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\"\"<\/a>The Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance has announced that motorsports icon Parnelli Jones will be the honoree for the 13th Annual Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance scheduled for March 7\u20139, 2008, at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach. Jones\u2019s career spanned many types of racing, including sports cars, sprint cars, Indy cars, midget racers, stock cars, and off-road competition, a form he helped to popularize in the \u201960s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen one talks about versatile racecar drivers, the name Parnelli Jones is right at the top of the list for most people,\u201d says Bill Warner, Concours founder and chairman.\u2002\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have him at our event. He was a champion in Indy, Trans-Am, sprint cars, stock cars, USRRC, and off-road racing. There aren\u2019t many drivers who can claim that kind of record.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Trans-Am cars will be featured and the Concours\u2019 popular seminar series continues in 2008 with a lineup of drivers who participated in the horsepower-crazy Trans-Am road racing series of the late \u201960s and early \u201970s. Concours honoree Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney (2002 honoree), George Follmer, Sam Posey, and John Morton, the series\u2019 under-2.5-liter champion, are scheduled to be on hand Saturday, March 8th, during Concours weekend to tell about their experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to another incredible gathering of drivers,\u201d said Warner.\u2002\u201cAmerica\u2019s best road racers were in Trans-Am\u2014Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Sam Posey, and George Follmer, who was the 1972 champion. They weren\u2019t afraid to mix it up and \u2018trading paint\u2019 was pretty common. The spectators really loved it and the manufacturers had the perfect stage to compete head to head. It should be standing room only again!\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.ameliaconcours.org or contact them at 904-636-0027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance has announced that motorsports icon Parnelli Jones will be the honoree for the 13th Annual Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance scheduled for March 7\u20139, 2008, at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach. Jones\u2019s career spanned many types of racing, including sports cars, sprint cars, Indy cars, midget racers, stock cars, and off-road competition, a form he helped to popularize in the \u201960s. \u201cWhen one talks about versatile racecar drivers, the name Parnelli Jones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":606879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565],"tags":[457,432,16912],"class_list":["post-489739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","tag-amelia-island-concours","tag-events","tag-events-concours"],"yoast_head":"\nAmelia Island Concours (2008) - Honor Parnelli Jones and the Trans-Am<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2008 Amelia Island to Honor Parnelli Jones and the Trans-Am\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008-amelia-island-to-honor-parnelli-jones-and-the-trans-am\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amelia Island Concours (2008) - 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