- 2003
- Benz: "Something Wicked This Way Comes," by Terry B. Dunham, Antique Automobile.
- Award of Distinction: "Tom McCahill: Say 'Uncle'," by Richard M. Langworth, Collectible Automobile.
- 2002
- Benz: "Doble E-14: The Pinnacle of Steam Power," by Jonathan A. Stein with James J. Crank, Automobile Quarterly.
- Award of Distinction: "The Aesthetics of Sport," by Carl Goodwin, published in Vintage Motorsport.
- 2001
- Benz: "Unrealized Dreams: GM's 1955 LaSalle II Motorama Cars," by Michael Lamm, Collectible Automobile
- Award of Distinction: "Origins of the French Concours d'Elegance," by Brooks T. Brierley, Car Collector.
- 2000
- Benz: "Kurtis" by Michael Lamm, Collectible Automobile.
- Award of Distinction: "Edmund Rumpler: An Engineer's Life" by Karl Ludvigsen, The Automobile.
- 1999
- Benz: "Austie," by Beverly Rae Kimes, Automobile Quarterly.
- Award of Distinction: "Frank Lloyd Wright and Automobility," by Stuart W. Wells, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1998
- Benz: "Forget What You Have Seen," by Carl Goodwin, Vintage Motorsport.
- Award of Distinction: "No Questions Asked - Ford's Harry Bennett," by David L. Lewis, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1997
- Benz: "George Romney - On the Path of Persistence," by Patrick R. Foster, Automobile Quarterly.
- Awards of Distinction: "Climbing His Own Ladder - The Elevation of Charles Nash," by Karla A. Rosenbusch, Automobile Quarterly. "Jomar - The British Sports Car from New Hampshire," by Jonathan A. Stein, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1996
- Benz: "Burning the Midnight Oil - Cummins Diesel," by L. Spencer Riggs, Automobile Quarterly
- Award of Distinction: "The steam automobiles of James Herbert Bullard," by Scott Jamieson, The Automobile.
- 1995
- Benz: "ReVere's Short Ride," by L. Spencer Riggs, Automobile Quarterly.
- Award of Distinction: "Not on the Road to Anywhere: Fleetwood's Early Years," by Stuart Wells, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1994
- Benz: "Ken Purdy, King of the Road," by Beverly Rae Kimes, Automobile Quarterly.
- Award of Distinction: "Mitchell, the Car You Ought to Have," by Bob Hall, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1993
- Benz: "On the Wings of Larks and Hawks: The Last Flight of Studebaker," by Robert R. Ebert, The Bulb Horn. "The Checkered History of the Cab from Kalamazoo," by John A. Heilig, Automobile Quarterly.
- Awards of Distinction: "05L: The Proposed Lincoln for 1940," by Richard H. Stout, The Classic Car. "Locomobile, the Best Built Car in America," by Karl S. Zahm, The Bulb Horn.
- 1992
- Benz: "Microphone Taillights and Doughnut Decks," by Jeffrey I. Godshall, Automobile Quarterly.
- Awards of Distinction: "Mercedes-Benz Type 80," by Dean Batchelor, The Star, magazine of the Mercedes-Benz Club of North America. "Edsel, the Forgotten Ford," by Thomas E. Bonsall, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1991
- Benz: "Found! The Real Lost Cord," by Pat Tobin, Special Interest Autos.
- 1990
- Benz: "The 1962 and 1963 Thunderbird Sports Roadsters," by James F. Petrik, Automotive History Review.
- Award of Distinction: "Marmon's Masterpieces," by Griffith Borgeson, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1989
- Benz: "Ahrens von Sindelfingen: Creating the Classic Mercedes," by Griffith Borgeson, Automobile Quarterly.
- Award of Distinction: "Victor Pagé and his Automobile Company," by Frank C. Derato, Bulb Horn.
- 1988
- Benz: "A History of the Automobile in North Dakota to 1911," by Carl F.W. Larson, North Dakota History.
- Award of Distinction: "F.E. and F.O. Stanley: The Challenge from Steam," by John F. Katz, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1987
- Benz: "Andre Dubonnet: As Supple as a Cat," by Frederick Usher, Automobile Quarterly.
- Awards of Distinction: "Strategies for Success in a Changing Marketplace," by L.J. Andrew Villalon, Bulb Horn. "The Autovia," by Michael Worthington-Williams, The Automobile.
- 1986
- Benz: "The Duke of Earle: Earle C. Anthony," by Stuart R. Blond, Packard Cormorant/
- Awards of Distinction: "Lamborghini, Quest for Perfection," by Ken Browning, Automobile Quarterly. "Comptes Mecomptes et Redressement d'une Gestin Industrielle le Automobiles Peugeot, 1918-1930," by Daniel Henri Le Revue d'Historie Moderne et Contemporaire. "Cord and His Auburns," by Maurice Hendry, Cars and Parts.
- 1985
- Benz:
- "Edmund Rumpler: Icarus Bound," by Griffith Borgeson, Automobile Quarterly. "The American Chaffeur: A Sociologic Appraisal," by Keith Marvin, Antique Automobile
- 1984
- Benz: "GM Turns 75," by Menno Duerksen, Cars and Parts.
- 1983
- Benz: "Seventy-five Years with Palette, Paintbrush, and Wheels," by Peter Helck, Bulb Horn.
- Award of Distinction: "The Selden Patent," by Gerald A. Wolfe, Antique Automobile.
- 1982
- Cugnot: "J. Frank de Causse: The Man of Mystery and His
Motorcars," by Walter E. Gosden, Automobile Quarterly.
- Awards of Distinction: "J. Frank de Causse," by Walter E. Gosden, Automobile Quarterly. "Holden Before the Holdens," by Max Gregory, Restored Cars.
- 1981
- Cugnot Article: "Origins of the VW Beetle," by Griffith Borgeson, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1980
- Cugnot Article: "Maryland and District of Columbia Cars," by Willard J. Prentice, Antique Automobile.
- 1979
- Cugnot Article: "Locke and Company: Custom Body Builders 1902-1932, New York City and Rochester, NY," by Harold H. Emmons, Jr., Torque.
- 1978
- Cugnot Article: "The Nash Story," by Beverly Rae Kimes, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1977
- Cugnot Article: "Hupmobile," by Menno Duerksen, Cars and Parts.
- 1976
- Cugnot Article: "The Dead End Kids," by Ken Gross, Special-Interest Autos. "The Graham Brothers and their Cars," by Jeffrey I. Godshall, Automobile Quarterly.
- 1975
- Cugnot Articles: "Taxi: A Look at Checker's Past," by Stanley K. Yost, Car Classics. "Post War Babies," by R. Perry Zavitz, Car Classics.
- 1974
- Cugnot Article: "Body by Briggs," by Michael Lamm, Special-Interest Autos.
- 1973
- Cugnot Article: "Dolphin Motors of Shoreham," by Michael Worthington-Williams, Sussex Industrial History.
- 1972
- Cugnot Article: "La France et L'Automobile," by Charles L. Bishop, Éditions M.-Th. Géwin, Paris.
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