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AWAF Scholarship presented at the 2021 Automotive Heritage Awards on August 20, 2021

Hosted by M1 Concourse during their Woodward Dream Show

August 20^th, 4:00 PM

Woodward and South Boulevard, Pontiac Michigan

Registration and tickets are available at www.woodwarddreamshow.com 

Automotive Heritage Awards are part of the M1 Concourse two-day Woodward Dream Show activities on the weekend of the epic Woodward Dream Cruise. M1 activities include food, music, race car displays, eclectic car show, life-style vendors, hospitality, and a star-studded (in car enthusiast terms) panel discussion of hot rodding, the future of customizing, and our evolving car culture with Ken Lingenfelter, Bob Larivee, the Ring Brothers, Wayne Carini, and perhaps a few others.*

Honorees have been selected, trophies are being engraved, and the script has been written. We’ve been assured of lovely summer weather.

Our guests should arrive at the M1 hospitality tent by 3:00 PM for some social time. The awards event will start promptly at 4:00. The M1 Concours Panel begins at 5:00 PM.

* Journalists will want to stick around for the “M1 Concourse Insiders’ Garage” panel immediately following the Automotive Heritage Awards.

Parking - General parking is provided nearby with constant shuttles. Just follow signage at the event. If you come in a “cool car” you can park on-site in a special car show area while you enjoy our event and the many other M1 activities. To arrange ‘cool car’ parking contact: [email protected].

Automotive Heritage Nonprofits may like to consider having a presence at the M1 Woodward Dream Show. The organizers have set aside an area to accommodate nonprofits like the MotorCities National Heritage Area, The Automotive Heritage Foundation and others with a mission that encompasses automotive enthusiasm. Contact them at: [email protected]

 THE M1 CONCOURSE

The M1 Concourse is an 87-acre automotive enthusiast playground featuring a 1.5-mile performance track and vibrant garage community in Pontiac, Michigan along legendary Woodward Avenue. They are presenting the inaugural Woodward Dream Show, a two-day celebration of automobile enthusiasm in conjunction with the epic Woodward Dream Cruise, Friday/Saturday, August 20/21. https://woodwarddreamshow.com/a-taste-of-woodward/

AHA COMPETITION UPDATE

 Automotive Heritage Journalism Competition: Judging is finished under leadership of chief judge Csaba Csere. We’ll be notifying winners soon so you can plan to watch or attend. We have five top-scoring entries that will get an Alex Buchan-designed trophy and over 30 others deserving Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. Winning stories will be linked on the Automotive Heritage Foundation Website immediately after the event.

Future Collectible Vehicle of the Year: We made a decision this week on the Future Collectible Vehicle of the Year - the car most likely to be seen at car shows 25 years from now that went on sale in calendar 2020. Nominees must be available in the U.S., be new or substantially redesigned and list for less than a hundred-grand. Despite challenges within the auto industry, lots of exciting new vehicles came to market during our target period.

 Concept Vehicle of the Year: We’ve asked the manufacturer receiving the Concept Vehicle of the Year to bring a car for display. It will probably not be the winning car since that is a one-off, but will be something else special from that manufacturer.

 Automotive Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award: Our Lifetime Achievement Award honoree will attend to accept the award. He/She (still a secret) will be added to our permanent trophy at the LeMay-America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington and receive an Alex Buchan designed trophy.

AWAF Scholarship: We’ll again present this important scholarship presented by the Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation on behalf of the AHA to a young woman pursuing an automotive-related career. Jane Bishop from the AWAF will present the award and we’ll have a video acceptance from the recipient, an engineering student at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Kate Cowart.