The E. P. Ingersoll Award is given for the best presentation of automotive history in media other than print that appeared in the previous calendar year.
Video documentaries, oral histories and sound recordings, podcasts, websites, blogs, social media, cell phone and tablet apps, computer software and art are eligible for consideration (nominations for online-only periodicals should be directed to the Brigham Award.)
Requirements
All nominations and enquiries should be sent to sahawards@autohistory.org. Your email will then be forwarded to the Ingersoll committee chair.
Nominations should include the name of the award, the media being nominated, the name and contact information of the individual making the nomination, and one or two lines outlining the reason for the nomination.
Please include a link to the relevant media or submit a copy to the committee. Please remember that nominated media, website, app or software should have appeared in the previous calendar year. Neither nominees nor nominators have to be be SAH members.
All nominations for the Ingersoll Award must be received by April 15 of this year. Be sure to apply by the deadline.
Previous Award Winners
2025
- Elizabeth Blackstock — Podcast creator for “Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys” — A Motorsport History Podcast
2024
- Americanautoemblems.com / Mike Shears — Creator and webmaster of Americanautoemblems.com
2023
- Bill McGuire — Recognized for Mac’s Motor City Garage (macsmotorcitygarage.com)
2022
- No Award — No award presented this year
2021
- No Award — No award presented this year
2020
- Steve Salmi — For the Indie Auto website www.indieauto.org
2019
- Howard Kroplick — For the Vanderbilt Cup Races website www.VanderbiltCupRaces.com
2018
- William Dunbar — For the Chevrolet Brothers website www.ChevroletBrothers.com
2017
- No Award — No award presented this year
2016
- No Award — No award presented this year
2015
- Don Hoke — For the Virtual Steam Car Museum www.virtualsteamcarmuseum.org
2014
- No Award — No award presented this year
2013
- No Award — No award presented this year
2012
- Aaron Severson — For ateupwithmotor.com
2011
- Racemaker Press — O’Keefe Winners Database, published online
2010
- Coachbuilt — Coachbuilt.com automotive history resource
2009
- Frame 30 Productions, Ltd. — “The Greatest Auto Race on Earth,” Michael Hamm (producer, director, writer), Kerrie Long (producer)
2007
- No Award — No award presented this year
2006
- Automotive Research Services — Terry Dunham, developer and manager
2005
- Filmplan, Ltd. — “Victory by Design,” Tony Maylam (director and writer)
2004
- WFYI Productions — “For Gold and Glory: Charlie Wiggins and the African American Racing Car Circuit,” Todd Gould (author and producer)
2003
- PreWarCar.com — Joris Bergsma, founder and editor
2002
- The Woodward Dream Cruise — Annual Detroit automotive event
2001
- Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance — Prestigious automotive concours event
2000
- Yann Saunders — “The (new) Cadillac Database” www.car-nection.com/yann/ — compiler and webmaster
1999
- No Award — No award presented this year
1998
- Fall Hershey — Hershey Region, Antique Automobile Club of America
1997
- “Automobiles” — Television series of The History Channel, Michael Rose (producer, director, writer)
1996
- “The Rare, Racy and Beautiful” — Nine-part video series of Lounge Lizard Films, Scott Forsman (producer, director, writer)
1995
- “Driving Passion” — Parts 1 and 2, Turner Home Entertainment, Judith Quain (writer/producer)
1994
- “The Men Who Started It All” — Audio tape production of Principle Publishing Company, Robert C. Jones (author and producer)
1993
- “Wheels of Change…How Trucking Changed America” — Video presentation of American Film Works, John Connor & Steve Mohl (co-producers)
1992
- “The History of the Automobile” — Six-part video production of British Petroleum Corp., Bill Mason (producer)