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A free-lance magazine writer, Norm Froscher is in his 50th year writing, having began as a newspaper sports writer upon graduation from the University of Florida in 1953.
Through the years, Froscher, as a writer and editor, has been honored with the Ray Marquette Memorial Award, the Bloys Britt Memorial Writing Award (both for motorsports writing excellence), the NHRA media award, and a winner of national annual press competitions in both auto racing and thoroughbred horse racing.
The media center at Gainesville Raceway is named in his honor. He's past president of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Assn, and the Florida Sports Writers Assn.
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Most recently, last month he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Driver of the Year Foundation and presented a $2,000 Maurice LeCroix Swiss wristwatch by 12-time NHRA drag racing champion John Force and Barry Schmoyer, Driver of the Year president (see photo).
Froscher joins Chris Economaki as the only two racing journalists to be so honored at this time.
Froscher’s latest honor was having one of his earlier stories included in the new book “Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul”.
