Peter Brock. Photo by Curt Scott .
Accomplished automotive designer, race team principal and motorsports journalist Peter Brock has been named Honorary Chairman and Keynote Speaker for this year’s ninth annual Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance.
The California native’s foray into the auto industry began at age 17 with an award-winning customized 1946 Ford, built before Brock attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. At just 19, Brock became the youngest designer hired by General Motors, quickly contributing to the iconic lines of the 1963 split-window Corvette coupe. After leaving GM, he became Carroll Shelby’s first employee as a high-performance driving instructor, but his keen eye for design and his racing background led Brock to develop the groundbreaking Shelby Daytona Coupe that both decimated the GT class at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans and captured the GT class World Championship. In 1965, Brock founded Brock Racing Enterprises, which, by 1969, had become Datsun’s West Coast factory race team, winning several SCCA CP/Class National and SCCA 2.5-Liter Trans-Am championships through the ’72 season.
More recently, Brock and his wife, Gayle, have been covering endurance sports car races both in the U.S. and in Europe. Brock’s keynote address will accompany the concours dinner on Saturday, September 26, at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York. A profile of Peter Brock, written by associate editor Terry Shea, appeared in the August 2012 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine.
Presented by Gullwing Motor Cars and sponsored by Chubb Collector Car Insurance and ROGO Fasteners, the Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance will take place the weekend of September 25-27 in Saratoga Spa State Park, adjacent to the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs. Ed Lucas – noted for his work in the collector car community – will be returning for a second consecutive year as our Master of Ceremonies throughout the event weekend. This year, the Concours will honor six featured marques, complemented by our six traditional classes. For a detailed list of classes, instructions on how to submit a vehicle for consideration and additional concours information, visit Hemmings.com/Events. A portion of the proceeds benefits the non-profit educational programs at the Saratoga Automobile Museum. To learn more, visit SaratogaAutoMuseum.org.
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