile
March-April 1972

AACA Cup

Awarded at the annual meeting for the best restoration of the year of any Antique Car entered in a Divisional National Spring or Fall Meet. Presented in 1945 by a member who desired that his name be unknown.

WINNERS

1945 Samuel E. Bailey - 1909 Pierce Arrow
1946 Stanley Eisenhower - 1911 Marion
1947 William Fleming - 1909 Maxwell
1948 William Fleming - 1903 Cadillac
1949 Clarence Moyer 1904 Cadillac
1950 Warren S. Weiant, Jr. - 1911 Renault
1951 Herbert Singe - 1904 Olds
1952 Warren S. Weiant, Jr. - 1899 Locomobile
1953 Stanley Wilkinson - 1905 Franklin
1954 Earl Eckel - 1903 Stanley
1955 Warren S. Weiant, Jr. - 1907 White
1956 Roy M. Snyder - 1905 Reo
1957 Joseph Murchio - 1904 Cadillac
1958 J. Leonard Rhinehart - 1909 Mitchell
1959 Howard G. Henry - 1911 Packard
1960 - William Crossett - 1935 Duesenberg
1961 Stanley Tarnopol - 1900 Locomobile
1962 Marvin R. Young - 1911 Maxwell
1963 William F. Crossett - 1913 Locomobile
1964 Joseph R. McNutt - Central Division - 1912 Packard
1964 Bud Ley - Eastern Division - 1912 Oldsmobile Autocrat
1965 Benny Goldflies - Central Division - 1912 Kissel Kar
1965 William Pollock - Eastern Division - 1902 Searchmont
1966 Edward Marion - Eastern Division - 1913 Packard
1966 Kurt Ritthaler - Central Division - 1907 Franklin
1966 Ray Williams - Western Division - 1904 Cadillac
1967 Frank C. Deemer, Jr. - Eastern Division - 1908 American
1967 Roland Dunkelberger - Central Division - 1906 Stanley
1967 Christian J. Reimuller - Western Division - 1902 Thomas
1968 E. Ann Klein - Eastern Division - 1916 Winton
1968 Marvin Young - Central Division - 1903 Ford
1968 Clinton Gurnee - Western Division - 1912 Speedwell
1969 George M. Hughes - Eastern Division - 1910 Packard
1969 Marvin R. Young - Central Division - 1911 Maxwell
1969 Jim Johnson - Western Division - 1918 Buick
1970 James Conant - Eastern Division - 1912 Columbia
1970 Kenneth Pearson - Central Division - 1911 Lozier
1970 Nelson Holmwood - Western Division - 1899 Neff Steam Buggy

AACA Past Presidents Racing Cup

Awarded at the Annual Meeting to the best racing car shown at a National Spring or Fall Meet. The winner need not be a new restoration but the same car would not be eligible to win no more than twice. Presented by Seth and Elsa Pancoast in 1971. This cup was originally won in 1910 by Erwin Bergdoll driving a Benz at the famous Point Breeze Racetrack in Philadelphia, Pa.

Editor's Note

The National Award will be presented for the first time at the 1972 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. The races at the Point Breeze Racetrack were conducted by the Quaker City Motor Club. P.D. Folwell, Mrs. Hyde Ballard's father, was chairman of the Contest Board of the Quaker City Motor Club. Mr. Folwell presented this cup to the winner, Erwin Bergdoll, in 1910. Interestingly enough, Mrs. Ballard was the first woman to become a member of the AACA. Elsa and Seth Pancoast also presented to AACA an original photograph of Bergdoll driving a Benz in the 1911 race. The photograph is on display along with the original cup at AACA National Headquarters.