Reception & dinner honoring iconic car designer, Carroll Shelby, to capstone Sneak Peek Preview at The Auto Show
[I]Shelby will receive Keith Crain/AN Lifetime Achievement Award, Jan. 27[/I]WANADA members are invited to join the special reception and dinner honoring legendary auto designer Carroll Shelby. The event, which promises to be memorable, will be at 7:30 pm, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 at the Washington Convention Center and will capstone The Washington Auto Show (WAS) Sneak Peek Preview evening.
Shelby, the creator of the Shelby Cobra and inspiration for many of the great American sports and high performance vehicles over the past several decades, will be recognized at the dinner event with the Keith Crain/Automotive News Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by AN editor-in-chief Keith Crain, himself!
The AN award recognizes leaders in the public and private sectors who have made profound contributions to the advancement of the automotive industry. The presentation to Shelby will occur in conjunction with the Sneak Peek Preview at the WAS, where members of Congress, high level federal officials, diplomats and industry operatives will be hosted by Auto Show stakeholder organizations and provided a first-time viewing of The 2011 Washington Auto Show. Sneak Peek Preview sponsors include: the Auto Alliance, AIAM, NADA, EDTA, MEMA, Novozymes, Scuderi Engine, and Hargrove.
Prior to the dinner there will be a reception for Shelby with WANADA members, front and center, sponsored by Comcast Spotlight. Tickets for the special reception and dinner are $250 per person, with tables of ten discounted to $2,000. Ticket
proceeds go to benefit the Automobile Dealer Education Institute (ADEI) and all but $100 of each ticket is tax deductible. WANADA members are encouraged to register for the Shelby event at www.Regisys.com/auto11pre.
You can also download the registration form at http://wanada.org/userfiles/pdf/2011 WAS/Carroll Shelby.pdf and mail it in, if you wish to pay by check.
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