The Ferrari Concours d' Elegance, Sunday July 20, 2014

As announced in last month's NW Region FCA newsletter (Amici di Maranello), save the date of Sunday July 20, 2014 for
The Ferrari Concours d' Elegance

The site of The Ferrari Concours d' Elegance is the front lawn at Matthews Estate Winery in the heart of the Woodinville, WA wine country. This location is adjacent to over 50 wineries that are within just a few miiles and several 5 Star hotels like Willows Lodge (http://www.willowslodge.com/) or the Redmond Marriott Town Center (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marriott.com%2Fhotels%2Ftravel%2Fseamc-redmond-marriott-town-center%2F&ei=nBcMU-iCJZPkoATru4L4AQ&usg=AFQjCNFANUmwvUywfIaWx5m-bCKh8C0_DQ&sig2=0vQm7QtX-qpUm_m839XBHQ) which make this an excellent destination location.

The FCA Board of Director's has fully funded this event and Regional Director, Mark Scholz, has commissioned six elegant crystal engraved trophies for the top tiered Ferraris as part of the total of 24 trophies to be awarded.

Should Folks from Oregon (and outlying areas) wish to make a weekend of it then consider arriving early for the Saturday morning E@RTC just a few miles away. We estimate that Saturday July 19th will be the date of the E@RTC Ferrari Day but that is still TBD. In any case, the standard E@RTC event is always fun, so come for the whole weekend! A special FCA Club Saturday Night Welcome BBQ party will be held at a private location.

You do not need to be an FCA member to attend the Concours but it will be a Ferrari Only Concours.
The general public is invited to attend the Concours for free.
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The Constant Contact for the Ferrari Concours d'Elegance sign up announcement was just sent out to the FCA membership. If you are a member but did not receive it then please contact the NWR-FCA and make sure your email is correct or log into your National FCA account and confirm your email there is correct.

https://www.ferrariclubofamerica.org/index.cfm/ID/3/Login
(Don't know your member number or Password? Follow the links to get them)

Attendance is not limited to FCA members, they just get the discount.
This will be the only place in the NW where you can find Ferraris lined up by class in an elegant winery location.
No cost for the viewing public.



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The Ferrari Concours d'Elegance signups have been a resounding success using the link in the April FCA newsletter.
We have secured 24 trophies and any NWR-FCA newsletter advertiser will get free display space and free distribution of their business literature to participants upon arrival.

Sponsorship is available and although we are not asking sponsors for funding as the FCA Board has fully funded this event, we offer trophy purchase to increase the total above 24 trophies. Purchase of a trophy by the sponsor will allow that sponsor to choose which car receives the trophy. Sponsor deadline for top tier trophies is June 1st, because of our order lead time and second tier trophies is June 20.


We have confirmed that Pebble Beach Judges Brown Maloney, Brian Pollock and Dominic Dobson will be leading the judging team
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Thanks for your question.
Non-Members are welcome to attend and display but since the FCA is funding the trophies out of the club treasury then only club members will be eligible to receive trophies. All registered entrants (FCA members and non-members) are welcome to attend the Saturday Night BBQ.
One of the Crystal Trophies alone would cost nearly as much as an annual membership.
Info on joining the FCA is here:
Join the FCA now!

 

What a staged lead-in question, thank you!


The answer is that this is an original (no repro), Ferrari-only Concours d'Elegance and is comprised of six classes with 24 trophies:

- Early Racing and Vintage: (1946 up to 250, 275, 330, 365)

- Enzo Era: (365 GT4 Daytona, 400, 412, Dino 206/246)

- 12 cyl class (Boxer, 512/TR/512M)

- V8 class (308/GT4QV, 328, 348, 355, Mondial)

- Modern 12 cyl (550, 575, 612, 599, FF, F12)

- Modern V8 cyl (360/430/458)

No apology necessary, even if you don't enter join along in the fun as a spectator because the public is welcome and it is free of charge for spectators to attend.

This is developing into a very fun and elegant event. We are waiting for a few more exciting things in the works before announcing, hopefully yielding some very special cars!

 

JUST ADDED: Ken L. has just organized an authentic Italian brick Pizza Oven vendor to be on site at Matthews winery for Napoli style pizza concessions during the Concours.
Thank you for arranging this.


UPDATE: Looks like we missed the 456 and California in the listing so have added them. Apologies for this oversight, All Ferraris are welcome and there is a class for each.

 

The ad which has been circulating since January
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Yes, I heard Mr. Tegeler took quite a rebuttal on this at the annual NWR-FCA meeting but I too am even more responsible and as a member of the Ferrari Concours Committee I am sincerely apologetic for this overlap of dates.

It was never our intention to cause a conflict and the fact is we had hoped to make it easy for our Oregon brothers/sisters to come up and make a weekend of it, enjoy the Woodinville Wine Country and pair it with the Saturday Exotics at Redmond Town center. It is the E@RTC event on Saturday which caused us to focus on holding the Concours on a Sunday.

Last Fall the Ferrari Concours Committee began meeting and from the very beginning we worked closely with the NWR-FCA Board of Directors to pare down the dates already taken by planned events to resolve those possible dates available. This ended up to be exactly three weekends available.

Once that limitation was defined we then spent several weekends exploring possible sites that might hold 75+ Ferraris, were within our budget, had ample parking for spectators and were in an elegant setting. Many weekends were spent by our volunteer team scouring the possibilities, working the numbers, explaining to owners what we wanted to do and sell them on how a Concours works.
No small effort indeed.
In fact we were a little late in several cases as our biggest competitors were wedding parties and those folks plan things far in advance.

Once we penned the contracts and announced the event we then started promoting it by visiting some of the large local Ferrari Collections. The fact is I had never heard of the Forest Grove Concours until I approached Bruce McCaw's VRM and the overseer mentioned it to me.
The Concours Committee quickly convened but dates could not be changed as location availabilty had evaporated.



As of today we have 29 Ferraris registered in six classes for 24 trophies with 3 seasoned Pebble Beach Judges leading the Concours so this is taking off like hotcakes.

There is nowhere else in the Pacific NorthWest where you will find a larger group of Ferraris arranged by model and class so I'll hope you will still consider attending.

PS - Don't forget the fun filled Saturday Night Winemaker BBQ Welcome Party too!

 

Thank you.
The idea of alternating years on the location from Seattle to Portland has also been suggested.
Perhaps next year The Ferrari Concours should be held in Portland.