2025 AWARDS
Kevin Ikin
There is absolutely no doubt that without Kevin’ s years of commitment and dedication, Whitchurch Motor Club simply would not have survived, let alone thrived in the way it has, bringing benefits far beyond Whitchurch.
Kevin’ s efforts have completely transformed what the club achieves today. Through his friendship, easy-going manner, motorsport knowledge, and willingness to welcome newcomers, Kevin has built a community that attracts many enthusiastic members who make the club what it is today.
Beyond the day-to-day running of a motor club, Kevin brings decades of organisational experience from running events and considerable skill as both a driver and co-driver in road rallying. His name appears regularly in the archives of classic events like the Moonbeam, Peak Revs, and Breidden, both in the navigator’ s seat and behind the wheel – he could be the only person who has won the Moonbeam in both positions. More recently, he’ s focused on his long-time love affair with the Tour of Mull, with the 2025 event marking 33 years since his first outing on the island.
Kevin is one of those people who often gets overlooked; unassuming, but deeply passionate about motorsport, his club and his community. He’ s the one who knows exactly which club members are out on which event, making sure to namecheck every single one of them on the club’ s Facebook page. He’ s built the club up from the handful of members who kept it alive in the 1990s to today’ s 100 + strong membership, and is exactly the sort of person the future of club motorsport needs: someone with genuine grassroots passion. Kevin knows everyone in rallying and holds all the strands together. Whether it’ s the club classic car meet, an autotest, navigational scatter, or a stage rally, Kevin is there to pitch in. He is entirely deserving of recognition for his hard work and dedication.
David Barnes
David Barnes has been involved with motorsport for over 50 years. He began in the early 1970s, initially as a competitor in rallies and then becoming a marshal in the mid-1970s. His first big event was the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1976. He went on to marshal at twentytwo consecutive British Grand Prix, and he has marshalled at innumerable motor races, speed events and rallies.
David received several awards for his marshalling – including the Unipart award for Marshal of the Year in 1980, having completed 83 days of marshalling during that year. He was part of a team sent from the UK to USA to train and work with the marshals at Indianapolis and did this on two occasions. He has also marshalled at Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Revival, and has been a member of the British Motorsports Marshals Club and the British Racing & Sports Car Club.
David qualified as a scrutineer in the late 1980s and has supported race meetings and speed events for nearly 40 years. In 2014 David became an environmental scrutineer covering over 30 events each year. Now in his mid-70s, David has no plans to‘ retire’ from his environmental scrutineering role, and we look forward to seeing him at events for many years to come.
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Revolution- December 2025