2007 Cherokee Casino Resort Banquet of Champions

Special thanks go out to the follwing Cherokee Casino Resort, for their support the staff has been extremely helpful from getting us funds to helping prepare the banquet.  Lonestar Machine, went to every race and bumped every bracket purse by $25.00, they are wonderful to work with.  Melton Sales for making signs and general support of  the series, O’Reilly’s Auto Parts in Bixby, Ok always giving to us when asked, Show-N-Go for giving to our winners.  Grand Prix for helping us get the jackets for our champion’s.  Freedom Motors for all their support.  Our track owners/managers Carl Blanton at Mokan Dragway for being our opener and placing us in The Elapsed Times (Carl’s support has been immeasurable),  Jerry Wilson at Mid-America for hosting the 2nd event , and Denise McDaniel, Tulsa Raceway Park,  for all her help with our last event Mopars at the Park.

 

It takes a lot of people to get involved and help with a project this big.  Not only the big sponsors but also individuals have stepped forward and gone the extra mile to help.

Certificates of Appreciation go to:

             Sam Barker

             George & Brenda Collinge

             Randy & Sharie Knipe

             Wade & Abbey Metzinger

             Rick & Shannon Russell

Special Awards were given to:  Most Enthusiastic, Sharie Knipe; Best Wheel Stand, Lynn Baldwin; and Fish Out of Water, Larry Tinker.

 

Fastest Mile per Hour at an Event:  Electronics Steve West; No-Electronics Adam Smith, and Mopar Ladies Brenda Collinge.   Best Reaction Times were given  out to the following:  Electronics Steve West, No-Electronics Doug Coffman, and Mopar Ladies Brenda Collinge.

 

When checking for our Pentastar Award winners , we noticed several had been to all three events.  They have loaded their Mopars and driven a couple of hundred miles to make this series successful and for their efforts they have been determined to be the elite so we are naming them our Mopar Blue Bloods:

Sam Barker, Doug Coffman, Brenda Collinge, George Collinge, Parker Devore, Larry Melton, Ken Metzinger, Jim Pierce, Shannon Russell, W. B. Sephus and Steve West.

 

Our 2007 Pentastar Award winners are Racer:  Wade Metzinger and Car Show:  Sharie Knipe.

 

Our Champions were determined by the highest number of points accumulated in the series.  In case of a tie, they were broken by the following criteria.  1.  Highest number of events attended.  2.  Highest Finish.  3.  Best total # of rounds at a single event.  4.  Best round total for 2 events.

Mopar Car Show

1st—Champion– Sharie Knipe, Trophy, Jacket, Gold Card, Trailer                                                          Champion Sticker

2nd—Charlie Magee, Trophy, Jacket, Silver Card

3rd—Ken Metzinger, Trophy, $25.00 Show-n-Go gift certificate

4th—Gary Kirk, Trophy , $25.00 O’Reilly’s Gift Card

5th—David Wright, Trophy

 

Mopar Ladies

1st—Champion-Shannon Russell, Trophy, Jacket, Gold Card, Trailer

                                                           Champion Sticker

2nd—Abbey Metzinger, Trophy, Jacket, Silver Card

3rd—Brenda Collinge, Trophy, $25.00 Show-n-Go gift certificate

4th—Shawna Wegner, Trophy, $25.00 O’Reilly’s Gift Card

5th— Sharie Knipe, Trophy

 

No-Electronics

1st—Champion-Wade Metzinger, Trophy, Jacket, Gold Card, Trailer                                                             Champion Sticker

2nd—W.B. Sephus, Trophy, Jacket, Silver Card

3rd—Parker Devore, Trophy, $25.00 Show-n-Go gift certificate

4th—Larry Melton, Trophy, $25.00 O’Reilly’s Gift Card

5th—Doug Coffman, Trophy

6th—Ritchie Forrester, Trophy

7th—Brad Zimmerman, Trophy

8th—Jeremy Numn, Trophy

9th—George Collinge, Trophy

10th-Jim Pierce, Trophy

Electronics

 

1st—Champion-Steve West, Trophy, Jacket, Gold Card, Trailer                                                           Champion Sticker

2nd—Wade Metzinger, Trophy, Jacket, Silver Card

3rd—George Collinge, Trophy, $25.00 Show-n-Go gift certrificate

4th—Mark Mueller, Trophy, $25.00 O’Reilly’s Gift Card

5th—Brad Fowler, Trophy

 

Mike “FatMan” Jackson Sportsman of the Year

Mike Jackson Sr. raced in Tulsa, Mokan, and Ark City for over 30 years.  According to his many friends and acquaintances he always had a smile on his face and was ready to help any one willing to take the help.  Back in the day he was our area Mr. Mopar, he drove a Mopar and worked on them as well.  He spent many hours mentoring to other fine racers among them were his son Mike Jackson, Jr and our own Wade Metzinger.  He cultivated many friendships that still bring tears to their eyes knowing he has gone to be with Jesus.  One of these friends is Jim Pierce who suggested we honor his friend in a way he would always be remembered, so to honor Mike Jackson Sr and his family we have created the “Mike ’Fat Man’ Jackson Sportsman of the Year Award.

We looked for some of Mike Sr’s qualities in our candidate.  A smile that was always present, always willing to help with anything racing, car show, grunt work for the series, just anything to further the series.  One candidate stood out.  The smile is always present, even talked to another race track about our series and recruited the track for 2008, spends many hours working on Mopars at home and if someone needs the help, this candidate even took up racing again this year so we would have more in the series.  This candidate’s excitement for the series was only surpassed by Sharie.  We are fortunate to have this friend as our friend.  So, the last award but certainly not the least the Mike ’Fat Man’ Jackson Sportsman of the Year Award for 2007 goes to :

Ken Metzinger