1955 Chevy Nomad Ridler Award Chevrolet Strei’s Streetrods
A 1955 chevy nomad took home the 2025 ridler award after years of meticulous custom work, personal battles, and the bresnahan family's relentless pursuit of perfection. In a tough field of cars this year, the 1955 chevy nomad, owned by tom and christy bresnahan, along with their son josh, has been named the winner of the don ridler memorial award at the 2025. Dubbed gray madder, tom and christy bresnahan's 1955 chevy nomad earned the prestigious don ridler memorial award at the 2025 detroit autorama.
1955 Chevy Nomad “Gray Madder” Wins 2025 Ridler Award After Incredible
Another detroit autorama is in the books, and a 1955 chevrolet nomad was crowned the latest ridler award winner This year's great 8 was a tough field, with tom, christy and josh brenahan's 1955 chevrolet nomad emerging as this year's ridler winner. A 1955 chevrolet nomad wagon has won the don ridler memorial award at the 2025 detroit autorama, one of the highest honours for a customized vehicle—and the finalists included three vehicles.
The annual don ridler memorial award for 2025 went to gray madder, a custom 1955 chevy nomad belonging to tom and christy bresnahan and their son josh, of pekin, illinois, and built by jeff shores and his own two sons at southern comfort customs, of ramseur, north carolina
The ridler award, the top accolade at the detroit autorama, goes to the vehicle judges think has superior creativity. When ridler died prematurely in 1963, the best in show award was renamed the don ridler memorial award to honour the man who helped make the autorama what it is today
