Stirling Moss Runoff
The Stirling Moss Nurburgring Trophy has been awarded to the New England Regions' top Solo driver each year since 1968. It is Moss' hand hammered sterling silver trophy from the 1956 German Grand Prix. It was acquired in the late 60's, when then Solo Chairman John Berg was looking for a trophy to be given to the New England Regions' top Solo driver. He happened to be married to the daughter of the V.P. of SAAB.
At the time, SAAB sponsored a Pro Rally team consisting of driver Eric Carlsson, and navigator Pat Moss (Stirling's sister). Through these channels, Stirling came to donate the trophy to the NER. The trophy is one of few Moss trophies that still exist. It has been reported that Stirling melted his others down to create a 300 pound coffee table. As part of his donation, Stirling Moss requested that the trophy be engraved with "It's hard to drive at your limit, but it's harder to know where it is." The winner is always deserving of the title "NER Solo Driver of the Year."
In the competition, all the participants make three runs to determine their best time on a course. The runs are then rank ordered by PAX/RTP (factor) and the drivers are awarded points with the best PAX score getting the most points. This is half the total. The drivers then make three more runs attempting to duplicate the best run from the first round. Those runs are then measured to determine the standard deviation from the best run of the first round. The standard deviations are then rank ordered from smallest standard deviation to largest and points are awarded with the most points going to the smallest standard deviation and the least points to the largest standard deviation. The combined score of the best PAX/RTP and the standard deviation determines the region's best driver for the year.
In essence, you have to be fast and consistent.
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1968 Ed Pass 1969 Skip Patten 1970 Mike Folsom 1971 Kenneth H. Payson 1972 Bill Foster 1973 Gordon Santee - Bud Grocki 1974 Larry Lard - William Goodale 1975 Stephen Lewis 1976 William Fralick 1977 Ken Payson 1978 Lowell Peabody 1979 Mark Kent 1980 Mark Kent 1981 Chip Lewis 1982 Charles Levesque |
1983 John Duane 1984 Fran O'Connor 1985 Keith J. Scala 1986 Paul Kozlak 1987 Michael Piera 1988 Mark Besso 1989 Jinx Jordan 1990 Lynne Rothney 1991 Kathleen Barnes 1992 Lynne Rothney-Kozlak 1993 Mike Zoner 1994 Wade Scannell 1995 William Goodale 1996 Nick Leverone 1997 Andy Bettencourt 1998 Bill Gendron |
1999 Bill Gendron 2000 Nick Leverone 2001 Matt Murray 2002 Matt Murray 2003 Matt Murray 2004 Nate Whipple 2005 Matt Murray 2006 Grant Reeve 2007 Lynne Rothney-Kozlak - Matt Murray 2008 Brian Levesque - Paul Zahornasky 2009 Billy Davis 2010 Nate Whipple 2011 Grant Reeve |
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Archived Results
1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Solo Pictures
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