Selected at: 37th All American Get-Together, March 30 & 31, Pleasanton, CA

Who’s Eligible: Custom cars 1936 through 1972 vintage.

How to Enter: You must have your custom entered in the indoor portion of the 37th All American Get-Together to be eligible for this award.

Basic Criteria: This award is designed to honor an exceptional custom car. The award is open to all styles and genres of customs (from traditional to radical to modern).

Selected at: 19th Meguiar’s Del Mar Nationals, April 5-7, Del Mar, CA

Who’s Eligible: Street rods through 1948 vintage.

How to Enter: You must have your street rod entered in the indoor car show at the 19th Del Mar Nationals. Finalists will be selected from the indoor car show only.

Basic Criteria: This award is designed to honor a gorgeous, elegant street rod.

Selected at: 14th Nashville Nationals – Nashville, TN May 3-5

Who’s Eligible: Hot Rods 1948 and earlier.

How to Enter: Cars interested in competing for this award need to enter the “Hot Rod of the Year” staging area, Friday, May 3rd at the Nissan Stadium, at 9am sharp. The hot rods will then take a 100-mile (approx.) road-trip/reliability run around Nashville which will include and 1/8th dragstrip fun run and a tire smoking burn out (times will not determine the winner but style points will count). During the day the selection committee will be looking for hi-revving, hard driven hot rods with attitude. Five finalists will be selected and displayed together on Saturday. The overall winner will be announced Sunday May 5th during the event award ceremony. *Schedule subject to change

Basic Criteria: It makes noise; it’s regularly street-driven, has a mean attitude and screams the words “Hot Rod.” No cream puffs!

Selected at: Goodguys 22nd PPG Nationals, July 12-14, Columbus, OH

Who’s Eligible: Street rods through 1948 vintage

How to Enter: All award candidates must park in the Cardinal lot Friday, July 12th by 10am at the Ohio Expo Center to be eligible for Street Rod of the Year award. Contenders will park inside the Celeste Bldg. Friday & Saturday.

Basic Criteria: This award is designed for a true modern masterpiece. Quality of craftsmanship, body and paint, overall engineering, the three F’s (fit, form and functionality) stance and overall creativity in design and concept is what the selection committee will seek.

Selected at: 22nd Goodguys PPG Nationals, July 12-14, Columbus, OH

Who’s Eligible: Street machines 1954 through 1987 vintage

How to Enter: All award candidates must park in the Cardinal lot Friday, July 12th by 10am as well as participate in a two-lap Goodguys AutoCross Friday afternoon, July 12th at the Ohio Expo Center. AutoCross lap times will not determine the overall winner but style points do count! Contenders will park inside the Celeste Bldg. Friday & Saturday.

Basic Criteria: This award is designed for a cutting edge Street Machine which combines masterful build quality with extreme performance. Quality of craftsmanship, body & paint, overall engineering, the three F’s (fit, form & functionality) stance and overall creativity in design and concept is what the selection committee will seek.

Selected at: 33rd West Coast Nationals, August 23-25, Pleasanton, CA

Who’s Eligible: Street rods through 1948 vintage.

How to Enter: All candidates must park in the “Builders Choice” Parking Area Saturday, Aug. 24th from 7am-Noon. Finalists will be chosen from this area only.

Basic Criteria: This is simply a beauty contest. The most beautiful car will be chosen.

Selected at: 22nd Southwest Nationals, November 15-17, Scottsdale, AZ

Award overview: Must compete in a minimum of three event shootouts during the 2019 season not including the Sponsor Shootout or Duel in the Desert Shootout. Be with-in the top sixteen points for your class. And the highest winner of the Duel in the Desert Shootout that meets all of these requirements.

Who’s Eligible: AutoCross entries 1987 and earlier.

How to Enter: Must be one of the 32 cars racing in the the Finals Shootout to be held Saturday, November 16th during the Goodguys 22nd Speedway Motors Southwest Nationals @ Westworld in Scottsdale.

Shootout and AutoCross Rules: All cars must be 1987 & earlier. More information about AutoCross Rules can be found here.

A finalist will be selected at each of the following events:

Who’s Eligible: Custom rods 1949 through 1972 vintage.

How to Enter: Attend any of the events listed above in your custom rod, park in the Builder’s Choice or Indoor display area (where applicable) and you’ll have a chance to be selected as a finalist! One finalist will be chosen from each of the seven events listed.

Basic Criteria: A custom rod is defined as a custom car that tastefully blends customizing techniques or factory stock bodies with modern day performance, engineering, components and styling.

A finalist will be selected at each of the following events:

*Finalists Chosen at these shows will be added to the list of 2020 Muscle Car of the Year finalists.

Who’s Eligible: Muscle Cars of all makes 1960 through 1987.

How to Enter the Competition: Park in the Mighty Muscle Special Parking area or Indoor display (where applicable) at any Goodguys 2019 Events listed above.

Basic Criteria: Designed to honor an original factory stock or original fully restored Muscle Car of superb quality.

A finalist will be selected at each of the following events:

Who’s Eligible: Muscle Machines 1960 through 1987 vintage

How to Enter: Attend one of the events listed above and park in the AutoCross pit area Saturday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. You must also run at least three laps in the Goodguys AutoCross. Lap times will not determine the overall winner but style points do count! Only cars parked in the AutoCross pit area and cars that have completed the three-lap AutoCross minimum will be eligible for this award.

Basic Criteria: A Muscle Machine is defined by Goodguys as a muscle car that has been modified to perform at a high level including handling, stance, engineering, and body and paint.

A finalist will be selected at each of the following events:

*Finalists Chosen at these shows will be added to the list of 2020 Truck of the Year Early finalists

Who’s Eligible: Trick trucks through 1959 vintage

How to Enter: Attend any of the seven events listed above and park in the Trick Truck corral, the Builder’s Choice or Indoor display area (where applicable) to have a chance to be selected as a finalist!

Basic Criteria: This award is designed to honor an outstanding pre-’59 tricked-out truck.

A finalist will be selected at each of the following events:

*Finalists Chosen at these shows will be added to the list of 2020 Truck of the Year Late finalists.

Who’s Eligible: Trick trucks ’60 through ’87

How to Enter: Attend any of the events listed above and park in the Trick Truck corral, the Builder’s Choice or Indoor display area (where applicable) to have a chance to be selected as a finalist! One finalist will be chosen from each event listed.

Basic Criteria: This award is designed to honor an outstanding ’60 through ’87 vintage tricked-out truck.