Chairman's Letter

Alfa’s, Alfa’s, Alfa’s Oh my….. We had Alfa’s!   Thank you to all that came out on Saturday for the Keeneland Concours.   As you know, Alfa was the guest marque this year.  Alfa also had their Owner’s Club National Convention in conjunction with the Concours in Lexington.  As a result, we were treated to some WORLD CLASS Alfa’s: 1938 Tipo 308 Indy 500 Racer, 1965 TZ-1 Zagato, 1931 6C 1750, 1932 8C 2300- get the picture?    It was Alfa heaven for sure.   There also was a world class display of 1960’s Drag Racers-second to NONE (and boy did they sound great when they all started at once!)

Another great addition to the show this year was the Wells Fargo Stagecoach.  Not only did they come galloping through the show field as the vintage aircraft were soaring above but everyone had an opportunity to get their photograph taken in the stagecoach.  

A record crowd waited anxiously as the winning ticket was drawn for the Porsche Boxster.  The lucky winner’s name was called ….”Mr. Joe Warren”.   Everyone in the crowd participated in the phone call to Mr. Warren to give him the exciting news!.....”You just won a Porsche Boxster at the Keeneland Concours!”  Thank you to all who participated in our raffle.

Those of you present at the awards ceremony had a real treat, Mrs. Mari Hulman George, Dr. Michael Karpf, and Mr. Ted Bassett presented the inaugural Keeneland-Mari Hulman George Award of Excellence to Mr. Bob Wilson.  Mr. Wilson has been a supporter of the Concours since the very beginning and his cars have won at Keeneland Concours.  But above and beyond the cars, Mr. Wilson has supported the Kentucky Children’s Hospital and University of Kentucky Hospital in many ways.  He has a passion for involving young people in our hobby, and for that trait alone he is an admirable man!  We are honored that the George’s and Indianapolis Motor Speedway were involved with our Concours.

We would like to thank all our major and supporting sponsors and the MANY volunteers that gave their time to make this year’s Keeneland Concours a success.  It is because of your efforts and hard work it enables us to continue to help the Kentucky Children’s Hospital in providing the best healthcare for Kentucky’s children. 

We are already looking forward to next year as we will be honoring Packard as our guest marque in 2012. 

         So save the date for July 21, 2012 Thank you again for your support!

         All the best,Tom and Connie Jones