Become a Judge

Originally from Oxfordshire, England. Nigel has enjoyed the past 49 years living in Vancouver and 29 Years of his 50-plus years automotive career.   He has judges at a total of 140 Concours events worldwide.

The past 28 years of his 50-year automotive career has been in the classic and exotic car insurance industry as a specialty vehicle damage appraiser, underwriter and ten years as the Administrator of the British Columbia provincial government collector and vintage vehicle licensing and insurance programs. He is currently the Global Brand Ambassador for Hagerty

He wrote a weekly classic car column in the Canadian press from 2003 until 2014.

Nigel is a founding member of ICJAG and the current Chairman. He has judged at a total of 123 Concours events worldwide over the past 20 years, including Pebble Beach since 2005 and more recently at Villa d’Este. He has been the Chief judge at 32 Concours.

Christian (Chris) H. Kramer grew up with cars and cannot imagine a life without cars. After serving in the German Air Force and owning a computer service company, Chris turned his passion and hobby into his profession. Chris has been working in the automotive industry for over thirty years and for about 25 years as a Classic Car Consultant, Restoration Supervisor, Value Appraiser, FIVA Scrutineer and advises collectors all over the world. Chris is an ICJAG charter member and director of Technologies. He is a special advisor and member of the Selecting Committee for the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este and judging advisor to the FIVA events commission. Chris is the Chief Judge for the 21 Gun Salute Concours in India and the Lugano Elegance in Switzerland. He judges frequently at major events all over the world including the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, The Amelia, Cavallino Classic (US and Italy), The Audrain, Salon Prive and the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance and of course at LaJolla. His core expertise and passion is European Sports cars Pre- and Post war.

Lee Daub has had a lifetime love affair with the automobile, from pre-war Silver Arrows to Detroit Muscle.  Having been involved in the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance since 2008, Lee looks forward to the amazing occasion every year.

Allan McCrary has been a member of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg since 1974 serving on it’s Board of Directors, as President and is currently National Chief Judge where he has been instrumental in developing revised judging standards that focus on authenticity.

In addition he is a Class Judge (Duesenberg) for the Pebble Beach Concours, Assistant Chief Judge, San Marino Motor Classic and is on the advisory Board for the Serrano Concours. He is a Classic Car Club of America Accredited Judge and a member of the American Bugatti Club, Aston Martin Owners Club, Jaguar Club of North America and the Antique Automobile Club of America.

He has participated as a class judge for over 30 years at numerous Concours to include Amelia Island, Hillsborough, Palo Alto, Kirkland, Forest Grove and Boca Raton.  He lives in Northern California where maintains an eclectic collection covering a wide area of interest, Classics, British and German Sports cars and American Luxury cars and is a frequent participant in tours, concours as well as the annual Goodwood Revival in the United Kingdom.

Jim’s involvement in the world of motorcars ranges back to his childhood, growing up in the Southern California area of Pacific Palisades and Malibu. He has judged at multiple Concours d’Elegance events since 2002 and presently functions as the Chief of Concours for SCCA -SFR (San Francisco region); overseeing between 3-6 concours events annually. He served on the Board of Directors for the California Automotive Museum, as well as judging at events such as the Concours on the Avenue – Carmel, Hillsborough Concours, San Francisco Concours, Danville Concours, Serrano Concours, San Marino Concours, La Jolla Concours and others. He has held the position as a Chief Class Judge for over 13 years.

As stated, Jim’s initiation commenced in his youth remembering the date of January 4th, 1956, Jim’s true automotive passion was born on that day as his father purchased from Charles Hornburg, in Santa Monica, a brand new ’56 Jaguar 140 DHC; still in Jim’s collection today. That purchase and his Father’s constant tinkering hooked him into a “car guy” for life.He spent hours watching his father wrenching on MG TC’s and such. He would assist in handing over tools and as such became a competent mechanic and today a restorer of vintage post-war British Sportscars.

His background is diversified in as much Jim has shown his 1967 MGB and multiple concours events resulting in 14 First Place wins. His affinity and heart leans towards the vintage and classic British motorcars, but he has also, since 1961, driven, owned, restored and collected countless numbers of collector cars, including the big early years of American Steele from the ’40’s and 50’s.

Raoul E. San Giorgi is a lifelong car enthusiast. He bought his first car at the age of 15, a bit unusual in Europe at the time… After finishing his career in banking and stockbroking, he fully concentrated on living his passion for vintage cars  . For the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands, he was responsible for the restoration of many true world-class cars. The Milligen SSK, the Pegaso Cuppula , Maserati 300S , Lancia D23 , Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 , to just name a few . He oversees restorations for a handful of collectors, mostly of Italian cars. He is hands-on, which means a very good mix of academic and practical knowledge when it comes to the understanding of classic cars.

He judges around the globe . India, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, England, and the USA, most notably at Pebble Beach. He is a member of ICJAG and the RIAR.

I started my automotive career with Mercedes-Benz vehicles in 1967 when Heinz Gietz hired me as a mechanic for Mercedes Benz of San Diego.  From MBSD I went to work for an independent Mercedes, Porsche, and VW shop. I was employed there for 5 years. 1973. In 1973 I started working for Mike Rudin Inc. a factory authorized Mercedes-Benz service center.  In 1976 I was hired helped open a new Mercedes-Benz dealership in El Cajon as the service manager  In 1979 I quit my job at El Cajon Ltd. and opened my own Mercedes-Benz parts and service business. My specialty is vintage Mercedes from the early 50’s to 1990.  In 1979 I started collecting Mercedes vehicles.  At this time there are 19 Mercedes in the collection. Many of them are special bodied. I have been a concourse judge for many years. I have judged every one of the La     Jolla Concourse d’Elegance.  I have judged in San Marino, Legends of the Autobahn in       Monterey, and the Las Vegas Concourse d’Elegance.

Born in San Diego in 1951 raised a family until 2007 when the call of the mountains enticed him away to Dolores, Colorado that year for some peace & quiet.  Has taken on many new ventures in Colorado including sitting on the County Planning & Zoning Commission as Vice-Chair.

Active member of the North County Corvette Club in 1978 where he met John J. Sunda and started J&J Super Sixty Chevys, specializing in Corvette restorations.  Co-chaired the “Plastic Fantastic” Corvette Car Show in 1979.

Served as Assistant Chief Judge to Dr. Cy Conrad for shows in Palm Springs and the La Jolla Concours for 5 years.  Served as both Judge and Team Lead for La Jolla Concours 12 years.

Served as Chief Judge for the Deer Park Concours and Palm Springs Concours for 4 years.

Served as Honorary Judge for the Cars & Colors Corvette Rally in Telluride, CO in 2022

Served as Honorary Judge and Team Lead for the Las Vegas Concours.

Have been judging various classes in various Concours Shows for over 40 years.

Restores Husqvarna Motorcycles now, says they take less room.

Darwin Ludi has been an American Muscle Car and Corvette enthusiast for over 55 years. Darwin is a Life Member of the National Corvette Museum, National Corvette Restores Society, Bloomington Gold.  In addition, Darwin has been a judge for the GTO Association of America at its National Conventions. Darwin has owned muscles cars from the 60’s and 70’s including those made by Plymouth, Chevrolet and Pontiac. Most recently Darwin became a member of the Antique Automobile Club of America.  Darwin owes his involvement in the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance event to Dr. Cy Conrad who invited him to judge the event over the past several years. In his spare time, Darwin serves as a counselor at both the California and New Mexico State American Legion Boys State sessions.  A Navy veteran supporting future leaders.

David Woodhouse is the Vice President, Nissan Design America (NDA). NDA is part of the global Nissan Design organization and designs vehicles with an emphasis on the Americas region. Woodhouse was appointed to this role in June 2019 and is responsible for leading all Nissan and INFINITI design activities in North America. Woodhouse also serves on the company’s Global Nissan Design Management Committee.

Prior to joining Nissan, Woodhouse was both Global Strategic Design Director overseeing multiple studios around the globe, as well as Lincoln Design Director at Ford Motor Company where he was responsible for leading the renaissance of the Lincoln brand into a new era of premium automotive design. His previous automotive experience extends 33 years, much of it with global premium brands including Mini, Cadillac, Range Rover and BMW.

Woodhouse grew up around his family’s garage business in the heart on England and is an avid automotive enthusiast who collects, restores and competes in vintage race cars, with multiple Goodwood Revival podiums to his credit. He is a post war GP historian and spends downtime judging concours events and writing about sports and racing car history.

Woodhouse holds a Master of Design (MDesRCA) in Vehicle Design from the Royal College of Art in London and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Coventry University in England. He is a multiple award-winning designer and his strengths include team building, brand and design strategy, and is a proponent of leading edge design methods around Design Thinking and Story Telling.