Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance

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2022 event at the Wynn Golf & Country Club

The Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance (officially known as the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas for sponsorship reasons) is an automotive Concours d'Elegance event and car show held annually at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. [1] [2]

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History

The first Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance was held on Saturday October 26, 2019 at the DragonRidge Country Club in MacDonald Highlands. [3]

The 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

The 2021 event was hosted at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin. [5]

Since 2022, the event has been hosted at the Wynn Las Vegas. The 2022 event featured over 250 cars, and the Grand Marshal was Jay Leno. [6] The 35th anniversary of the Ferrari F40 was celebrated at the event.

The 2023 event was hosted on November 11 to 12, 2023 to take place as the beginning of the Race Week for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix race. [7] The event emcee was British racecar driver Justin Bell. [8]

Tour d'Elegance

Before the main Concours event, many of the participating cars tour the Las Vegas Strip in a motorcade parade with Las Vegas Metro Police escorts. [7]

Winners

YearSitePre-war WinnerPre-war VehiclePost-war WinnerPost-war Vehicle
2019 Dragonridge Country Club Nethercutt Collection (Jack & Helen Nethercutt) 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Dubos Coupe Kevin & Connor Cogan1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Vignale
2021 Las Vegas Ballpark Michael Sullivan1936 Packard Gentlemen’s Tailback SpeedsterMichael Hammer1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III
2022 Wynn Las Vegas Nethercutt Collection (Jack & Helen Nethercutt) 1933 Duesenberg Arlington Torpedo SJ Mullin Automotive Museum (Peter & Merle Mullin)1951 Delahaye 235 Roadster
2023Wynn Las Vegas Harry Yeaggy 1935 Duesenberg SJ "Mormon Meteor"Jeffrey Maier1969 Lamborghini Miura S

Trophy design

The designs of the Best of Show and honorary individual trophies "The Helene Awards" are modeled after Helene Rother, the first woman to be an automotive designer at GM in 1943 after being hired by Harley Earl, and later an Automotive Hall of Fame inductee. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance". Las Vegas Concours. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Check Out Las Vegas Concours D'Elegance 2019". AutoClassics.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance Archives". 360 MAGAZINE. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Events Schedule". Las Vegas Concours. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. ↑ Edsall, Larry (2021-10-29). "Las Vegas hits a home run with concours in the ballpark". journal.classiccars.com. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  6. ↑ "2022 Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance Automotive Exhibition and Competition is heating up". Old Cars Weekly. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  7. 1 2 Mathew, Viju (2022-11-03). "The First Concours d'Elegance Wynn Las Vegas Shows Why It Could Take on Pebble Beach". Robb Report. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  8. ↑ "2023 Concours at Wynn Las Vegas: Gorgeous Cars, Grand Events". Wynn Stories. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  9. ↑ Vaughn, Mark (2019-10-29). "First-ever Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance launches across the desert". Autoweek. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
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