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2015 La Jolla Concours  MOTORCYCLE JUDGES
Motorcycle Judges
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Marc Lemieux

Marc Lemieux is currently the President of the San Diego Antique Motorcycle
Club. He resides in Clairemont, California with his wonderful wife Donna, a
garage full of old motorcycles, three german shepherds, and a pitbull who
makes a really impressive doorbell. He grew up in Los Angeles pumping gas at
his father's service station and reading every car and motorcycle magazine he
could sneak into his textbooks at school.

When Marc was ten years old, he awoke on Christmas morning to discover a
yellow Honda Trail 90 in the living room and he was all in. However, to his
great disappointment, his father wouldn't let him ride it by himself for another
year.

This is Marc’s fourth year volunteering at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.
He offers a huge thank you to the organizing committee for providing him with
the opportunity to make so many friends who share his passion for beautiful
machinery.

Gordon Clark

Gordon Clark was born in Ely, Nevada in 1939. He had multiple careers and
interests over the years, including 20 years with the U.S. Navy, and 30 years as
an Air Traffic Controller with the Department of Defense. He also liked to ex-
pand his mind and obtained degrees in education, business, art history and
aviation sciences.

Vintage Motorcycles are Gordon’s hobby. He searches for interesting mod-
els, restoring some and leaving others as-is for their patina. Currently, he has
18 motorcycles in his collection. Taking long distance trips on motorcycles and
riding with friends are two more benefits of his passion.

Gordon is a member and current President of the San Diego Antique Motor-
cycle Club, and is excited about his fourth year as a judge at the La Jolla Con-
cours d’Elegance.

MOTORCYCLE
JUDGING
TEAM

Gordon Clark
Kasey Doolin
Ted Holtaway
Tim Johnson
Marc Lemieux

Paul Lima
Bill Silver
Kevin Sisterson

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IT BEGAN AS A DREAM  Evolution of the La Jolla
Concours d’Elegance

It began as a dream of a few business owners on Prospect Street: perb destination for everyone.”
a car show that would showcase the classic beauty of La Jolla, the From the beginning, the La Jolla Motor Car Classic committee
regal charm of the “Jewel by the Sea”, and the friendliness of our
local residents. Michael Ullman, now at the Sherry Netherland in wanted the show to have a charitable purpose. As part of the Mer-
NYC; Terry Underwood, General Manager of The Grande Colonial; chant Association, the event supported local community projects
and Yvette Marcum, a local retail merchant, sat down at George’s at and our introduction to the Monarch School was a critical compo-
the Cove to draw out their dream on a cocktail napkin. nent. In our first years, we were able to offer support with small do-
nations and to showcase the Monarch School Band and the Butterfly
As part of the local Merchants Association, the threesome brought Enterprises. As the years passed, the involvement expanded and it
their idea to its Board of Directors. The cheerleader of the group de- is deeply gratifying to see the car community, patrons and the event
clared, "We want to start a show that will grow to rival the iconic support the Monarch School's mission.
Pebble Beach." With that statement, there was no looking back.
On the fifth anniversary of the La Jolla Motor Car Classic, Petersen
The La Jolla Motor Car Classic, as it was first called, was always Auto Museum joined the event, showcasing the Round Door Rolls-
destined to be a concours. A committee was quickly formed to Royce. The show had now grown to a field of nearly 50 million dol-
launch the event, and it included pillars of the local car community: lars worth of collectible cars. The Village was abuzz, history was
Mr. Bob Meigs, Dr. Cy Conrad, and local retailer Bill Price. They set- unfolding and a concours d’elegance was taking shape.
tled on a 100 point judging system without the concours title, want-
ing to make sure that the show first developed a strong following In 2009, the show transitioned to the full concours judging system
and solid foundation in its formative years. and adopted the new name, La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. The La
Jolla Historical Society became an additional charitable beneficiary
With little more than a great idea, the resources to assemble a vol- and host of the show. Thanks to the guidance of the Historical Soci-
unteer team, and a lot of tenacity, the La Jolla Motor Car Classic ety and its team of volunteers, and our enthusiastic and dedicated
revved into production for a January 2004 premier. While January Concours team, the show has grown with exponential l success. Five
was a risky move, the event was to be a showcase where car collec- years ago, Mr. G. Michael Dorvillier took over as the first Chairman of
tors would travel from all over the world to visit La Jolla. January af- the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.
forded great weather and an accommodating place on the show
calendar. Welcome to the twelfth year of our dream, the La Jolla Motor Car
Classic and now the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.
La Jolla’s Ellen Browning Scripps Park, which has served as inspi-
ration for Dr. Suess, artists and visitors alike, was chosen as the site Sincerely,
as the idyllic backdrop for the event. As soon as the word was out, Dr. Cy Conrad
entries began pouring in and the field filled up with nu- Chief Judge Emeritus, La Jolla Concours d'Elegance
merous historic cars. The exceptional team at Mc-
Farlane Promotions, Inc. assisted in producing the
event. With a field of 50 carefully selected en-
tries, the show debuted to rave reviews, excep-
tional weather (80 degrees and sunny) and
fabulous car community support.

Building on the success of the first year, the La Jolla
Motor Car Classic grew as the team carefully managed the
field of entries, and gave a show stopping performance with
breathtaking vistas to local residents and classic car enthusiasts.
Long-time merchant and the founding team member, Deborah
Marengo said, “It is an incredible venue, beautiful location, and a su-

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2016 La Jolla Concours d’Elegance 2016 LA JOLLA CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE COMMITTEE  SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL
Committee
G. Michael Dorvillier

Chairman

Harry Clark Nigel Matthews

Vice Chairman Chief Judge

Ed Gilbertson

Chief Honorary Judge

COMMITTEE
Anson, Weston – Chairman, CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management
Berwin, Claudette – Broker, President, Gallery Properties, Friday Night Party Chair
Berwin, Bill – President, Coastal Development Company, Friday Night Party Chair

Bromfield, Tiffany – Sempra, LJCDE Judges Coordinator
Clark, Gordon – Chief Motorcycle Judge

Clark, Harry – Author/Speaker/Coach, Pathway Partners, LLC
Conrad, Dr. Cy – Chief Judge Emeritus, LJCDE

Corrente, Peter – Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty
Dumas, JC – Designer Goldsmith/Owner of Goldworks Gallery, Awards Chairman, LJCDE
Erickson, Chris – Chair, La Jolla Tour d’Elegance, Willis Allen Real Estate Rancho Santa Fe

Fox, Heath – Executive Director, La Jolla Historical Society
Gilbertson, Ed - Chairman, International Chief Judge Advisory Group

Kerner Jr., Robert F. – Aon Private Risk Management, Sponsorship
Kenney, Rich – Co-Founder AeroED Group

Lemieux, Marc – President of Antique Motorcycle Club
Liebowitz, Dean – Hoehn Motors

Matthews, Nigel - Global Director of Client Services, Hagerty Insurance Agency, LLC
Peek, John – Owner, Peek Brothers Painting, Volunteer Chair
Taylor, Alan – Owner, Alan Taylor Company, Restorer Chair
Wahl, Keith – La Jolla Motor Car Classic Chair

Wochnick, Verne- Chairman of Volunteers, San Diego Air & Space Museum

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Bennett, Trip • Daub, Lee
Spielman, Chuck • Wichard, Neal

MCFARLANE PROMOTIONS, INC. TEAM, EVENT PRODUCERS
Hennessy, Natalie • Kahle, Taylor • McFarlane, Laurel
Riley, Camille • Thompson, Jenna • Velasco, Janey

Thank you for your contributions, time and
efforts through serving on this committee

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include many, “Best in Show” and “Best in Class” awards in major auto- well as the San Diego Museum of Modern Art and the Balboa Art Gallery.
motive events like the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.
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