SAVE THE DATE!
SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012
The Inn at St. John's
44045 Five Mile Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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2011 Best of Show | 1933 Duesenberg SJ
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2011 Best of Show | 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn Kurier
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2012 Poster Art by artist, Tom Hale
"Wagonmasters" Movie Documentary
IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2012, Troy, MI – Sam Smartt and Chris Zaluski, Master of Fine Arts students in the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University, will be offering a “works-in-progress” screening of their upcoming documentary, Wagonmasters, on July 28th at the Concours d’Elegance at St. John’s. Co-directors Smartt and Zaluski have been working on the project since February 2011.
1940 Graham Hollywood Convertible to Emerge at Concours
May 1, 2012, Troy, MI – This 1940 Graham Hollywood Convertible, the only known surviving 2-passenger convertible, has not been seen since it went into storage in 1952.In 1963 while on vacation in Yarmouth, MA, Earl Parks was walking down Willow Street towards the beach, he spied what he thought was a Cord Convertible Coupe tucked away in a garage.
2011 Best of Show Wins Louis Vuitton Classic
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Concours d’Elegance 2011 Best of Show-European wins Louis Vuitton Classic Troy, MI – April 10, 2012: The Concours d’Elegance of America is honored to have its 2011 “Best of Show” Award-winning 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K owned by Arturo and Deborah Keller chosen as the recipient of the prestigious Louis Vuitton Classic Award.
Concours Open Track Event
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Concours d’Elegance of America Announces Open Track Event And Affiliation with Michigan Classics Vintage Races March 6, 2012, Troy, MI - The Concours d’Elegance of America is pleased to announce their Second Annual Concours Open Track Event will be held at Waterford Hills Road Racing (W.H.R.R.I.) on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The event will be managed by the staff of Waterford Hills Road Racing, Inc. All modern and vintage cars that can pass the safety and sound requirements are eligible to be driven on the road course.
Concours Charities Announcement
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Concours d’Elegance of America Announces Official Charities February 27, 2012, Troy, MI – The Board of Directors of the Concours d'Elegance of America has announced that the College for Creative Studies (CCS), Leader Dogs for the Blind and Hospice of Michigan will be its charitable beneficiaries at the 2012 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's.
Slingshot Rail Dragster Class
IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2012 Troy, MI – On Sunday, July 29, the Concours will present a class of Slingshot Rail dragsters at the 34th Annual Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s. Born over 50 years ago, Slingshots get their name from the extreme rearward positioning of the driver’s torso behind the axle and slicks. In the early years of drag racing, the front-engine slingshot dragsters stood above the rest. The cars, also known as Top Fuel dragsters, run on a mix of approximately 90% nitromethane and 10% methanol rather than gasoline or simply methanol.
Jet-Age Stations Wagons
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Concours d’Elegance To Feature “Jet-Age Station Wagons” Troy, MI – January 20, 2012: The Concours d’Elegance of America is pleased to announce that “Jet-Age Station Wagons” will be a featured class for the 2012 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s. This special class will feature some of the most beautiful, most interesting and rarely seen American station wagons from the late 1950s and early 1960s
2011 Award Summary
