After the announcement the evening of April 22 that the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance had been canceled for 2020, several other Monterey Car Week events following suit with their own announcements in the following 36 hours:
- The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering will be “delayed” until August 13, 2021.
“Now is the time to stay home and stay safe,” Quail Lodge general manager Kai Lermen was quoted in the cancelation announcement. “The Quail will return in 2021 with all the grandeur, elegance and excitement for which the event is renowned.”
The Quail also announced that Bonhams, which annually holds a collector car auction in conjunction with the Motorsports Gathering, plans “an alternate auction in California around this time (the original 2020 dates)” but added that Bonhams has yet to announce specific details of that sale.
The Motorsports Gathering is organized by McCall Events, which also announced that the annual McCall Motorworks Reunion, held mid-Monterey week at the Jet Center, will not take place in 2020.
- Also canceling for 2020 is Concorso Italiano, which said on its Facebook page that it plans to return on August 14, 2021.
- The founder of the Concours On The Avenue in Carmel-By-The-Sea said the event will not take place in 2020 because it could not obtain a permit from the city council because of pandemic fears.
- The Concours d’Lemons California 2020, also scheduled as part of Monterey Car Week 2020, has been canceled. Organizers announced the date for 2021 as August 14. and said the show again will be held at the Seaside City Hall.
“Have you seen the types of cars that show up?” Lemons “head gasket” Alan Galbraith, is quoted in the announcement. “Our participants risk their lives enough just by driving these rust buckets to the show.”
As for the postponement until 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic, he added, “We didn’t want to expose participants or spectators to anything worse than the jokes I tell at the awards ceremony. They make enough people ill as it is.”
He added, however, that an online virtual Lemons show is in the works, with details to be announced on the organization’s website.
- The Knights of Columbus chapter that stages the annual Carmel Mission Classic show early in Monterey Car Week says on its website that it has suspended 2020 ticket sales and car registrations as it considers whether to stage the show this year.
- Among auction companies, Gooding & Co. already has announced cancelation of its Pebble Beach sale, Worldwide Auctioneers has canceled its sale in Pacific Grove and Russo and Steele has removed mention of its Monterey 2020 sale from its website but does report plans for an auction there in 2021.
Other collector car events announcing postponements are:
- The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has postponed its inaugural Salt Lake Nationals, which was scheduled for May 15-17 to July 17-19 at Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City.
- The 48th Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance at Pacific University has been postponed until July 2021.
- The FountainValley (California) concours-style car show has been postponed until August 29.
- Historic Sportscar Racing has postponed its Atlanta Fall Historics until October 8-11 at Michelin Road Atlanta.
Here is the updated list of automotive events impacted by the global pandemic:
Canceled —
Geneva Motor Show
Historic Vehicle Association Drive History conference
Australian Grand Prix F1 race
Goodguys events in Texas and Arizona
Greenwich Concours d’Elegance
Buffalo Motorama
MAG auction, Peoria, Arizona
Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
Studebaker Extravaganza at AACA Museum
Muscle Car City car show
Merzouga Rally
RM Auctions Auburn Spring sale
Monaco, Dutch and Spanish F1 races
Monaco Historic Grand Prix
RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction
World of Outlaws California spring tour
Bonhams Goodwood Member’s Meeting auction
McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club car show and motoring festival
Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance
AACA Central Spring Nationals
Scottsdale Motorsports Gathering for April
Detroit auto show
Paris Motor Show
Mecum Auctions Portland, Oregon, sale
The Mitty vintage racing weekend
Detroit Grand Prix race weekend
Keenland Concours d’Elegance
Le Mans Classic vintage races
McPherson College car show
Legends of the Autobahn show
Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional
Indianapolis Historic Racing Exhibition
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auction
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
McCalls Motorworks Reunion
Concours d’Lemons
Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance
Concours on the Avenue
Concorso Italiano
Russo and Steele Monterey auction
Worldwide Auctioneers Pacific Grove auction
Postponed —
New York Auto Show (rescheduled for August 28-September 6)
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)
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)
NASCAR races (through May 3)
Bicester Heritage April Scramble (rescheduled for June 21)
Arizona FuelFest, rescheduled for September 19
Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Volvo, Aston Martin and Skoda suspend vehicle production
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, India, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam.
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 Goo car show and auction (rescheduled for May 27-31)
Copperstate 1000 vintage rally (rescheduled for October 31-November 4)
Sonoma Speed Festival vintage racing weekend (rescheduled for September 4-6)
Keels & Wheels (rescheduled for October 17-18)
2021 Pirelli Calendar
Goodwood Festival of Speed
Indianapolis 500 (rescheduled for August 23)
LaJolla Concours d’Elegance (rescheduled for September 19-20)
London Concours (rescheduled for August 19-20)
Mecum Auctions Indianapolis sale (rescheduled for June 23-28)
HSR Fall Historics races
Introduction of NASCAR’s Next Gen race car
Mecum Auctions Gone Farmin’ Spring Classic auction (rescheduled for June 17-20)
EyesOn Design concours (rescheduled for September 13)
Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (rescheduled for August 14-16)
RM Sotheby’s Elkhart Collection auction (rescheduled for October 23-24)
Leake Tulsa auction (rescheduled for June 26-27)
Sandhills Motoring Classic (rescheduled for September 4-6)
Bonhams Swiss auction (rescheduled for September 20)
Mini Takes the States road rally (rescheduled for summer 2021)
Luftgekuhlt 7 (rescheduled for November 1)
Road America Spring Vintage Festival
Villa d’Este concours (rescheduled for October 16-18)
Trans Am Speedfest at Laguna Seca (rescheduled for December 3-6)
Monterey SportsCar Championship (rescheduled for September 4-6)
Sea Otter Classic races at Laguna Seca (rescheduled for October 1-4)
National Association of Automobile Museums conference (rescheduled for April 28-May 1, 2021)
Carlisle Spring (rescheduled for June 17-20)
Wisconsin Dells car show (rescheduled for September 12-13)
Salon Prive (rescheduled for September 23-26)
NASCAR races at Martsinsville, Virginia
Goodguys Salt Lake Nationals (rescheduled for July 17-19)
Fountain Valley (California) car show (rescheduled for August 29)
HSR Atlanta Fall Historics (rescheduled for October 8-11)
Bonhams Carmel auction
I find it interesting that all the car venues for Monterey car week in August have cancel/postponed except for Mecum ? Are they holding out as long as possible ?
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