The coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on automotive events, many of which are being canceled or postponed. Here are the latest announcements:
- The 1000 Miglia 2020 (aka the historic Mille Miglia rally across Italy) has been rescheduled for October 22-25.
- The Spring Carlisle car show and collector car auction have been rescheduled to May 27-31.
- Although it will continue to do deliveries of the new mid-engine C8 to car owners, the National Corvette Museum has joined the long list of such facilities temporarily closing to visitors. The museum also has rescheduled the Michelin NCM Bash to May 28-30.
- Ferrari Challenge races scheduled for April 17-19 at Indianapolis in the U.S. and at Snetterton in the UK have been postponed.
Here is our updated list of automotive events impacted to date by the pandemic:
Canceled —
Geneva Motor Show
Historic Vehicle Association Drive History conference
Australian Grand Prix F1 race
Goodguys events in Texas and Arizona
Stadium launch for Copperstate 1000 vintage rally
Greenwich Concours d’Elegance
Buffalo Motorama
MAG auction, Peoria, Arizona
Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
Studebaker Extravaganza at AACA Museum
Muscle Car City March 21 car show
Merzouga Rally
RM Auctions Auburn Spring sale
Monaco, Dutch and Spanish F1 races
Monaco Historic Grand Prix
RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction
Postponed —
New York Auto Show
Techno-Classic Essen and RM Sotheby’s auction (tentatively rescheduled for mid-June)
Bahrain, Vietnam and Chinese Grand Prix races
IndyCar races at St. Petersburg, Alabama, Long Beach and Texas
IMSA races at St. Petersburg, Sebring (rescheduled for November 11-14), Alabama and Long Beach
RADwood events in South Carolina and Philadelphia
F9 movie (rescheduled for release April 2, 2021)
Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction (rescheduled for October)
RM Auctions Palm Beach auction (to be held as online-only sale)
NASCAR races at Atlanta and Homestead-Miami
NHRA Gatornationals
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2020 induction ceremony
Team Shelby Bash
Road Racing Drivers Club Evening with Rick Mears
Michelin NCM Bash at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park (rescheduled for May 28-30)
Vehicle production at Lamborghini and Ferrari
Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show (UK)
ZF installation education program (through March 31)
NASCAR races (through May 3)
Bicester Heritage April Scramble (rescheduled for June 21)
National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park (all events suspended until April 6)
Arizona FuelFest, rescheduled for September 19
Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Volvo and Skoda suspend vehicle production through March
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Volvo and Nissan suspend vehicle production in the U.S. through March. Ford also has suspended production in South America.
Scottsdale Off-Road Expo
Charlotte Auto Fair (rescheduled for June 12-14)
Spring open house at Lingenfelter Collection
Caffeine and Octane events scheduled for April
Mecum Auctions in Iowa and Texas
Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance (rescheduled for September 4-6)
Formula E racing season
24 Hours of Le Mans (rescheduled for September 19-20)
Gooding & Company London auction
Mille Miglia (rescheduled for October 22-25)
Ferrari Challenge races at Indianapolis and Snetterton
Michelin NCM Bash (rescheduled for May 28-30)
Spring Carlisle car show and auction (rescheduled for May 27-31)
Relocated
Classic Car Auctions (UK), moving to Warwickshire Event Centre
Revised
RM Sotheby’s Palm Beach auction March 20 will be conducted online only
Temporarily closed —
Newport Car Museum (until further notice)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (until March 30)
Studebaker National Museum (through March 27)
Owls Head Transportation Museum (through March 29)
AACA Museum (through March 29)
Petersen Automotive Museum (through March 31)
California Automobile Museum (through March 31)
The Henry Ford museum (through April 5)
National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park (until April 6)
Phoenix Art Museum (through April 6)
Blackhawk Collection museum (through April 7)
Automotive Hall of Fame (through April)
Motorsports Hall of Fame (until further notice)
Stahl’s Auto Collection (until further notice)
LeMay — America’s Car Museum (until further notice)
Saratoga Automobile Museum (until further notice)
Gilmore Car Museum (until further notice)
