Objective foundation
Define the specification before judging the car.
Race cars evolve continuously. Their identity is tied not simply to a model year, but to a particular event, season or competitive configuration.
race-car judging begins with a clearly defined point base and an agreed historic specification — for example, the configuration in which a car competed at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans. Deductions then address confirmed deviations from that target.
Establish the reference
Identify the event, season or period specification against which the automobile will be judged.
Assess correctness
Evaluate the restoration, presentation and components against that documented configuration.
Add historic context
Recognise the importance of both the model type and the individual chassis.
Two layers of history
Model significance and individual achievement.
Two examples of the same race-car model may be equally correct yet carry very different histories. M100 makes that distinction visible through two complementary layers of positive scoring.
01
Model history
How influential or successful was this type of car within motorsport history?
02
Individual history
What did this particular chassis achieve, and which events or drivers define its provenance?
In motorsport, correctness establishes the car. Competition history distinguishes it.
Illustrative example
Not every GT40 carries the same story.
A Ford GT40 associated with three Le Mans victories has greater individual significance than an otherwise comparable chassis whose best results were second or third place. Both may be excellent and correctly restored. Their individual competitive histories are nevertheless different — and M100 allows the score to reflect that difference.
The result
A race car is judged as a technical object and a historic actor.
This layered approach rewards accurate presentation while preserving the meaning of what the individual automobile actually accomplished.