1999
Renegade\NCMA Awards Banquet
On Saturday
November 13th the Renegades and the NCMA celebrated the season's
end with an Awards Banquet. The food was delicious, the music was
good, and the company was even better. Renegade Don Hicks was
awarded his two Championship trophies for clinching both the
Renegade and Shootout series for the 99 season. Pictures of the
event will be up soon. It was the first year the two clubs held a
combined banquet and it was a roaring success. Everyone had a
great time and enjoyed reminiscing about the race season
throughout the night. The Renegades brought their TV\VCR as usual
and played a compilation tape which started with the very first
Shootout race in the mud of Merced Speedway's track in 1998. That
race was followed by many of the races taped during the 1999
Shootout Series. This side attraction was set up after the
ceremonies and completely surrounded by club members throughout
the night, rivaling the dance floor. The Renegade Club is looking
forward to another successful year of racing with the NCMA Club
in the Y2K season.
The banquet was
a whole lot of fun and I was there snapping pictures as usual.
Here are a few of the pictures I took that night.
Renegade Don Hicks #79(Right) accepts
his 1st place trophy from Club President Mark Amador. Don took
home two 1st place trophies that night for clinching both the
Renegades and the Shootout series titles for 1999.
Don gives an acceptance speech and
thanks the many people who helped him throughout the season. Pit
crew members, sponsors, freinds, many people donate their time
and expertise to help these racers stay out on the track each
year. The awards banquet offers a perfect opportunity for those
efforts to be recognized.
Always the practical jokers, Renegade
President Mark Amador(#77, Left) pretends to offer a kiss to
Renegade Eddie Rhoads(#78) as he accepts his trophy.
Renegade Bill Zarevich (#x5) accepts
his trophy from Mark.
Renegade Randy Feathers Jr. (#4, left)
receives his trophy for the Shootout Series from NCMA Club
President Ed Amador (#76)
From left to right, Renegade Club
President Mark Amador (#77), 1999 NCMA Club President Ed Amador (#76),
and NCMA Steve Amador (#75) all pose together with their trophies.
Amador racing has been around for quite some time now and is
obviously still going strong! Not shown here is Ed Amador Jr. who
ran the IMCA Modified class at the Stockton 99 Speedway up until
1993. Eddie hopes to return to the racing scene soon.
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