Bob Heath
Award
Bob Heath was a long time loyal member of the Club who died suddenly of a heart attack in 1973. He was a familiar sight in his immaculate red Corvette, driving at Club events and around his hometown, Concord, NH. Bob simply went “above and beyond” the call of duty for a member. His sportsmanship, volunteerism and friendship were among the qualities that he exuded. He could always be counted on to do whatever was needed to help out at any event or function, basically he was someone that didn’t look for rewards or compliments – he simply did what needed to be done for the good of the club and it’s members. Jerry and Linda Venne created the Bob Heath Memorial Trophy in 1973 which is presented by the board of directors to an outstanding Club member that demonstrates Bob’s spirit.
Current Bob Heath Trophy Holder: Lee Robinson
Previous Bob Heath Trophy Holder: Brittni and Robert Widdick (2019)
David Erb
Award
Dave Erb was the son of long time club members Les and Margaret Erb of Hudson NH . Dave was a member of the club from the time he was a teenager until his sudden death. During that time he was on his dad’s pit crew while he (Les) ran his Lotus Super Seven with SCCA in a production class at Regional and National events. Dave was active in autocrosses and ice racing with SCCNH running several types of vehicles form Fiat 128 with his dad Les as well as Dave’s own Super Seven street car. Dave was an active member who not only competed but worked at events and was a joy to be around. He was a positive and active person who enjoyed snow skiing and outdoor activities as well as sports car related interests. Regretfully Dave lost his life way too early. Dave’s parents felt that since SCCNH was an important part of their family’s life (as well as Dave’s) that an annual award was a fitting way to remember Dave to the club so they created the Dave Erb trophy to recognize the person who accumulated the most worker/driver points during the year as Dave was active in both working and driving at club events.
Current Dave Erb Trophy Holder: Calvin Demerath
Previous Dave Erb Trophy Holders: Rob & Brittni Widdick (2019)
Dave Erb Award Points Chart
Points System
| CATEGORY POINTS |
| Attend Meeting/Non-Competition Event 5 |
| Attend cancelled event (chair, worker, or participant 10 |
| Steering Wheel (Web) Article 20 |
| Donation/Sponsorship (per $1 value) ¹ 1 |
| Appointed Positions 50 |
| --- |
| Driver/Navigator Points ² |
| Entry 10 |
| 1st in class +9 |
| 2nd in class +6 |
| 3rd in class +4 |
| 4th in class +3 |
| 5th in class +2 |
| 6th in class +1 |
| --- |
| Worker Points |
| Chair (Asst Chair) of an Event: Hillclimb 250 (150) |
| Rally - up to 6 hours 175 (100) |
| Rally - greater than 6 hours 250 (150) |
| Autocross 100 (50) |
| Ice Time Trial 100 (50) |
| Non-Competitive Event ³ 100 (50) |
| Hillclimb/Rally Specialty Chief, per day 50 |
| Hillclimb/Rally Worker, per half day 15 |
| Autocross non-driver worker 15 |
Leaderboard
| NAME TOTAL |
| Rick Staley 555 |
| Nicholas Wilson 474 |
| Michael Ruggiero 413 |
| Calvin Demerath 410 |
| Robert Widdick 374 |
| Howard Roundy 337 |
| Dave Estey 321 |
| Gary Smith 306 |
| Brittni Widdick 279 |
| Jason Slattery 242 |
| Drew Young 232 |
| Donna Stevens 201 |
| Lee Robinson 190 |
| Joshua Bruce 166 |
| Don Taylor 163 |
| Nick Powell 159 |
| Andrew LaValley 151 |
| Jay Madnick 150 |
Points Notes
¹ Donation/Sponsorship includes such items as worker lunches/dinners at events, trophies for events, door prizes, worker gifts, etc. These need to be cleared with the chairperson beforehand for appropriateness and to avoid duplication.
² Multiple entry (e.g. 2 different classes) earns multiple finishing points. Autocross points are based on working the event as required by our autocross rules.
³ Non-Competitive events include Christmas Party, Open Houses, Car Washes, Auto Shows, etc. To encourage training of new people, Chiefs of Specialties at Hillclimbs may have someone work with them to learn the position and points will be awarded at the Assistant level. Any entrant who receives free or reduced-cost entry in exchange for working at an event will receive the appropriate worker and finishing points, but not entry points for that event.
Other Information:
- All meetings and events will count toward the year end total.
- Ties may or may not be broken, at the discretion of the SCCNH Board of Directors.
- Chair of event receives no additional points for working the event; he or she receives no points if results are not received by points keeper within 30 days after the event.
- Points are given to all members until March 15 (when membership dues are due). After March 15, no points are accumulated until dues are paid. New member’s points are retroactive to the beginning of the year.
- The Dave Erb trophy will be given annually to the member with the most points for that year. There may be gifts and/or trophies awarded to those in 2nd place and further down the list as deemed appropriate by the Board.
- Points will be accumulated up to and including the annual Christmas Party, where the award will be presented.
- It is the responsibility of the current holder of the trophy to make sure the trophy is at the Christmas Party each year.
Perl and Shirley Benner Award
Perl and Shirley Benner were consummate professionals in an amateur/volunteer sport. Perl kept our communication gear operational while Shirley was the ultimate corner worker. Together this team would see that things ran smooth and would train new commers in the correct way to do that. They made sure that what ever they were doing was done to the best of their ability and followed through to completion, all the while never asking for recognition or celebration of their efforts. After thier passing this award was created to recognize the best worker of the year.
Current Perl and Shirley Benner Award Holder: Calvin Demerath
Previous Perl and Shirley Benner Award Holder: Calvin Demerath (2019)
Perl and Shirley Benner Award Points Chart
Points System
| CATEGORY POINTS |
| Non-Competitive Event ¹ 25 |
| Hillclimb/Rally Worker per half day 15 |
| Autocross non-driver worker 15 |
Leaderboard
| NAME TOTAL |
| Calvin Demerath 110 |
| Nicholas Wilson 80 |
| Rick Staley 55 |
| Robert Widdick 50 |
| Howard Roundy 50 |
| Lee Robinson 50 |
| Rob Saporito 50 |
| Donna Stevens 40 |
| Michael Ruggiero 25 |
| Gary Smith 25 |
| Brittni Widdick 25 |
| Nick Powell 25 |
| Andrew LaValley 25 |
| Jay Madnick 25 |
| John Santos 25 |
| Jeff Durbin 25 |
| Robert Gaulin 25 |
| George Storch 25 |
| Paul Giblin 15 |
| Denise Patten 15 |
Points Notes
¹ Non-Competitive events include Annual Banquet, Open Houses, Car Washes, Auto Shows, etc.
Other Information:
- The Perl and Shirley Benner Award will be given annually to the member with the most worker points accumulated for that year.
- Ties may or may not be broken, at the discretion of the SCCNH Board of Directors.
- Chair of event receives no additional points for working the event; he or she receives no points if results are not received by the points keeper within 30 days after the event.
- Points are tabulated from January 1st until the Annual Banquet of the same year and given to all members (except Board members) until March 15 (when membership dues are due). After March 15, no points are accumulated until dues are paid. New member’s points are retroactive to the beginning of the year.
- Points will be accumulated up to and including the Annual Banquet, where the award will be presented.
- It is the responsibility of the current holder of the trophy to make sure the trophy is given to the President before the Annual Banquet.