Amelia Concours to Celebrate 250 GTO in 2012

The 2012 Amelia Island Concours will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GTO. Good news for those that cannot attend the Pebble Concours celebration this year.

Amelia's press release digs at other events that honor anniversaries seemingly before they occur, i.e. Pebble honoring the 50th anniversary of the 1962-1964 GTO in 2011.

“As the first major show of the year, Amelia is fortunate in that it sometimes sets the tone for others to follow,” said Bill Warner, Concours Founder and Chairman. “We are well known for rolling an anniversary into a seminar and the public really loves how we do it. The Ferrari GTO is another example of our planning ahead to celebrate a very important milestone. Over the past several years, I’ve noticed that other shows will recognize an important event before the actual year it occurred just to be the first to do it, and to me that diminishes the historical value.”

http://www.sportscardigest.com/amelia-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-ferrari-250-gto-in-2012/