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September ptemberr 2023
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St. Joseph Ed Edition dit Reaching South Bend And Surrounding Counties
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…at Concours d’Elegance %\ 0$5,66$ 6:($7/$1' 6WDII :ULWHU “We looked at the car and suddenly there was a ribbon on it! I was in shock, it was so incredible,” Michael Sikorski recounted about his win of Best in Class in the Corvette division. As Sikorski explained, the Concours d’Elegance is the Superbowl of car shows. His love for cars started
in childhood. One day his uncle came home with a new red convertible and invited Sikorski to be the first person to passenger in the car. He recalled memories of watching his other uncle changing the oil in his 1951 Studebaker and helping his father take care of his car. When the Sikorski family gathers, cars are always a main topic of conversation, even at funerals.
“We were making small talk at the funeral, and before I knew it we were all in the parking lot looking and talking about our cars,” Sikorski explained. Instead of blood, his heart pumps motor oil. His love for cars intensified even further when his wife, Chris, gifted him a fourth generation 1985 Chevrolet Corvette for his 50th birthday.
The Sikorskis took the Corvette to “cruise ins” at the K-Mart in Niles, Michigan. A “cruise in” is a social gathering of car hobbyists to gather and talk cars. Sikorski put lots of elbow grease and hard work into cleaning up his Corvette to make it the best it can be. His Corvette was consistently winning award after award. He was invited to enter the Concours d’Elegance.
Normally, the Concours d’Elegance does not accept Corvettes; however, 2023 is Corvette’s 70th anniversary. In honor of that, Concours d’Elegance accepted one Corvette per generation. Sikorski’s Corvette was accepted, a dream for every car lover. Among the other accepted Corvettes was the Indianapolis 500 pace car and a 69-year-old Corvette. Other Continued on page 8
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