Jaguar Club of Southern Colorado

Jaguar heritage is alive and well along the Colorado front range in 2011. Outstanding quality vintage Jaguars graced the Rocky Mountain Jaguar Club Concours d’Elegance, the British Motoring Conclave, the British Motoring Festival and the Jaguar Club of Southern Colorado Concours d’Elegance this summer.

The JCSC Concours d’Elegance kicked off Friday evening with cocktails and dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Colorado Springs. Friends from as far away as South Dakota were present and a good time was had by all.

Saturday dawned beautiful and warm with our first non-member spectator arriving early to get a front row seat with plenty of shade. . We had lots of interesting entries in the BMF including three Lotus’, several Mini’s, a few Jaguars (not members of the JCSC yet?) and a very good showing of MGs. Gary and Dee Kerkow’s XK-150 made an appearance again this year but only as a display car (minus a few components).

We were blessed again this October with spectacular weather. Lots of convertibles with their tops down were in attendance, both in the show and driving by to check out the action. With so many outstanding cars entered this year there was an abundance of tough competition to test the talents of our judges. We will post the show results in next month’s newsletter.

The afternoon drive included a well kept local secret; the upper Broadmoor Golf Course club house which proved to be a wonderful respite from the unseasonable city heat. The club house’s location high on Cheyenne Mountain provided a spectacular view of Colorado Springs from the Garden of the Gods to Fort Carson. Our thanks to Budd for letting us in on this great location.

We managed to include Manitou Springs and the Garden of the Gods in our drive again this year. The weekend traffic jam in Manitou was unexpected but the Garden of the Gods was as beautiful this fall as ever.

The Awards ceremony included a delicious dinner and a great auction and raffle hosted by Thom Buckley. Jaguar / Land Rover Colorado Springs is an ideal setting for a British automotive event. Maybe we could persuade Thom to add a “Growler Café” here just for British gearheads. I think it’s safe to say everyone fully enjoyed this delightful evening in Colorado Springs.

For a complete run down on the event check out the October Newsletter.