BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:432@porschenet.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191005T150000 DTSTAMP:20191005T021335Z URL:https://porschenet.com/events/2019-ner-concours-delegance/ SUMMARY:2019 NER Concours d'Elegance DESCRIPTION:\nThe 2019 NER Concours d'Elegance is being held at one of the great mansions in Newport during a very exciting time for the motoring com munity in New England. The NER Concours will be held on October 5\, 2019 o n the lawn of the Chateau-sur-Mer estate on beautiful Bellevue Avenue. Our lead sponsor for 2019 is Porsche Warwick. Other sponsors include South Sh ore Autoworks and many other friends of our region. This year's event will be held in conjunction with the activities that stretch for four days dur ing Audrain’s Newport Concours &\; Motor Week. Additional information on all the week’s activities can be obtained at audrainconcours.com.\nO ur Concours format will change slightly this year. There will be three cat egories of judging. Two of the categories\, Full Concours and Top Only\, h ave been used in past Concours. The Full category will use traditional jud ging sheets\, examining Porsche exteriors\, interiors\, storage compartmen ts\, engine compartments (where viewable)\, and wheels/wheel wells. The To p Only category will utilize informal judging by Top Only participants.\nA new category\, "Werks-style Judging"\, will be added this year. PCA has b een organizing Werks Reunion events at the Monterey and Amelia Island car weeks for several years now. Participants in Werks Reunion events still pr epare their cars for the concours\, but unlike traditional Full Concours o r Parade style judging\, Werks considers not only the appearance but also the history of the car\, its usage by the owners\, and overall aesthetic a ppeal. By combining both subjective and objective elements\, Werks style j udging creates a somewhat more relaxed environment and encourages particip ation by a wide variety of interesting Porsches. At Werks Reunions in Mont erey and Amelia Island\, you’ll find everything from highly authentic re stored cars\, Le Mans winning race cars\, outlaw &\; hot rod style Pors che builds\, and unique original cars.\nWhen participating in a concours e vent\, it can be a bit of an adjustment to get used to having judges check ing over your car in detail. But be assured that this event is a learning process for everyone. The in-depth judging is as much to admire the detail s of each model in a way that rarely gets done as it is to be critical. At the core\, it is a great car show where people are encouraged to spend a little extra time giving their cars the loving care we all want to spend o n them.\nAs a layer of enjoyment that is new for us and new for New Englan d\, we are holding our event right in the middle of a brand new major worl d-class car event held right in Newport. Have you ever wanted to attend th e Pebble Beach Concours in Monterey and attend their Motor Week? Well\, no w we'll have that same type of event right here in Newport! There will be four days of amazing car activities of all kinds.\nThere will be a never-s een-before display of GM's major concept styling exercise vehicles that wi ll come right from General Motors to Newport. There will be a driving tour of invitational concours entrants starting at the Newport Bridge celebrat ing the bridge's 50th anniversary (and the bridge will be temporarily full y closed for this!). A concert by John Legend is scheduled on Friday Octob er 4th\, the night before our Concours\, at the International Tennis Hall of Fame\, the central gathering point for the full four days of events.\nT he Audrain Automobile Museum is holding their annual Gala at The Breakers mansion this year on Saturday. The whole weekend culminates with the main Audrain Concours event on Sunday\, also held at the Breakers\, where some of the world's most valuable cars will compete. Hopefully\, this gives you a small taste of the level of automotive events that will be taking place in Newport during that week. And we'll be right in the middle of it!\n\nA dvanced registration for both Judged and Spectator Porsches is highly reco mmended. We anticipate many more participants this year\, given the additi on of the Werks judging class to our usual Full Concours and Top Only clas ses as well as the fact that our NER Concours will coincide with the Newpo rt Car Week. Also given the location at Chateau-sur-Mer in the heart of th e Motor Week activities\, with limited parking nearby\, we will have only so much space for participant and Porsche Park spectator cars. Only 200 Po rsches can be accepted in either the Judged or Spectator areas\, for a tot al of 400 Porsches. Day of the event fees\, if space remains available\, w ill be $60 for Judged and $30 for Spectator Porsches. Registration for Con cours entrants and spectator parking will be available on porschenet.com J une 15.\nWe hope you will add the Concours event to your busy schedule and come enjoy the day (or the full extended weekend) in Newport for what wil l be an amazing experience.\nThe Concours classes for the three categories (Full\, Top-only\, "Werks-style Judging") are as follows: (adjusted as ne cessary based on entrants)\nClasses (in each of the three categories - Ful ly Judged\, Top-only or Display\, "Werks-style Judging")\n\n 356\n 911 65- 73\n 911 74-89\n 914\n 964/993\n 996/997\n 991/992\n Boxster/Cayman\n 924/ 944/968/928\n Macan/Cayenne/Panamera\n 918/CGT\n Porsche Race Cars\n\nNewp ort Blocked Room Information for October 3-6\, 2019\n“Arrangements have been made with two Newport area motels to block rooms for the period Octob er 3-6\, 2019 for NER members that includes the date of the NER Concours\, Saturday\, October 5.  The expected attendance for the period is expecte d to place a premium on availability of local accommodations.  It is reco mmended that accommodations during this period be booked earlier rather th an later.\nThe Mainstay Hotel\, phone 401.849.9880\, 151 Admiral Kalbfus R oad\, Newport\, RI  02840\, is the same hotel that has previously been us ed over the years for Zone 1 events. Rooms will be blocked for NER member s\, on a first come\, first serve basis\, until August 22\, when any unuse d rooms\, if any\, will be released for the general public.  The Hotel wi ll provide cordoned Porsche parking and a wash area. Trailer parking is a lso available. The group name to use when booking is “Porsche Club.”\ nThe Ramada Inn\, phone 401.846.3555\, 425 East Main Road\, Middletown\, R I  02842\, has rooms blocked for NER members until August 1\, 2019.  The re will not be a wash area available\, so members should consider using th e wash area at the Mainstay Hotel.  The group name is also “Porsche Clu b” for the Ramada Inn.”\nOnline Booking is Closed - please visit the e vent and we'll do our best to accommodate you. Please be patient with us i f we do run short of space. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://porschenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/0 5/2019-ner-concours-delegance-website-event-feature-jpg.webp CATEGORIES:Concours,NER,Social LOCATION:Chateau-sur-Mer\, 474 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, Uni ted States GEO:41.471277;-71.30529790000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=474 Bellevue Avenue\, Newpo rt\, RI\, 02840\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Chateau-sur-Mer :geo:41.471277,-71.30529790000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR