After a brief (eight year) hiatus, the Puckett Cup was awarded in 2021.
A standing-room-only audience (yes...a couple of people were standing) watched as Stefan Vapaa took the honors and went home with the cup. The decision to award the cup to Stefan was unanimous. He clearly satisfied all the qualities that make for a Puckett Cup recipient; "on-track performance, presentation, and attitude/interest in H-Mod racing."
The Puckett Cup was awarded at the prestigious Mossbacks Bar & Grill in Put-in-Bay, Ohio on a damp evening prior to the running of the Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races. (The races were originally scheduled for September 22-23, 2021 -- but were pushed back to the 23rd and 24th because of the rain.)
Four HMODs were registered for the races at Put-in-Bay, but Kurt Marquardt was unable to compete when his Saab-powered Jabro MkIII suffered a rear-end lockup during tours of the original road course. While Stefan's Saab-powered Quantum Two seemed a shoe-in to take away HMOD honors, an electrical gremlin took his car out of the running -- allowing the two remaining entries (both Crosley-powered) to take the first (Kevin Clemens' Jabro MkI) and second (Richard Campbell's Voigt Special) positions.
Stefan Vapaa (Quantum Two)
Kevin Clemens (Jabro MkI)
Richard Campbell (Voigt Crosley HM Special)
Kurt Marquardt (Jabro MkIII)
(Photos by Bill Stoler)
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