Las Vegas, NV — North America’s leading short-track drivers, teams and track operators will celebrate achievements of the 2008 season Friday night, at the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Awards Banquet.
The 2008 national champion, Philip Morris of Ruckersville, Va., is the top honoree for the event. He will receive the series Tiffany crystal national championship trophy in ceremonies at the Rio Hotel.
Morris won the 2008 Late Model division champion and the Virginia state championship racing at Motor Mile Speedway, a .416-mile paved oval in Radford, Va. He has won the national crown for the second time in three years. Only one other driver, the late Larry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., has ever repeated as national champion. Phillips, himself a pavement Late Model driver, won the title five times.
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Stafford Springs, CT — Stafford Motor Speedway will present its 2008 SK Modified®, Late Model, SK Light Modified, and Ltd. Late Model Rookie of the Year awards at its 39th annual Champion’s Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 14, 2008 at La Renaissance in East Windsor. Stafford’s Rookie of the Year awards are sponsored for the seventh consecutive year by Reliable Welding and Speed, located at 85 North Street in Enfield, Connecticut. 
