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Members' Honours
MCC Member and Founder the Africa Concours D’Elegance Bob Dewar, has been awarded the prestigious International Automobile Federation (FIA) Founding Members’ Club Heritage Cup.
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The Concours d’Elegance was started by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club (Kenya) in 1970 and has taken place annually ever since, with just one interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. From small beginnings the Concours has grown in status and reputation and today attracts entries from all over the world.
Held at the Nairobi Racecourse, the highlight of the event is the judging of 70 classic and vintage cars, under regulations approved by the Kenya Motor Sport Federation.
The Concours has generated tremendous interest in classic and vintage cars in East Africa and MCC Members Paul Chemn’gorem, Peter Wanday, Roger Tanner, Alec and Edward Davis, Gayling May and Roger Steadman, between them regularly exhibit a glorious stable of classics at the show. Bob Dewar (second left) Founder of the Concours d’Elegance is pictured here at a glittering Gala Dinner in Paris last December, receiving the FIA Founding Members’ Club Heritage Cup, at the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Awards. For the occasion Bob wore a gold bow tie to signify the 50th Anniversary of the Africa Concours d’Elegance.
Each year the FIA recognises an outstanding contribution to the classic and vintage car movement by awarding the Founding Members Heritage Cup.
Having played a leading role as Event Director since the Concours first began in 1970, Bob Dewar received the 2021 award at a glittering Gala Dinner hosted by the FIA in Paris. This was the first time an African country has been honoured with the Heritage Cup.
Bob Dewar
Event Director of the Africa Concours d’Elegance. Winner of the FIA Founding Member’s Club Heritage Cup
“I am delighted to have been awarded the “FIA Founding Member’s
Club Heritage Cup. This is a big moment for Motor Sports in
Kenya, and the timing is perfect, coming as it does in the Golden
Jubilee year of the Concours. Second only to the Safari Rally as the longest-standing annual event in the Motor Sport Calendar, the
Concours winning the award now, in its 50th year, is a wonderful honour and so important to the event. I encourage more Kenyans
”to bring out old their vintage motors to sustain this legacy.
