Joe Littlejohn Award

National Motorsports Press Association

Joe Littlejohn Award

The Joe Littlejohn Award is presented each year to a person or persons, or an organization, in recognition for or outstanding service to the NMPA. The recipient is determined by the president of the NMPA. It is named after the former track owner from Spartanburg, S.C. Littlejohn is credited with two career NASCAR starts, but raced extensively before the formation of NASCAR.

wdt_ID Year Recipient
1 2021 Bristol Motor Speedway
2 2020 Ben White
3 2019 Anne Edwards
4 2018 Kenny Bruce
5 2017 Deb Williams
6 2016 Bob Pockrass, ESPN.com
7 2015 Sprint
8 2014 Kerry Tharp, NASCAR
9 2013 Grant Lynch, Talladega Superspeedway
10 2012 Jeff Dennison, Breaking Limits
11 2011 Lori Worley, Bristol Motor Speedway
12 2010 Dan Zacharias, PCG Campbell
13 2009 Chris Browning, Darlington Raceway
14 2008 Goody’s
15 2007 Kenny Bruce, NASCAR Scene
16 2006 Rea White, NASCAR Scene
17 2005 Jim Hunter, NASCAR
18 2004 Denny Darnell, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
19 2003 Bill Joyner, ConocoPhillips
20 2002 Ed Shull, Gatorade
21 2001 Steve Waid, Stree & Smiths Sports Group
22 2000 Len Thatcher & Michael Payne, NASCAR Stats
23 1999 Dick Thompson, Martinsville Speedway
24 1998 Drs. Joe & Rose Mattioli, Pocono Raceway
25 1997 Steve & William McCall, Darlington Raceway
26 1996 Sharon Post
27 1995 Bill Kiser, Darlington Raceway
28 1994 Kevin Triplett, NASCAR
29 1993 Bridget Holloman, Darlington Raceway
30 1992 Jim Foster, International Speedway Corp.
31 1991 Judy Tucker
32 1990 Wayne Estes, Ford; Ray Cooper, Chevrolet
33 1989 Bob Latford, Budweiser Racing
34 1988 Harold Pearson, Richmond Times-Dispatch
35 1987 Bob Kelly, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
36 1986 Bob Moore, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
37 1985 Goody’s Manufacturing Co.
38 1984 Phil Nicholas, Gatorade
39 1983 Charlotte Motor Speedway
40 1982 Bob Moore, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Pat Howell
41 1981 B.J. Currie
42 1980 Ralph Salvino, STP; Ralph Seagraves, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Art Hammerstrom, Union Oil Co.
43 1979 Alexis Leras, NASCAR News Bureau; Purolator
44 1978 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
45 1977 Benny Phillips, High Point Enterprise
46 1976 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
47 1975 Jeff Byrd, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
48 1974 Herman Hickman, North Carolina Speedway
49 1973 Coca-Cola
50 1972 Union Oil Co.
51 1971 Bill Kiser, Darlington Raceway
52 1970 Joe Littlejohn
53 2022 Doug Rice