Roy Smith, right, with Lord Montagu.
Said the otherwise unflappable Smith, “Apparently it was a hotly contested award with nine nominations. I knew was nominated but I was up against much more experienced and eminent writers in the field of historic motoring.” The names on the Trophy read like a who’s who of British historic motoring writing for the last 30 odd years or so; the name of Roy Smith is now added the trophy held in perpetuity at the RAC Club.
“The runner up was Sir Stirling Moss who has done a book with Alan Henry, so we had a bit of banter, it being the only time I would ever take a ‘class win’ over Stirling Moss!!…”
Congratulations to Roy from VeloceToday!!
And, order at left!
Please note, it is but one book named “Alpine & Renault”, although, granted, I seem to remember owning a Renault Alpine. Boy, that was a year or two ago. GWS III
CORRECTION: It’s 2 books. Each covering different spans of years.