BROMSGROVE motor race ace Julian Westwood received a special award from the Racing Drivers Association after winning the Class AM Drivers title by a single point, after a hard-fought final race in the 2015 International Blancpain Watches Endurance Series.
The 48-year-old's racing career stretched all the way from the late 1980s, winning the Raymond Mays Trophy for the Drive of the Year at Donington in 1991, and 1997 Vauxhall Vectra Championship.
He had many other successes, before retiring 10 years ago, to become a Race Engineer and an integral part of the Leicester-based Team Parker Racing team.
He returned to action and partnered the car’s owner Ian Loggie.
Team owner Paul Parker said: "It was nice to see Jules get back behind the steering wheel and help bring Team Parker Racing success in this prestigious series."
Speaking about the final race in Germany Westwood commented: "We worked hard but on the closing laps, as I was being lapped by the race leader, the pit-crew didn’t warn me the second car behind the leader was in our class, and he nipped by.
"Still we got the points we needed, but it was a bit tighter than we anticipated. I am pleased to accept this award from the Racing Drivers Association as it’s from fellow racers."
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