W. H. Freytag Novelty Trophy

In 1950, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Freytag donated this unusual silver cup as a parents’ trophy in Class C, specifying that it should become the permanent possession of the skipper winning two out of three consecutive races. (Early yearbooks list it as the Novelty Trophy.) In 1951 and 1953, Mrs. Clifford Y. Wiswell, with her daughter, Jane, as crew, won the trophy for permanent possession, and Mrs. Wiswell redonated it under the original conditions. After winning it in 1959 and in 1961, Willard W. Zils and his son, John, retired the trophy. In 2002, the Zils family redonated the trophy as a perpetual trophy to be awarded annually to the highest-ranking skipper in the championship series who is at least 50 years old by June 1 of the racing season.

1951 Mrs. Clifford Y. Wiswell
1952 No race
1953 Mrs. Clifford Y. Wiswell
1954 William H. Freytag Sr.
1955 No race
1956 S. K. Hummel
1957 Mrs. Clifford Y. Wiswell
1958 No race
1959 Willard W. Zils
1960 Stanley Johnson
1961 Willard W. Zils
1962 – 2001 [trophy retired]
2002 Frank Davenport
2003 Frank Davenport
2004 Frank Davenport
2005 Frank Davenport
2006 Terry Blanchard / Jim Davis
2007 No race
2008 Frank Davenport
2009 Jerry Millsap
2010 Frank Davenport
2011 Terry Blanchard
2012 Tom Pomierski
2013 Frank A. Davenport
2014 Jim Smith/Ron Bjurstrom
2015 Ron Bjurstrom/James A. Smith
2016 Jim Smith
2017 Bruce Cameron
2018 Charles Lamphere
2019 Charles Lamphere
2020 Charles Lamphere
2021 Charles Lamphere
2022 William G. Barrett
2023 John DeCaralo
Missing Trophy