July 27, 2024

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Best in Show at The Amelia Concours d’Elegance is a 1934 Duesenberg

Very best in Demonstrate winners for the 2022 Amelia Concours d’Elegance had been just announced, and we had been there to see the pair roll up and assert their prizes.

The Amelia, like some other concours occasions, fingers out two “best in show” awards. The principal (and most prized) award goes to the overall Very best in Present, and this calendar year it is the 1934 Duesenberg J-531 Convertible Coupe. 

Meanwhile, the next award goes to the Very best in Show for “Sport.” In other words, it’s the Finest in Exhibit among the several motorsports entries in the present. This award goes to the 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R auto you see pictured at the leading of this write-up with the Duesenberg. The Konica Minolta automobile gained the 24 Several hours of Daytona under Wayne Taylor Racing’s stewardship and was the car that marked Cadillac’s alternatively thriving return to prototype racing.

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The Duesenberg that received was portion of an all-Duesenberg course, and the Cadillac was part of a 60th Anniversary of the Daytona 24 Hour course. It was the newest racecar on show, so it winning compared to the a lot of other aged racecars was a bit of a shock for a concours function.

We’ll have tons of images coming from the relaxation of the subject at The Amelia shortly, so remain tuned for a mega gallery coming your way.