If you’re already looking at the 2011 collector-car calendar, trying to decide which events to attend, organizers of the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance recently announced their 2011 class structure and special features. Topping the list will be a 125th anniversary celebration of the automobile, or more specifically, three classes devoted the Daimler/Mercedes/Benz/Mercedes-Benz. Also part of the 61st Pebble Beach Concours, scheduled for August 21, will be Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1907-’19), Stutz Centennial, Birth of the Ferrari 250 GTO (only 39 were built between 1962-’64, and Italian Motorcycles (including Ducati, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi and others). We’ve included the full list of classes below; however, officials stated that they “may be revised as entry applications are received and reviewed.”
2011 Pebble Beach Concours Classes:
Antique through 1915
American Classic Open
American Classic Closed
Stutz 1911 to 1924
Stutz Classic
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost through 1919
125 Years of Benz, Daimler, Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz 500K through 770K
Benz, Daimler, Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz Preservation
European Classic Open
European Classic Closed
Prewar Sports and Racing
Prewar Preservation
Postwar Preservation
Ferrari Grand Touring
50th Anniversary of the Birth of the Ferrari 250 GTO
Postwar Sports
Postwar Touring
Postwar American Special Coachwork
Italian Motorcycles through 1979