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Allan E. Brown is the ARRA Bill Hanna Award Winner!


Allan E. Brown is the ARRA Bill Hanna Award Winner!  

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Author: ARRA Research   Date: 10/16/2022 1:17:34 PM   

It is with great pleasure that Auto Racing Research Associates – ARRA – announces their 2022 Bill Hanna “Passion and Dedication to the Sport” award to Michigan’s Allan E. Brown! 

   It was back in the ‘70’s that Brown hooked up with Publisher Larry Yard who had published the 1972 Midwest Auto Racing Guide.  Yard and Brown continued to collaborate on the effort until 1977 when Yard went off in another direction and Brown continued the idea and soon added the publication the National Late Model Annual to his list of publications.  He soon bought in Ross and Nanette Ferguson as partners in his publishing effort and together, they went on to annually print the publication, added the National Speedway Directory of which Allan is probably most notably recognized for.  The National Speedway Directory was and still is considered THE bible of finding out the information on just about every auto racing facility in the country.  The National Sprint Car Directory was also added to their list of popular racing publications snatched up by racing fans across the country.  The Ferguson’s eventually parted ways with Brown to go on to promoting their own speedway and Brown brought in his wife to help out with the daily operations.

  In 2002, Allan Brown was awarded the Stew Reamer Award for lifetime service to the weekly racing industry.  The husband and wife team continued to publish the annual directory until 2009 when they decided to cut back on their activities and sell the publication to Tim and Margo Frost, but remained on the staff as the publications editors.

  A dedicated historian of the sport, Brown has published the book the “History of America’s Speedways”.  He is also on the Board of Directors and Secretary/Treasurer of the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.  He is also a voting member of the National Motor Sports Hall of Fame, an Auxiliary Board Member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, a board member of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Michigan Speedway Promoters Association.  In 2009, Allan was honored as an inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame!

  Finally, Allan E. Brown has honored the Auto Racing Research Associates by becoming one of their current 39 members and has contributed some of his work to their vast library of researched subjects.  ARRA is very honored to have him among their ranks!  Plans are underway for presenting the award to Allan.ember and Secretary/Treasurer of the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame, a voting member of the National Motor Sports 





 
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