Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm
SOUTH BEND, IN – The 2023 Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm announced this year’s award winners. Competition was extremely tight, drawing entrants from a dozen states. Capturing “Best of Show” was a 1930 Cadillac Madame X Coupe, owned by Allen & Nancy Strong, from Urbana, IL. It was selected from nearly 80 vehicles. Renowned automotive historian, Matt Short, served as Chief Judge for the event. His professional experience includes The Henry Ford, The R.E. Olds Museum, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, and America’s Packard Museum. He has also served on the boards of the Society of Automotive Historians, the National Association of Automobile Museums, and the Packard Motor Car Foundation.
Other Premier Awards include:
J. M. Studebaker Award, presented to the Most Outstanding Studebaker
1963 Studebaker Avanti – David & Shirley Lauver, South Bend, IN
Ransom Eli Olds Award, presented to the Most Outstanding Oldsmobile
1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – Jeff Rapkin, Yorktown, IN
Zora Arkus-Duntov Award, Presented to the Most Outstanding Corvette
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray – Tony & Jolene McBride, Louisville, KY
Raymond Loewy Award: Exemplary Exterior Design
1966 Jaguar E-Type Roadster – Paul & Marilyn Campbell, Warsaw, IN
Helen Dryden Award: Exemplary Interior Design
1961 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country – John & Lynne Cote, Guilford, CT
Fred & Augie Duesenberg Award: Engineering Excellence
1933 Franklin Twelve Seven-Passenger Sedan – Debbie & Bob Cornman, Pen Argyl, PA
The Opulence Award: Most Outstanding Full Classic ®
1937 Rolls Royce Phantom III Cabriolet de Ville – Christine Heroy, Angola, IN
Chief Judge’s Award
1924 Stutz Special Six Tourabout – Mark Olson, Indianapolis, IN
President’s Choice
1908 REO Model A – Russ Rodriguez & Mary Ellen Thielemann, Itasca, IL
Ken Gross Digs This Car Award
1939 Studebaker Coupe Express – Bill Parfet, Hickory Corners, MI
People’s Choice Award
1927 Duesenberg Model X – Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, IN
Chairman’s Choice Award
1938 Lincoln K LeBaron Convertible Sedan – Charles Mullen, Bargersville, IN
Hagerty Junior Judging Award
2020 Chevrolet Corvette – Bob & Vivian Kasprzak, Jones, MI
Master of Ceremonies Award
1932 Auburn 160 Custom Phaeton – Shawn Miller, Indianapolis, IN
Vivian & Eric LaVine/LaVine Restorations Award: Spirit of the Hobby
1941 Packard 160 Business Coupe – Charles Blackman, East Lansing, MI
BEST OF CLASS AWARDS:
Class A: Multi-Cylinder Motoring: The Twelves & Sixteens
1930 Cadillac Madame X Coupe – Allen & Nancy Strong, Urbana, IL
Class B: Indianapolis Classics: Cole, Duesenberg, Marmon, Stutz
1924 Marmon 34 C Roadster – Mary & Ted Stahl, Chesterfield, MI
Class C: The Centennial Club: Pre-1923 Automobiles
1907 Tincher Model H – Steven Haines, Niles, MI
Class D: New Deal Motoring: 1933-1942
1937 Hupmobile D618G – Gregory Drufke, LaPorte, IN
Class E: The Best Thing on Wheels: Oldsmobile
1908 Oldsmobile X – Nancy & Mike Howard, Scotts, MI
Class F: The American Station Wagon
1955 Ford Country Sedan – Fred & Diane Ives, Sand Lake, MI
Class G: Studebaker’s Finest: The Raymond Loewy Era
1953 Studebaker Champion Regal Starliner Hardtop – Doug & Katie Hodak, Darien, IL
Class H: Haul of Fame: Pickup Trucks
1947 Dodge Power Wagon – Al & Birney Vanderboegh, Benton Harbor, MI
Class J: Grace, Space, and Pace: Jaguar
1935 Swallow SS1 – Eduardo & Michelle Zavala Harris, St. Petersburg, FL
Class K: The Corvette at 70
1985 Chevrolet Corvette – Michael Sikorski, Granger, IN
Next year’s Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm is scheduled for Saturday, July 13, 2024. For more information, visit: www.concoursatcopshaholm.org.
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