ONMC awards banquet honors 50,000th member (cont'd)

Cathy Mosteller, an ONMC national advisor from Travelers Rest, S.C. was presented an award for her outstanding leadership and commitment to local chapters and club activities, and Becky Amos was honored for her charitable work involving ADAM the Bear and the Victory Junction Gang Camp for chronically ill children.

ADAM has shirts signed by each Nextel Cup driver, and the bear and all his clothes will be auctioned off soon with all proceeds going to the VJGC.

Ginny Darcey

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Dwane Hall was presented with the Pioneer Award for being the first local headquarters chapter of the ONMC. Based in Buffalo, N.Y., Hall's Sportsmen's Tavern is the anchor in the newest ONMC marketing program. The establishments serve as gathering places for NASCAR members and fans.

Several members of the media provided fireworks with a rousing panel discussion of NASCAR issues of the day. Among them were David Poole, Lee Spencer, NASCAR Scene's Bob Pockrass, PRN radio host Mark Garrow and noted columnist Jerry Bonkowski. Radio personality Claire B. Lang was scheduled to be part of the show, but was unable to attend when her daily program ran long.

Other notables in attendance included 88-year-old "Mad Marion" MacDonald, who raced on the Daytona beach course as far back as 1938; NASCAR's Liz Schlosser, Emily Leverone and Heather Greene; NASCAR Hall of Fame executive director Winston Kelley and the Hall's historian, Buz McKim; representatives of the Victory Junction Gang Camp and Speedway Childrens Charities and both Jimmy Dash and Jack Diesel, stars of the upcoming NASCAR Comics title NASCAR Heroes.

On Friday morning, the ONMC gathered at Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville for break-out sessions and a behind-the-scenes shop tour. More than 150 members got a big surprise when owner Joe Gibbs himself showed up at the end of the tour for autographs and photos.

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