SCCA Pro Racing

Burdette “Berdie” Henri Martin Jr passed away December 5, 2020.

Berdie Martin served as Chief Steward of the United States Grand Prix as well as SCCA’s two most successful racing series, the Can-Am and the Trans-Am, during their glory years.

He was a mentor to a generation of race stewards, setting the example of professionalism and creating an effective team approach to running races.

Martin also served SCCA as Director of Pro Racing during a period when that side of the sport was in great expansion, and SCCA was becoming a powerful force in American professional racing.

After leaving the SCCA staff, he became perhaps the most well known face in United States racing within international circles as the head of the Automobile Competition Club of the United States (ACCUS). He served as ACCUS president from 1983 through the end of 2004 and remained for a 1-year transition to Nick Craw in 2005.  He also served on numerous FIA Commissions, as an FIA Vice President, and on the FIA World Motor Sports Council and achieved many other accomplishments during his motorsports career.  For much of the modern era, he and his wife Anne were ACCUS, and they represented this country and the sport extremely well.

Martin was inducted in to the SCCA Hall of Fame in the 2010 class and is a previous recipient of the SCCA’s highest honor, the Woolf Barnato Award.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Berdie's family.