{"id":496036,"date":"2016-11-09T11:17:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T19:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=38153"},"modified":"2024-05-24T01:35:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:35:53","slug":"stutz-bearcat-tops-hilton-head-concours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/stutz-bearcat-tops-hilton-head-concours\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilton Head Island Concours (2016) &#8211; Stutz Bearcat Tops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The judges at Sunday\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance selected a 1914 Stutz Bearcat (above, middle) owned by Brian and Trish White of Apex, North Carolina, for the coveted Best of Show Award. Alternatively, attendees at the event made a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal (above, right) owned by Douglas Dressler of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, their \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice\u201d winner, as the grounds of the Port Royal Golf Club on South Carolina\u2019s Hilton Head Island once again hosted a full field of more than 500 classic automobiles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We again reached our maximum of exhibitors this year,\u201d noted Carolyn Vanagel, the Festival\u2019s President, \u201cand encourage owners to submit as early as possible for next year\u2019s event. The world-class hospitality and facilities of our venue, The Port Royal Golf Club, along with our newest additions&#8230;resulted in an even higher quality show field than in past years, and this year\u2019s winners truly point to our growth and success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event\u2019s third top honor, the Paul Doerring Founders Award, honoring one of the event\u2019s founders, went to a 1953 Maserati A6GCS (above, left) owned by G. Larry and Patricia Wilson of Georgetown, South Carolina. Also honored were renowned collectors Miles Collier (the Collier Collection at The Revs Institute) and Jeff Lane (the Lane Motor Museum), recognized as the 2016 Pinnacle and Honored Collectors, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous other automotive personalities were also in attendance including Ian Callum (Director of Design, Jaguar Cars), Ralph Gilles (Head of Design, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.), J Mays (former Chief Designer, Ford Motor Company), Jay Ward (Creative Director of the <em>Cars<\/em> franchise, Pixar Animation Studios) and race driver Bill Auberlen, who served as the Grand Marshal at the Festival\u2019s Savannah Speed Classic on Hutchinson Island, Georgia. The major and special award winners are listed below, for the complete listing of the other Class Winners, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HHIMotoringFestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.HHIMotoringFestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 16<sup>th<\/sup> annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance is scheduled for October 27 through November 5, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Major Award Winners<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Best of Show<\/u> &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1918 Stutz Bearcat &#8211; Brian and Trish White<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>People\u2019s Choice<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 1956 Dodge Custom Royal &#8211; Douglas Dressler<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Paul Doerring Founders Award<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 1953 Maserati A6GCS \u2013 G. Larry and Patricia Wilson<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Special Awards <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Automotive Design Excellence<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 1938 Darracq\/Talbot Lago &#8211; J.W. 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Alternatively, attendees at the event made a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal (above, right) owned by Douglas Dressler of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, their \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice\u201d winner, as the grounds of the Port Royal Golf Club on South Carolina\u2019s Hilton Head Island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":577537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,1849],"tags":[432,16912,16936,13375,16958,1911],"class_list":["post-496036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-stutz","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-festivals-shows","tag-hilton-head-concours","tag-event-hilton-head-island-motoring-festival","tag-stutz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hilton Head Island Concours (2016) - Stutz Bearcat Tops<\/title>\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\/stutz-bearcat-tops-hilton-head-concours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hilton Head Island Concours (2016) - Stutz Bearcat Tops\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The judges at Sunday\u2019s 15th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival &amp; Concours d\u2019Elegance selected a 1914 Stutz Bearcat (above, middle) owned by Brian and Trish White of Apex, North Carolina, for the coveted Best of Show Award. 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