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.

>> 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