John's concours posts at Jalopnik.com
Here are concours related articles we’ve had posted on our blog page at Jalopnik.com, the automotive news source that’s popular with car enthusiasts where average ages – sorry to say – are about half that of the most concours participants.
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For a lighter look at the concours scene, click the links below for blog posts by John Olman, editor and founder of www.ConcoursDates.com. The discussion comments are insightful. Feel free to join in. And if you have an idea, photo or video that might be of interest to Jalops, send us an email.
Detailing a Three-Time Concours Best of Show Bugatti
8/16/15 – (11,277 views)
Porsche Paparazzi spot Magnus Walker Driving 911 STR ll into Concours
6/15/15 – (1,311 views)
Six Outrageous Cars From The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
3/16/14 – (14,164 views)
Dawn Patrol at the Pebble Beach Concours, a West Coast In-Your-Dreams Cruise
8/18/14 – (460 views)
Name that Lambo…. Eleven Specimens Grace the Concours Show Field
8/1/14 – (7,258 views)
Visiting a Car Mausoleum
7/24/14 – (10,445 views)
Pick Your Favorite Race Car at the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance
7/20/14 – (3,141 views)
Americans Find Porsche 919 Hybrid Tough to Handle
6/8/14 – (11,773 views)
Porsche 919 Hybrid makes First US Appearance at Concours d’Elegance
6/1/14 – (5,027 views)
Pick Your Favorite McLaren at Today’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
3/9/14 – (5,422 views)
Pick Your Favorite Microcar at Today’s Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance
11/3/13 – (5,086 views)
Best Location For a Car Show
10/27/2013 – (2,909 views)
Car Literally Blows People Away
9/19/2013 – (6,347 views)
Ferrari 348 TS Gets Stuck Behind 1918 Buick
9/15/13 – (7,587 views)
Dirt on Car at Concours Not a Bad Thing
9/6/13 – (4,414 views)
Watch Pebble Beach Concours Live With Streaming Video
8/17/13 – (2,438 views)
Pebble Beach Concours Offers Virtual Option
8/14/13 – (1,632 views)
Ladies and Gentlemen. . . Start Your Car Show
7/22/13 – (110 views*)
Judging: The Future of Classic Car Shows
7/16/13 – (4,521 views)
Kids Have Fun in $4.2M James Bond Aston Martin
6/28/13 – (3,721 views)
Unrestored car judged best at Hershey Concours – What Next?
6/19/13 – (805 views*)
Tall Man, Tiny Car
6/15/13 – (9,078 views) and (22,581 views at YouTube)
33-Year-Old Drives Grandfather’s 1938 Bugatti to Hershey Car Show
6/15/13 – (8,384 views)
( * = post not shared on main Jalopnik page)
The number of reader views are shown, not to brag, but to demonstrate that while the concours hobby is dominated by the older demographic, younger enthusiasts are indeed interested. Many of the millions of young Jalopnik readers would probably not routinely follow the concours scene. So, for example, when Jalopnik published the “Tall Man” video post, it became a learning opportunity for many car lovers who were unfamiliar with pre-war sports cars and that not only are they drivable, but raced as well.
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