By Randy Spencer – The Lucas Oil Canadian Vintage Modified race club held their annual Awards Banquet recently at the Galt Newfoundland Club in Cambridge. A large crowd was on hand for the 45th annual banquet and club president Dave Trendell hosted the awards presentation. Jason Keen was crowned series champion for the second straight year. Twenty four cars ran this year and the club consistently had one of the highest car counts at all the tracks they visited this past summer with an average of eighteen cars on any given night. Nine of those cars had perfect attendance for the ten race events that were run. Eight different drivers won a feature with John Karley and Chris Milwain both winning two. Three drivers made their debut with the club, Cassidy March, Rick Schurr and Joey Atkinson. Dave gave a big thanks to Sharon Yost and George McLeod for their hard work as Handicapper and Assistant Handicapper respectively.

The following is a list of the award winners.

The Top 20
20th-Daryl Henwood #29
19th-Rick Jones #99
18th-Steve Lyons #9
17th-Chris Milwain #21
16th-Corey Jones #71
15th-Stev March #95
14th-Cassidy March #27
13th-GaryElliott/Rick Schurr/Rob Rowse #36
12th-Patrick Reulens/Kyle Mackenzie #47
11th-Adrain Donkers/Philip Shaw #6
10th-Mike Podd/Ian McIntyre #5
9th-Jeff Shaw #81
8th-Ron Easton #00
7th-Steve Trendell #57
6th-Mike Williams #7
5th-John Karley #19
4th-Brian Atkinson #92
3rd-Ben Charbonneau #2
2nd-Shane Stickel #39
1st-Jason Keen #18 (2010 Lucas Oil CVM Champion)

Media Award sponsored by Flamboro Machine Shop
Mike Williams/Randy Spencer

Iron Man Award sponsored by Gary Elliott
Ron Easton #00

Volunteer Award
George McLeod

Hard Luck Award sponsored by World Wide Electric
Corey Jones #71

Most Improved Driver sponsored by H&M Auto
Mike Williams #7

Best Pit Crew sponsored by Terrier Excavating
#7 MGD Racing-Dave Williams, Brian Henvey, Derek Therrien, Fred Zaffuto, John Donkers, Bob Smith, Stephen Williams, Mike Williams

Most Popular Driver sponsored by Oakville Trailer
Jeff Shaw #81

Most Sportsmanlike Driver sponsored by Tandem Air Specialists
Mike Podd/Ian McIntyre #5

Best Appearing Car sponsored by Trendell Racing
Shane Stickel #39

Most positions gained in one night sponsored by Oakville Automotive
Mike Podd #5/Steve Lyons #9

Most Feature Wins sponsored by Performance Plus
John Karley #19/Chris Milwain #21

Best First Year Driver sponsired by John’s R.V.
Cassidy March #27

Rookie of the Year sponsored by John’s R.V.
Rick Schurr #36

Hank Franks Memorial Season Opener Feature Winner
Jason Keen #18

Mid Season Feature Winner
Jeff Shaw #81

End Season Feature Winner
Patrick Reulens #47

President’s Award
Susan Easton/Lynn Bowden

A BIG thank you went out to the club sponsors:

Lucas Oil Products
Grisdale Enterprises
Georgetwon Printing
Wiersma Trucking
Flamboro Machine Shop
Creative Edge Signs/Jungle Cat Designs
John’s R.V.
Sapphire Web Design
B&B Decals

Photos courtesy Derek Smith / RacePulse.com