A 1979 Kremer Porsche 935 K3 and a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France claimed top honours at the 2025 Heritage Invitational Concours, held in North Carolina, US, from April 3-5.
Owned by Petersen Automotive Museum co-founder Bruce Meyer and Fredrick Fischer respectively, the winning models triumphed over a strong 70-car field to secure the Chairman’s Choice Sport and Chairman’s Choice d’Elegance awards.
Meyer’s 1979 Kremer Porsche 935 K3 was developed in period by Kremer Racing and dominated 1970s endurance racing, taking outright victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1979. It was the first rear-engined car to achieve this feat.
“This has been, really, a religious experience,” Meyer enthused after being presented the Chairman’s Choice Sport award by Speedway Motorsports president and CEO Marcus Smith. “This car really walked the walk. It won Le Mans in 1979. It’s restored by Bruce Canepa at his shop. I can take no credit for what it’s done; I’m just a custodian.”
Fischer was thrilled and emotional to have his family’s Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France honoured at the event. The Prancing Horse was purchased in 1970 by Fischer’s father, and it was driven until 1973, when it was placed in storage.
Before Fischer’s father’s tenure of ownership, the 250 GT was owned by French racing driver François Picard, who fielded it in various events, including the 1957 Tour de France and the 1958 Buenos Aires 1000km.
“It came into the US in 1971, when I was about to start my senior year in high school,” Fischer said. “It wasn’t in this sort of condition back then… We started the restoration in 2006 and we finished it in 2012, and we have been having fun with it ever since. I wish [my father] could be here to see it today.”
The Heritage Invitational Concours awards marked the finale of the three-day motoring celebration honouring the history, artistry and innovation of the automobile while also serving as the grand opening of the Ten Tenths Motor Club – a 100-acre automotive country club complete with car-storage facilities and a 1.1-mile floodlit circuit designed by former Red Bull Racing driver Alex Wurz.
Heritage Invitational attendees got to see the circuit in action, witnessing its first-ever sanctioned race with the Historic Trans Am Series, as well as a charity Pro-Am event that saw NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon take the win alongside team-mate Ryan Wildrick. The race raised more than $250,000 for Speedway Children’s Charities.
Dates for the 2026 Heritage Invitational are expected to be announced in the coming months. For more information, click here.
