Race Car of the Year 2021

Mervyn’s EP3 is a real favourite among the contenders in the Civic Cup, and part of its appeal is the endearing story behind it. Mervyn grew up watching his dad racing hot rods and bangers, and he got into oval racing himself at the age of 17, buying himself a Vauxhall Nova and campaigning it at Standlake, his old man’s former stomping ground. Moving into the Stock Hatch series, he soon realised that the guys racing in the Civic Cup looked like they were having a lot of fun, so he made the lateral move and, having started his own garage business, had some funds to build a decent race Honda. So that’s exactly what he did. The crux of the matter here is that he built the Civic himself, and Mervyn’s just as good at driving race cars as he is at building them, as his increasingly over-laden trophy cabinet attests. This is a relentlessly successful car, and we just know that Mervyn’s going to keep achieving podiums with his #BCEquipped weapon.