[Image Sources: Marc Giroux; Connie Ann Kirk; & ad from Vintage Motor Sport Magazine].
Huge ***CONGRATULATIONS!!!*** to Marc Giroux for receiving the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Driver of the Year (DOTY) Award for 2014!!!! Marc races frequently during the year throughout North America in his 1969 Brabham BT-29 Formula B car as well as in his 1997 Lola Indy Lights T97/20 car. He is an exciting historic/vintage racer to watch on track, typically in the front few cars of the field, battling for a podium position.
He is either winning, or in a persistent fourth place gaining on the third-place car, or making it more difficult for the leader to hold position. A MIT-alum Chemical Engineer turned Sr. Corporate Vice-President at Corning, Inc. in a career spanning over 35 years, Marc calls Watkins Glen International his home track. He retired earlier this year and now lives in a newly-built home on the coast of Maine.
According to SVRA, the DOTY Award is "the most prestigious of the SVRA
annual awards" and is presented at the Annual Awards Banquet at VIR.
SVRA says "The DOTY is selected by the former recipients as the person
who best represents the group’s goals of exhibiting Safety,
Consciousness, Sportsmanship and Consistent Performance throughout the
previous season." SVRA also indicates, "Persons nominated must also
have participated in 50% of SVRA events and be free of 'chargeable
incidents' during the year of their nomination." #SVRA
Marc's skills at driving plus knowing his cars and his rivals make a good example of how a racer can compete both fairly and competitively.
Marc is a great guy, an excellent racer, and I'm proud to call him a good friend whose exciting contests were among the very first I followed in this sport and continue to track today. I watch and write about a lot of races, but I follow only a few racers as a friend and a fan, and Marc is one of them. Congratulations again, Marc! I will keep watching and rooting for you, as always! [And please don't hate me for posting this!].
NOTE:
HERE is the Examiner article about the award.
Marc's skills at driving plus knowing his cars and his rivals make a good example of how a racer can compete both fairly and competitively.
Marc is a great guy, an excellent racer, and I'm proud to call him a good friend whose exciting contests were among the very first I followed in this sport and continue to track today. I watch and write about a lot of races, but I follow only a few racers as a friend and a fan, and Marc is one of them. Congratulations again, Marc! I will keep watching and rooting for you, as always! [And please don't hate me for posting this!].
NOTE:
HERE is the Examiner article about the award.
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