Photo courtesy the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Though organizers of both described their shows as successful, two major concours events in the Midwest will not return to the calendar for 2015.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway‘s Celebration of Automobiles, which was initially conceived as a part of the speedway’s slate of centennial celebrations in 2011, remained a part of the speedway’s May schedule through this year, but speedway president Doug Boles said that putting on the new Grand Prix of Indianapolis, which first ran last year, has essentially taken precedence over the Celebration for 2015.
“The Celebration of Automobiles was successful that first year and we enjoyed it, so we kept it on, but the biggest factor in canceling it is its timing,” he said. “With the Grand Prix, it’s logistically pretty difficult to execute it in a weekend when we have tens of thousands here for another event. We just couldn’t figure out how to fit both in that same weekend. The Celebration was a very nice event – it was very complementary to our 2011 message – but our core is racing cars and race events.”
The Speedway’s vintage race in June will continue as before. Boles said that Speedway officials will try to rethink the Celebration and possibly bring it back in the future, but for now they have no plans to do so.
Photo courtesy Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens.
Meanwhile, the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Akron, Ohio, earlier this month announced that it would no longer put on the Stan Hywet Concours d’Elegance. The Stan Hywet Concours, held on the grounds of Goodyear Tire co-founder Frank A. Seiberling’s 65,000-square-foot mansion, tapped concours veteran and Hemmings Classic Car columnist David Schultz as its executive director, and gathered some interesting cars for this year’s inaugural show, but Stan Hywet organizers said they too found it difficult to reconcile the event with others on its schedule.
“We are pleased that it was successful and well-received, but have determined that producing an event of this size and scope, in addition to our five existing signature events, exceeded our sustainable capacity to support it,” said Linda Conrad, Stan Hywet executive director, in a press release.
The annual Father’s Day show at Stan Hywet will continue.
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