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Now it’s our turn. Texaco’s panel of judges have the difficult task of narrowing your selections down to just one Grand Prize
Editor’s Choice award. The judging criteria will focus on four areas (see the contest rules for more details )
- Condition (60%)
- Intangibles (15%)
- Decadeness (15%)
- The Car’s Story (10%)
Read more about the automotive background of each judge and what they’ll be looking for in the Grand Prize winner.
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Jean Jennings
President
Automobile Magazine
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Jean Jennings has been an automotive journalist for the past 27 years, and her background is as colorful as her prose. Ranging from a
former career of piloting a Yellow Cab to working for Chrysler as a test driver, welder and mechanic to conquering the Baja 1000 with a team of Russians,
Jennings has toured the world and entertained readers with her automotive escapades. After a stint at Car and Driver in the early 1980’s, she established
Automobile Magazine with David E. Davis, Jr. in 1985. Under her executive editorship, the magazine surpassed 500,000 circulation in under five years. She
has published a hardcover anthology of automotive literature and was the recipient of the 2007 Ken Purdy Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism.
Jennings lives in the Michigan countryside with her husband Tim and the entire food chain.
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Christopher Campbell
Associate Editor
HOT ROD Magazine
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Thanks to a childhood filled with hot rods, musclecars, and Harleys, Christopher Campbell had an early start into the gearhead life.
By twelve he had already crafted a custom dirt bike and the fastest go-kart in the neighborhood. At 15, he and his father restored his first car, a 1967
Ford Ranchero, which he still owns and drives. Christopher joined HOT ROD Magazine 2-1/2 years ago during his last semester at Cal State Long Beach as a
part timer and moved into a full time Associate Editor position after graduation with two degrees in English. At 27, he is currently the youngest staffer
at HOT ROD. Recently Christopher also took on Associate Editor duties for the re-launched HOT ROD Deluxe which helps him satiate his passion for traditional
styled hot rods and customs as well as the cutting edge and historic cars in HOT ROD.
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Jeff Smith
Senior Technical Editor
Car Craft Magazine
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As the Senior Technical Editor for Car Craft magazine, Jeff’s history with high performance automotive journalism goes back to his start
as a rookie feature writer for Car Craft right out of college in 1979. After a three-year stint as Car Craft editor, Jeff wielded the editor’s pencil of Hot
Rod from 1987 to 1993. In 1998 he took over the helm of Chevy High Performance magazine until returning to Car Craft as the first two-time editor for that
title in 2003. Today, Jeff manages the technical content for Car Craft that revolves around all things musclecar and mechanical. A by-product of all those
tech stories is a stable of Chevelles including an abused ’65 that’s been clocked at 167 mph, a ’66 SS 396 4-speed and another ‘66 with a Schwartz Extreme
tube chassis powered by a stroked Gen III GM engine.
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John McGann
Associate Editor
Car Craft Magazine
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A subscription to Car and Driver started at age 10, set the stage for what would be John's career path. A voracious reader of car
magazines and lover of all things automotive, he set out to learn as much as he could about cars. An automotive technology program provided the foundation,
while fumbling around with large American sedans provided the real world stuff. Finally, a degree in photojournalism provided the focus. John accepted a
five-month photography internship at Motor Trend magazine in 2002. Upon its completion, he remained with the publishing company managing a photo studio for
18 months before becoming photo editor for HOT ROD and Car Craft magazine. After three years on the production side, John accepted his current editorial
position at Car Craft in December 2006.
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Mario Andretti
Racing Legend
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A native Italian, Mario Andretti began his racing career in 1959 at the age of 19, four years after his family immigrated to
the United States. In 1965 he won his first Indy Car race, earned Rookie of the Year honors at the Indianapolis 500, and won the first of his four
Indy Car National Championships. Some of his major accomplishments include winning the 1967 Daytona 500, the 1969 Indy 500, the 1978 Formula 1 World
Championship, and the grueling 12 Hours of Sebring three times. The versatile driver took the checkered flag 111 times in a career that spanned five
decades. He was named Driver of the Year in three different decades ('60s, '70s and '80s), Driver of the Quarter Century (in the '90s) and was selected
by both the media and fans as America’s Driver of the 20th Century.
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Juan Pablo Montoya
Texaco/Havoline Race Driver
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Juan Pablo Montoya has made 137 open-wheel starts between the CART, IndyCar and Formula 1 Series, where he
tallied 18 wins, 26 poles, 60 top-five and 79 top-10 finishes. Over his five complete seasons in Formula 1, Montoya finished
sixth or better in the standings. In 2007 he became the first Formula 1 driver in the 58-year history of NASCAR to compete on
the circuit full-time. Piloting the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, in 2007 the
Colombia native captured one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes en route to winning Rookie of the Year honors.
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