The NTT INDYCAR SERIES subsequent races Sunday, March 20 at Texas Motor Speedway, however legendary staff proprietor Chip Ganassi nonetheless will spend this weekend amid loads of quick, stunning automobiles.
Ganassi will function Honoree at “The Amelia,” an award-winning automobile present occasion set for March 3-6 in Amelia Island, Florida. He’s the 26th annual Honoree of the luxurious automobile occasion previously generally known as the “Amelia Island Concours d’Class.”
The Amelia is a basic and luxurious automobile present expertise held at The Golf Membership and The Ritz-Carlton of Amelia Island. Ganassi will be part of choose firm as an Honoree at The Amelia. Distinguished automobile lovers have chosen Roger Penske, Bobby Rahal, Sam Posey, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Hurley Haywood, David Hobbs, Brian Redman, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jochen Mass, amongst others, for the respect.
The Amelia Island Concours d’Class was based by automobile collector and businessman Invoice Warner in 1996, who launched his profession as a photographer and author for Highway & Observe journal within the early Nineteen Seventies. At this time, the occasion’s financial affect on Florida is estimated at almost $30 million a 12 months and has donated over $4 million to numerous charities since its inception.
“To be chosen because the Honoree at The Amelia this 12 months, it actually ranks among the many highpoints of my profession,” Ganassi stated. “I’m really honored to be revered by my friends on this method and be part of the likes of so many legends I’ve lengthy admired. I’ve been lucky sufficient to make this a profession, and I nonetheless really feel that I’ve as a lot ardour for the game as I did 40 years in the past, qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie.”
The Amelia Island Concours d’Class was not too long ago acquired by Traverse Metropolis Michigan-based Hagerty, an American automotive life-style and membership firm and the world’s largest supplier of specialty insurance coverage for traditional autos. Hagerty rebranded the Florida collector automobile occasion as “The Amelia,” in 2021. Showcased all through the occasion weekend are a number of the rarest and most uncommon collector cars from all around the world.
As Honoree, a choose fleet of Ganassi’s legendary race automobiles might be featured as a part of the present. The gathering options champion automobiles which have particular that means to the 14-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion staff proprietor, together with a 2010 Daytona 500 successful Chevrolet Impala, a Dallara INDYCAR SERIES automobile which received the 2010 Indianapolis 500, and a 2022 Cadillac DPi, which not too long ago competed within the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Additionally in attendance might be one of many 4 Ford GTs that have been a part of the Ganassi fleet that raced in the course of the 2016–2019 seasons within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
