From the very earliest days of the automobile, racing was used to demonstrate the superiority of one manufacturer over another. The Simeone Foundation Museum celebrates this “Spirit of Competition” with a collection of some of the rarest and most significant sports racing cars ever built. The Museum transports visitors back in time to famous racing venues and tells the story of how competition contributed to the evolution of racing car design, performance and safety.
Please explore our Web site. It has information on all the cars in the collection and why they are significant in the development of the racing sports car. We hope you enjoy learning about these special cars and will take the time to visit our collection in person.
UBS “Motor Cars Under The Stars” Smashing Success
The UBS “Motor Cars Under the Stars” to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Philadelphia and vicinity, held June 
3rd at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, was a huge success with over 400 attendees.
This premier event, presented by UBS Financial Services, featured a special collection of performance cars from the golden era of racing (the late 1940s through the early 1960s) in addition to the cars in the Museum’s collection. Modern day classics from Jaguar and Land Rover were also on display.
Receiving a special award from former Philadelphia Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil were Maddy and Harvey Rovinsky of Bernie Robbins Fine Jewelers. All attendees received a collector’s poster from famed automobile photographer Michael Furman and heard talented singer Timmy Kelly perform.
Mercer vs. Stutz this Saturday!
The third in our series of “Demonstration Days” will be held this Saturday at 12 Noon. The driving event will feature two extremely rare vintage racers: a 1913 Mercer Raceabout and a 1916 Stutz Bearcat in the recreation of a “match race” of the early years of motoring. The Simeone 
Museum is one of the few automotive museums in the world where visitors actually can see and hear famous racecars being driven.
2009 is also the 100th anniversary of the Mercer Car Company which was located up in Trenton, and we’ll be running the Mercer and Stutz again on Friday, July 10th for the Mercer Club and the general public. If you can’t make June 27th, come July 10th.
These Saturday events are included as part of the regular admission price and feature a discussion by Dr. Simeone about the cars being driven that day. Then we’ll fire them up and you can hear them run! Full details and dates here.
Watch the video of the May 23rd Ford “Glory Days” event here.
Rare Vintage Racing Sports Cars Come Back To Life On “Demonstration Days”
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is one of the few places in the world where you can not only see rare and beautiful racing sports cars, you actually can see and hear them run! The planned schedule for Demonstration Days is the fourth Saturday of each month. Rain date is the next day (Sunday) at 12 Noon. Please check the Web site for any changes.
ALL DEMONSTRATION DAYS BEGIN AT 12 NOON
Date Theme Cars
June 27 Mercer vs Stutz Mercer Raceabout, Stutz Bearcat
(Note: We will be repeating the Mercer/Stutz demonstration on Friday, July 10 for the Mercer reunion.)
July 25 Blower Boys Bentley “Blower”, Squire, MG K3 Magnette
Aug 22 Days of Thunder Cunningham C4R, Ford MK II & MK IV
Sept 26 England vs. Italy Aston-Martin DBR1, Ferrari 250 TR
Oct 24 Mille Miglia Day Alfa Romeo Monza, Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A
Demonstration Days Posters Now Available
A series of three posters commemorating the Jaguar, Ford and 
upcoming Mercer/Stutz driving demonstration days are now available in our gift shop. Printed on heavy stock in full color, these posters measure a generous 11 x 17 inches – perfect for framing. They are very reasonably priced at $5 each, or three for $10.
Gift Shop Special Offer - Only A Few Days Left!!!
We just received a new shipment of Simeone Museum t-shirts 
and we’re going to be selling them for just $5 (normally $8) until the end of June.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL!!!
If you act before the end of June, we’ll also include - ABSOLUTELY FREE - a copy of our 28-page Museum Program, chock full of text and photos of all the cars in the collection.
We know you’ve been thinking about coming back to the Museum. Here’s two good reasons. Please mention you saw this offer on the Web site to get the special pricing.
PS: MAKES A GREAT FATHER’S DAY PRESENT!
Simeone Museum Book Nears Completion
Work is rapidly nearing completion on a lavish, 300+ page book on the Simeone collection. Entitled “The Spirit of Competition,” the book 
will detail each car in the collection with images by world-renowned photographer Michael Furman, and additional archival material. Dr. Simeone has been writing the copy and will include not only historical and mechanical data, but also the fascinating stories about how he came to acquire each car.
Launch of the book is scheduled for August 14, 2009, at The Quail Lodge event in Carmel, Ca., the same week as Pebble Beach. Complete information and advance ordering instructions are available here.
See Jay Leno Driving Cars From Our Collection
Jay Leno and his wife, Mavis, visited the Simeone Museum and drove several of the cars in the collection. Visit Jay Leno’s Garage Web site to see the videos of him driving our 1953 Cunningham, the Squire and the Cobra Daytona Coupe and talking about their history with Dr. Simeone.
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