August 23-26, 2023 • Hershey, Pa
Hosted by the Harrisburg RegionThe Austin-Healey Sports and Touring Club’s annual, multi-day meet called Encounter is open to all Healey owners and enthusiasts. The AHSTC regions take turns hosting the event, which features a popular vote car show, judged concours, a rallye, tech sessions, a gymkhana and a flea market.
ABOUT ENCOUNTER 2023August 23-26 • Hershey, Pa.
Hosted by the Harrisburg Region
See map below
- One show car plus two adults and children under 21
- Hospitality Room access throughout the event
- Wednesday night tour of the AACA Museum at Hershey
- Free flea market space
- Free participation in all driving events
- Admission to all tech sessions
- Thursday Charity Auction & Social, including one free beverage plus cheeses, fruit and vegetable crudites
- Encounter Car Show on Saturday
Reserve your room by July 24
to get the group rate.
HOST HOTEL
Holiday Inn Hershey/Harrisburg604 Station Road
Grantville, Pa.
(Exit 90, Interstate 81)
GROUP RATE $139/night
GROUP RATE CODE: AUH
717.469.0661
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | Details subject to change
WEDNESDAY August 23
THURSDAY August 24
FRIDAY August 25
SATURDAY August 26
WEDNESDAY August 23
- 2 p.m. • Registration opens in hotel lobby
- 5:30 p.m. • FREE ADMISSION and private behind-the-scenes tour of the renowned AACA Museum at Hershey, a Smithsonian affiliate, not far from our host hotel. See a remarkable collection of beautiful and historic vehicles, displayed in vibrant dioramas. A not-to-be-missed start to Encounter 2023.
- 8 p.m. • Pizza and Pasta Buffet back at our host hotel, Pennsylvania Suite | $28
THURSDAY August 24
- 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. • Registration open, hotel lobby
- 8:30 a.m. • Rally School, Congressional Suite
- 9:30 a.m. • Rally through the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside. Departs from hotel parking lot.
- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Healey Theater, Congressional Suite. (Continuous loop of Healey -elated videos, including past Encounters.)
- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room, Pennsylvania Suite
- 7-10 p.m. • Wine and Cheese Reception and Charity Auction, Grande Ballroom. Auction benefits the Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development in Lancaster.
FRIDAY August 25
- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. • Registration open, hotel lobby
- 9:30 a.m. • Gymkhana, hotel parking lot
- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Healey Theater, Congressional Suite (Continuous loop of Healey -elated videos, including past Encounters.)
- 11 a.m.-6 p.m. • Hospitality Room, Pennsylvania Suite
- 1:30 p.m. • Concours pre-judging meeting, Congressional Suite
- 3 p.m. • Tech Session: The Auctions: Being There — Barrett-Jackson and more (Ray Donovan), Congressional Suite
- 3-5 p.m. • Wine Tasting, Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- 6:15 p.m. • Western Roundup Buffet. Our traditional Friday evening dinner event will feature a Texas oven-roasted beef brisket, fried chicken, honey-roasted red potatoes, tossed salad, coleslaw, jalapeno corn bread, corn with fire-roasted red peppers, apple cobbler, beverage. | $43 adults/$20 children 6-12 OR $17 for a kid's chicken finger meal.
- After dinner • Valve Cover Races Download the rules here
SATURDAY August 26
- 8 a.m. • Concours judging begins, front portico of hotel
- 9 a.m.-? — Registration open, hotel lobby
- 9:30 a.m. • Funkhana, hotel parking lot. AHSTC’s first “National Lampoon's Vacation"-themed funkhana.
- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room, Pennsylvania Suite
- Noon-3 p.m. • Encounter 2023 Car Show, hotel parking lot
- 2:15 p.m. • Tech Session: Dave Siwa shares stories from attending the European Healey Meeting in Norway in June, followed by a three-week driving tour of Scandanavia. Learn how he prepared his Healey for this big adventure, and see the incredible vistas he and Barb saw, through photos and video. Congressional Suite
- 3 p.m. • AHSTC Board Meeting, Congressional Suite
- 6 p.m. • Cash Bar Reception, Grande Ballroom
- 7 p.m. • Awards Banquet | $48 adults/$17 children
- Encounter 2023 Awards, after dinner
CONCOURS ENTRIES
Must be approved by July 1, 2023
Cars must be PRE-APPROVED to enter the Concours Class, and have their 2023 judging packet in hand 30 days before the event.
Use the button below to contact the Concours Coordinator.
PAST ENCOUNTERS
2023 | Hershey, Pa.
2022 | * Poconos, Pa.
2021 | Frazer, Pa.
2019 | Ocean City, N.J.
2018 | Lancaster, Pa.
2017 | Princeton, N.J.
2016 | New Castle, Del.
2015 | * Gettysburg, Pa.
* ENCLAVE: Joint meet with Austin Healey Club of America.