The 30th Greenwich Concours, one of Hagerty’s events, took place in 2026 over three days in beautiful Connecticut on the US East Coast, featuring more than 300 cars.
Greenwich splits its two main days into two distinct genres, with Saturday May 30th’s Concours de Sport highlighting classes including Cars of Greenwich Avenue, New Era Porsches, Powered by Ford and Shooting Brakes, while Sunday May 31’s Concours d’Elegance featured classes including European Coachbuilder (Touring), Porsche Original Owners, Ferrari Dinos and Supercars.
The Best of Show Concours de Sport was won by a 1957 Maserati 450S, chassis 4508, owned by Nick Soprano. It was the first 450S fitted with the larger 4.7-litre quad-cam V8 and was famously involved in the 1957 ‘Caracas Carnage’ race in Venezuela, as well as being the car that would have been driven by Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix had he not been kidnapped by Fidel Castro’s rebels the night before the race. It went on to be driven in the event by Maurice Trintignant, and was also driven in period by Carroll Shelby and Jim Hall.
“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, who drove the car the 15 miles to the Concours. “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.”
On the Sunday, Best of Show Concours d’Elegance went to the 1933 Le Mans-winning Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, chassis 2211109, presented by Scuderia NE. It was bought new by Tazio Nuvolari and bodied by Zagato, then sent to racer Raymond Sommer in Paris, who had it fitted with separate teardrop fenders and a longer tail.
At Le Mans it broke the lap record multiple times in Nuvolari’s hands, and lapped the entire field within two hours. A fuel leak threatened to deny him victory until Nuvolari and co-driver Sommer plugged the tank with chewing gum. It took the win by just 10.0 seconds.
“We’re very fortunate – it’s the second time the car has won Best of Show. Its history is almost more important than the car itself, so I’m glad the judges recognised that,” said the Alfa Romeo’s caretaker. “I’ve driven the car probably 25,000 miles. I drove it here today.”
Another highlight of the show was a celebration of 2026 Grand Marshall Paul Russell, founder of one of the US’s most successful restorers. His company has restored 52 Best of Show winners including four at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, four at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, one at The Amelia Concours and seven at Cavallino Classic. A selection of Paul Russell & Company-restored machines were displayed at Greenwich, including the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO chassis 3413 GT, a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and the 1938 Talbot-Lago T-150-C SS chassis 90111.
Alongside the Concours, Bonhams ran a successful auction with several interesting results, which you can read about here. For more on the Greenwich Concours, visit the Hagerty website.
