Michigan Region Awards

Presented by the Nationally-Elected Board of Directors to that Club member or members who, in the Board’s opinion, have distinguished themselves through exceptional leadership, vivid imagination and rare organizational ability inspiring their associates in a concerted effort toward the fulfillment of worthwhile Club goals.    The citation is not necessarily awarded annually.

*In 2016 this award was renamed in honor of Michigan Region member Katie Robbins.

1988 – Katie Robbins
1996 – Paul W. Clancy
2007 – Tom Goad

2001 – Lee Barthel
2006 – Lee Belf
2011 – Carol Bray

The Turnquist Trophy was presented by Mr. Robert E. Turnquist of Morristown, New Jersey, to encourage and recognize superior performance in communications through the medium of Regional  publications.  It is presented to Regions having over 100 active members.

In 1993 a Senior Division of the Turnquist Trophy was established.  Three consecutive 1st Place awards in the Turnquist Trophy Primary Division will place the Region’s Publications in the Senior Division.  All scoring factors for the Senior Division will remain the same as for the Primary Division with the exception of a minimum of 90 points must be achieved for a 1st place in the Senior Division.  If under 90 points is scored, no award is received.  Any Region achieving Senior status will remain at that level for a minimum of 3 years.  The publications are reviewed by a committee consisting of members who are on or appointed by the National Board.   Scoring factors include: Frequency, Format, Technical Articles, Originality of Material, Cover Design, Total number of pages and/or words, Directory of Members’ Cars, Classic Car-related material, Coverage of Regional Meets, Timeliness of Material, Photographs and Artwork.

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The Dietrich Trophy was presented by Mrs. Ray Dietrich to honor the distinguished work of her husband in the design and creation of custom coachwork in the Classic period.  It is awarded to that Region with the best participation in our Annual Meeting.  Scoring is based on the record of attendance of the Regional Director, the Assistant Regional Director, Regional members and Associate members, and mileage traveled to go to the meeting.  The award is based on attendance at the Annual Meeting in the previous year.

In 2003 the criteria were changed to the percentage of Regional members attending and percentage showing Classics; the host Region is not eligible for the award.

The Warshawsky Annual Meeting Best of Show Award was presented to the Club by Roy Warshawsky of Chicago in 1993.  The Award recognizes the finest Classic in judging competition at the Club’s Annual Meeting.

The Warshawsky Award winner will be determined by the National Head Judge, National Awards Chairman and Area Head Judge from the highest scoring Classics at the Annual Meeting.

The Tarnopol Trophy was presented by Mr. Stanley Tarnopol of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  It is awarded each year to the Region which had the most notable participation in the CARavans of the previous year.

In 2003 the criteria changed to compute participation as percentage of Regional Members who own Classics.

The winner of this award is determined by the number of Classics Regional members have on CARavans.  The host Region is not eligible for the award.

The Deutsch Memorial Trophy was instituted in 1977 by the members of the Classic Car Club of America in order to preserve the memory of William G. “Bill” Deutsch (1926-1977), past Director of the Greater Illinois Region and veteran of twelve Classic CARavans.

The trophy shall be awarded to the CARavanner who, in the opinion of the CARavan  Committee, best exemplifies the type of sportsmanship and helpfulness which characterized Bill Deutsch.

Decision is based on a nominating ballot given to all CARavanners at the end of each National CARavan.  The trophy need not be awarded each year but on those occasions which merit the award.  (Persons organizing the tour service vehicle or those traveling in non-Classics are not eligible for the award)

The William F. Crossett memorial fund has been presented to the Club by Mrs. Martha Crossett in memory of her husband, William F. Crossett of Lakewood, New York, who died in 1982

The memorial fund was established to recognize the “Best car which is making its first CARavan.”  The fund will allow the purchase and engraving of an eight-inch silver Revere bowl for the CARavans of the year.  The bowl will be presented at the final banquet of each CARavan to the owner the National CARavan Committee establishes has driven the best Full Classic® car which is making its first CARavan by the present owner and that has completed the entire CARavan.

The Peter Dudney Trophy was instituted in 1984 by the friends of Peter Dudney in his memory

He was Director of the Dixie Region CCCA at the time of his death in 1983 and a veteran CARavanner whose mechanical genius helped many a CARavanner finish the tour.

The trophy is awarded to the CARavanner who has the best prepared Classic for each CARavan and is awarded at the final banquet of the CARavan.  A committee of judges will be selected on the CARavan by the National CARavan Committee.

The Bigelow Trophy was presented in 1956 by Hugh Matthews of Kansas City, Missouri, in memory of David Warner Bigelow (1930-1955), second Director of the New England Region and National Activities Director of the CCCA until his death in 1955.

It is awarded each year at the Annual Meeting to the Region with the most distinguished record of overall performance for the business year ending October 31st.  The factors evaluated in determining the winner are:

• Membership stability and growth,
• Regional meets, Invitational meets,
• Regional publications,
• Special activities including matters of interest to the National organization and the local Region,
• Participation in the Grand Classic®, Attendance at the Annual Meeting,
• Regional administration including adherence to the procedures outlined in the Handbook for Regions.

*In 2004 the award was changed to recognize the Region that demonstrated the most superior performance in the previous year based on other Regional Awards received by the Region

The Jack Gehrt Commemorative Medallion was presented annually by Mrs. Gladys Gehrt in memory of her former husband and the good fellowship he enjoyed on past CARavans.  It was awarded annually to the Club member or members who, in the judgment of the CARavan Committee, have contributed most to the success of the last CARavan.

* In 1982 the Jack Gehrt Memorial award concluded

The Fahnestock Award was presented annually by Ken Fahnestock to commemorate the many years he spent as National CARavan Committee Chairman and the many friends he and Jane made during those years as well as the good fellowship enjoyed on past CARavans.  It is awarded annually to the Club member or members who, in the judgement of the CARavan Committee, have contributed  most to the success of that year’s CARavans.

*The Fahnestock Award was retired in 1998