{"id":9111,"date":"2023-06-07T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pebblebeachconcours.net\/?p=9111"},"modified":"2023-06-08T00:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:27:52","slug":"le-mans-centennial-celebration-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/events\/le-mans-centennial-celebration-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Mans Centennial Celebration at Pebble Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Pictured above: The earliest Le Mans entry on our show field was the 1929 Bentley Speed Six known as &#8220;Old Number 1.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading pbc_silver\">We send warm greetings and a wish for great success to our friends who are gathering at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for its centennial celebration.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"24 Hours of LeMans Centennial Celebration Kick Off at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d&#039;Elegance\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8nDD8uljm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Enjoy the opening press conference for the Le Mans Centennial Celebration, where the Centennial trophy was unveiled.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last August, the Pebble Beach Concours was honored to be invited by Pierre Fillon, president of L\u2019Automobile Club de l\u2019Ouest, to kick off a year of centennial celebrations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Leading into the Concours, racing greats Justin Bell, Jacky Ickx, Jochen Mass, Henri Pescarolo and Lyn St. James gathered at a Friday Forum session to talk about their experiences at Le Mans. At a special Saturday press conference, Tom Kristensen, who has recorded the most Le Mans wins, helped to unveil the new Le Mans centenary trophy, which was shipped to us from France for special display. The famed 1936 Bugatti Type 57G Le Mans Tank made a surprise appearance at that same press conference, and come Sunday, more than 26 additional important Le Mans race cars pulled onto our competition field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1049\" src=\"https:\/\/pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Button paid tribute to Fred Simeone by posthumously awarding him with the Lorin Tryon Trophy, accepted by his daughter Christina.\" class=\"wp-image-9115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-1000x656.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-750x492.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/R1_05_Tryon_exp_web-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sandra Button paid tribute to Fred Simeone by posthumously awarding him the Lorin Tryon Trophy, accepted by his daughter Christina. The Bugatti Tank from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum was on hand, thanks to many supporters.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kicking Off the Le Mans Centennial in Pebble Beach\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1jPUQjUHPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Take a closer look at one very special Le Mans-winning car, the 1950 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Dugarreau Le Mans Barquette.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-1000x749.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-750x562.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_Field_012_Le_Mans_exp_web.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Left: More recent Le Mans entrants ranged from a 1964 Alpine M64 Coupe to a 2016 Ford GT Multimatic Coupe. Right: The inspiring efforts of Briggs Cunningham to win at Le Mans were represented by Miles Collier&#8217;s two 1950 Cadillacs, &#8220;Le Monstre&#8221; and &#8220;Petit Petaud.&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampSide_090_exp_web.jpg\" alt=\"1979 Porsche 935 K3 Coupe\" class=\"wp-image-9124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampSide_090_exp_web.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampSide_090_exp_web-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampSide_090_exp_web-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampSide_090_exp_web-768x446.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Scaglietti Berlinetta of David MacNeil won the Early Le Mans Centennial class.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampZoom_107_exp_web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampZoom_107_exp_web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampZoom_107_exp_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampZoom_107_exp_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pebblebeachconcours.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PBC22_RampZoom_107_exp_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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people and organizations who helped to bring us the Bugatti Tank: Hagerty Insurance, Reliable Trucking, Evan Ide, Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, and Christina and the whole Simeone family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pebble Beach Concours was honored to kick off a year of centennial celebrations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Le Mans Centennial Celebration at Pebble Beach - Pebble Beach Concours d&#039;Elegance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 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