"I just love doing things and the fact that I have done a lot of different kinds of things certainly makes it better."įor Sir Stirling Moss, a legendary British racer who was the first honoree on a misty 1996 day, it was "amazing." "To me they are all unified in a certain way of thinking and a certain level of enthusiasm I have inherited from my Mom,' he said. A former racer and architect-turned author, artist and Formula 1 commentator, he is proud of all of them. Posey said it was "outrageously fun" to be there and see his former race cars displayed among 300 at the 18th annual display of cars, motorcycles and classics spread across the greens. Reporter Dan Scanlan's weekly Pod Rods blog has more photos of the Amelia Island Concours and seven video reports.
Sleek little Formula Junior racers were across from the bizarre "What Were They Thinking" class. The 50th anniversary celebration of the Corvette Stingray included the only steel-bodied version - a 1963 Corvette Rondine. The 25,000 spectators could find a field of Porsche 911s, a long line of sleek 1920s and 1930s Miller race cars, or the imposing classical designs of Packards, Rolls-Royces, Duesenbergs. By Dan 14 Ford GT40 race cars were parked on one side of the lake at the Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach's 10th and 18th fairways, the formation led by a flying wedge of orange and blue John Wyer Gulf-sponsored cars that included the one that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice.Īcross the lake at the 18th annual Amelia island Concours d'Elegance, a display of nine cars of racer/author/artist/racing commentator and Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance honoree Sam Posey, from his 1965 Ferrari 250 LM to his powerful 11967 Caldwell D7 Can Am car.
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