Where the Twain Meets

As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and enjoyable conversation with Amelia Island Concours founder, Bill Warner. While Bill is probably most widely known for having created one of the country’s top concours events, it may come as a surprise to some that Bill is a long time, dyed-in-the-Nomex racer. While the concepts of “concours” and “racing” may seem like completely different ends of the automotive spectrum, Bill has managed to bridge the two by creating a concours event that, at its core, honors and showcases racing history. As such, Amelia Island is truly unique in the concours world, and its success is a testament to Bill’s vision and hopeless dedication to racing and its history.