As a tribute to the accomplishments Jack McAfee made racing Porsches, the McAfee family and Porsche 356 Club present the perpetual "Jack McAfee Award" at the annual Dana Point Concours in California.
Mounted on a new base, this is the original trophy marking Jack's first "class win" driving a Porsche 550 spyder. The race was the 1955 Torrey Pines 6 hour endurance event, and having equipped the car with an auxiliary fuel tank, Jack drove the race non-stop to take a 2nd OA, and 1st in class.
Just as "Big Jack" would have wanted, this award is given in the spirt of California Sports Car racing in the 1950s; Run what you got brung and have fun! In summary, we will do our best to present the award to the car that Jack himself would pick as that which best represents West Coast SCCA racing in the 50s/60s.
As is the wish of this award's founder Pete McNulty and Rex McAfee, this award is given on an emotional basis in the spirit of Jack McAfee, and is by no means a conventional award where strict points and categories are used to pick the winner.
The winner will receive a separate trophy to keep from The Porsche 356 Club, and his name will go on the base of the perpetual trophy shown above.
The only strict rule is that no car can win this award more than once.
I'd like to thank Pete McNulty himself and everybody else involved in this award.
See you at Dana Point!
Rex McAfee
Past winners:
2007 winner: Dale Hersh / Steve Schmidt - 1958 356A Speedster
The McAfee family and Porsche 356 Club congratulate Dale Hersh for earning the inaugural Jack McAfee Award with his famous 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster. Just like "Big Jack", Dale earned his Pacific Coast Championship racing his Speedster at Riverside Raceway, Laguna Seca, Pomona, Santa Barbara, and other famous West coast venues. The combination of Dale’s skills and West Coast competitive spirit enabled Dale to beat Ken Miles and other fierce competitors who often drove more “properly” prepared race cars. Here’s to you Dale for your part in building the Porsche legend…Southern California style!
Here's Dale and Jack taking a lap around the old Pomona course in 1995. As for the car's future, you can rest assured it will be properly prepared and back on the track at vintage racing events under the care of Steve Schmidt.
2008 winner: David Jenkins - Ex John Bond 550 Spyder
The 550 Spyder was Jack McAfee's favorite race car because of its light nible handling. This particular 550 was owned by the late John Bond, a close friend of Jack that would eventually become the owner of Road & Track magazine; the staple sports car publication of that era. With a motor recently built by famed mechanic Bill Doyle and final track preparation completed by Andial, we have no reason to doubt this gem will soon be finding its way back to where it belongs...on the track! Big Jack would have it no other way.