Lewis Franck was honored Saturday for his lifetime achievement in motorsports by the Driver of the Year Award. Franck, a former attorney from New York City, has covered auto racing for newspapers, magazines and websites from around the world for 30 years, as well as making numerous television and radio appearances. He has been a member of the elite Driver of the Year panel for the past 10 years and has been a major contributor to promoting the prestigious award. Driver of the Year principal Barry Schmoyer presented Franck with a Tissot watch in the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, saying, “This award usually goes to someone who has been on the panel for 30 years, but Lewis has done a tremendous amount for the award during his tenure and truly deserves this honor.” Franck said, “It’s a real honor to be thought of in this way by this elite panel and the people who oversee the award.”(NASCAR PR), you can see Franck’s laatest Sports Illustrated column: Smoke rises: Brickyard proves Stewart’s on another summer streak.(7-30-2007)
