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SS Wins Inaugural Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance
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SS Wins Inaugural Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance

 J. Michael Hemsley

The first time for any concours is always a challenge.  When the weather complicates the plans, it can become chaotic.  When the announcement of The Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance appeared, it was a must do event.  The Greenbrier is an historic resort in White Sulphur Springs in the mountains of West Virginia.  Visitors began coming to the area to “take the waters” since 1778.  It remains one of only two “springs” resorts left, the other being The Homestead about an hour away in the Virginia mountains.  The Greenbrier is also the site of a facility that got the name “the bunker” thanks to a slightly misinformed newspaper reporter. “The bunker” is actually a fallout shelter designed to protect Congress from fallout during a nuclear war.  Long declassified, it now serves as an interesting side tour for people staying at the resort.  It also has a room now called the “Exhibition Room,” which became important to concours entrants and spectators.

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It was a two day event, much as Amelia Island has become.  Saturday was “Car Club Day,” and it was held on the golf course.  The threat of rain and the actual drizzle kept some people away.  The cars hardly made a dent on the amount of space they had set aside for them.  One hotel employee said she counted about 75 cars, but even at that number, there was room for many more.  The outlook for Sunday was horrible, but there were breaks in the rain forecast for late morning through early afternoon, so, on Saturday afternoon, the organizers said it was a go for the golf course.  Sunday morning, it was raining so hard that speeds over 50 were impossible on the interestate.  In town, the river was nearly out of its banks.  The entrance from the road to the golf course was flooded. After lots of rumors spread among the entrants, a decision was made to put half the 100 or so entrants on the circle in front of the hotel and half in the “Exhibition Hall,”  The latter required some effort on the part of the drivers because of all the support columns around the room.  Greenbrier employees and even concours judges helped push some of the cars into place.  Being inside made the noises quite entertaining.  And it got very interesting when a McLaren Can-Am car drove in – what a noise!  It got everyone’s attention!

In the end the Best of Show honors went to Carl Baxter’s 1934 Swallow Sidecar (Jaguar) SS1 Saloon, with the class winners including:

Class 1 – Brass Era Cars: 1911 Stanley Steam Car, Model 63 owned by Eric Arbuckle

Class 2 – Classic Cars: 1928 Isotta Fraschini 8A SS owned by Peter Boyle

Class 3 – Pre-War Production Cars: 1934 Swallow Sidecar (Jaguar) SS1 Saloon owned by Carl Baxter

Class 4 – Post-War Production Cars: 1953 Mercedes Benz 220 Cabriolet A owned by Martin Stickley

Class 5 – Foreign Sports Cars: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 GT owned by Alan Anspaugh

Class 6 – Exotic Sports Cars: 1966 Ferrari 275GTB owned by John Gerhard

Class 7 – American Sports Cars: 1957 Ford Supercharged Thunderbird owned by Marvin Hill

Class 8 – Preservation Cars: 1967 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Mark Davis

Class 9 – Race Cars: 1957 Ferrari 500-TRC owned by David Carte

Class 10 – Muscle Cars: 1967 Ford Shelby GT350 owned by Hunt Palmer-Ball

Class 11 – Vipers: 2017 Dodge Viper owned by Bob Miller

1954 Siata 300 BC of William Lightfoot. Jackson X.
1954 Siata 300 BC of William Lightfoot.
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Indy 500 Pace car of Bruce Hoffberger. Jackson X.
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Indy 500 Pace car of Bruce Hoffberger.
1969 American Motors AMX III of Richard Biafora. Jackson X.
1969 American Motors AMX III of Richard Biafora.
The 1968 Maserati Ghibli of Charles Roberts. Jackson X.
The 1968 Maserati Ghibli of Charles Roberts.
 Jackson X.
1928 Isotta Fraschini 8A SS owned by Peter Boyle
 Jackson X.
1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III of Richard Mcininch.
1947 Chrysler Imperial Crown Limousine of Pete Zimmermann.
1947 Chrysler Imperial Crown Limousine of Pete Zimmermann.
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Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Road & Racecar magazine, as well as Editor of Alfa Owner, The Oily Rag and BMW Ultimate Classic magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in neurobiology. Along with his passion for automobiles, Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who’s competed over 10 times in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey still contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and racecars and edits and curates the content for this website.
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