The Elegance at Hershey was held for the third time on the grounds of the Hotel Hershey on June 16, 2013. It was founded and launched in 2011 by Pennsylvania car collector John W. Rich, Sr., who unfortunately passed away in December 2011. Several cars from his JWR Automobile Museum were exhibited this year.

Every running of this concours has attracted a strong turnout of fine automobiles and eager supporters, inspiring confidence that this show is here to stay as a major automotive event. Among the many distinguished attendees in 2012 and this year were Bill Warner, founder and chairman of the Amelia Island Concours, and Sandra Button, chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours. Wayne Carini, the owner of F40 Motorsports and the host of Velocity TV's "Chasing Classic Cars," was this year's honoree. For more information, visit the event's Web site at http://theeleganceathershey.com/ .

The threat of a severe thunderstorm prompted the last-minute cancelation of this year's awards ceremony and the early departure of practically all the cars. To read the captions indicating the AWARDS won by some of the cars, enlarge any photo by clicking on its thumbnail and then advance through the gallery one image at a time by clicking the "forward" button.

I used a handheld Nikon D300 to shoot the photos in this gallery. Note that the images and other content here are protected by copyright laws. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized use, downloading, copying, printing or direct linking is prohibited.

>>> CLICK ON A THUMBNAIL PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, AFTER WHICH YOU CAN MANUALLY GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD TO THE OTHER IMAGES IN THIS GALLERY. THE PICTURES HERE CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AS A SELF-ADVANCING SLIDESHOW, BUT MINUS THE TECHNICAL AND OTHER DETAILS. SEE THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THIS WINDOW. HAPPY VIEWING! <<<