The following are the MCA Award Winners. A team of judges lead by Saul Rivkin walked the showfield on Saturday seeking out noteworthy Merkurs and meeting their owners. This year's competition was especially tough and the number of awards was expanded to 22. Below are listed the award winners that recieved their awards during a ceremony at the Carlisle awards banquet held at teh Holiday Inn, Mechanicsburg. Special thanks go out to the judges who gave up their time to view all the cars, and to all the award winners for a spectacular showing of Merkurs!
Long Distance Award
Saul Lipton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Colin Doyle, St. Cloud, MN
Shawn Mangan, Flordia
Merkur Innovation Award
Mario Prisc
Bob Saffian
Dimitri Wittal
Eric and Taryn Cotos
Merkur Preservation Award
Chuck Draksler
Saul Rivkin
Frank Cheh
Larry Hallenback
Freundschaft
Entlang der Strabe
(Friendship along the road)
Don Sweigart
Andrew West
Best in Show XR4Ti
Brian Allen
Best in Show Scorpio
Jack middleton
Roland Zuk Award for Outstanding Engineering
David Lockhart
Merkur Rat-Rod Award
Colin Doyle
Eve Ziminski Spirit Award
Taryn Cotos presented to Peter Orlinski in memory of Rose Datil
MCA Member of the Year
Kenny Heck
Meguiar’s Choice Award
Rob Booth
Most Enjoyed Merkur
Paul-Michael Van Hook
MCA Distinguished Honor Award
David Wilkinson
2007 'Fun Field' Awards
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Class |
First |
Second |
Third |
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Stock & Modified XR4Ti |
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1985 |
George Schultz |
Lynn Krause |
Sean Hanson |
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1986 |
Tony Bradburn |
Shawn Mangan |
Jeff Labonte |
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Stock XR4Ti |
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1987 |
David Graham Baylor |
James Ritchie |
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1988 |
Larry Hallenback |
Andrew West |
Frank Cheh |
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1989 |
Paul West |
Jack Middleton |
Scott Williams |
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1987 |
Mario Prisc | David Wilkinson | Anthony Pinardi |
| 1988 | James Allen | Erik & Taryn Cotos | Robert Barrett |
| 1989 | Rich Franco | Rich Curtis | |
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Stock Scorpio |
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1988-89 |
Norman Tannehill |
Saul Rivkin |
Chuck Draksler |
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Modified Scorpio |
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1988-89 |
Paul-Michael Van Hook |
Dimitri Wittal |
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Celebrity Pick Award by Brad Anesi: Rob Booth, 1988 XR4Ti - Modified
Celebrity Pick Award by Bill Miller III: Phillip Marshall, 1986 XR4Ti - Modified
A listing of all winners in all classes is availalbe here.
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