Rising open-wheel racing racer Dane Cameron has picked up a pair of prestigious awards to add to his already crowded trophy case.  The Sonoma, California native, who won the 2007 Star Mazda Championship and will race in the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship courtesy of a full-season sponsorship from the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development Ladder, has been awarded both the 15th annual Gorsline Scholarship and selected as the 45th annual Open Wheel Road Racer of the Year by the Motor Sport Press Association.

J.R. Hildebrand, of Sausalito, California, received the 2007 Gorsline Scholarship, a prestigious award given to a young up-and-coming driver each year who displays the attributes of a future champion. It is the fourteenth year that John Gorsline of The Gorsline Company has sponsored this award to recognize and help aspiring drivers to develop both on and off the track and attain their professional goals. Hildebrand received his award at the Awards Banquet of the American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association held in Indianapolis. The presentation was made by Dan Partel, founder of the European Formula Drivers Association and longtime supporter of up and coming young drivers.  Hildebrand also received his "Horsepower Award" for being named to AARWBA's 2006 Auto Racing All America Team.

British rising racing star Katherine Legge hopes to continue to build on the skills she displayed this season while competing in the Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama and improve as a driver after being named this year's recipient of the prestigious Gorsline Scholarship award.  

Colin Braun, who at 16 has already won more championships than many race car drivers ever will, was honored at the 50th annual American Auto Racing Writers, Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) banquet Saturday night at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel in Pomona, Calif.

Rising British star Ryan Lewis took time out of his hectic testing programme to fly out to California at the weekend to receive the Gorsline Human Performance International Scholarship, which was presented at the American Auto Race Writers and Broadcasters Association awards banquet in Pomona, on Saturday. Nineteen year-old Ryan, who clinched the 2003 Formula Palmer Audi Championship, received the award from John Gorsline of the Gorsline Insurance Company.

Danica Patrick was named 2002 recipient of The Gorsline Human Performance International Development Scholarship. By earning the HPI scholarship, Patrick will participate in HPI's renowned two-day Driver Performance Enhancement Program.