WINNERS OF THE HISTORIC MOTORING AWARDS 2018 REVEALED
On Thursday 25th October, 300 of the world’s biggest classic and performance car enthusiasts came together in London to celebrate the winners of The Historic Motoring Awards 2018.
Now in their eighth year, the awards celebrate the continued growth of the classic car industry, which has continued to flourish largely due to the efforts of the likes of the nominees.
The much-coveted Car of the Year category was voted for by thousands of Octane magazine readers. For the winning Triumph TR2, it was the culmination of a historically important but long-lost British sports car being brought back to its former glory. This was the very car in which the intrepid Ken Richardson shattered records for the 2-litre class in setting a speed of 124.899mph on a stretch of the Jabbeke Highway in Belgium in 1953. Having been taken off the road in the 1970s, it was eventually rediscovered and restored by Glen Hewett of specialist Protek Engineering.
Tony Dron is a legend in two fields: motoring racing and journalism. Having started in single-seaters, where he became a good friend of James Hunt, Dron was a British Leyland works driver and Touring Car great at his peak in the 1970s when he also took a brace of class wins at Le Mans for Porsche. In a career that lasted some 43 years, he was also one of the leading lights when historic racing really took off and famously competed in everything from his own Ford Zephyr to iconic Ferrari sports racers. Throughout his racing career, Dron was also working as a journalist and was on the true pioneers of classic car journalism as it emerged to become a force in the 1980s and has been a regular contributor to Octane.
Robert Coucher, International Editor of Octane magazine said: “In what has been the strongest ever year for entries – and the toughest ever for judging – all our nominees have made an invaluable contribution to the old car scene globally. A testament to the calibre of the shortlists was the fact that our panel of judges – which included Derek Bell, Peter Stevens and Jay Leno – even asked us to split one category into two because they couldn’t separate two of the candidates.”
The full list of winners from The Historic Motoring Awards 2018 is available here:
CAR OF THE YEAR
‘Jabbeke’ Triumph TR
RESTORATION OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Deneb and Pollux
Lamborghini Miura (Lamborghini Polo Storico)
BOOK OR FILM OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Horton Books
Gaston Grümmer: The Art of Carrosserie
by Philippe Grümmer and Laurent Friry, Dalton Watson
CLUB OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Footman James
Talbot Owners;’ Club
HERITAGE COLLECTION OF THE YEAR
Porsche
MOTORING EVENT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by EFG Private Banking
Concours of the Year - Concours of Elegance
Show of the Year - Retro Classics Stuttgart
MUSEUM OF THE YEAR
Museo Nicolis
SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Quick Fit
The Classic Motor Hub
Classic Motor Cars of Bridgnorth - highly commended
PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Lordes
Alpine A110
BESPOKE CAR OF THE YEAR
Jaguar E-type Concept Zero
RACE SERIES OF THE YEAR
The 2 Litre Cup
MOTORSPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR
Le Mans Classic
BREAKTHROUGH EVENT OF THE YEAR
Heveningham Hall Concours d’Elegance
INDUSTRY SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR
Richard Mille
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT - Sponsored by HERO
Madan Mohan (21 Gun Salute)
THE VANTAGE AWARD
Andy Palmer (CEO, Aston Martin)
THE ENZO AWARD
GTO Engineering
RALLY OF THE YEAR
The Royal Automobile Club 1000 Mile Trial
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tony Dron
The awards ceremony took place at The Sheraton Grand Hotel, Park Lane, London on Thursday 25th October.
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