START YOUR ENGINES, WE'RE ON TH
ROAD TO THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE, A CELEBRATION OF TH
BEST OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY ON
THE GROUNDS OF LEXINGTON'S
FAMOUS KEENELAND RACE COURSE.
CLASSIC CARS, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
AND THE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
THAT THE COMMON WEALTH NOPE FOR
COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
"KENTUCKY LIFE" AT THE KEENELAN
COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE COMING YOUR
WAY NEXT.
>> HELLO, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY LIFE."
THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE HAS BEEN RATED A
TOP-20 EVENT IN THE SOUTHEAST B
THE SOUTHEAST TOURISM SOCIETY
FOR 8 YEARS.
THE AND THE KENTUCKY TRAVEL
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HAS HONOR
KEENELAND COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE A
ONE OF THE TOP TEN ANNUAL EVENT
BUS WHAT EXACTLY IS A IT AND
WHAT MAKES IT SO POPULAR FOR CA
ENTHUSIASTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
KEENELAND COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE I
MUCH MORE THAN A TYPICAL CAR
SHOW.
THEY INVITE ONLY THE BEST OF TH
BEST, TRULY ONE OF A KIND
AUTOMOBILES TO PARTICIPATE.
EVERY THIRD WEEKEND IN JULY, TH
KEENELAND COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE
ATTRACTS NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE TO
THE SCENIC GROUNDS OF KEENELAND
CONNECTING KENTUCKY'S CULTURE
AND TRADITION WITH THAT OF THE
AUTOMOBILE.
>> IT IS TRULY ELEGANCE, AND IT
IS TO SHOWCASE THE ELEGANCE OF
AUTOMOBILE, AND THE ELEGANCE OF
THE SURROUNDINGS.
IT IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
WHETHER YOU ARE A CAR OWNER, BU
YOU MIGHT BE AN ENTHUSIAST OR B
THERE FOR THE FASHION OR YOU
WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE AWARDS
CEREMONIES.
THE CONCOURS IS ABOUT ABOUT
TAKING THE SCARE BRINGING UP TO
THE LEVEL IT WAS IN THE 1930S O
1940s AND LIKE THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, EVEN SO MUCH AS THE
INTERIOR MUST BE RESTORED THE
SAME, THE HARDWARE ON IT,
EVERYTHING FROM THE ENGINE
PERSPECTIVE ALL OF THAT, FROM A
JUDGED PERSPECTIVE THEN YES, IT
NEEDS TO BE RESTORED BACK TO IT
ORIGINAL STATE.
IF I HAD TO SUM IT UP IN ONE
WORD I WOULD SAY ELEGANCE.
THE CONCOURS STARTED FOR WOMEN
IN PARIS FOR FASHION, WHEN THEY
WOULD GO AND SEE WHAT THE LATES
DESIGNS WERE SO IN ORDER TO MAK
THE HUSBAND COME ALONG THEY
DECIDED TO HAVE ALL OF THE COAC
BUILDERS, BRING THE NEW
AUTOMOBILES, AND PROVIDE THOSE
ON THE LAWN SO THAT WAY THEY
HAVE THE GUYS AND THE GALS AND
THEY GOT TO PURCHASE THESE
BEAUTIFUL HAND BUILT
AUTOMOBILES, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL
FASHIONS THEY GOT TO GO HOME
WITH AS WELL.
>> THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE IS A GATHERING OF A
LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, THAT ARE
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ABLE
TO BENEFIT THE KENTUCKY
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
IN 2004 WE STARTED THE KEENELAN
COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE, WE WENT TO
KEENELAND AND SAID, WE REALLY
NEED A SPECIAL PLACE, AND THEY
HAVE AMAZINGLY OPENED THE DOORS
TO US.
>> WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO US
WITH THE IDEA, WE WERE SKEPTICA
BUT, THE THING WE FOUND OUT IS
EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED WITH
THIS CONCOURS IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
THE QUALITY AROUND THE COUNTRY
IS WHEN YOU REALLY START LOOKIN
AROUND, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVOLVED, AND IT IS A DIFFERENT
WAY TO SEE KEENELAND AND A
DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE CENTRAL
KENTUCKY BUT IT IS STILL, IT IS
STILL SEEING IT IN ALL OF ITS
SPLENDOR.
AND YOU CAN COME HERE AND ENJOY
YOUR DAY.
>> EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CA
SHARE ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND
EVERYTHING THAT IS ALL THINGS
KENTUCKY, THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO
DO.
WE HAVE A BOURBON TOUR, VERY
INTIMATE, 12 PEOPLE AND WE GET
TO SPEND A DAY WITH THE MASTER
DISTILLER, AND THAT TYPE OF
THING, AND QUALITY TIME ANDING
THIS THAT'S UNIQUELY KENTUCKY
AND WE HAVE A HANGAR BASH AND
THE HANGAR BASH, WE TRY TO ZIG
WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS ZAGS.
THERE IS A LOT OF BLACK TIE
EVENTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING
NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AN
EVENT LIKE THIS, BUT, DRESS
DOWN, CASUAL IS COOL AND
ULTIMATELY WE'RE ALL MOTOR HEAD
AND A MOTOR HEAD IS REALLY A
GEAR HEAD AT HEART AND WE
CELEBRATE KENTUCKY AVIATION AND
THAT'S A NEAT THING AT THE
MUSEUM THERE.
SO THAT HAPPENS FRIDAY.
STATE THE MAIN EVENT WHICH IS
THE CONCOURS AND THE NEAT THING
ABOUT THAT, IS THAT NUMBER ONE,
IT IS AT KEENELAND AND A
NATIONAL TREASURE AND ALLOWS US
TO SHOWCASE ONCE AGAIN THE THIN
THAT'S TRULY KENTUCKY.
FROM NEW YORK, AND PART OF THE
COOL THING ABOUT KENTUCKY, IS W
HAVE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
TOPOGRAPHY ON THE PLANET, AND,
WE'RE THROUGH LITTLE TINY ROADS
THAT ARE, SURROUNDED BY ROCK
FENCES, AND HORSES RUNNING AND
ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO SHARE THAT
WITH PEOPLE.
>> OUR CONCORSE IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
THE DAY, IT IS ON A SATURDAY
INSTEAD OF A SUNDAY WHICH IS --
ALLOWS US TO DO DIFFERENT EVENT
AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
AND INCLUDE PEOPLE.
I GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR
CONCORSE THE INTENT THE
INCLUSION.
WE BASICALLY HAVE THREE SHOWS
GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE THE CO IN.
CORSE JUDGES CARS AND 50 JUDGES
THAT ARE TRAINED IN THEIR
SPECIFIC AREAS FOR CARS.
THEN, WE HAVE CARS OF INTEREST
SO, THESE ARE FOR PEOPLE THAT
JUST HAVE A COLLECTION AND THE
THEY MAY NOT BELONG TO A CAR
CLUB AND LIKE TO HAVE A SPECIFI
TYPE OF A CAR.
A JAGUAR OR A LAMBORGHINI OR
MODEL A FORD OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S THE SECOND THAT WE HAVE
GOING ON AND THE THIRD IS
BASICALLY, THE PADDOCK CARS.
AND THESE ARE CARS WITH THE CAR
CLUB CARS.
THEY ARE LIKE, PORSCHE, CORVETT
, CORVAIR, ALPHA ROMERO
AND THOSE CLUBS LOCALLY, THEY
ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD GET TOGETHER KINDS
OF THINGS, OR LOCAL CARS OF
INTEREST, AS FAR AS A SPECIFIC
TYPE OF CAR.
IT IS INTERESTING.
WHEN YOU GO TO CONCORSE YOU GET
TO FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN T
THE PADDOCK AND SOME PADDOCK
FOLKS THAT NEVER GET TO THE
CONCOURS.
PEOPLE CHOOSE WHICH TO ATTEND
THESE THESE CARS ARE MAJOR
INVESTMENTS.
THE VALUE OF THE CARS GO UP.
THEY ENJOY IT, AND THEY WILL
DECIDE TO COME TO SEE US, AND,
HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND BE TREATE
WELL, AND, SHOW OUR COMMUNITY
WHAT THE CARS ARE LIKE.
JUST BECAUSE WE DO KEEP THAT
DRIVE OF WE WANT TO BE FRIENDLY
AND SHOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY IS REALLY
LIKE.
>> I HAVE ONLY SHOWN TWO OTHER.
ONE IN AMELIA ISLAND AND ONE AT
AUBURN, INDIANA.
SHOWN HERE THREE FOR FOUR TIMES
BUT I GO TO SHOWS LIKE THIS LIK
SOME PEOPLE GO TO FOOTBALL
GAMES.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE
ONES.
PEOPLE WHO RUN IT ARE VERY
FRIENDLY, THE JUDGES ARE
FRIENDLY, AND THIS IS A SHOW, A
EXHIBITOR FRIENDLY OPERATION,
LOTS OF FUN BEFORE AND AFTER,
AND, LEXINGTON IS SUCH A
WELCOMING CITY THAT PEOPLE CAN
COME AND STAY.
IT IS MUCH MORE FRIENDLY THAN
MOST CONCOURS SHOWS.
>> WE REALLY DO TRY TO ALWAYS
SHOWCASE ALL THINGS KENTUCKY.
SO, IT IS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN
JUST AN AUTOMOBILE.
>> FOR OVER A DECADE, EXHIBITOR
AT THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE ENJOYED A TASTE OF
SOME OF THE VERY BEST THAT
KENTUCKY HAS TO OFFER DURING TH
EVEN.
BUT OF COURSE, THEY ARE HERE FO
THE COMPETITION, THE CHANCE TO
HAVE THEIR CARS JUDGED AGAINST
SOME OF THE MOST STYLISH AND
ELEGANTLY APPOINTED CARS IN THE
NATION.
I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH KUR
RICHARDS, THE HEAD JUDGE OF THE
KEENELAND COURCOUS D'ELEGANCE T
FIND OUT WHAT MAKES A WINNING
CAR STAND OUT FROM THE REST AND
WHY THESE AUTOMOBILES ARE JUDGE
TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
>> HOW DO YOU DOING?
>> GOOD DAY.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY
BUSY ON THE DAY OF THE SHOW SO
WE GRABBED HIM AFTER THE FACT T
TELL US WHAT GOES INTO JUDGING
THE VEHICLES.
>> WE USE A 600 POINT JUDGING
SYSTEM.
WE USE THREE GUYS, OF THE THREE
WE HAVE A TEAM LEADER, WE HAVE
TIME KEEPER, AND, JUST THE THIR
MEMBER OF THE TEAM, WE GIVE 20
MINUTES FOR EVERY CAR.
SO, THAT EVERYBODY ON THE SHOW
FIELD HAS THE SAME, HAS THE SAM
ATTENTION, HAS THE SAME TIME.
WE DEDUCT POINTS, YOU KNOW,
IMPERFECTIONS IN PAINT AND
FINISH.
>> THIS IS A PACKARD.
>> THIS IS A 1932, 900 SHOVEL
NOSE.
>> TO ME IT IS IMMACULATE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD FIND
WRONG WITH IT.
BUT, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT EYE.
>> YES, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE 600
POINT SYSTEM, AND THE THREE
DIFFERENT EYES THAT LOOK AT
THAT, BECAUSE, YOU AND MY -- AN
MYSELF, WON'T LOOK AT THIS CAR
IN THE SAME WAY, AND SO, THAT'S
WHERE THE FAIRNESS LEVEL COMES
IN TO PLAY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS CAR, JUST TO KIND OF GO
OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE
DO.
>> THE PAINT, SPEAKING OF THAT.
>> THAT'S NOT ORIGINAL.
>> NO, THIS CAR IS NOT ORIGINAL
THIS IS AN OLDER RESTORATION.
>> SO, BUT RESTORATION IS OKAY
IF IT TIES BACK INTO THE
ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THIS
VEHICLE, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS TO
IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THAT WA
A PAINTED SURFACE OR A POLISHED
SURFACE.
>> THAT'S WHERE YOUR TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF RESEARCH YOU DO COMES
IN.
>>
>> THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT ON THE
SHOW FIELD HAVE SPENT HOURS, AN
HOURS RESEARCHING THESE CARS,
LOOKING AT THIS VEHICLE FROM
HERE.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?
>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAN
OUT, THIS IS OBVIOUS.
THE MATERIAL HAS JUST DISCOLORE
FROM BEING PROBABLY STORED A LO
WITH THE TOP DOWN.
SO, WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS, AND
STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AND
THIS WOULD BE A DEDUCTION.
THERE WOULD BE DEDUCTION FOR
THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LINE RIGHT
HERE, IT IS NICE AND SHARP UP
HERE, AND THIS LITTLE WIDE DOWN
HERE, AND -- I CAN SEE THAT.
>> WE HAVE TAKEN THE TOP DOWN S
WE CAN SEE THE INTERIOR A LITTL
BIT BETTER.
THERE IS A LOT TO SEE HERE.
>> SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO WHE
WE'RE IN THE CAR, OBVIOUSLY, WE
TURN ON THE IGNITION TO WE STAR
THESE CARS, CHECKING THE
FUNCTIONS OF THE GAUGES, MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS
OPERATIONAL IN HERE.
1 IS WE JUDGE THE CAR THAT
PRECEDES THEM, IF THEY CORRECT
IT IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN
YOU KNOW, NO DEDUCTION.
WE HAVE HAD CARS THAT WOULDN'T
START.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CRITERIA IS,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WIN THAT CLASS
YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR ACROS
THE PODIUM.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WELL, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
APPRECIATE THE TOUR OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL PACKARD AND TELLING U
HOW YOU DO SOME JUDGING.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>>
>> GETTING ALL THE TALKING
ABOUTS ORGANIZED IS NO SMALL
TASK.
WE SPOKE WITH JIM LEVINSON THE
FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUTOMOBILE
ACQUISITION ABOUT THE DETAIL
THAT GOES INTO DEVELOPING THE
SHOW CLASSES.
>>
>> WE HAVE SPECIFIC CLASSES,
THAT EACH CAR NEEDS TO FALL
INTO, IT MAY BE A CERTAIN
DECADE, OR IT MAY BE AN OPEN
CLASS OR CLOSED CLASS WHICH
WOULD BE CONVERTIBLE OR A COUPE
OR A SEDAN.
SO YOUR CAR HAS TO FALL INTO A
CLASS THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT
YEAR.
AND AGAIN, WE SELECT BETWEEN 18
AND 23 CLASSES WITH EACH CARS -
8 CARS PER CLASS EACH YEAR.
AND EVERYTHING FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
TO THE SUPER CARS OUT THERE
TODAY.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO
HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF
CARS NOT ONLY IN THE TYPE OF
CARS AND PEOPLE BUT ALSO FROM
WHERE THE CARS COME FROM, WE'VE
HAD CARS FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY
STATE IN THE UNION.
WE LOOK FOR STRICTLY STOCK CARS
AND THAT HAD BEEN MAINTAIN OR
RESTORED THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE.
YOU HAVE 8 CARS IN A CLASS TO
REPRESENT A PERIOD OF SAY
PRE-WAR MAYBE.
AND, YOU'RE GOING FROM SOMETHIN
THAT MAY BE IN THE VERY EARLY
1900s OR THE LATE 1800s, AND
TAKING THEM UP TO SAY 1940.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET
SPREAD THAT YOU NEED SO, IT
TAKES SOME BALANCING, AND, SOME
MOVING CARS AROUND IN CLASSES.
WE TRY OF DO THE BEST -- EVEN
DOWN TO THE COLOR CARS IN THE
CLASS.
WE DON'T WANT THREE RED CARS IN
A CLASS.
WE WANT EVERY CAR TO REPRESENT
THE EARLIEST PART OF AN ERA TO
THE LAST PART WITH THE MIDDLE
AND A VERY -- VARIOUS COLORS,
VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS AND TYPES
OF CARS, SO, WHEN A SPECTATOR
COMES UP THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOO
FEEL OF WHAT A PRE-WAR CLASSIC
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE.
>> WHETHER IT IS THE GRACEFUL
LINES OF A CLASSIC ON THE SHOW
FIELD OR WORK OF ARTIST
DISPLAYING THEIR AUTOMOTIVE
INTERPRETATIONS THERE IS NO LAC
OF ART AT THE KEENELAND COURCOU
D'ELEGANCE.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF
THIS YEAR'S FEATURED ARTISTS,
AND TO WATCH SPECTATORS TAKE A
TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE, AS THEY
CUT SIGHT OF SOME VERY FONDLY
REMEMBERED CONSIDERS FROM THEIR
PAST.
THE OWNER OF THESE GREAT CARS
ARE HAPPY TO SHARE STORIES WITH
FELLOW CAR LOVER.
1.
>> THE AUTOMOBILE IS ART BUT WE
FEEL IT IS ANOTHER THING THIS W
CAN BRING TO THE SHOW THAT WOUL
ENABLE YOU TO SEE THAT, WOW, TH
LINES OF THIS AUTOMOBILE, THE
BEAUTY OF THE SCULPTING THAT
THEY HAVE, SO IT IS JUST ANOTHE
FORM OF ART, ANOTHER FORM OF TH
CONCOURSE.
>> A AM I CAN'T FACE FOUND IN
THE PADDOCK DURING RACE DAYS CA
ALSO BE SEEN PAINTING ON THE
SHOW FIELD DURING THE KEENELAND
WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH
PETER WILLIAMS THE UNOFFICIAL
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT KEEN LAN
WHILE HE WAS PAINTING A 1909
BUICK MODEL TEN.
>>
>> I PAINTED MANY, MANY
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND
VINEYARDS.
I LOVE THE ANCIENT CARS.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH CHARACTER.
I AM A MODEL T ENTHUSIAST.
I GO BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, AND I
HAVE THE FOUR MODEL Ts, AND,
WE DO RALLIES, I REALLY ENJOY
THE INTERACTION WITH THE PEOPLE
ONE IS LIMITED IN THE TIME, IT
IS NOT GOING BE HERE ALL DAY,
WHICH ENCOURAGES YOU TO PAINT
QUICKLY WHICH I THINK IS THE
ESSENCE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE,
THERE IS NO AGENCY, YOU CAN GO
ON DOTTING THE Is AND CROSSING
THE Ts, AND IT BECOMES LIKE
THE STORY WHERE YOU NEVER GET T
THE PUNCH LINE.
BUT, THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG
AND THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERY TYP
OF PAINTING.
I TRY TO KEEP TRUE TO THE FORM
OF THE CAR, BECAUSE THAT'S --
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE, THE HILLS
AND THE TREES CHANGE FROM YEAR
TO YEAR.
AND, BUT, I DON'T BELIEVE THE
SUBJECT IS THERE TO DICTATE TO
YOU, I THINK THAT IT IS THERE T
HELP YOU TO BE CREATIVE.
THE MEASURE OF ONE'S SUCCESS IS
IN THE NUMBER THAT YOU FOOL.
AND GOD KNOWS HE FOOLED A LOT O
PEOPLE.
>> FUNNY THINGS THAT ARE KEEL
WHEELS AND MOTORS ARE SUCH A
HUGE PART OF OUR CULTURE NOT
ONLY FROM AN ECONOMIC SENSE, A
LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
LIFE IS REALLY FORMED BY THE
USE, AMAZING INVENTIONS CALLED
AUTOMOBILES THAT YOU'RE A VERY
SMALL PIECE OF THE HISTORY, OF
THAT AUTOMOBILE, THAT REPRESENT
EITHER A PORTION OF OUR HISTORY
AND OUR COUNTRY, PACKARDS,
CADILLACS AND THAT TYPE OF
THING.
AND IT REPRESENTS A PART OF OUR
HISTORY THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
TO -- FROM THE 70s THE
AUTOMOBILE IS REALLY REFLECTED
WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS, AND WHAT
WE WERE DOING AND WHERE WE WERE
GOING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND, SO I THINK IT IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT TO SHARE THOSE THINGS
WITH PEOPLE, WITH CHILDREN, WIT
PEOPLE THAT HAVE AGAIN FOND
MEMORIES, WHAT A DELIGHT TO
TRIGGER THAT TYPE OF RESPONSE
OUT OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME
TO A CAR SHOW, AND SO THAT'S
REALLY OUR JOB, AND SO IT ALLOW
US TO TELL A STORY.
>> AT THE CONCOURS WE FOUND THA
OWNERS AND EXHIBITORS ARE EAGER
TO SHARE THEIR LOVE AND MEMORY
OF AUTOMOBILES, WHERE IT IS ON
THE SHOW FIELD NOR THE CAR
PADDOCKS.
>> OF COURSE I'M A RETIRE
KENTUCKY STATE TROOPER, WENT
INTO SERVICE IN 1983 AND RETIRE
IN 2002.
IN 1990, I WAS ASSIGNED TO DRIV
ONE OF THESE MUSTANGS AND I
DROVE A 1990 MODEL.
AND, DROVE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS BEFORE I BECAME THE
DETECTIVE.
AND JUST PRIOR TO MY RETIREMENT
I FOUND THE 1985 MUSTANG DOWN I
LINCOLN COUNTY OWNED BY A
PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD BEE
SOLD AT AUCTION IN '95, SURPLUS
AND I BOUGHT IT, AND I DID NOT
HAVE TO RESTORE IT BECAUSE THE
CAR WAS IN PRETTY MUCH ORIGINAL
CONDITION, OTHER THAN THEY THE
EQUIPMENT ON THE INSIDE.
AND I GATHERED UP ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THIS CAR WHEN IT
WAS IN SERVICE.
BUT IT IS A PRETTY RARE IN '85
THEY ONLY BOUGHT KSP ONLY BOUGH
TEN OF THESE CARS, AND SO THEY
ARE PRETTY RARE.
THEY WERE PRETTY FAST FOR THE
DAY.
THEY WERE FUN TO DRIVE.
>> THIS WAS MY GRANDPARENTS'
1956 SEDAN DEVILLE THAT THEY
BOUGHT NEW.
ORDERED IT IN THE END OF '55 AN
RECEIVED IT IN FEBRUARY OF '56.
DRIVEN ONLY BY A LITTLE OLD
LADY.
SHE WAS ABOUT FIVE FOOT TALL,
SAT ON A PILLOW AND LOOKED
THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AS
THEY DROVE IT.
AND I REMEMBER IT FOR MY
CHILDHOOD, I CALL IT THE BUS.
BECAUSE, MY SIBLINGS WENT AWAY
ON THE YELLOW BUS AND THIS WAS
MY YELLOW BUS.
IT IS DEFINITELY A FAMILY CAR.
IT WAS PASSED ON TO MY MOTHER,
WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER COULD NO
LONGER DRIVE AND IT WAS PASSED
ON TO ME AND ABOUT THAT TIME MY
NIECE WAS 13, AND SHE SAID,
ISN'T THIS A MATRIARCHAL CAR.
DON'T I GET IT NEXT?
I TOLD SHE HAD THE LEARN TO TAK
CARE OF IT OR MARRY ONE WHO
COULD TAKE CARE OF IT THE PEOPL
BEHIND THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE HAVE A PASSION THAT
RUNS DEEPER THAN JUST A LOVE OF
GREAT AUTOMOBILES.
FROM THE START, THE ORGANIZERS
OF THE CONCOURS NEWNESS TO
HOSTING A FUN FILLED EVENT THEY
WANTED TO MAKE LASTING IN PACT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR
TO THE KENTUCKY CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY.
THEIR DONATION AFFECTS NOT ONLY
THE PATIENTS, BUT THE EDUCATION
OF THE MEDICAL STAFF AS WELL.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TH
KIDS IN KENTUCKY HAVE ACCESS TO
THE VERY BEST CARE IN THEIR
BACKYARDS.
GO TO CINCINNATI OR TO NASHVILL
OF INDIANAPOLIS, AND THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU MUST HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT
YOU NEED COMMUNITY AS
CHEERLEADERS, YOU NEED THE
COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU WITH
POLITICAL CLOUT AND IN
FRANKFORT, AND YOU NEED
COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU WITH
FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
SO, THE GREATER OUR AMBITIONS
BECOME, THE MORE ENGAGEMENT,
MORE INVOLVEMENT THAT WE KNEW
NEED AS A COMMUNITY.
TEN YEARS AGO, THE CONCOURS WAS
IN ITS FIRST YEAR AND THEY OUR
RELATIONSHIP CONTINUED OVER THA
ENTIRE TIME PERIOD.
CONCOURS FOLKS RAISED OVER
250,000 WITH BUCK FOR BRAINS
MATCH.
AND THAT'S BEEN 500,000.
MORE IMPORTANTLY IT HAS A LOT O
WONDERFUL PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
>> SPECIFICALLY THE BIGGEST
THING THAT THE KEENELAND
CONCOURS GROUP HELPED TO RAISE
MONEY TO IMPROVE EDUCATION HERE
AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THE
HELPED TO RAISE MONEY TO
PURCHASE HIGH FIDELITY PATIENT
CARE SIMULATOR.
THESE ARE MANNEQUINS THAT CAN
SIMULATE ALL SORTS OF HEART
PROBLEMS, BREATHING PROBLEMS,
AND ALLOW PROCEDURES TO BE
PERFORMED ON THEM SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PRACTICE LIKE I USED TO
HAVE TO PRACTICE IN MY DAY AS A
RESIDENT.
I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AND
PRACTICE ON A CHILD WHO WAS
REALLY REALLY SICK.
WHEREAS, NOW, I CAN MAKE THIS
MANNEQUIN REALLY REALLY SICK, D
ALL SORTS OF PROCEDURES THAT
THEY CAN GET SOME OF THE
KNOWLEDGE AND STILL ACQUISITION
BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO
IT IN A VERY HIGH-STRESS,
HIGH-RISK SITUATION OF DOING IT
ON A REAL CHILD.
>> THE EDUCATION OF THE
RESIDENTS AND NURSES AND
TECHNICIANS AND EVERYBODY WHO
WORKS WITHIN KENTUCKY CHILDREN'
IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THIS.
>>>> THE KEENELAND COURCOUS
D'ELEGANCE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THE
COMMUNITY CULMINATES SATURDAY,
THE DAY OF THE SHOW WITH THE
PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS.
THE CLASSES AND AWARDS ARE
SPONSORED BY SOME OF KENTUCKY'S
GREATEST THOROUGHBRED FARMS,
EXEMPLIFYING HORSEPOWER OF A
DIFFERENT KIND.
IN 2013 WHEN "KENTUCKY LIFE"
VISITED THE KEENELAND CONCOURS,
THE KENTUCKY CHILDREN'S HOSPITA
CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD, WAS
PRESENTED TO THIS 1936 AUBURN
852 BOAT TAIL SPEEDSTER.
SHOWN BY CHARLES AND DIANE
MASTEL.
OUT OF OF SHOW FIELD OF 130
AUTOMOBILES THE 2013 BEST OF TH
SHOW AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THI
1937D-8, 120-SS COUPE SHOWN BY
THE PATERSON COLLECTION.
ORIGINALLY ORDERED FOR A
EUROPEAN PRINCE, THIS 1937 IS
CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST
STYLISH AND ELEGANT PRE-WAR CUP
EVER BUILT.
AT KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE YOU'LL
FIND MORE FROM THE KEENELAND
CONCOURS ELEGANCE AND STORIABLE
A TRULY ONE OF A KIND KENTUCKY
EVENT.
WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME SCENE
FROM THE ROGUE.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND WE'L
LOOK FOR YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT
HERE ON "KENTUCKY LIFE."