2023 Concours d'Elegance at Copshaholm To Celebrate Corvette’s 70th anniversary

SOUTH BEND, IN – The 2023 Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm celebrates the Corvette’s 70th anniversary with a special class devoted to “America’s Sports Car.” The class will feature Corvettes from each of the car’s 8 generations. Additionally, National Corvette Museum Curator and former General Motors designer Brian Baker will be on hand to present a special program, “Seventy Years of America’s Sports Car,” at 1pm in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Admission is included with a Concours ticket.

 

Other programs at the 2023 Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm include “Rolling Sculpture: Streamlined and Art Deco Cars and Motorcycles 1930-1941,” presented by automotive author and historian Ken Gross, in the Wiekamp Auditorium at 11am. At noon, the Concours will screen “Paula Murphy: Undaunted,” a documentary on pioneering race car driver Paula Murphy, hosted by Producer Cindy Sisson.

 

The Concours at Copshaholm’s Chief Judge is renowned automotive scholar and historian Matt Short. Judging will be French Traditional. The awards ceremony will be narrated by noted automotive raconteur, Bill Rothermel. The Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm will be held Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. The show field opens to the public at 10am and closes at 4pm. The Pass In Review and Awards ceremony begins at 2:30pm.  For more information, visit www.concoursatcopshaholm.org.