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It sold for $15,000. Thank you all for believing in our event, in our cause, and for taking part in all the activities., Mr. DeFoor then presented the Chairmans Award to Concours Director Ken Gross. PREVIOUSLY (Oct. 11): An accident injured two volunteers - one of them critically - at the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival in downtown Chattanooga Friday morning. Its an exciting place to be. The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival has contacted all businesses affected by altered traffic patterns on Riverfront Parkway/W 19th Street with special accommodations being made for those on the. Follow him on Twitter @BarryJC. }, "I have to leave at 2 p.m.," he said, waiting on a bench behind the barricades. 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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. It's a story NewsChannel9 has been following for two years. This deserves best in show.. Four Tucker Model 48s, a quartet of General Motors Motorama concept cars, the Hirohata Mercury, the Gyro-X two-wheeled car (pictured above) and more, will headline the hundreds of . The Chattanooga Motorcar Festival offers a weekend of concours, rallies, car shows, auctions, VIP parties and vintage racing! Crash mars beginning of Chattanooga MotorCar Festival - WDEF Riverwalk patrons will be detoured from Blue Goose Hallow, across Riverfront Parkway at W MLK Blvd to the east sidewalk. It's almost here! Group 5 Race 2,Group 6 Race 2,Group 7 Race 2,Group 8 Race 2,Group 2 Race 3,Group 3 Race 3,Group 4 Race 3,Group 5 Race 3,Group 6 Race 3,Group 7 Race 3, Group 8 Race 3 - race red-flagged, no results. Byron Evans, 53, suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital Friday afternoon. 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Welcome - Chattanooga Motorcar Festival WELCOME to the SPONSORED BY: October 13-15, 2023 TICKETS Available soon The three-day Festival returns for 2023! Were topping off this years Festival with one of the best cars in the world, said presenter Wayne Carini. It happened behind the Tennessee Aquarium at Broad Street and Riverfront Parkway. "I expected by then to have seen several hours of time trials.". See the press release here. BeginningSunday, at noon until Tuesday, Oct. 18: The following locations will be closed on Monday, at 6 p.m. until Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m.: The following locations will be closed on Wednesday, at 11 a.m. until Monday, Oct. 17, at midnight: The following location will be closed on Wednesday, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, Oct. 16 at midnight: ViewCDOT's map ofeventsand road closuresfor full details of these activities and other projects underway in our public space. Welcome - Chattanooga Motorcar Festival This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. submission: { Riverfront Parkway will be reduced to one lane, one-way traffic northbound only. race course in downtown Chattanooga to host wheel-to-wheel competition during its second festival on Oct.. Festival officials say a car had a mechanical failure and crashed into a barrier on the course. 3 talking about this. Steven Llorca was taking photos of the race when the accident happened in the downhill curve of Riverfront Parkway near the Tennessee Aquarium. It happened at 98 Riverside Drive at 9:36 AM. It gives people the opportunity to experience an auction, experience a car race, experience an assembly of cars Ferraris, Lamborghinis and it is all here in the West Village area. Chattanooga Police Department spokesperson Elisa Myzal says a car that was being driven during the MotorCar Festival's time trials hit a barrier, causing it to hit two festival workers. Eligibility Contact:Rob Elson rob@svra.comLicensing Contact:Alex Miller alex@svra.comVendor Sales/Car Show:Toni Strollo tc@svra.comEvent Information Contact:Kathy Swinford kathy@svra.comMedia/Press Contact:Ashleigh Aungst ashleigh@a2bstrategiesllc.comPhoto/Media CredentialsPam Shatraw pam@svra.com, Register by Phone: 888-965-7872 INVITATIONAL: Request Invite, Order The SVRA Chronographby OMOLOGATOLimited to 250 Pieces. The car involved in the accident experienced a mechanical failure and hit a barrier, event organizers said in a release. PREVIEW: Chattanooga Motorcar Festival | RACER This years Festival, which was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic following a successful launch in 2019, was known as the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival hosted by Fifty Plus Foundation presented by DeFoor Brothers sponsored by Volkswagen and Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Company powered by EPB.