Masters Awards celebrate fellow drivers voting for prize-winners!

The Award winning drivers from across the 7 series of the 2007 Masters Racing Series’ season were announced at a Gala Ceremony in Brussels on Saturday (19 January).

By counting the votes of competitors in each series in their post-season survey, the 7 Award winners emerged, selecting each series’ 'Drivers’ Driver of the Season'. Although Masters series are not run as points scoring championships, receiving such acknowledgement from fellow competitors is always very special accolade for any historic race driver.

The Masters Drivers Driver Award winners 2007 were announced as:

·         Grand Prix Masters - Peter Dunn

·         World Sportscar Masters - Ollie Hancock

·         Sports Racing Masters - Marc Devis

·         Gentleman Drivers GT Masters - Jon Minshaw

·         Top Hat Masters Saloons - Simon Garrad

·         Oldies but Goldies - Richard Postins

·         Stars of the 70s - Alan Daffin

The special award for The Masters Preparer of 2007 went to Simon Hadfield Motorsport, for both high quality restorations, and on-track team preparation and management

The major award from the Masters every year is that called “The Spirit of the Series”, which went to Mark Gibbon and David Hall, who race a Lister Jaguar in Sports Racing Masters and a Chevrolet Corvette and a Jaguar E-Type in Gentleman Drivers GT.

For teenager Ollie Hancock, the World Sportscar Masters award was a fine achievement after some tremendous performances in the Lola T212 he shares with his father Anthony. With elder brother Sam also an accomplished racer in both modern and historic sports cars, this was a greatly appreciated award for the whole family.

Meanwhile, some mighty drives in Gentleman Drivers, often partnered by his younger brother Jason in their Jaguar E Type, netted Jon Minshaw his award.

"After an excellent season of racing, it was good to acknowledge the leading drivers as voted for by their peers," said Christopher Tate of the Masters Racing Series. "All of these drivers were worthy winners, in the face of some fierce competition both on track and in the voting!"