Nearly 200 cars filled the showfield for our Classic Motorsports Amelia Island Kickoff, our annual celebration of the start of the Amelia Concours weekend.
While our 30 celebrity judges have their work cut out for them, they managed to narrow the field down to one Best of Show winner: 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster entered by Mike Smith.
The prizes don’t end there, however, as we had over 25 more awards to hand out:
Best of Show: 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster, Mike Smith
Special trophy, prize ribbon and a $500 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
German Car Block, Presented by Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best BMW: 1975 BMW 2002, Jim Shoemaker
Trophy, $50 gift certificate and swag bag from Malihini Customs
Best Porsche: 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster, Mike Smith
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best Audi: 2020 Audi R8 Performance Spyder, Adam Marko
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best Mercedes-Benz Sports Car: AMG SLS GT Final Edition, Michael Mihalik
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best Mercedes-Benz Sedan or Wagon: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E, Sebastian Marcilese
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best Volkswagen: 1968 Volkswagen Type 265, Cameron Leonard
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
Best Other German: 1944 KdF-Wagen Type 82e Beetle, Alexander Soultanis
Trophy and a $500 voucher from Classic Motorsports Road Tours
British Car Block
Best Morgan: 1957 Morgan Plus 4, Michael Palfreyman
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Best Jaguar: 1962 Jaguar E-type Lightweight, Greg Weldy
Trophy and a prize from Hagerty
Best MG: 1949 MG TC, Glen Moore
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Best Austin-Healey: 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite, Frank Remick
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Best Aston Martin: 2009 Aston Martin DB9, Jens Evling
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Best Rolls-Royce or Bentley: 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn, Ed Lewis
Trophy and 2 General Admission Tickets to Radnor Hunt Concours
Best Other British: 1974 Triumph TR6, Timothy Vos
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
American Car Block, Presented by National Parts Depot
Best Corvette: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe, Mike Pozai
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Best GM: 1969 Oldsmobile 442, Kenneth Schuster
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Best Ford: 1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero, Terry Jones
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Best Shelby: 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H, Jim Black
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Best SUV: International Scout, Richard King
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Best Other American: 1970 AMC AMX, Steve Cowgar
Trophy and a $50 gift card from National Parts Depot
Japanese Car Block
Best Japanese Car: 1970 Datsun 240Z, Lamar Fontaine
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Italian Car Block, Presented by Circuit Florida
Best Fiat: 1959 Fiat 1200Tv, Don Tucker
Trophy and a free “Intro to Racetrack Driving 101” course from Circuit Florida
Best Ferrari: 2010 Ferrari 599, Danny Miles
Trophy and 2 General Admission Tickets to Radnor Hunt Concours
Best Other Italian: 1972 De Tomaso Pantera, William Suarez
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Special Award Categories
Editors’ Choice: 1965 Apollo GT 3500, Paul Haddock
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Editors’ Choice | Best Mercedes-Benz: 1958 Mercedes-Benz 190, Owen Hughes
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Editors’ Choice | Best Morgan: Morgan +8, Peter McManemy
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Editors’ Choice | Best Audi: 2020 Audi R8 Performance Spyder, Adam Marko
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
Editors’ Choice | Best Jaguar: Jaguar E-type Lightweight, Greg Weldy
Trophy and a $200 gift certificate from Classic Motorsports
The Classic Motorsports Amelia Island Kickoff is made possible with car blocks presented by National Parts Depot, Circuit Florida and Classic Motorsports Road Tours, in association with Malihini Customs and Hagerty with help from Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance and a special thank you to the city of Fernandina Beach for making this event possible.