The Royal Automobile Club is once again on the hunt for the present-day heroes of Britain’s historic motoring and motorsport worlds.
Last year’s double award for restoration went to the 1939 ERA E-Type GP2 (Tip Top Engineering) aimed to bring back to competitive life an important historic racer and the 1927 Bentley 3 Litre with Boat Tail body (Julian Parker Ltd) and shown above.
Nominations are invited across the Club’s eight Historic Awards categories which celebrate individuals, organisations, events, achievements, restorations and innovations, reflecting the breadth and diversity of this industry:
The Historic Awards judging is distinguished not only by the tremendous range of expertise across the jury but by the depth to which they assess the nominees. For example, the jury in the Museums & Collections category visit the three finalist institutions to examine them in detail, and the Restoration judges spend a day with the three finalist vehicles and their restorers, checking every aspect of the work done.
At the awards evening, the Club will also announce with winner of its Lifetime Achievement award. The only award not open to nominations, and not judged by the jury, the selection of recipient lies entirely in the Club’s domain. The 2024 winner, the legendary Lotus Formula One race mechanic Bob Dance, was the latest in an illustrious list of Lifetime Achievement award recipients since the Historic Awards’ foundation in 2019.
Royal Automobile Club Chairman, Duncan Wiltshire, said, “As we launch the seventh annual Historic Awards, we look forward to yet another year of tremendously impressive nominations.
“The British historic motoring and motorsport world has a wealth of individuals, skills, events, innovations and achievements which absolutely deserve recognition, and I am intrigued to see what we are presented with this year, and what our exceptional judges deem worthy of the final awards.
“I urge professionals involved in this industry and classic motoring and motorsport fans alike to nominate!”
