Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm current award winners announced

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The 2023 Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm has announced this year’s award winners. Competition was extremely tight, drawing entrants from a dozen states. Capturing “Best Of Show” was a 1930 Cadillac Madame X Coupe, owned by Allen and Nancy Strong, Urbana, Ill. It was selected from nearly 80 vehicles. Renowned automotive historian, Matt Short, served as chief judge for the event. His professional experience includes The Henry Ford, The R.E. Olds Museum, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, and America’s

Packard Museum. He has also served on the boards of the Society of Automotive Historians, National Association of Automobile Museums, and Packard Motor Car Foundation.

Other local premier awards include:

• J. M. Studebaker Award, presented to the Most Outstanding Studebaker, 1963 Studebaker Avanti, David and Shirley Lauver, South Bend.

• Raymond Loewy Award, Exemplary Exterior Design, 1966 Jaguar E-Type Roadster, Paul and Marilyn Campbell, Warsaw.

Best Of Class Awards

Class K: The Corvette at 70, 1985 Chevrolet Corvette, Michael Sikorski, Granger.

Class D: New Deal Motoring, 1933-1942, 1937 Hupmobile D618G, Gregory Drufke, LaPorte.

Class C: The Centennial Club, pre-1923 automobiles, 1907 Tincher Model H, Steven Haines, Niles, Mich.

Next year’s Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm is scheduled for Saturday, July 13, 2024.

For more information, visit concoursatcopshaholm.org.