tom parrot’s historic award

The event was well attended, including Richard Hammond and Ed China, to celebrate the very best of the best in the British historic motoring and motorsport world.

Tom is fast carving an impressive career in the veteran car world. RBC Brewin Dolphin and StarterMotor have support him.

Tom said, “Last night, I was very honoured to accept an award for young achiever of the year from the RAC Royal Automobile Historic Awards> Thank you to everyone for their ongoing support. It is appreciated dearly. Without all of you, what I do would not be possible. The person who has made all of this a reality for me is my father, Nigel Parrott. Being nominated was more than enough for me, so to go to the Clubhouse at Pall Mall last night and win the award is something that never even crossed my mind”.

The specialist judging panels selected their finalists for the Royal Automobile Club’s fifth annual Historic Awards.

The 2023 Historic Awards finalists are:

Collection

British Motor Museum

The Dunsfold Collection

Haynes Motor Museum

Competitive Event

Super Touring Power, Brands Hatch

VHRA Pendine Sands Hot Rod Races

Castle Combe Autumn Classic

Innovation

HERO-ERA Rally for the Ages

Autocar Digital Archive

REVS Restore

Motoring Spectacle

MG & Triumph 100

Heveningham Concours

Coventry MotoFest

Outstanding Journalism

Angus MacKenzie, ‘Mercedes-Benz CLR' - The Road Rat

Richard Porter ‘Against Type’ - The Road Rat

Karl Ludvigsen ‘Pom’ – The Automobile

Personal Endeavour

Harry Bott

Philip Bashall

Tiggy Atkinson

Restoration

1937 Bugatti Type 57S by Corsica: Clark & Carter Restorations and Ivan Dutton Ltd

1926 Amilcar CO: Walter Heale, Historic Motor Car Workshops

1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 Zagato Sport: Harry Metcalfe/Day & Whites/Prestige Refinishing

Young Achiever

Becca Treston

Giles Gunning & Charlie Waller

Tom Parrott

Ben Cussons, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, said, “Our eight categories are rich with exceptional individuals, organisations, events and achievements. Our independent, rigorous judging process has once again produced an outstanding list of finalists which reflect the breadth and diversity of the British historic motoring world. It was not easy to select the shortlists, and it would be even more difficult for the panels of judges to whittle them down further to decide the winners.

“I would like to thank the members of the judging panels for their expertise, integrity and sheer hard work, all of which is invaluable. We look forward to celebrating together at the Awards on Thursday, 23 November!”

These awards celebrate the very best of the best in the British historic motoring and motorsport world. They give those professionally involved in this industry and classic motoring enthusiasts the opportunity to nominate exceptional people, companies, events, and achievements.