Four-Time Porsche Champ Blind Surprised With Special Prize

Four championship titles earned Scott Blind a trip to Germany; what he didn’t see coming was Porsche honoring him with a surprise award that didn’t even exist until this year.

When Blind boarded his flight for Porsche’s Night of Champions, he knew he would be surrounded by greatness.

He knew he would stand alongside the world’s best drivers, engineers, and team leaders. He knew he’d celebrate a season that had seen him take four championship wins—Porsche Carrera Cup North America, Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama, Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama and Porsche Endurance Challenge North America—an accomplishment unprecedented in Porsche’s single-make world.

What he didn’t know was that Porsche Motorsport had a surprise waiting for him—one that would leave him speechless on a stage in Stuttgart, holding an award that was handed out for the first time ever.

“I had no idea what the Night of Champions was going to be like,” said Blind.

“What an amazing event and so well done. But I was so surprised to get called up on the stage in front of everybody at the end. I just wasn’t expecting it. Unbelievable.”

Porsche Motorsport had created a new award called ‘Forever First.’ It was designed for someone who had accomplished something that had never been done before in Porsche racing. In its first year, Blind was one of them.

Blind didn’t know the honor had even been created, let alone that he’d be a recipient.

“Porsche Motorsport Vice President Thomas Laudenbach presented me with a diamond ring!” he said.

“A beautiful, round ring with a checkered-flag background and a nice diamond in one of the squares. I can’t even tell you how incredible it was.”

But as he walked on stage, the emotion took over. The man who had spent the year fighting for milliseconds suddenly found himself without words.

“When I was up there, I completely lost the plot,” said Blind.

“Normally, I’m not at a loss for words, but it was kind of an emotional thing.

“I answered the question they asked—how I did it, only been racing since 2022—and I forgot to thank everybody: my team, Porsche Motorsport North America, all the people who helped me get there. I just wasn’t ready. But what an incredible outcome.”

The significance of the moment grew even clearer when Blind learned who else would receive the newly created honor.

Alongside him, Come Ledogar was recognized for guiding Schumacher CLRT to an unprecedented sweep of all major Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup titles, and Nick Tandy was celebrated for becoming the first driver to win all four of endurance racing’s great 24-hour classics overall—Le Mans, Nürburgring, Spa and Daytona.

For Blind, being part of that trio underscored just how special the award was. He wasn’t just celebrated—he was placed among truly illustrious company.

Blind’s rise through the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid has been so fast he’s still catching his breath.

“If someone told me in 2022 I’d be standing on that stage in Stuttgart, I would’ve thought they were nuts,” he said. “Back then, I had no idea how someone even becomes a racecar driver. I didn’t know where to start.”

He laughs now about how accidental some of it felt.

“I look back, and it feels like my coat was caught in the train door, and I was running alongside. The train’s going, and I’m just going with it,” he said. “Some of it just happened by osmosis. I didn’t have a grand plan.”

What anchors him now is the sense of community he’s found.

“Having this connection with everybody at PMNA, with the Porsche paddock, the race-car community—it feels so cool. So many fast drivers, special drivers. It just feels good to be part of it.”