Dr. Robert Byers Memorial

The Byers Trophy is awarded in recognition of the best event of the year. The winner is determined by the contestant's evaluations of the events.

Each contestant rates the event on a scale and the scores are averaged to determine the winner of the Byers Trophy.

Dr. Robert C. Byers, known to friends as "Jack," joined Nebraska Region in 1958. He lost his life in a one-car crash on Friday, June 22, 1962.

A long time enthusiast and former winner of the Golden Rod Rally, Dr. Byers had withdrawn from sports car activity upon the death of his wife, Annibal, almost exactly one year before his own death.

Although the Byers Trophy is one of the smallest of the traveling trophies, the detail on it is magnificent and no photograph can do it justice.

1964 -	George Gunther	1970 -	Dale Flesher
1965 -	Jerry Venger	1971 -	Mike Lemmers
1966 -	Les Nash	1972 -	Patt Buell / Jerry Doctor
1967 -	Jerry Baker	1973 -	Jerry Doctor
1968 -	John Wright	1974 -	Jerry Doctor
1969 -	Dick Salem	1975 -	Jack Beck
		1976 -	Patt Buell / Patc Henry
		1977 -	John Bly
		1978 -	Bob Herman
		1979 -	Nicholas Knight
1980 -	Patc Henry	1990 -	Mary Logsdon
1981 -	Jerry Doctor	1991 -	Jim Lewis
1982 -	John Speidell	1992 -	Rick Maxwell
1983 -	Jerry Doctor	1993 -	Mark Beacom
1984 -	Dan Spencer	1994 -	April Doctor / Jerry Doctor
1985 -	Don Knop / Dan Spencer	1995 -	Mark Walker
1986 -	Jerry and Ellen Doctor	1996 -	Greg Jensen
1987 -	E. J. Poss	1997 -	John Becker / Amy Reichstadt
1988 -	Don Knop	1998 -	Mark Walker
1989 -	Bob Woodhouse	1999 -	Mark Ross
2000 -	John Becker / Matt McCabe
2001 -	Mark Walker
2002 -	Tanya Shaul / Bryan Promes
2003 -	Gary Graybill
2004 -	Greg Jensen
2005 -	Dave Zitzlsperger
2006 -	John Hunter
2007 -	West Pierce

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