Best of Show – Concours d’Elegance: 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, presented by Scuderia N.E.
The 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 owned by Scuderia N.E. took home top honors at Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance. The Alfa Romeo features a supercharged straight-eight engine and is draped in unique open coachwork, which helped carry the car to victory at the 1933 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Best of Show – Concours de Sport: 1957 Maserati 450S, presented by Nick Soprano
The 1957 Maserati 450S owned by Nick Soprano was also driven to the show before winning Best of Show, Concours de Sport on Saturday. The Maserati was driven by the likes of Carroll Shelby and Jim Hall in period and is powered by a 4.5-liter V8 engine.
Maserati referred to the 450S as the Tipo 54, but given its monster performance, the car came to be known as a “bazooka.” It was built to challenge Ferrari in the 1957 World Sports Car Championship (WSCC). Underneath the gorgeous Fantuzzi aluminum bodywork, Maserati fitted the earliest cars with a powerful new 4.5-liter quad-cam V-8 that made up to 400 hp. The tubular spaceframe and transaxle were purpose-built to handle the engine’s superior output compared with the prior 300S and 350S race cars, and the brakes were altered to handle the car’s impressive speed.
Soprano drives his 450S regularly, including the 15 miles to Greenwich from his shop, Motor Classic and Competition, in Bedford Hills, New York. “The last time I really ran it hard was in about 2007, [racing] at the Ferrari Historic Challenge. It basically blew everyone’s doors off in the historic drum-brake class.”
The Greenwich Concours celebrated its 30th anniversary this May 30-31, 2026. The weekend event featured more than 300 cars of many various makers. From past eras up to the most modern, owners brought to Greenwich some of the rarest of rare. It’s a treat every year for the public to view many automobiles that are usually kept in collections and seldom seen out in public. Others, though rare and unusual can be still seen on the road from time to time if you keep a watch out for them.
Saturday was the Concours de Sport with cars from various makers from around the world. This year, as with any event, the weather plays a factor. Saturday turned out to be quite windy and cool for a summer day in contrast with Sunday’s near-perfect conditions.
Saturday featured New Era Porsches, Powered by Ford and Shooting Brakes, while Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance featured classes including European Coachbuilder (Touring), Porsche Original Owners, Ferrari Dinos and Supercars.
The entire weekend was a chance for automobile and motorcycle owners, representatives and enthusiasts to gather and talk, admire and generally commune in the company of like-minded. Many come every year while some arrived this year taking in the majesty of the rare and unique. There was a feast for the eyes around every corner. By the afternoon each day the crowds had gathered.
“We’re very fortunate, it’s the second time the car has won Best of Show. The history of the car is almost more important than the car itself, so I’m glad the judges recognized that,” said the car’s caretaker. “I’ve driven the car probably 25,000 miles. I drove it here today!”
“It’s an unexpected pleasure to win. To me it represents the sharing of the enthusiasm and having it reverberate back,” said owner Nick Soprano. “One of the reasons I showed the car is because The Greenwich Concours is my home show. I wanted the car to inspire people to do wonderful creative things.”
See you next year and if you need more information please visit Greenwich Concours for more information about The Greenwich Concours d’Elegance weekend.
Article by Donna Erichsen
Photos by George Bekris
