For 75 years, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has celebrated the world’s most significant automobiles and the stories behind them. Created by artist Tim Layzell, this year’s official poster collection marks that milestone with three original works of art honoring the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance and, for the first time ever, the legacy of the Pebble Beach Road Races, which led to the creation of the Concours.
This year, the Pebble Beach Concours celebrates its origins with a first-ever commemorative poster, honoring the historic Pebble Beach Road Races that inspired the event’s founding. The races themselves were run on a scenic 1.8-mile road circuit through Del Monte Forest, quickly earning a reputation as one of America’s premier postwar motorsport events. On the twisting roads of this famed circuit, drivers tested skill and nerve as spectators lined the route. Leading a Porsche-engined Cooper (the “Pooper”) around a bend, the road racing poster celebrates one such competitor, the 1955 OSCA MT4-TN Barchetta driven by Ernie McAfee in the 1956 Pebble Beach Road Races. Lightweight and agile, the Italian sports car featured a sculpted red body that curved tightly over the chassis and an open cockpit designed purely for competition.
Event posters will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday, August 12, at The Vault at RetroAuto and the Info Booth in Concours Village. On Concours Sunday, August 16, posters will also be available at the Main Entry Point. Posters will remain on sale until 6 p.m. on Sunday at all three locations. Posters will be for sale at $50 each or $95 for the complete set of all three versions. Following the event, any remaining posters will be offered online at theconcoursstore.com/collections.
All of us at the Del Monte Trophy race group – The Pebble Beach road racers – congratulate the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance team on such a stunning creation and then them for the cooperation in the preparation of the 75th Anniversary.