TCOC Events Calendar
FRIDAY: Automobiles & BBQ: Cars, Live Music and Carolina Buffet BBQ at Little River Resort, 5:00pm-9:00pm
SATURDAY: SMF Fun Rally 8:00am-12:00pm, Sports Leight Automotive Tour 9:00am-11:30am, Ladies of Mercedes Presents: Pinehurst Tour & Tea, 9:30am-1:30pm
SUNDAY: Sandhills Motoring Festival Concours in the Village: Car Show in the Village of Pinehurst 9am-3pm, followed by an Awards Dinner at 6pm at Little River Resort
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Famed Golf Town Hosts New Car Show
When the popular Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance ended in 2017 after a five-year run, several car enthusiasts felt something was needed to fill that void.
In 2018, Porsche Club of America member, Marvin Waters, and Mercedes Benz Club of America members, Steve Redwine and Bill Faison stepped in to create the Sandhills Motoring Festival, a 3-day event held over Memorial Day Weekend.
Activities culminate on Sunday, May 26, with the “Concours in the Village” and Awards Dinner.
This year, the Village Council unanimously voted to become a title sponsor, allowing the event to utilize Tufts Park and the streets surrounding the village green. Read about the decision in The Pilot, the local news source:
“We are excited to see the Sandhills Motoring Festival come to the village of Pinehurst over Memorial Day weekend,” said Mayor Nancy Fiorillo. “The village will provide a wonderful backdrop for the showing of the finest automobile club vehicles in the Carolinas and the surrounding regions. This a perfect opportunity to showcase our community.”
As was the case with the Concours, the Sandhills Motoring Festival donates all of its proceeds to the Sandhills Community College Foundation to fund scholarships for students in automotive technologies program. Last year, the festival donated $5,000, Waters told the council.
We’re BACK! 2019 will be bigger and better than last year.
Register early as space again will be limited.
All proceeds go to local Non-Profit Military Missions in Action that works to support our homeless, disabled and deployed service members and their families across North Carolina.
Car Show registration cost $25.00
Download the festival brochure by clicking here.
Dennis Gage will be filming an episode of his TV show My Classic Car at the 2019 HMF.
Purpose:
An opportunity for owners of the featured car of each year’s event to participate in the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival as part of the show and enjoy the The Hilliard U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.
For a quick overview, here is a small pictorial sample of a previous year’s Tour de Marque, when Corvettes were featured.
Date:
Friday- September 6, 2019
Location:
Starts at Chateau Lafayette Reneau
5081 State Route 414
Hector NY 14841
Eligibility:
Any Triumph Car
Cost:
Registration fee of $145 per car, which includes two weekend tickets to the Hilliard U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.
The Course:
This year the WGI Tour de Marque Launched From Chateau Lafayette Reneau – Triumph will start out at the CLR Winery, where drivers will meet for coffee, pastries, and conversation to start their day. Then they will get to do a really neat roughly 85 mile Rallye Route of the kind that only the Stone Bridge Driver Events Committee is famous for putting on, ending at Watkins Glen International, where the drivers will be hosted for brunch, followed by paced laps of the world-famous 3.4 mile racetrack. The cars then line-up for the drive into town, where they stage at the original Start/Finish line for the 1948 Grand Prix, and then take their two Cayuga Health System Laps of the 6.6 mile Old Course. The cars finish at Lafayette Park in downtown Watkins Glen where they are parked on display, while the drivers get to enjoy the rest of the festival.
To Enter:
For more specific information contact:
Bruce Coulombe at 607-793-3426 or email
Featured Marques of the Past:
2018 – Jaguar
2017 – Cars of the Autobahn
2016 – Corvette
2015 – Mazda (Miata’s 25th Anniversary)
2014 – MG (90th Anniversary)
2013 – Mini
2012 – Ford Mustang
2011 – Datsun/Nissan
2010 – Alfa Romeo (100th Anniversary)
2009 – Morgan
2008 – Triumph
2007 – BMW
2006 – Porsche
2005 – Alfa Romeo
2004 – MG (80th Anniversary)
2003 – Corvette (50th Anniversary)
2002 – Mini
2001 – Cunningham
AutoLawn, European Classic Car Show on September 7, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in
Hickory, NC SALT Block