Squier-Hall Award Recipient To Be Announced At Daytona International Speedway
NASCAR Media Alert
Squier-Hall Award Recipient To Be Announced
At Daytona International Speedway
WHAT:
NASCAR will announce the fourth recipient of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. The recipient of the award, which is named after inaugural winners and NASCAR broadcasting legends Ken Squier and Barney Hall, will be honored during NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony festivities on Jan. 30, 2015 and featured in an exhibit in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.
WHEN:
Friday, July 4 at 2:15 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Media Center Deadline Room, Daytona International Speedway
THE NOMINEES:
One of the following nominees will receive the prestigious annual award:
Norma "Dusty" Brandel, the first woman to report from inside the NASCAR garage
Russ Catlin, one of the best-known early racing writers and historians, served as editor of Speed Age Magazine
Shav Glick, covered motorsports for the Los Angeles Times for 37 years, bringing NASCAR coverage to the West Coast
Tom Higgins, the first NASCAR beat reporter to cover every race in a season, he covered motorsports for The Charlotte Observer for 34 years
Bob Jenkins, served as the lead NASCAR lap-by-lap anchor at ESPN from 1982-2000.
Bob Moore, spent more than 20 years as a NASCAR beat writer including stints with the Daytona Beach News-Journal and The Charlotte Observer
Benny Phillips, spent 48 years covering NASCAR for the High Point (N.C.) Enterprise, 27 years for Stock Car Racing and 12 years on TBS
T. Taylor Warren, best known for his three-wide photo of the 1959 Daytona 500 finish, he covered every Daytona 500 until his death in 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Josh Hamilton, NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications
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