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2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Best in Class Winners
The 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, held Sunday, March 14th on the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island, featured more than 250 classic cars on the show field separated into 34 classes.
In addition to Featured Guest Richard Petty, the featured marque was Mercedes-Benz and the Concours highlighted the 40th anniversary [...]
2010 Amelia Island Concours de Sport Best in Class Winners
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is well known for its penchant for sports and racing cars. Led by founder Bill Warner, who raced “in the day” and vintage races today, the Amelia Concours goes out of its way to include a wide variety of sports and racing cars.
Further reinforcing the sports and racing partiality, Amelia [...]
2010 Race Retro Report and Photo Gallery
Story and photos by Simon Wright
Race Retro is the International Historic Motorsport show held each year at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, in the middle of England. This year the show, held March 12-14, 2010, was celebrating the centenary of Alfa Romeo and the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, under chairman Ed McDonough, had made a tremendous effort [...]
2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Photo Gallery
The 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, March 14th on the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. An estimated 15,000 people attended the event on a breezy and sunny day.
Honorary Chairman Richard Petty kicked off the 15th annual Amelia [...]
2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Best of Show Winners
The 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, March 14th on the 10th and 18th fairways of The Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island.
With nearly 300 interestingly diverse cars in attendance, we will have multiple stories on the event, starting with the Best of Show Winners. The Amelia [...]
Ferrari 250 GT Wins at Cavallino Classic Concorso d’Eleganza
The Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Pinin Farina chassis no. 0419GT, built in 1955 and completely restored by Maranello’s Ferrari Classiche department, was awarded another international recognition. After the award for ‘Best Restoration’ at Villa d’Este last year, the car, part of the Americans Kenneth and Dayle Roath’s collection, gained the “Outstanding Restoration Quality and Challenge” [...]
Riverside Museum Establishes Peter Bryant Award
Riverside International Automotive Museum (RIAM) established an annual award which honors the memory of the late motorsports engineer/designer Peter Bryant. The inaugural presentation of the award will take place during “Legends of Riverside II” racing film festival and gala at the museum over the weekend of March 26-28, 2010.
“Peter was such a wonderful part of [...]
Favorite Amelia Island Concours Etceterini Winner
The votes are in for your favorite car competing in the Etceterini Class at the 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The winner is the 1957 Bandini Saponetta owned by Marc Richelsoph.
“Saponetta” means little soap bar, for being small and slippery. The unique patented oval tubing, lightweight engine, and aluminum body form one of the lightest [...]
2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Preview
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance returns to Amelia Island, Florida on March 11-14, 2010 to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Shepherded by Chairmen Bill Warner and Tom Cotter, the Amelia Island Concours has grown into one of the preeminent automotive events in the world, a must-see event year in and year out.
Held at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia [...]
2010 Race Retro Information
This year’s Race Retro, held at Stoneleigh Park from 12th to 14th March, 2010, is serving up a hearty feast of cars for lovers of historic motor sport, giving enthusiasts to get up close to cars they usually only get a passing glimpse of on rally stages or race circuits.
Pushing the boundaries of historic motor [...]
2010 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Information
For anyone with a fondness for spring and an appreciation of the Italian way of life, Lake Como in April has always been hard to beat. And the world-famous Grand Hotel Villa d’Este is the perfect base for those looking to revel in the lakeside ambience rather than merely bed down for the night. Should [...]
Vote for Favorite Amelia Island Concours Etceterini
Bill Warner and the crew at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance continually produce a very entertaining and diverse collection of cars and those assembled for the 15th annual event will surely wow the spectators once again. Among the unique featured classes at the 2010 Amelia Island Concours will be Porsche 917, Cars of the Cuban [...]
2010 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance Information
The 2010 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance selected Martin Swig as the Honorary Chair of the event. A long-time supporter of the Palo Alto Concours, Swig annually sponsors the “Forgotten Treasures” and “Mille Miglia” trophies awarded to esoteric vehicles participating in the Concours.
“It’s great to be able to recognize Martin’s contributions to our event in [...]
Big Changes for Concours d’Elegance at Meadow Brook
The event previously known as the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance will now be using its legally recognized name, Concours d’Elegance of America, beginning with the 2010 event scheduled for July 25 at the Meadow Brook estate.
Founded in 1977, the Concours was originally operated by the Meadow Brook Hall and has been held on the grounds [...]
2010 Concorso Italiano to Feature 100 Years of Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. was founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan, Italy and the famed Italian car maker’s 100th anniversary will be celebrated at the 2010 Concorso Italiano.
Concorso Italiano plans to honor the marque in a variety of ways, headlined by the Centerpiece Display, a wide-ranging exhibit of Alfa Romeos from early street [...]
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