Grovewood Awards

The Grovewood Awards (later becoming the Cellnet Awards and then the McLaren Autosport BRDC Awards) were a series of British motor racing awards presented each year in the United Kingdom to the year's up-and-coming British and Commonwealth racing drivers. The monetary award recipients were selected by a judging panel appointed by the UK's Guild of Motoring Writers.

History

The awards were inaugurated in 1963 by John Webb of Grovewood Securities, with the intention of providing monetary assistance for promising young British and Commonwealth motor racing drivers.^[1] Grovewood, the owners of four racing circuits in the UK, wanted to recognise and foster young racing talent.^[2]

In 1987 the awards were taken over by Cellnet and became known as the Cellnet Awards.^[1]

Winners

Year	1st prize	1st prize winner	2nd prize	2nd prize winner	3rd prize	3rd prize winner	Ref
1963	£500	Richard Attwood	£300	Tony Hegbourne	£200	Brian Hart	[3]
1964	£500	Roger Mac	£300	Boley Pittard	£200	Chris Irwin	[4]
1965	£500	Piers Courage	£300	Tony Dean	£200	John Miles	[5]
1966	£500	Chris Lambert	£300	Jackie Oliver	£200	Brian Redman	[6]
1967	£500	Alan Rollinson	£300	Derek Bell	£200	Peter Gaydon	[7]
1968	£500	Tim Schenken	£300	Chris Craft	£200	Roger Enever
1969	£500	Mike Walker	£300	James Hunt	£200	Tony Trimmer
1970	£500	Colin Vandervell	£300	Mike Beuttler	£200	Tim Goss
1971	£1,000	Roger Williamson	£500	Vern Schuppan	£300	Ray Mallock
1972	£1,000	Dave Walker	£500	John Watson	£300	Ian Taylor
1973	£1,000	Tom Pryce	£500	Tony Brise	£300	Donald MacLeod	[2]
1974	£1,000	Bob Evans	£500	Richard Morgan	£300	Alan Jones
1975	£1,000	Brian Henton	£500	Geoff Lees	£300	Larry Perkins
1976	£1,000	Tiff Needell	£500	Rupert Keegan	£300	Derek Warwick
1977	£1,000	Bruce Allison	£500	Stephen South	£300	Philip Bullman
1978	£1,000	Kenny Acheson	£500	Brett Riley	£300	Jeff Allan
1979	£1,000	Mike Thackwell	£500	Nigel Mansell	£300	Terry Gray
1980	£5,000	David Leslie	£2,500	Richard Trott	£1,500	Jonathan Palmer
1981	£5,000	Dave Scott	£2,500	Tim Davies	£1,500	James Weaver
1982	£5,000	Martin Brundle	£2,500	Julian Bailey	£1,500	Calvin Fish
1983	£5,000	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	£2,500	Johnny Dumfries	£1,500	Steve Soper
1984	£5,000	Mark Blundell	£2,500	Andy Wallace	£1,500	Will Hoy
1985	£5,000	Russell Spence	£2,500	Bertrand Fabi	£1,500	Damon Hill
1986	£5,000	Martin Donnelly	£2,500	Johnny Herbert	£1,500	Gary Brabham
1987	£5,000	Derek Higgins	£2,500	Eddie Irvine	£1,500	Jason Elliott

References

1. Taylor, Simon (January 2006). "Notebook". MotorSport: 103. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
2. Blunsden, John (31 October 1973). "Five awards that may be passports to success". The Times. p. 16.
3. "Awards for Young Racing Drivers". The Times. 19 February 1964. p. 4.
4. "Promising Drivers Get Awards". The Times. 25 November 1964. p. 4.
5. Charles, Geoffrey (9 April 1968). "Grand Prix burden on Graham Hill". The Times. p. 15.
6. "Awards to Young Drivers". The Times. 28 October 1966. p. 6.
7. Charles, Geooffrey (27 October 1967). "'Ford Curve' to cut speeds". The Times. p. 13.