South Plattsburgh, NY \u2013 Airborne Speedway Ernie\u2019s Discount Tools Modified champion Martin Roy of Napierville, QC, and Versatile Trailer Sales Renegade champion Kevin Boutin of Fairfax, VT, were named \u201cDriver of the Year\u201d and \u201cSportsman of the Year\u201d respectively before a large gathering at the Rainbow Banquet Hall in Altona Friday.
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Robin Wood of Plattsburgh, who successfully defended his J&S Steel Sportsman title in 2011, NAPA Mini Modified champion Speedy Bresette of Plattsburgh and Busch Bomber champion Johnmichael Bresette of Keeseville were also at the podium.<\/p>\n
Lew Boyd, motorsports publisher and historian, was the keynote speaker. \u201cYou\u2019ve got something special here,\u201d Boyd told the audience. \u201cIt\u2019s important for the industry to have tracks with quality Saturday night shows and a lot of eyes are upon you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boutin is a two-time recipient of the Airborne Sportsman of the Year award. \u201cMike Perrotte, Steve Fuller and the whole staff have turned Airborne into a great place to race,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m honored to receive this award. It means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rookie of the Year trophies went to Kris Vernold of Kingsbury\/Modifieds, Dave Rabtoy of Swanton, VT\/Sportsman, Curt Seymour Jr. of Plattsburgh\/Renegades, Josh LaPorte of Peru\/Mini Modifieds and Travis Sherman of Plattsburgh\/Bombers.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost Improved Driver\u201d awards were received by Mike Wells\/Modifieds, Nick Heywood\/Sportsman, Josh Terry\/Renegades, Josh LeClaire\/Mini Modifieds and Johnmichael Bresette\/Bombers.<\/p>\n
Sally Walker of Rouses Point was the recipient of the Mike Watts Award for outstanding support and service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Plattsburgh, NY \u2013 Airborne Speedway Ernie\u2019s Discount Tools Modified champion Martin Roy of Napierville, QC, and Versatile Trailer Sales Renegade champion Kevin Boutin of Fairfax, VT, were named \u201cDriver of the Year\u201d and \u201cSportsman of the Year\u201d respectively before a large gathering at the Rainbow Banquet Hall in Altona Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[126,4156],"tags":[15806],"class_list":["post-8394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-england","category-new-york","tag-airborne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}