DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Longtime racing writer Norma ”Dusty” Brandel has won the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR media excellence.
NASCAR officials made the announcement Friday at Daytona International Speedway.
Brandel has covered auto racing for more than six decades, becoming the first woman to report from inside the NASCAR garage when she covered her first race at Ontario Motor Speedway in 1972.
After starting her career in 1955 at the Hollywood Citizen-News, she worked at the San Fernando Sun and Valley View and Glendale News-Press. Her career also included several stints in press information at Southern California tracks, including Whiteman Stadium.