{"id":496782,"date":"2017-07-19T11:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=48523"},"modified":"2024-09-06T01:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T01:23:49","slug":"keeneland-concours-crowns-delage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/keeneland-concours-crowns-delage\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeneland Concours (2017) &#8211; Delage Crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend\u2019s 14<sup>th<\/sup> annual Keeneland Concours d&#8217;Elegance at the historic Keeneland\u00a0Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>The show field\u00a0featured two classes of this year&#8217;s featured marques, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and classes of horse-drawn carriages and cars of the types featured in the <em>Fast and Furious<\/em> film franchise. 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This car was considered a collaboration between the two companies as a showcase vehicle for their capabilities. It is powered by a 145 hp 4.0-liter V8.<\/p>\n<p>BMW will be the featured marque for next year&#8217;s Keeneland Concours d&#8217;Elegance, July 19-22, 2018. The list of class winners anad special awards follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Class winners<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vintage 1925-1949 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1937 Chrysler Imperial Roadster Convertible &#8211; Jim &amp; Betty Stadler<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCCA 1915-1948 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1947 Chrysler T&amp;C Woody Sedan &#8211; Paul Storch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach Built Classics &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by de Villars &#8211; The Patterson Collection<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collector American 1947-75 Open \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1957 Dual-Ghia Convertible &#8211; David &amp; Doreen Salzman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collector American 1947-75 Closed &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1954 Buick Roadmaster Model 72R Sedan &#8211; Carol Hughes<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Collector Foreign &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Vignale &#8211; Kevin Cogan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Classics &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1956 Jaguar XK140 MC &#8211; Scott &amp; Debbie Holley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Contemporary &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1972 Ferrari 365 GTB 4 Daytona &#8211; Kevin Cogan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemporary Classics 1966-2009 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1987 Buick Grand National &#8211; Mike &amp; Debbie Florence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brewster Era Carriages &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>1902 Brewster &amp; Co. 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The cars on display ranged from a 1928 Graham-Paige 610 to a 2017 Acura NSX. &#8220;We had\u00a0another stunning field of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":765997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,17565,1460],"tags":[1461,432,16912,14575],"class_list":["post-496782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-concours-events","category-delage","tag-delage","tag-events","tag-events-concours","tag-keeneland-concours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keeneland Concours (2017) - Delage Crowned<\/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\/keeneland-concours-crowns-delage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keeneland Concours (2017) - Delage Crowned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend\u2019s 14th annual Keeneland Concours d&#8217;Elegance at the historic Keeneland\u00a0Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. 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