{"id":491881,"date":"2011-06-09T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=35320"},"modified":"2024-11-02T20:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T20:49:28","slug":"amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Island Concours (2012) &#8211; To Honor Vic Elford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-726881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051-100x78.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051-770x603.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elford-0051-293x229.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Racing great Vic Elford will be the honoree for the Amelia Island Concours d&#8217;Elegance 2012, scheduled for March 9-11, at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach. Nicknamed \u201cQuick\u201d Vic by his contemporaries, Elford was one of racing\u2019s most successful drivers in the 60s and 70s.<br \/>\n\u201cVic is definitely one of the most versatile drivers ever,\u201d says Bill Warner, Amelia Island Concours d&#8217;Elegance founder and chairman. \u201cYou hear that word used to describe a lot of drivers, but it really suits him perfectly. He was a rally champion and a road racing champion, which is still today a very rare combination. A lot of drivers in his era, which really was the \u2018golden era\u2019 of motorsports, tried to win in a variety of series, but very few were as successful as Vic was.\u201dVictor Henry Elford was born in 1935 in London, England, and started his racing career as a co-driver\/navigator in a Triumph TR3A, and then with the BMC works rally team. Realizing he had the talent to win, he bought an ex-works Mini to go racing and DKW then lent him a car for rallies; Elford won in both of them. Then came his first works drives with Triumph and Ford before his breakthrough year in 1967. He secured the European Rally Championship that year driving a works Porsche 911, earning him the reputation as a superb \u201crain master.\u201d It was to be the start of a long and successful association with the Stuttgart-based marque, which he still enjoys today.<br \/>\nBut not even Elford could predict the success he would experience in 1968. Again driving a Porsche 911, he scored an overall victory in the famed Monte Carlo Rally and he remains the last British-born driver to win the event. The next weekend he was on a plane to Florida for the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race where he took a Porsche 907 to the winner\u2019s circle. Teamed with co-pilot Jochen Neerspasch, their victory was Porsche\u2019s first outright win in a 24-hour race. It was then on to Central Florida for the Sebring 12-hour affair where he notched a second place finish in a 907. (Elford would eventually add an overall Sebring victory to his resume when he won the 1971 race driving a Porsche 917K, and he was the only driver to race every version of the 917).<br \/>\nBut, he was far from finished with the record books for 1968. Elford\u2019s legend was to be cemented at Italy\u2019s famed Targa Florio road race in the mountains of Sicily with a performance that locals still talk about today with deep reverence. Facing an 18-minute deficit due to a tire puncture on the opening lap, Elford stormed back in his Porsche 907 and set lap record after lap record in what is acknowledged as the most famous come-from-behind victory ever in the grueling Italian race. (It has always been Porsche\u2019s tradition after a significant race win to produce a poster featuring the victorious car. For the first and only time in their history, Porsche instead dedicated the Targa Florio poster to Elford and not the 907). Two weeks later, he recorded another victory \u2013 this time at the Nurburgring 1000 Kilometers driving a Porsche 908 and, later that summer, Elford took his under-powered Cooper T86B to an astounding fourth place finish in a rain-soaked French Grand Prix, his very first F1 race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_726884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726884\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-726884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971-770x542.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971-293x206.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-726884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1971 Sebring 12 Hours: Vic Elford in the winning Martini &amp; Rossi Racing Porsche 917K<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elford\u2019s career also included such highlights as being clocked at nearly 390km\/h (nearly 244mph) on the famed \u201cMulsanne Straight\u201d at Le Mans in a Porsche 917LH (Elford was also the first driver to lap the Circuit de la Sarthe at over 150mph).; lap records at Targa Florio, Nurburgring, Daytona, Sebring, Norisring, Monza, Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, and Le Mans; and he is one of four drivers to record six major victories at the Nurburgring \u2013 joining Rudolph Caracciola from the 1920s and Sir Stirling Moss and John Surtees.<br \/>\nRecognized by all as a fierce competitor, Elford was also the epitome of the gentleman racer. Former French President Georges Pompidou awarded him the \u201cChevalier of the National Order of Merit\u201d for his courageous attempt to pull a driver from a burning wreck midway through the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans. Elford retired from racing shortly after that.<br \/>\nAlthough he is mostly associated with Porsche, Elford also raced for Ford, Alfa Romeo, Lola, Lancia, McLaren, Ferrari, and Chaparral in a variety of series including F1, Trans-Am, Can-Am, the World Manufacturer\u2019s Championship, and even NASCAR. He has found time to author several popular books on car control and racing, including the \u201cPORSCHE High-Performance Driving Handbook\u201d (in its second edition) and \u201cReflections On A Golden Era In Motorsports.\u201d Elford remains active in racing circles today and is an honored guest at a variety of automotive events and Porsche-sponsored affairs. Today, he lives with his wife, Anita, in South Florida.<br \/>\n\u201cI feel honored to be invited to the Amelia Island Concours d\u2019Elegance 2012, which is certainly one of the most distinguished events of the genre around the world,\u201d says Elford. \u201cThe way the most beautiful cars are combined with the excitement of racing makes it a very exclusive venue. It was with great pleasure that I participated in three of the previous \u2018racing panel discussions\u2019 and was also a Concours judge. I am sure that Amelia Island 2012 will be even more exciting.\u201d<br \/>\nThe 2012 Amelia Island Concours d&#8217;Elegance will be held March 9-11 on the 10th and 18th fairways of The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. The show\u2019s Foundation has donated nearly $1.8 million to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc. and other charities on Florida\u2019s First Coast since its inception in 1996.<br \/>\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameliaconcours.org\">www.ameliaconcours.org<\/a>.<br \/>\n[Source: Amelia Island Concours; photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autosportsltd.com\/\">Michael Keyser\/Autosports Ltd.<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racing great Vic Elford will be the honoree for the Amelia Island Concours d&#8217;Elegance 2012, scheduled for March 9-11, at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach. Nicknamed \u201cQuick\u201d Vic by his contemporaries, Elford was one of racing\u2019s most successful drivers in the 60s and 70s. \u201cVic is definitely one of the most versatile drivers ever,\u201d says Bill Warner, Amelia Island Concours d&#8217;Elegance founder and chairman. \u201cYou hear that word used to describe a lot of drivers, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":726884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,64],"tags":[457,432,16912,65,17434],"class_list":["post-491881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-ford","tag-amelia-island-concours","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-ford","tag-ford-event"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amelia Island Concours 2012 to Honor Vic Elford<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Racing great Vic Elford will be the honoree for the Amelia Island Concours d&#039;Elegance 2012, scheduled for March 9-11 on Amelia Island, Florida.\" \/>\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\/amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amelia Island Concours 2012 to Honor Vic Elford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Racing great Vic Elford will be the honoree for the Amelia Island Concours d&#039;Elegance 2012, scheduled for March 9-11 on Amelia Island, Florida.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-09T11:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-02T20:49:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Vic-Elford-Porsche-917-Sebring-1971.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/amelia-island-concours-2012-to-honor-vic-elford\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Amelia Island Concours (2012) &#8211; 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