How to Nominate your Vehicle

• Rare qualities of the vehicle
• Original or Restored as Original
• Historically Important
• Condition equals the time it left the showroom
• Vehicle cut-off year is 1981 and older
• The "wow" factor that appeals most to the spectators of the event
• Extra tie-breaker point for participating in the Vintage Fashion Show

THE GCDE TOUR D'ELEGANCE

Saturday, January 20, 2024. Accepted participants of the Saturday Concours will be asked to participate in the Tour d'Elegance to demonstrate the road-worthiness of their vehicles. It is not mandatory, however extra points will be given to those who participate. The tour will be short, picturesque, including lunch, and at its conclusion you will be able to trailer or drive your vehicle to the show field parking area. 

 Application Deadline is September 1, 2023, and all applications will be reviewed by the Selection Committee, who will then notify you as to its determination no later than October 1, 2023.

 Early applications are encouraged when developing the field of classes. In case of a tie, the date you submitted your application will be used as a tie-breaker as classes fill. 

  Acceptance Notifications  will be  emailed no later than October 1, 2023,  and Participant Informational Packets will be mailed out simultaneously on October 1, 2023 (90 days prior to the event.)

  We request all accepted vehicles to not participate in any event referring to itself as a "Concours" within the 6 months prior to the GCDE event (July 2023 - January 2024) within  the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee radius.

• When uploading photos, make sure they are no larger than 3mb each. Include three CURRENT photos of your entry:

1.  Interior View 
2. Exterior (3/4 view); 
3. Engine.

•  If you have more than one car, motorcycle and/ or plane to enter, please use additional forms
• Please be sure you type in all required fields. 
• If you prefer a paper version,  Please print clearly and return by mail at your earliest opportunity and no later than our receipt by September 1, 2022
•  We request all accepted vehicles to not participate in any event referring to itself as a "Concours" within the 6 months prior to the GCDE event (July 2023 - January 2024) within the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee radius.

 For those who won 1st place "Best in Class" in the past 2022 GCDE Concours, we ask that you please submit an application for a different car than the one shown in the past Gasparilla Concours d'Elegance. 

It is a key component of a true Concours d'Elegance to offer a new field of vehicles to be judged each year. This is one of the many factors that sets a Concours d'Elegance apart from "car shows".  

You are now part of an elite group of individuals who participated in the Gasparilla Concours d'Elegance!

 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, undoubtedly the most famous Concours in the country, states "we generally do not allow cars to return to our show field within a ten-year period unless they have changed ownership and are freshly restored (or they are an original preservation car). "

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, another one of the finest Concours' in the country, states "Once a car is accepted to the Concours, it cannot again be entered in the event for five years, with three exceptions; the ownership of the car has changed, the car has been restored, or if the featured marque is obscure, the Concours car selection committee can reach out to invite cars of varying restoration quality—or cars that have previously been entered in the Concours—in order to provide a healthy representation of the marque for exhibition".

We aspire to the standards of these great Concours' and have created a standard that we hope will benefit the growth of our "young" Concours as well as insure the quality and unique displays of the cars on our show field. With that in mind we request all accepted vehicles to not participate in any event referring to itself as a "Concours" within the 6 months prior to the GCDE event (July 2022 - January 2024) within the Hillsborough, Pinellas or Pasco Counties.