Alwin Springer Earns RRDC's 2025 Phil Hill Award
Alwin Springer, whose name is synonymous with Porsche's decades-long racing heritage, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2025 Phil Hill Award. The 2019 award recipient, RRDC President Bobby Rahal, made the presentation at the annual RRDC members’ dinner on January 21 prior to the 64th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season opener of the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The Phil Hill Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the person who the RRDC feels has rendered outstanding service to road racing. The recipient may be a driver, entrant, an outstanding member of a sanctioning body or has contributed highly to the legacy of the sport.
It is named in honor of America's first Formula 1 World Champion (in 1961), and is not only a tribute to his masterful accomplishments on the race track, it also recognizes his contributions as a great ambassador for the sport. Hill passed away in 2008.
Today, German-born Alwin Springer, in his semi-retirement, lists his "occupation" as "consultant, Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA), Historic Department," which is the culmination of his longtime work with Porsche and its race teams since 1965, when he was first a technician at VW/Porsche Canada in Toronto following tech school graduation.
Today, German-born Alwin Springer, in his semi-retirement, lists his "occupation" as "consultant, Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA), Historic Department," which is the culmination of his longtime work with Porsche and its race teams since 1965, when he was first a technician at VW/Porsche Canada in Toronto following tech school graduation.
He soon took a job as chief technician at Vasek Polak Racing in Hermosa Beach, California, fielding a variety of Porsche models in club racing events and a normally-aspirated 917 and a turbo 917 in the 1971-73 Can-Am Series.
By 1975 his expertise with Porsches helped him launch ANDIAL Road & Racing in Costa Mesa, California, with partners Arnold Wagner and Dieter Inzenhofer. The trio established ANDIAL as the leading USA independent shop for Porsche street cars and the most successful racing engine-rebuilding facility. ANDIAL-prepared engines have won numerous long-distance races and IMSA championships from 1976-1996.
Springer and ANDIAL achieved success with such teams as Gunnar Racing, Preston Henn's Swap Shop, Al Holbert Racing, Bayside Racing, Dauer Racing, B.F. Goodrich Racing, Bob Akin Racing, A.J. Foyt Racing, Brun Racing and Dyson Racing, which dominated IMSA competition from 1984-89.
Springer and ANDIAL achieved success with such teams as Gunnar Racing, Preston Henn's Swap Shop, Al Holbert Racing, Bayside Racing, Dauer Racing, B.F. Goodrich Racing, Bob Akin Racing, A.J. Foyt Racing, Brun Racing and Dyson Racing, which dominated IMSA competition from 1984-89.
In 1989, until 1996, he became general manager for PMNA in Santa Ana, California, having transferred his ANDIAL shares to his partners. In 1997 he was named President and CEO of PMNA in Santa Ana, and in 2004 he took on the position of consultant to PMNA in the Rules and Regulations and Historic Departments.
From 2022-25, he continued as a consultant to Porsche AG in Weissach, Germany, on the Porsche Penske 963 IMSA program.
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