Recognizing and Celebrating our Members
Every year we hold
an Awards Banquet to recognize winners
from the Zone Concours, Autocross, and Rallye competition series. This
event, which has been held in January in recent years, is a fun way to recognize
those people who support all of the regions in Zone 7, and who make the zone so
successful.
We also have several non-competitive awards:
Rookie of the Year Enthusiast of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award Wall of Fame
2008 Awards
2007 Awards
2006 Awards
| | Event of the Year: Silver State Concours (Sierra Nevada Region)
|  | | | Enthusiast of the Year: Louise Sousoures
|  | | | Tenacity Award: Brad Zucroff
|  | | | Wall of Fame Inductee: Mike "Chili" Willis
|  | | | Autocross PAX Winner: Larry Sharp
|  | | | Dick Cottrell Spirit of the Concours Award: Rich Wyett (Siera Nevada) |
Autocross PAX awards
| | 2001 Jim Hayes |  | | | 2002 Jim Hayes |  | | | 2003 Tracey Morris |  | | | 2004 Steve Nieslony |  | | | 2005 Larry Sharp |  | | | 2006 Larry Sharp |  | | | 2007 Larry Sharp |  | | | 2008 Terry Zaccone |
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Rookie of the Year
| | 1984 Don Henkel |  | | | 1985 Roger Fetterman |  | | | 1986 Kevin Gilpin and Kurt Pressler |  | | | 1987 Tom Obot |  | | | 1988 Ken Mitchell and Marcella Mitchell |  | | | 1989 Jesse Rhodes |  | | | 1990 Sally Brown |  | | | 1991 Peter Cook |  | | | 1992 Tim Pendall |  | | | 1993 Susan Shead |  | | | 1994 Sue Hayes |  | | | 1995 Louise Sousoures |  | | | 1996 Bill Winkler |  | | | 1997 Dan Jones |  | | | 1998 Rita Chamberlain |  | | | 1999 Bill Thorp |  | | | 2000 Wayne Begg |  | | | 2001 Ken Jones |  | | | 2002 Ken Short |  | | | 2003 Doris Pickering (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2004 Joy Sease |  | | | 2005 Laura Mercier (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2006 Mark Gersh (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2008 Joe Lee (Golden Gate) |
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Enthusiast of the Year
The Enthusiast of the Year is awarded to an
individual who, through participation in PCA and Zone 7, show a love for the
marquee and zeal for the club. Some would call these individuals crazies.
In particular, we look for a strong supporter of the Zone activities, and
through whose interest inspires other to participate as well. Enthusiasts are
the lifeblood of our organization; without them we would not have the high
quality events we often taken for granted.
| | 2003: Larry Adams (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2004: Kurt Fischer (Redwood) |  | | | 2005: Ted French |  | | | 2006: Louise Sousoures (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2007: Mark Gersh (Golden Gate) |  | | | 2008: Paul Czopek (Yosemite) |
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award was
instituted in 2000. It is not an award that will be given every year and
is intended to be awarded to truly special people. The criteria
considered when awarding the lifetime achievement award are a demonstrated
lifetime commitment to the marquee and the club, long time service to PCA-Zone 7
and its regions, demonstrated achievement in PCA activities,
and distinguishing oneself at PCA-National level through service and
achievements. It is our way of recognizing PCA members who have been active at
the region and Zone levels, and who have distinguished themselves on a National
scale. Recipients of this most prestigious award are Brian Carleton,
John Clever, Gene Gilpin, Dwight Mitchell, Bud & Mary Ann Behrens, and Terry Zaccone.
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Wall of Fame
In January 2003, the Zone 7 Presidents approved a new
award to recognize those members of PCA Zone 7 who have made a significant,
lasting contribution to PCA and/or the Porsche community at large, through
active participation in social, technical, or competitive events. This special
award will be known as the Zone 7 Wall of Fame. This wall of fame is intended to honor those individuals showing a
long-time passion towards the marque, displaying that passion and distinguishing
themselves in some visible manner for a significant time. Although PCA and Zone
7 membership is a requirement of this award, the activities demonstrated by the
recipients can be outside of PCA (i.e. racing in recognized competition series,
etc.). This award is our way of recognizing PCA members that have distinguished
themselves in the outside world. The recipients also should have
demonstrated a recognition and appreciation for PCA and its fundamental
philosophy it's not just the cars, it's the people.
The Wall of Fame will consist of a perpetual plaque
maintained by the Zone Representative as well as an appropriate personalized
plaque bearing the Zone 7 logo for each awardee.
Consideration for membership on the Wall will require
nomination from a Zone 7 member in good standing. Nominations must be forwarded to the Zone 7 Representative no
later than November 1 of each year, and should include the nominee's name as
well as a brief history chronicling his or her involvement in Zone 7 or member
regions, as well as his/her contributions to PCA and the Porsche community at
large. The region presidents will
consider all nominations. Awardees
will be announced and presented by the nominating member at the annual awards
banquet.
2003 Inductees
Bruce Anderson
Bud and Mary Ann Behrens
Brian Carleton
John Clever
Bob Garretson
Gene Gilpin
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Rik Larson
Hank Malter
Dwight Mitchell
Milt Minter
George Neidel & Family
Burt Propp
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Tom Provasi
Bruce and Hillary Robertson
Duane Spencer
Hank Watts
Larry Wilson
Terry Zaccone
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2004 Inductees
Gene Babow
Tony Mazlowski
Mike Lommatzsch
Jim Pasha
J Toney
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2005 Inductee
2006 Inductee
2007 Inductee
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Paul Christensen
2008 Inductee
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