Classic Auto Mall Show #193 - Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week Executive Director Nic Waller Plus Keith Martin of Sports Car Market Magazine with Host Stewart Howden

Show #193 airdate 05-14-25 Stewart welcomes Nic Waller, President of Audrain Group and Audrain Concours Motor Week to discuss the Audrain Museum and the Concours event at #Breakers Mansion in #RhodeIsland. They also discuss training  young people for classic body and mechanical restoration careers and noted authority and TV personality #WayneCarini + Keith Martin of Sports Car Market talks about the "disappearing car show" and asks what you dislike about your car.  https://www.audrainconcours.com/  https://www.audrainautomuseum.org/   https://www.mcpherson.edu/    https://www.goodwood.com

Nic Waller, Executive Director of the Audrain Concours and Motor Week in Newport joins Stewart on this week’s show. Nic talks about his upcoming European trip and tour where he will be displaying some amazing cars at Villa d’Este in Italy. Nic talks about getting to travel and enjoy amazing cars and people. We get to see the incredible grounds and mansion and ocean view where the Audrain Concours is held in Newport Rhode Island. 

Stewart and Nic go over the importance of the Pebble Beach Concours and how amazing the event is each year and how last year was the first time a preservation car won Best of Show. This leads to a debate of whether Concours events should have a separate category for unrestored or preservation cars as well las a category for Best of Show that is only restored cars. But this means the term preservation needs to be defined because a barn find isn’t a preserved car. A barn find is just an abandoned car. They talk about the setting of the event at Audrain and the Breakers Mansion. They discuss how the first road race happened in Newport when the Vanderbilts would race around the area in their Renaults.

Last year the People’s Choice Award went to a 1958 Devin SS SR2-6 Roadster. Stewart’s favorite car from the 2024 Audrain Newport Concours was the outrageous 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Station Wagon. Seeing these cars is important to preserving the history of all cars – from muscle cars to European to station wagons. Audrain is expanding their classes so a wider range of cars can participate. The most elegant car last year was the 1937 Delahaye 135 Coupe des Alpes.

Keith Martin, Publisher of Sports Car Market Magazine joins the show to discuss car shows he’s been attending and what makes them great, including the Portland Transmission Warehouse Show which has grown to more than 1,000 cars. Keith likes to ask people what they like best about their car. He talks about how people love to tell stories about their cars and how he enjoys hearing the stories. They discuss how people remember the first car they drove and owned and how cars bring back memories.

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