Last Sunday, August 20, 204 of the most prized collector cars in the world rolled onto what is often called the best finishing hole in golf — the famed 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links — to take part in the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Originally a small social event paired with a road race through the pine and cypress forests of Pebble Beach, the Concours has grown into the top-ranking collector car competition in the world.
This year that competition was won by the 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer owned by Bruce McCaw (above, photo courtesy of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance), which rolled onto the fairway fresh from a restoration in the New Jersey shop of Steve Babinsky and went home with the Best of Show trophy.
“This Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer is a combination of speed, style and power,” said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. “Somehow these three elements — along with those fantastic torpedo running boards — become the very definition of elegance.”
“We’ve had the car for several years,” said McCaw, who hails from Bellevue, Washington. “The question was whether or not to restore it. I always hate to restore something that doesn’t need it, but we finally found enough pictures that we knew the car needed to be restored.”
In the final judging circle for Best of Show, Bruce was up against his brother John who, with wife Gwen McCaw, competed with their 1957 Ferrari 315 S Scaglietti Spyder. Also in the Winner’s Circle was a 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria owned by William E. (Chip) Connor of Reno, Nevada.
The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours drew its 204 cars from 15 countries and 31 states, with the total including 54 first-time entrants. The event raised more than $1.6 million to help people in need. Through the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, the primary charitable partner of the Concours, these charitable funds will benefit more than 80 local charities.
The full list of winners follows below.
The 68th Pebble Beach Concours will be held on Sunday August 26, 2018 (the fourth rather than the third Sunday in contrast to the norm). For more information on the Pebble Beach Concours, please visit www.pebblebeachconcours.net
Best of Show 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington Elegance Awards Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada J.B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé – The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong Jules Heumann Most Elegant Open Car 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington Strother MacMinn Most Elegant Sports Car 1955 Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina Cabriolet Speciale – The Golomb Family Trust Special Awards Alec Ulmann Trophy 1931 Hispano-Suiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe – Mark and Sonia Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand Ansel Adams Award 1906 Pope-Toledo Type XII Touring – The Nethercutt Collection – Helen and Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, California ArtCenter College of Design Award 1933 Auburn 12-165 Speedster – Lou & Kathy Ficco, Wheat Ridge, Colorado Briggs Cunningham Trophy 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer – Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co. KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany Chairman’s Trophy 1904 Holsman Model 3 Runabout – Marta Holsman and Henrietta Holsman, Carpinteria, California Charles A. Chayne Trophy 1909 De Dion-Bouton BV Type de Course – John S. Adamick, Westlake Village, California Classic Car Club of America Trophy 1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan – Michelle and Martin Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California Dean Batchelor Trophy 1967 Gyro-X Alex Tremulis Prototype – Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee Elegance in Motion Trophy 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada Enzo Ferrari Trophy 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta – Anne Brockinton Lee/Robert M. Lee Automobile Collection, Reno, Nevada FIVA Postwar Trophy 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental H.J. Mulliner Sports Saloon – Derek Hood, Maldon, England FIVA Prewar Trophy 1916 Locomobile Model 38 Collapsible Cabriolet – Mike Guffey, Hartford City, Indiana The French Cup 1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet – Wayne Grafton, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Gran Turismo Trophy 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington Lincoln Trophy 1933 Lincoln KB-260 Brunn Convertible Victoria – Bill & Barbara Parfet, Hickory Corners, Michigan Lorin Tryon Trophy Robert T. Devlin Lucius Beebe Trophy 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Brewster Ascot Tourer – Jay and Christina Moore, Lahaina, Hawaii Mercedes-Benz Star of Excellence Award 1929 Mercedes-Benz SS Castagna Cabriolet – The Keller Collection at The Pyramids, Petaluma, California Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy 1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine – Mr. & Mrs. Henry Robet, France The Phil Hill Cup 1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina The Revs Program at Stanford Award 1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina Tony Hulman Trophy 1915 Packard 2-38 Six Runabout – Allen Strong, Urbana, Illinois The Vitesse ~ Elegance Trophy 1956 Maserati 300S Fantuzzi Race Car – Henri Chambon, Vence, France Class Winners Class A: Antique 1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Torpedo – Charles E. Nearburg, Dallas, Texas Class C-1: American Classic Open 1st: 1932 Studebaker President Series 91 Convertible Sedan – George and Valerie Vassos, Westfield, Massachusetts Class C-2: American Classic Closed 1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan – Michelle and Martin Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California Class D: Packard 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada Class G: Duesenberg 1935 Duesenberg SJ Bohman & Schwartz Town Car – Lee and Penny Anderson, Naples, Florida Class H: Rolls-Royce Prewar 1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine – Mr. & Mrs. Henry Robet, France Class I: Mercedes-Benz Prewar 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington Class J-1: European Classic Early 1931 Hispano-Suiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe – Mark and Sonia Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand Class J-2: European Classic Mid 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé – The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong Class J-3: European Classic Late 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrback Cabriolet – Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection, Louisville, Kentucky Class J-4: European Classic Sport 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre SC Vanden Plas Le Mans Sports – Private Collection Class K-1: Isotta Fraschini 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Fleetwood Roadster – Joseph and Margie Cassini III, West Orange, New Jersey Class K-2: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Open 1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Cabriolet – Karol Pavlu, Bratislava, Slovakia Class K-3: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Closed 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Limousine – Morton Bullock, Ruxton, Maryland Class L-1: Prewar Preservation 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co. KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany Class L-2: Postwar Preservation 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster – Lukas Hüni, Zurich, Switzerland Class M-1: Ferrari Grand Touring 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Cabriolet – Peter S. Kalikow, New York Class M-2: Ferrari Competition 1958 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti Spyder Andreas Mohringer, Salzburg, Austria Class M-3: Ferrari Major Race Winners 1957 Ferrari 315 S Scagliati Spyder – John and Gwen McCaw Class M-4: Ferrari One-off Speciales 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe – Lee and Joan Herrington (Herrington Corp. Collection), Bow, New Hampshire Class O-1: Postwar Open 1952 Porsche 356 Reutter Cabriolet – Robert Ingram/The Ingram Collection, Durham, North Carolina Class O-2: Postwar Closed 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Boano Coupé Speciale – Tony Shooshani, Long Beach, California Class O-3: Postwar Racing 1952 Siata 208CS Corsa Bertone Spider – Raffi Najjarian, Brisbane, California Class O-4: Postwar Grand Touring 1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet – Wayne Grafton, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Class R: American Dream Cars of the 1960s 1965 Pontiac Vivant Herb Adams Roadster – Mark and Newie Brinker, Houston, Texas Class V: Open Wheel Race Cars 1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina |
