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LATEST NEWS
11/16/11 - Rare 1933 Duesenberg SJ will return to its Cincinnati roots for 2012 Ault Park Concours. One of the first cars accepted to represent A Century of American Power under the category, “Classic Power – Large Displacement & Supercharged 1925 – 1948”, is a rare 1933 Duesenberg SJ. One of only 45 Duesenbergs produced with a factory-installed supercharger, this beautiful closed coach was first ordered by Powell Crosley, who resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, and made his fortune in radio and electronics during the 1920s. He took delivery July 1, 1933. Of the 45 Model SJs produced, this is one of only five which were sold with enclosed bodies. This model sports a unique, highly placed and radically embossed belt line which drops down after the windshield. It is further highlighted by a small but dramatic triangular window that is located between the windshield and A-pillar. Unlike some, the model SJ-512 has always retained its original engine and its body has not been replaced or altered. Photo and car history courtesy of ConceptCarz.com. 
11/10/11 - Announcing the 2012 co-chairs for the “Cruisin’ for a Cure” dinner and live auction The Cincinnati Concours Foundation is pleased to announce Ann Keeling of Anderson and Diane Little of downtown Cincinnati as 2012 Co-chairs for the “Cruisin’ for a Cure” dinner and live auction to be held Friday, June 8, in the Club East Lounge at Paul Brown Stadium. Both Ann and Diane have been involved with the Ault Park Concours for many years and look forward to growing the event at this new location for the fundraiser party benefiting Juvenile Arthritis. 
11/9/11 - Nominations for the 2012 Concours now underway A “Call for Nominations” was emailed to our car owner database today, initiating positive responses and numerous nominations. Car owners are encouraged to submit nominations early via our website. Click here for our convenient form and to email your electronic photos. 10/18/11 - The Cincinnati Concours Foundation mourns the loss of dear friend and supporter, Mr. Carl H. Lindner, Jr. The Cincinnati Concours Foundation board and Ault Park Concours committee extend their sincere sympathies to the family of Carl H. Lindner, Jr. Carl was a true auto aficionado and friend of the Ault Park Concours. He enjoyed exhibiting his cars at the show, and his love for Rolls-Royces and Bentleys is celebrated with the annual Carl H. Lindner, Jr. Trophy awarded to the best Rolls-Royce / Bentley. Carl & Edyth’s generous sponsorship has played a key role in the success of the Concours. Posted below is one of the many fine automobiles Mr. Lindner exhibited at the Ault Park Concours – a 1979 Bearcat Stutz Convertible We will continue to honor Carl as an important member of the Concours family. 
9/16/11 - Announcing the 2012 Ault Park Concours d'Elegance: A Century of American Power. Click here. 7/13/11 – We are starting to post links to online articles about this years show. – Each year we get great coverage from local, regional and national publications. Click here. 7/8/11 – 2011 Concours Additional Galleries Now Online – We have added galleries of photos from the Motorcade and some from the Friday Night Gala here. Additional Gala photos and other galleries to follow soon. 7/7/11 - 2011 Ault Park Concours d'Elegance Celebrates Success – 34th Annual Event Boasted Record Attendance and the announcement of the 2012 show Click here. 6/29/11 – 2011 Concours Illustrated Entry List Now Online – We have posted the photos of all of the particpants in this years show. It includes all of the cars, fire trucks and new this year the artists! It is available here. Other galleries to follow soon. 6/23/11 – 2011 Concours Awards lists updated to include the Will Sherman Automotive Art Show winners are now available. – Complete lists of all al the Award Ceremonies winners as well as all of the Class winners are available here. 6/22/11 – 2011 Concours Photo Gallery Open for Viewing – We have started posting of the photos from each of our events this year. The first of our Galleries, the Award Ceremonies, is here. Other galleries to follow soon. 6/15/11 - Sadly we mourn the passing of one of our long time supporters, Mr. Charles Koch. Press Release Source: The Boston Beer Company On Wednesday June 15, 2011, 2:21 pm EDT BOSTON It is with sadness that the Board of Directors of The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE-SAM) announces the death of one of its longest serving members, Charles Joseph Koch, Jr. at the family farm in Georgetown, Ohio on June 13, 2011. The elder Mr. Koch was a guiding light for his oldest son, Jim, in the creation of The Boston Beer Company. He contributed his immense knowledge of brewing, as well as his sound business advice. But his greatest gift lay in an old trunk stored in his attic. That trunk contained family brewing memorabilia and beer recipes dating back to the 1800's. Indeed, he handed over to his son what he considered the best of the family beer recipes. That beer was first brewed in 1984 and soon appeared in taverns and restaurants in Boston under the name Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The success of Samuel Adams Boston Lager is widely credited as a catalyst for the American Craft Beer Revolution. Mr. Koch was born in Cincinnati on November 14, 1922. He graduated from Withrow High School and the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in chemical engineering and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He became the fifth generation of eldest Koch sons to become a brewer. His career in brewing began in the beer industry's pre World War II time of many local small breweries and reached all the way to today's resurgent craft beer revolution. Mr. Koch apprenticed in some of Cincinnati's leading breweries of the day, including Wiedemann, Hudepohl, Burger, Bavarian and Schoenling Brewing Company. He also graduated from America's oldest brewing school, the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1948 and served as Brewmaster at the Wooden Shoe Brewery in Minster, Ohio. In coming full circle, The Boston Beer Company bought the Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewery in Cincinnati in 1996. At the conclusion of a major renovation to the renamed Samuel Adams Brewery in 2005, one of the brewery's two, new copper brew kettles was named in honor of Charles Koch. Mr. Koch reluctantly left the beer business when he saw that the taste for full-flavored beers was on the wane. In 1958, he co-founded Chemicals, Inc., a distribution company of brewing and industrial chemicals in Cincinnati, Ohio and retired in 1987. He served as a member of The Boston Beer Company's first Board of Advisors and then on the Board of Directors from its initial public offering in 1995 until his death. In 1945, Charles Koch married Dorothy Kautz; they were married for 63 years. They have four children: Charles James (Jim), William, Lisa Green, and Susan Koch. He leaves 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. In addition to his role in the American beer business, Mr. Koch was an avid collector of automobiles, both antique and modern. Every year he was a sponsor and supporter of the Ault Park Concours d'Elegance, one of the premier classic car events in the Midwest. Funeral services for Charles Joseph Koch are private. Donations in his memory can be made to the Georgetown High School Scholarship Foundation (c/o Eric Toole, 987 Mr. Orab Heights, Georgetown, Ohio 45121) or to the Cincinnati Concours Foundation (347 Stanley Avenue, Suite One West, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226). 6/12/11 - Winner of the Muscle Cars at the Mansion raffle. Congratulations to the winner of our Muscle Cars at the Mansion Raffle, Perry Johnston of Shelbyville, Kentucky, who held ticket number 0067. Thanks to all those who participated in the Raffle for helping the Concours in its mission to support the Arthritis Foundation and its Juvenile Arthritis programs. 5/25/11 - Don't forget, parking will be VERY limited at Ault Park. Due to increased planting, new construction within the park and our fire engine display, the number of parking spaces will be even more limited this year. Off site parking will be available. For maps to parking and all other venues click here. 4/20/11 - WNKU to broadcast live from the 2011 Ault Park Concours. WNKU’s “Big Red Racer,” a self proclaimed “red hot ride, ”makes its “official” season debut during the 34th Anniversary weekend of the Ault Park Concours d’Elegance show in Cincinnati, June 11-12. The WNKU “Big Red Racer” will be a small part of WNKU’s live broadcast from Ault Park on Sunday, June 12th. WNKU’s Pam Temple and Debra Randall will broadcast live from the park from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and no doubt be playing music written around America’s love affair with the automobile. Both will feature interviews with a variety of attendees as they share the flavor of the event on 105.9, 89.7 and 104.1 – signals reaching to the north of Dayton, parts of eastern Indiana, east and southeastern Ohio, northeastern Kentucky and many western West Virginia counties including the Charleston, WV area. “Big Red” is a 1957 Chevrolet Belair convertible with a fresh frame off restoration. The Matador Red Chevy features a 383 cubic inch small block Chevy engine with all the internal goodies, a Tremec 5 speed transmission, front disc brakes, and a custom matador red and black interior. 4/11/11 - This years Raffle announced. The annual Ault Park Concours d’ Elegance is offering a VIP travel package to Los Angeles, California, featuring exclusive entry to the annual “Muscle Cars at the Mansion” car show held at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills. Only 499 tickets at $100 each will be sold, with all proceeds benefiting Juvenile Arthritis. Tickets are available now, (click here). Buy your tickets now to secure your chances of winning this unique LA experience. Hollywood, Playboy Mansion, Playboy Bunnies & Muscle Cars: A Dream Weekend, is a four-day itinerary for two people and is valued at over $4,000. The package includes: two tickets to the exclusive Muscle Cars at the Mansion on Saturday, October 15, 2011, which includes VIP guided tours of Hugh Hefner’s game house, zoo, aviary and access to the Mansion pool, as well as all food and open bar; roundtrip airfare (limited to $ 1,000) from any continental US destination to Los Angeles, handled by AAA Travel; ground transportation to and from the airport and all scheduled events and four nights’ accommodations & a special reserved poolside cabana room at the Beverly Hilton. Additional weekend activities include a tour of the Petersen Automotive Museum or a shopping experience at The Grove where Extra Coast to Coast with Mario Lopez is shot live; a Friday evening pre-party at the Stardust Room of the Beverly Hilton, and an excursion to Venice Beach. 4/4/11 - We're on Twitter! Connect with us now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OhioConcours 3/28/11 – Countryside tour plans include stop at large private collection of fire engines. The annual Ault Park Concours d’ Elegance Countryside Tour will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The event begins with an informal car display at noon at Mariemont Square, followed by a scenic round-trip tour alongside rivers and creeks, stopping to visit a large collection of historic fire engines at 1 p.m. The privately owned collection is spread over several acres and features vehicles that range from pristine to unrestored. Some of the makes represented include: Cincinnati’s own Ahrens-Fox, Seagrave, REO, American LaFrance, Pirsch, and even an International fire tractor. Many were in service with local fire companies, including Cincinnati, Kettering, Oakwood, Campbell County, Mack, Monroe and Norwood. The tour is open to all automotive enthusiasts, but limited to 70 participants. Register online by clicking here or 513-321-1951. The fee per car is $ 35. Sponsor of the Countryside Tour is Dynamat, the premier manufacturer of acoustic control products for car and home audio, and automotive restoration. 1/11/11 – Winners of “Jay Leno Auto Experience Dream Tour” share the exciting details of their trip. Raffle winner Jackie Sweeney, her husband Roy and their guests, Steve and Renee Locker, had a fantastic trip to the Los Angeles area for their “Jay Leno Auto Experience Dream Tour”. Their first stop was the Petersen Museum where they took a leisurely self-guided tour. The museum features many wonderful examples of custom cars and bikes, as well as vintage clothing and related memorabilia. Two displays of special interest, a skeleton style motorcycle and a collection of every Hot Wheels die cast vehicle ever made, were captured in these photos. 
On October 7th, the second day of their trip, they began with a two-hour private guided tour of Jay’s garage. A member of Jay’s crew, Bob, drove them around on a golf cart to see the collection of over 100 cars and 100 motorcycles. “Bob had a story about every vehicle”. Each one is licensed and driven at least every four to six weeks. Jay comes to the garage every day to take another car. If he drives the same car two or more days, it’s a favorite. Jay likes speed and horse power. His collection includes Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Duesenbergs, an 1100 hp Oldsmobile Toronado and even two steam cars. His most famous car is the first one he ever purchased - a 1955 Buick. Jay first traveled to California in that car and it served as his “apartment on wheels”. In the early days of his career as a struggling comic, he slept in that car in alleyways next to comedy clubs. People often write to Jay about cars they would like to sell him. Sometimes people even want to give him a car. One man willed his 1943 Plymouth to Jay. He had purchased the car when it was new and it is still all original. The group enjoyed many stories and interesting facts such as these during their special tour of Jay’s Garage. The VIP treatment continued that afternoon during the taping of “The Tonight Show”. Jackie, Roy, Steve and Renee were escorted to their reserved seats. Jackie remarked how interesting it was to see the “behind the scenes” work that goes into taping a live show. During the breaks, the staff would prep Jay for the next segment while the audience participated in games for prizes. Actress Katherine Heigl and singer Meatloaf were Jay’s guests. It was a perfect day catching a closer glimpse into Jay’s personal and professional life. The final tour stop was the Nethercutt Museum. “The Nethercutt was absolutely amazing!” There were two buildings. The first floor of building one was a beautiful replica of a 1920’s car dealership complete with marble floors and columns. The second floor housed an incredible collection of music boxes and nickelodeons from Germany. The tour guide, one of the museum curators, was also a concert pianist and organist who maintained all of the musical instruments at the museum. One of the nickelodeons was so big that it was the musical equivalent of a 20-piece orchestra. The museum also owns the third largest Wurlitzer organ in the world with pipes reaching 3 stories high. The second building held the museum’s collection of 200 plus cars. As at Jay’s Garage, each car is licensed and driven every 4 to 6 weeks. Jackie’s husband, Roy, recalled a special one of a kind Duesenberg built for the 1920’s World’s Fair. At that time, the average Duesenberg cost $4,000 to $8,000 while the average annual wage was only $400. When a man who saw the car inquired what it would cost to build the car, he was told “twenty grand”. This name stuck with the car. Behind the second building was a completely restored locomotive engine and Pullman car from the 1920,s. It was a fantastic finish of an outstanding three-day dream tour. 12/01/10 – The Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance Foundation office has moved. Our new address is 347 Stanley Avenue 1 West, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Our office is located at the rear lower level of the building on the corner of Stanley Avenue and Columbia Parkway across from Starbucks. 11/26/10 – Car nominations for 2011 are officially underway. Nomination packets have been mailed to our car owner database and should be arriving within the week. We encourage all owners to submit nominations and to register their email address via our website. Future communications and show updates will be sent electronically versus direct mail. Many classes will fill quickly so don’t delay in submitting nominations. 10/19/10 – Introducing 2011 Co-Chairs Michael Kelly and John Myers John Myers joins us from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. He has been with the company for 20 years and as region vehicle field sales manager oversees sales and marketing for 118 dealerships in his region. John is also no stranger to our show. John led Toyota’s promotional efforts as presenting sponsor of the Concours from 2006 through 2008. He was instrumental in bringing some of Toyota’s rare cars to our show such as the 2000 GT. John has also assisted the car selection committee. Michael Kelly has been a member of the Ault Park Concours car selection committees for 7 years and has been exhibiting cars with our show since 1995. He is retired after working at P&G for 28 years in the areas of engineering, manufacturing and finance. Michael is a true Ferrari enthusiast and is the Cincinnati representative for the Ferrari Club.  7/12/10 – Family of Bill Niemeyer Sr. honored with memorial trophy - On occasion the Cincinnati Concours foundation likes to acknowledge individuals who, over the years have contributed to the success of the Ault Park Concours d’Elegance. July 9 at the Car selection committee party was such an occasion. For his many years of service on the car selection committee, as well as exhibiting his own outstanding vehicles and his promotion of the Concours, we presented a trophy to the Niemeyer family in loving memory of William Niemeyer Sr. (See the Around the Concours gallery for a photo.) 7/7/10 – Concours Media Coverage on our New "Links" page page - Check out our revamped Links page. Now arranged by year. Coverage of the 2010 event is already coming in! 7/7/10 – New Concours Photos From Porsche of the Village - The folks at Porsche of the Village have made some additional photos available to us. They have been added to the Gala, Garage Party and Around the Concours Galleries 6/28/10 – 2010 Concours Photo Gallery Open for Viewing – We have completed posting of the photos from each of our events this year. Galleries for the Motorcade, Gala, Countryside tour, Garage Party, Illustrated entry list, Award Ceremonies and Around the Concours are here. 6/15/10 – Ault Park Concours Celebrates Another Successful Show – We are pleased to report another successful Concours with rain free skies and excellence attendance at all weekend events. Exhibitors, spectators and vendors alike gave rave reviews that 2010 was one of the best ever shows. The new remote parking and shuttle service ran smoothly, greatly enhancing the Ault Park Concours experience. We are truly grateful to many sponsors, patrons, exhibitors, attendees, and volunteers who collectively made this year’s success possible. Mark your calendar for next year’s Concours weekend of events scheduled for June 10 – 12, 2011. 6/12/10 – Jay Leno Auto Collection Dream Tour Raffle Winner – Many thanks to all who generously bought tickets for our Jay Leno Dream Tour raffle! All 350 tickets were sold as of the evening of our Saturday night garage party at Porsche of the Village. Scott Whitaker, CEO of Dynamic Control of North America and manufacturer of the product Dynamat, was given the honor of drawing the winning ticket during the party. Scott was instrumental in collaborating with Jay to create this exciting raffle prize. Jackie Sweeney of Cincinnati, Ohio was the ecstatic winner of this rare automotive opportunity. Jackie is already making plans for the trip and has promised to share the highlights of the tour with our Concours fans. 6/7/10 Please join us Saturday, June 12, 9:30am – 11:00am for a FREE “Coachbuilding Seminar & Demonstration” presented by D&D Restoration of Covington, OH and hosted by Porsche of the Village, 4113 Plainville Rd.- around the corner from Mariemont Square. Continental Breakfast will be served. NO RESERVATION NEEDED Call 866-910-3460 or visit www.porscheofthevillage.com Click here for details 4/13/2010 A friend has passed - Bill Niemeyer Sr, took his last checkered flag this morning about 9:20 am and slipped the surly bonds of this earth. He was resting comfortably to the end, having spent the last days surrounded by his family. We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, they are very much appreciated. 4/9/2010 Thanks to the Cincinnati Enquirer for their coverage of the Jay Leno Raffle. Click here. 4/3/10 JAY LENO AUTO EXPERIENCE DREAM TOUR RAFFLE TICKETS
ON SALE NOW! Jay Leno has donated to the Ault Park Concours VIP tickets
to the Tonight Show and a private tour of his garage and car collection
for 4 people! We are raffling this rare opportunity along with special “behind-the-scenes”
tours of the Nethercutt Museum, Petersen Automotive Museum, and the NHRA
Wally Parks Motorsports Museum in southern California. |
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