Banquet Highlights

George Mirza · 02-05-2012, 06:03 PM

WOW what a night, close to 100 guests from as far south as Penn. to as far north as Montreal and all points between. The celebration started with Joel McMahon, the man who started the ASRA 30 years ago, sharing with the crowd a brief history of the roots of the organization and how it was formed out of necessity to keep local class racing alive.

We then recognized some of our special guests, which included Steve and JoAnne Cutrera, Bob and Marylin Lang, Chris from NED and our 2011 Stock world Champ Joey S. Next we went over our past Champions, we've had 20 in the 30 years of ASRA racing and we had 16 in attendance.

Greg Barsamian paid tribute to our sponsors, thanking them all and presenting a plaque to Ryan Ondrejko for all the work he's done getting out web site up and running. He also offer a special thanks to Banks Chevolet for their continued support of the ASRA.

I then presented the special awards, with the Best Appearing Car going to the super clean G/SA Dodge Aspen of Tim Stickles, the Most Supportive Companion award was given to a very well deserving Shirly Mark, and the Peter O. Moran Sportsman of the year went to our buddy and fellow board member Marc Labrecque.

One of the high points of the night was the induction of our first member of the ASRA Hall of Fame, and with a fitting tribute we inducted Dave Lebrun. His brother Bob put together some very nice words, speaking of the great years he and his brother had spent racing and a brief history of Dave's racing career.

We then moved on to our race winners and Top Ten, once again John Gray made up the beautiful wall plaques with photos of their race cars. Thanks again John!!!

Then it was time to crown our 2011 Champion, with his father standing in line in the 10th spot and all his family, fiance', and friends looking on, TJ Boucher was recognized for his outstanding season and first ASRA Championship. He had a great speach prepared and especially thanked his father, family and all the other people in his life who have helped him with his racing throughout the years.

Also on display were dozens of old ASRA photo's. The Boucher's made a board with the list of all the 10 ten finishers from 1987 to present along with photos of several awards banquets. Thanks to everybody who brought photos and to Carl Libucha for the video's. It was a great trip back in time.

I don't have any pictures, but I'm sure we'll get some to post, but most likely on the ASRA web site. If anybody has any please send them to either Greg, Dave or myself and we'll get them to Ryan.

Thats all for now, but I'm sure they'll be much more posted about this great time.
George

02-05-2012, 06:03 PM	#1
George Mirza Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Attleborough Ma. Posts: 522 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Banquet Highlights WOW what a night, close to 100 guests from as far south as Penn. to as far north as Montreal and all points between. The celebration started with Joel McMahon, the man who started the ASRA 30 years ago, sharing with the crowd a brief history of the roots of the organization and how it was formed out of necessity to keep local class racing alive. We then recognized some of our special guests, which included Steve and JoAnne Cutrera, Bob and Marylin Lang, Chris from NED and our 2011 Stock world Champ Joey S. Next we went over our past Champions, we've had 20 in the 30 years of ASRA racing and we had 16 in attendance. Greg Barsamian paid tribute to our sponsors, thanking them all and presenting a plaque to Ryan Ondrejko for all the work he's done getting out web site up and running. He also offer a special thanks to Banks Chevolet for their continued support of the ASRA. I then presented the special awards, with the Best Appearing Car going to the super clean G/SA Dodge Aspen of Tim Stickles, the Most Supportive Companion award was given to a very well deserving Shirly Mark, and the Peter O. Moran Sportsman of the year went to our buddy and fellow board member Marc Labrecque. One of the high points of the night was the induction of our first member of the ASRA Hall of Fame, and with a fitting tribute we inducted Dave Lebrun. His brother Bob put together some very nice words, speaking of the great years he and his brother had spent racing and a brief history of Dave's racing career. We then moved on to our race winners and Top Ten, once again John Gray made up the beautiful wall plaques with photos of their race cars. Thanks again John!!! Then it was time to crown our 2011 Champion, with his father standing in line in the 10th spot and all his family, fiance', and friends looking on, TJ Boucher was recognized for his outstanding season and first ASRA Championship. He had a great speach prepared and especially thanked his father, family and all the other people in his life who have helped him with his racing throughout the years. Also on display were dozens of old ASRA photo's. The Boucher's made a board with the list of all the 10 ten finishers from 1987 to present along with photos of several awards banquets. Thanks to everybody who brought photos and to Carl Libucha for the video's. It was a great trip back in time. I don't have any pictures, but I'm sure we'll get some to post, but most likely on the ASRA web site. If anybody has any please send them to either Greg, Dave or myself and we'll get them to Ryan. Thats all for now, but I'm sure they'll be much more posted about this great time. George