View from The Bridge VI: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III highlights
Following prior year appearances by Tucker 1044 and the Alco Black Beast, the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III was a featured automobile at The Bridge VI in Bridgehampton on Saturday.
In a 2021 Vanity Fair article, The Bridge was described as "America’s most over-the-top classic-car exhibition":
“It’s a garden party,” says one cofounder of the Hamptons auto fest that brings together rare, multimillion-dollar Ferraris, Porsches, and Lamborghinis and the romantic motorheads who love them.
“We’re in heaven,” said Ariel Elia as he ambled past an extremely rare signal orange 1974 Ferrari Dino—the only Ferrari known to be painted in a color usually exclusive to Porsche. Elia, the owner of a Porsche 991 Speedster and a Ferrari 812 GTS, was in Bridgehampton this past Saturday attending the fifth iteration of the Bridge—an invitation-only car exhibition perched atop the original Bridgehampton Race Circuit, now a private golf club. The Bridge is not a traditional car show, “it’s a garden party,” said Jeff Einhorn, one of three founders. For classic-car collectors and enthusiasts, an invitation from Einhorn and his team to showcase your car at the Bridge feels like a ticket to the Met gala. But there is no formula to how Einhorn curates entrants: He’s as likely to select a modern supercar or a museum piece as he is a repainted Corvette or a Subaru (which, to be fair, won the World Rally Championship in 1997). At the Bridge there is no judging panel and no awards. There are, however, oysters, lobster rolls, popsicles, ice cream, plenty of rosé, and more than 300 of the coolest cars I have ever seen in one place.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
1962 Holman Moody Challenger III
Challenger III was the featured automobile at the Hangsten Turn
Scenes from The Bridge
The 1959 Citroen Squal Geneva Show Car- Citroen's answer to the Alfa Romeo BAT cars and the Geneva salon car of 1960. It made its East Coast debut today
1972 Citroen GS Drapeaux Munich Olympics. The only remaining of the four cars hand painted for the 1972 Munich Olympics. This was its first major public debut since 1972.
Do you recognize the "Uptown Girl" posing in front of one of the most significant Citroens in the world?
1948 Alfa Romeo 6C Sport Assistenza Bianchi- This was the Bianchi racing team's support car through the 1950s. This rare vehicle never left Italy until now, making it East Coast debut today.
Amazingly, Susan's outfit matched the the Alfa's patina.
1920 Mercer Model 22-70 Series 5 "Raceabout" Conversion
Can you find the "Rock Star" who has sold over 100 million records in this image?
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Christie Brinkley, looking great at 68 : ) and Jon Bon Jovi. I remember Jon being on an episode of the Curse of Oak Island, which I think is going to be on its last season this Fall.
From the History story: “Amateur races continued for many years”. Actually, they continued, after the 1971 IMSA Enduro, won by Hurley Haywood, with SCCA Nationals, Formula Atlantic and pro motorcycle racing and many others. Rubin didn’t take over until at least 1985 and turned it into a golf course in the ‘90’s.
I missed out on all that Saturday stuff. I slept most of the day. Too much traffic on weekends!
Would love to go want to be invited!! So i go to the next best thing Sunday Cars and coffee in the town of Bridgehampton !!Great great stuff there While i was there I showed people presenting the The “bridge ” the article in Hagertys Mag about Mr Delorean testing the 2-3 cars with turbos in front on the Bridgehampton Timing tower all good keep me posted !
I liked Bridgehampton much more when it was a run down but still epic track that I loved racing my Yamaha on than it’s current use as an exclusive gathering for the elite to show off their cars.
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