Cycle News Staff | February 24, 2023
Registration is now open for the 23rd “Riding Into History,” an all-motorcycle Concours d’Elegance, founded in 1999, that helps raise funds for K9s for Warriors, which provides service dogs for disabled veterans.
Photo by Dragan Harbov
The annual event is scheduled to take place on April 14-15 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida. Gates open at 10 a.m.
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer and Off-Road Motorcycle Hall of Famer Mary McGee (pictured below) was planned to be the Grand Marshal, however due to a temporary inability to travel, Mary McGee is unable to attend.
Here is more from a press release issued on February 24, 2023:
The Planning Committee for the 23rd annual Riding Into History respectfully informs that due to a temporary inability to travel, Mary McGee is unable to be with us in person this April. To honor Mary’s many outstanding contributions to motorcycling, we have named her Honorary Grand Marshal for 2023. We are hopeful that she will be able to join us live and in person to be our Grand Marshal in 2024 for the 24th Annual Riding Into History.
We are excited to announce that AMA Hall of Famer Brian Slark, of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and Motogiro d’Italia Hall of Famer Vicki Smith, of Ducati North America will be our Grand Marshals for the 23rd annual Riding Into History on April 15, 2023 at the World Golf Village, St. Augustine, Florida.
Brian Slark and Mary McGee in front of the Barber Museum Design Center. Photo by Vicki Smith / Sportbikes Inc. Magazine
Brian and Vicki combined bring decades of industry expertise, competition bike knowledge and concours experience among many other things. Visit www.ridingintohistory.org to read more about all three of these exciting individuals and their amazing careers in motorcycling.
The Riding into History Concours d’Elegance is the next day, Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are no entry fee for qualified motorcycles, and entrants are allowed one guest arriving at the same time as the entrant; all other spectators pay $15 each. This is a charitable event, with proceeds going to K9s for Warriors, which provides service dogs for disabled veterans. Riding Into History has donated more than $600,000 to local charities since its founding in 1999.
Photos by Dragan Harbov from the 2022 Riding into History Concours d’Elegance:
Registration closes at midnight, April 7, 2023.
More details are at ridingintohistory.org
