A. Tracy Bird

After early involvement as a racer and race organizer, Tracy Bird entered the national ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv limelight as a member of the Contest Board and Activities Board. He was elected to the original ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv Board of Governors which we now call Directors, and he served as its second Chairman of the board. He was appointed ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv’s representative to ACCUS, and later served as ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv Executive Director or President. Bird’s leadership saw the club through the internal struggle over whether ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv would be a gentlemen’s sports club or an international sanctioning body. He is my personal hero for the role he played at the forefront of the battle over control of road racing in America in the sixties. No single person has played a bigger role in shaping this club into what it is today. Tracy’s daughter, Barbara Bird accepted this award.