Distinguished Los Angeles Occasions reporter Shav Glick was named recipient of the 2024 Squier-Corridor Award for NASCAR Media Excellence changing into the twelfth winner of the distinguished award.
Glick spent the final 37 years of his profession as lead motorsports reporter for the Los Angeles Occasions. His protection of NASCAR helped showcase the game throughout Southern California.
“Shav Glick was an enormous in motorsports journalism and the racing authority on the West Coast,” stated NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France. “For many years, Shav’s tales helped introduce NASCAR to a brand new viewers, as the game grew nationally. He had a particular approach of highlighting the individuals behind the competitors, at all times showcasing the human ingredient that makes NASCAR so particular. Whether or not he was overlaying the NASCAR Cup Collection, or a grassroots-level race, Shav’s professionalism and style embodied the very best of sports activities journalism.”
Glick started his profession on the Pasadena Star-Information and served as sports activities editor of the Los Angeles Mirror earlier than it merged with the Occasions. In 1969, 34 years into his distinguished profession, he was requested to cowl motorsports, which he did till his retirement in 2006.
He has earned quite a few honors together with the Worldwide Motorsports Corridor of Fame (IMHOF) American Motorsports Media Award (for lifetime achievement in motorsports journalism) in 1977 and the AARWBA Angelo Angelopolous Award in 2004. In 2004, he grew to become the primary newspaper reporter inducted into the Motorsports Corridor of Fame of America.
Glick can be honored throughout NASCAR Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony festivities on Jan. 19, 2024 and featured in an exhibit within the NASCAR Corridor of Fame. Tickets to the Induction Weekend occasions can be found at NASCARHall.com.
The Squier-Corridor Award for NASCAR Media Excellence was named after legendary NASCAR media figures Ken Squier and Barney Corridor, the primary two recipients of the award.
The opposite seven nominees for the award had been:
Russ Catlin, one of many best-known early racing writers and historians; editor of Pace Age Journal
George Cunningham, long-time beat author for The Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Structure and NASCAR Scene; is the namesake for the annual NMPA award for Excellence in Writing
Mike Harris, spent 30 years because the lead motorsports author for the Related Press
Bob Montgomery, co-founder and announcer for the Common Racing Community
Bob Moore, spent greater than 20 years as a NASCAR beat author together with stints with the Daytona Seaside Information-Journal and The Charlotte Observer
Hank Schoolfield, a jack of all trades bringing NASCAR racing to rans throughout the Southeast by means of newspapers, magazines and radio
Deb Williams, the primary girl to obtain the American Motorsports Media Award of Excellence.
