69th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

[Music] ladies and gentlemen welcome to the 69th year of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and we are pleased to welcome our master of ceremonies a man who has a rich history here at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance he literally he literally grew up attending this event with his legendary father Phil Hill America's first world champion in Formula One racing and he's a son who followed his father's passion for racing and love of cars ladies and gentlemen mr. Derrick Hill well hello everyone hello and good afternoon oh what a car and what an entrance I love making these entrances I want to thank David and Erin I can bomb for bringing me up the ramp in their beautiful 1964 Alfa Romeo TZ one Zagato coupe a what a stunning car so ladies and gentlemen please now give a warm welcome to the chairman of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Sandra button sander has played a pivotal role in this event for more than three decades and is now celebrating her 17th year as chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance her leadership and commitment to automotive elegance and integrity is recognized worldwide saunder is arriving in a 1931 Bentley 8 litre Vonda plot or owned by Daniel Sulekha ladies and gentlemen Sondra button not the easiest exit but she did it a real car lady is he can sit here Thank You Sondra what a beautiful car the Concorde elegance is not a contest of speed but one of elegance the setting could not be more spectacular for the 69th year of the show and it could not be more competitive on display we have the Bentley Centennial Zagato Centennial Bugatti type 59s and historic hot rod cover cars in all we have over 214 cars and 16 countries represented if you're posting your favorite snapshots from the show on social media be sure to use hashtag Pebble Beach Concours and pebble cars I also want to take a moment to acknowledge all of our viewers around the world streaming the event live on the Pebble Beach Concours welcome as always the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is fortunate to have a very accomplished group of men and women serving is honorary judges they have been busy this morning walking around their designated groups of cars selecting today's winners ladies and gentlemen please help me welcome to the ramp a distinguished group representing many countries in automotive backgrounds [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen let's start the welcome with chris buck from Nevada City California Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance chief judge Alfonso al beza from Franklin Tennessee senior vice president of global design infinity I came on shied from Berlin Germany director of design bugatti automobiles Valentino Balboni from Ferrara Italy Lamborghini research and development test driver His Highness ronamoon vendrá Singh Bhawani from Indore India curator of cartier conquer India Klaus Bischoff from Wolfsburg Germany executive director of design Volkswagen Michael Bock from Stuttgart Germany former head of mercedes-benz classic and CEO of the mercedes-benz museum me Tia Bork hurts from Sant'Agata Bolognese Italy head of design Lamborghini Philip bra Beck from Herndon Virginia president OD America more a column from Ann Arbor Michigan vice president of design Ford Motor Company Ian Cameron from Munich Germany former design director for rolls-royce motor cars Wayne cherry from Bloomfield Hills Michigan former vice president of design general motors miles Collier from Naples Florida founder and benefactor of the revs Institute for Automotive Research [Music] Robert Develin from San Francisco California author on to become this event Pebble Beach a matter of style and Pebble Beach the art of the poster [Music] Stefano Dominic Ali from Warren Michigan chairman and chief executive officer automobile e Lamborghini Wolfgang Eggar from Germany global design director BYD Jim Farley from Dearborn Michigan president new businesses technology and strategy Ford Motor Company [Music] Fabio Philippine II from Tokyo Japan internationally recognized car designer and design strategy advisor jockey fraidy from Reno Nevada president and executive director National Automobile Museum the HERA collection Tom Gail from Bay Harbor Michigan former designer at Chrysler Ede Gilbertson from San Francisco California chief judge emeritus of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Ralph Jill from Auburn Hills Michigan head of design Fiat Chrysler Fabrizio Giugiaro from Turin Italy chairman Giugiaro architect Ora Adrienne hallmark from Crewe England chairman and chief executive officer Bentley Motors Joseph Hendricks from Dearborn Michigan president global operations Ford Motor Company Kevin hunter from Newport Beach California president of Toyota Motor corporation's North American design studio Michele Jacques paga Nettie I hope I got that right from Shenzhen Hong Kong global interior design director BYD Derrick Jenkins from Newark California vice president of design lucid motors sang yup Lee from Seoul South Korea senior vice president and head of design center Hyundai Motor Company Glen Munger from Bainbridge Island Washington chief honorary judge and former co-chairman publi Beach Concours d'Elegance Glen will be transitioning into the chairman emeritus role and hands the pathan of quiché honorary judge to Steven Brower from st. Louis Missouri chairman and chief executive officer hunter engineering company next year he begins his new role as chief honorary judge Dave Merrick from Tokyo Japan in Los Angeles California executive creative director Akira Nick Mason from London England LeMans race driver and Pink Floyd drummer yuck and moss Principality of Monaco Formula One driver for Porsche and mercedes-benz dr. Tom Matano from San Francisco California over thirty years of experience in the automotive design industry and known as the father of the Miata Kim McCulloch from Mahwah New Jersey vice president of marketing Jaguar Land Rover North America Torsten Mueller OTT was from West Sussex England chief executive officer rolls-royce motor cars Gordon Murray from Surrey England known as the father of the McLaren she rode Nakamura from Kanagawa Japan former chief executive officer Nissan Motor Corporation Dan Neil from Raleigh North Carolina Carolina Pulitzer Prize winning automotive critic Wall Street Journal dr. Andy Palmer from gate in England president and CEO Aston Martin Christian philipson principality of monaco international automotive design consultant joel pious Kowski from Birmingham Michigan global design director Ford Motor Company marek Reichman from gate in England executive vice president and chief creative officer Aston Martin Frank saucedo from North Hollywood California director of advanced design general motors Stefan seal off from Crewe England director of design and Mulliner coach building Bentley Motors Michael Simcoe from Warren Michigan vice president of global design general motors Giles Taylor from Munich Germany design vice-president and chief creative officer china fa w group Freeman Thomas from Westlake Village California formal former global design director Ford Motor Company Franz von holes housing from los angeles california chief designer tesla incorporated Jay Ward for morinda California creative director Pixar Animation Studios Ed Welburn from Bethlehem Pennsylvania automotive Hall of Fame inductee and former vice president of global design General Motors Stephan Winkelmann from multi I'm France president bugatti automobiles david Woodhouse from San Diego California vice president of design Nissan Group Kazunori Yamauchi from Tokyo Japan creator of the Gran Turismo game series and chief executive officer of polyphony digital and our final honorary judge is aundrea Zagato from ro italy chief executive officer carat Surya Zagato aundrea is third generation of his family to lead kratzert ria Zagato since its founding in 1919 we celebrate their hundred year history on the lawn today [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen thank you once again to all of our honorary judges [Music] ladies and gentlemen once again a big thanks to the honorary judges making a big effort from coming from all over the world and we are just so grateful to have them here at the Concours d'Elegance now let's jump right into a Pebble Beach tradition the parade of elegance these cars represent the essence of this competition the judges look at a car's authenticity that it has stayed true to its original creation and it's mechanical capability making sure everything works as it's supposed to and then there is that X Factor the quality judges just know when they see it the factor of elegance now let's welcome back Nick Waller to the mic and share his insight and knowledge as we enjoy these magnificent cars you [Music] you [Music] well while we're waiting for the first car of the parade to start let me give you a brief overview of what we're going to see it's most exciting collection of cars I think I can remember seeing here for many years the first group of cars that you'll see they'll come over one by one they're Thomas flyers Thomas was a great mark and a great American mark large horsepower wonderful touring cars and we're gonna welcome five of these terrific cars that were parked on the lawn I hope you enjoy them after the Thomas's we're gonna have three French race cars the Bala's now these cars are fascinating beautifully engineered very successful in their day and after the French cars we're going to go and have a little celebration of Bentley as we know Bentley are celebrating their centenary this year and we have assembled probably the finest collection of Bentley's I think that have ever been together in one place in the last hundred years and we're going to see some blowers we're gonna see some racecars we're going to see the speed six old number one number two and number three and it's gonna be a fascinating parade of elegance and I'm really looking forward to it we're just waiting I hope we'll paid be patient we're just waiting for the first car to be cranked these cars are temperamental as we know well here we go ladies and down on the first car to cross the ramp in 2019 what a treat look at the brass shining in this beautiful sunlight could not be better this is the 1907 Thomas flyer 460 it's a seven passenger touring it's owned by John Burt Lodi and Aldo bottle it Berta Lodi in Santa Clara California no it's not I'm wrong this I do beg your pardon is the 1910 Thomas flyer k67 Teeter about it's owned by Evert and Josie lawmen and it's come all the way from the Netherlands I think it lives here some of the time ever thank you so much for bringing the car and thank you for sharing it with us and a second Thomas to cross the line across the ramp now this is the 1907 Thomas flyer the four 60s the seven passenger cheering let's count them one two three four five I think is room for two more it's owned by John Berta Lodi and Aldo bonnet Berta Lodi in Santa Clara California and it's a wonderful 60 horsepower driven there I think by car in fact by a wonderful the Sun glinting off well I'm not going to say but Collin thanks so much for bringing the car treat to see now I think you'd get a little bit more polishing this is the 1909 this next cop Thomas across the rap some Thomas flyer K 670 fly about this is owned by John and Heather Mozart up the road in Palo Alto and this is the only original 1909 Thomas fly about in existence so it's a real treat to see it thomas built his first six cylinder engine to keep compete with other american manufacturers such as pierce-arrow and rolls-royce who were exporting many of their cars to america at the time and these were the height of collectability fabulous to see thank you so much this is another 1909 Thomas flyer this is a five passenger touring owned by the Keller family in Petaluma California now that is a treat isn't that beautiful read set off with the brass do you know this sums up the antique brass era motorcar fabulous terekhov thank you to the Keller family well goodness gracious mate last but by no means least this is one of the most famous cars in the whole wide world this is the Thomas flyer and this is the car that made Thomas famous it's the model 35 New York to Paris race car owned by the National Automobile Museum of the HERA Collection in Reno Nevada wonderful wonderful car this one the New York to Paris automobile race in 1908 which Kate went from New York to Paris the long way around 22,000 miles and wouldn't that be a treat to drive 22,000 miles in that I'm not quite sure I'd be up as I said before this is the first of the three fellows and we're going to assemble all three together so that you can take them in the sights and the sounds of French race cars from the end of the 1919 so it's a hundred years old today these old cars we need a bit of patience with and here we go the second one and this is the 1920 ballo the three leader set down there in the middle [Music] third time lucky with our own George winGuard at the wheel he's not used to being in third place but we'll let him off this time three bellows that have not been together for many many years fabulous French race guys so number the first car in the front the pale blue car is the 1919 fallow Indianapolis car it's owned by miles Collier in Naples Florida had the middle car is owned by George winGuard and right at the back there on the right his George's 2-liter race car all these cars were engineered by a Swiss engineer Ernest Horry and he built these they're fabulously engineered and it's a great treat to see them thank you so much gentlemen for bringing it up and have a happy drive back thank you George it's been a wonderful treat to see them together couldn't have done it without you [Music] we're going to England now to celebrate Bentley's 100th anniversary in some style three of the blood world's most famous Bentley's thank you three blowers of the four that were built by Tim Burke in the first one at the front of your left is owned by Chip Conner in Hong Kong the 1928 Bentley four-and-a-half supercharged Van de blah and it was the very very first car to be supercharged but with the analysts billion supercharger which was an idea of Tim Burke in a famous Bentley boy in the middle is a wonderfully original car owned by Bentley Motors and we're very grateful for them to be here and in the third place is the 1929 blower Bentley owned by Ralph Lauren and thank you to all of the owners for bringing these wonderfully wonderfully exciting Bentley's that made Bentley's name here we have another trio of racing Bentley's the first to pull up we go not necessarily in numerical order but the first car to pull up funny enough his old number two and in the middle old number three and the gray car on the right he's old number one they're known as old number one two and three because they were called this by the mechanics who had made friends with the drivers they made friends with the cars all of these speed sixes have erased at Lamar and at Brooklands they've won at Lamar they've won at Brooklands the two-seater gray car is actually won them all twice this is a historic moment and something that we really should savor and we are eternally grateful to the owners to bring them here today fabulous cars and a fabulous way to celebrate Bentley's centenary thank you so much gentlemen ladies for driving up and sharing your cars with us all thank you so much and that concludes the 69th annual parade of elegance stunning cars now we want to bring up a special car a 1940 Cadillac series 75 Fleetwood Town Car owned by Don Williams unbeknownst to his passenger he is bringing up this year's Loren Tryon winner the Loren Tryon award is presented to a car enthusiast who has made significant contributions to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the collector car world the award is named in honor of a man who served as co-chairman at Pebble Beach for 27 years Lauren Tryon he was a leader mentor and friend of our event and above all dedicated his entire life to the collector-car movement presenting the Lauren Tryon trophy is chairman Sondra button I'd like to say a few words about our Lauren Tryon winner mr. Bob Cole when Pebble Beach Road races when they were just in their infancy Bob Cole was a key player he raced here he was involved in organizing recording and promoting the races but perhaps his greatest contribution came when he overseed the tradition of the Pebble Beach Road races from here in the Del Monte forest over to Laguna Seca bob was on the board of the Sports Car Club of America at that time and he was designated to oversee the creation of the new track he and his wife Ellen later returned to Pebble Beach to showcase many new great cars and he served as a longtime judge and a key member of my advisory board Bob's amateur racing career went on to include several notable successes he was later a member of the triumph factory team at Sebring and he opened his own car dealership coal European in San Francisco which is still going strong today in 1978 he co-founded the candy store Bob is a big fan of pre-war British race cars particularly Bentley's so it's a perfect year to honor Bob Cole congratulations Bob Thank You Sondra and congratulations Bob Cole we are now ready to begin the class Awards which signals the next lap in the journey to unveil the best of show keep in mind all the cars here today have been carefully vetted and selected the cars that were all over this ramp represent the best in their class those first in class winners advance to the winner's circle and from there the judges will make their final selection and the best of show nominees will be asked to come forward to start us off on the class Awards please welcome Martin button good afternoon ladies and gentlemen I would like to start the award ceremony with Class A one American antique and third in class we have a 1914 Moline night m'kay mark 50 opera sedan owned by Ron and Sandy Hanson of Fillmore California the merlion automobile company was formed in 1904 and continued to make cars until 1914 the company was acquired acquired a license from Charles Knight and they designed an engine that used modern sleeve valves instead of the noisier poppet valves that were more commonly used at the time and are still more commonly used in most internal combustion engines today after changing the name there appetising declared more power more flexibility more economy and more silence and second in class we have the 1910 Packard 30 limousine owned by Rob and Kim Koretz of Tulsa Oklahoma the Packard model 30 debuted in 1906 and is powered by a tea head four-cylinder 432 cubic inch engine with just 30 horsepower this car was originally owned by Theodore Davis a collector of Egyptology through very famously discovered a new Egyptian tomb every year between 1902 and 1914 and first in class for the American takes is a 1910 Marmon 32 5 passenger touring owned by Mike and Sharon Silva silvera of Minden Nevada this is a double winner ladies and gentlemen and the 1910 Marmon 32 also wins the Ansel Adams award for the most desirable touring car of its era Matthew Adams the grandson of the late Ansel Adams is presenting the award Daniel and Howard Marmon opened a factory in Indianapolis to build their own cars as a subsidiary of the engineering company no Dyke Marmont and company it has a 5.2 liter four-cylinder engine that was first first produced in 1909 the year before this car it's one of the first engines to incorporate a fully pressurized oil system this is the third oldest existing moment in the world congratulations Mike and Sharon Silvera looks like we have a fail to proceed in the second antique class so we will jump quickly to American classic open plus c1 and the third in class is a 1929 stutz m25 LeBaron speedster a very pretty car owned by Marian Ted star of Chesterfield Michigan thank you Mary and Ted for bringing the beautiful studs second in classes in 1930 Cadillac 452 Fleetwood roadster owned by Kirk Bradley of orange Connecticut on January the 4th 1930 the New York Auto Show Cadillac unveiled the sensational new engine a 452 cubic inch v16 designed by owen naka this car has power assisted brakes and a fully synchronous gearbox and produces a hundred and sixty five horsepower Center month Thank You Kurt for bringing this beautiful car and the winner of the American classic open is the 1936 Cadillac series 90 Fleetwood convertible coupe owned by John Grande Ike of Enid Oklahoma in actual fact Cadillac debuted this engine before the Detroit Auto Show at a private exhibition in the Detroit Opera House in January in 1930 they produced over 4,000 v6 teens in several series and in 1936 just two of these series 90 convertible coupes were special ordered with these dual side mounts and a rumble seat in the rare thank you John for bringing this wonderful fantastic Cadillac series 91 a Fleetwood convertible okay our failed to proceed is now proceeding on the ramp and third in class for the European antiques is a 1903 Mercedes simplex 1822 tourer owned by Craig and Susan macaw of Kirkland Washington we have another double winner here ladies and gentlemen this car also wins the mercedes-benz star of Excellence Award presented by mercedes-benz to the most significant Mercedes on the lawn today the mercedes-benz of Ben star of Excellence Award is presented today by Mike Koons the director of the mercedes-benz classic Center in Irvine California looks like we might need a little assistance here gentlemen madam you don't have to push it's okay come on boys heave ho up you go come on jump to it this car is the work of Emeril jelinek he was a distributor for Daimler Motors and he eventually named the Mercedes cars after his 11 year old daughter who was also called Mercedes he registered the Mercedes trademark in 1902 this is a 1903 and it's considered to be considered to be the third oldest existing Mercedes in the world in spite of its current technical difficulties these cars are considered to be the most modern cars of the era with poppet valves and a four-cylinder engine sounds like it's going again thank you again thank you again Craig and Susan for bringing the car a 1903 Mercedes simplex 1822 torah' second in class sneaked up on me there 1913 rolls-royce Silver Ghost a Reuters salute London to Edinburgh tourer owned by Stephen plaster of Lebanon Missouri and Steve sitting in the back there thank you Steve this is one of the very special London to Edinburgh cars which were built to run from London to Edinburgh with the car locked in Top Gear only they had to drive the whole way on top here and the rolls-royce far exceeded every other car in the race I'm first in class is an amazing car this is a 1907 Napier 60 horsepower Roy belt owned by the laoma museum in the hague the netherlands also a double winner this car wins the Montagu bewdley trophy is presented in honor of Lord Montagu Edward Lord Montagu and is awarded to the most significant British car on the field today Montague Napier produced cars from 1898 the first car was built for the pioneer with racer cell win Frances edge who raced them for at least a decade proving that Napier's could not be beaten this car has a 60 horsepower seven point seven liter engine an incredible incredible oh there she goes thank you again Aven an incredible thing in 1907 six cylinder seven point seven liter engine [Music] you okay we've had Siwon let's go to see - that's the American classic closed and third in class is the 1936 Packard 1407 12 LeBaron all-weather Cabriolet Laura and Jack Boyd Smith jr. and the jbs collection of Elkhart Indiana 1936 was a good year for Packard with a total of over 80,000 different models sold and the pack of 12 was the top of their range with a seven point eight liter v12 engine producing a hundred and seventy-five horsepower only 682 of those 80,000 cars were Packard twelve chassés and very few are left remaining today one of the few that was built by a independent coachbuilder LeBaron amazingly that car sold as a very expensive car in its day it cost six thousand two hundred and ninety dollars in 1936 in the midst of the depression it was also owned by Charlie Chaplin and you may have seen it in The Godfather and the Betsy starring Laurence Olivier second in classes in 1932 Chrysler CH Imperial coupe owned by David and Teresa disagree of South Lake Texas the CH was fitted with 135 horsepower 8 cylinder engine which made for a very sporty ride to such a small and short chassis car or the features included floating power engine mounts with a split V windshield and each side opening individually thank you David and Teresa for bringing this beautiful car all the way from South Lake Texas one of only four known surviving Chrysler see a cruise but first in class please give a round of applause for the 1933 Packard 1006 12 Dietrich stationary coupe owned by the Academy of Art University in San Francisco California you may wonder why it's called the stationary coupe and it's a car in actual fact that name was given to these cars because the top did not go down so it's a stationary top and it's actually quite a fast car being a 12-cylinder car packard dropped the name twin six in 1936 and moved to the more modern name packard 12 this is one of the earlier ones in 1933 Packard 12 Dietrich stationary to a now ladies and gentlemen we're going to class the Packard open and thirteen classes 1935 Packard 1204 super8 coupe roadster owned by Gregory a Chevy heart of Freeport Illinois by 1935 during the Depression packard offered four model lines the medium priced 120 series that provided the much-needed cash flow for the company plus three are the senior Packard's the Packer day the package super 8 and the packet 12 this third second in classes in 1936 packet 1407 12 sport Phaeton owned by Jean and Don Caribe of Birmingham Alabama perhaps due to this rather old-fashioned style in 1936 it is thought that just five examples were made and this car is believed to be the final one produced on the 1407 twelve cylinder chassis thank you again Jean and Don for bringing this car all the way from Birmingham Alabama and first in the packet open class is a 1934 packet 1108 12 Dietrich convertible sedan owned by ruff Morano of Westfield New Jersey Ralph is a Packard collector and without exaggeration has dozens of them the 1108 series is powered by Packard smooth running l-head v12 engine that developed 160 brake horsepower most of the Packard 12s received factory bodies with less than a dozen bodied by coach Villiers such as LeBaron and Dietrich and the best you could get was the Dietrich convertible sedan you see before you today thank you again Ralph congratulations first in class and well-deserved okay it's time to cross the pond and bring up the British Bentley's and third in class for the Bentley Centennial 3-liter which were the first Bentley's made is the 1923 Bentley three litre abandoned plow sports tourer owned by Michael Carter of Fulham England this three litre chassis 246 is the earliest surviving three litre team car built by wo Bentley to be raced by George below 1923 it was the fastest thing on the road after the race it was fitted with a vandamm plateauing body which survives today on the car thank you again Michael for bringing the car all the way from Fulham England second in the Bentley Centennial 3-liter class is a Bentley 3 litre Harrison open two-seater sports this is owned by a private collection in Switzerland and came all the way from Gustav to be with us today this very important three litre bentley is the oldest original surviving Bentley in the world today you are looking at the oldest Bentley in the world the car was sold to a private customer who was a friend of wo Bentley and his name was Ivan Llewellyn of Monmouthshire Wales thank you again for bringing the car all the way from Gustav Switzerland and first in class for the Bentley centennial three liters is a 1927 Bentley three litre model vanden plas opens was owned by Bob Mockridge of England this cars come all the way from the UK to be with us today this racing 3 litre speed model is the last work centered LeMond team car that raced in the 1927 Lamont 24 hours was driven by George Diller and Baron de Langer it was involved in the infamous white house corner crash that occurred in the early stages of the race was during the LeMans race that that car was given the nickname the third in class for the Bentley Centennial four-and-a-half litre class the last of the four-cylinder Bentley's wisdom 1929 Bentley four-and-a-half vanden plas aura owned by Tom Harley jr. of swaddling coat England Tom bought this car in the last year and was kind enough to bring it all the way from the UK so we could share it with us today this was Johnny Greene's personal four-and-a-half vanderplatt aura Johnny was a personal friend of wo Bentley and a founding member of the Bentley Drivers Club back in 1936 this car famously lived in Johnny greens house and was parked behind his sofa in the living room where I was fortunate enough to see it about 25 years ago Johnny green wrote the great book 50 years of the mark squeaky brakes we have on the 1928 Bentley four-and-a-half vanden plas lamorne sports owned by dr. Ian Andrews of Harpenden England this very famous Bentley four-and-a-half is known for its registration plate plate YW 575 eight is one of the most successful racing Bentley's ever built are we having a change of driver here Oh oh my goodness me we're having a little change of change of costume here with dr. Ian Andrews that was very kind of him to show his appreciation for being here at Pebble Beach today in the Stars and Stripes sweater this car won the 500 miles race at Brooklands as well as the inaugural Brooklands racing drivers club that's the BRDC race 1928 Bentley four and a half from the UK thank you dr. Ian Andrews to bring it all the way from Harpenden England and first in class with the Bentley four and a half liters is a 1930 Bentley four and a half litre supercharged vanden plas open sports owned by a private collection in Switzerland the supercharged cars also known as the blowers were built initially to run at Lamont and there were 50 of them this is one of the great original race cars thank you again for bringing this car all the way from Switzerland the Bentley four and a half litre supercharged Bandar plow opens was bluff you I'm sorry the 1930 Bentley speed six old number three vanden plas hora is the third in class for the Bentley Centennial six and a half litre class six and a half liter cars were the first six-cylinder cars that Bentley built this Bentley speed six is known as old number three and is the sister car to old number two and you guessed it old number one which were the last cars to be built on the speed six production line and both were boarded by Van Daan Park this car raced at the Brooklands double 12 and an average eighty five point six miles an hour it also raced at Lamar but sadly after coming off that means crashing it dug itself into a sand bank and had to retire famously the driver tried to dig it out using one of the side windshields but he couldn't get it unstuck second in the Bentley Centennial six and a half liter classes the 1929 Bentley speed six freestone and Webb Grafton Cooper William Johnston off the off of the off Brothers collection try saying that when you drunk of Richland Michigan this Bentley speed six is believed to be one of five speed sixes with its original Cobalt coach wagon and the only Grafton coupe left in the world very interesting car with the foal and our bars on the back all the way from Richland Michigan thank you William Johnson for bringing it today congratulations second in class and first in class a 1929 Bentley speed six HJ Mulliner opened two-seater sports owned by yet another private collection in Switzerland Bentley Motors chairman and the Bentley boys team driver Woolf Barnato was the instigator behind the sport here six and a half liter speed six which was the development of the already potent standard six and a half later the standard six and a half liter had a 140 horsepower and the speed six managed to bump the same engine up to 200 horsepower which was a huge increase back in 1929 Bentley was making them as fast as he could sell them the new model boasted boosted many upgrades over the old model this two-seater speed six is just one of 12 open speed sixes left in the world with its original coach work still intact thank you again for bringing it all the way from Switzerland thank you gentlemen the last of the Bentley vintage Bentley classes the wo Bentley's is their so affectionately known as this very original 1931 Bentley 8 litre vanderplatt aura owned by my very good friend Daniel Sulekha of Kappa Tau Argentina and here driven by his nephew who himself can drive this car anywhere this car is completely original it's known as the captain Hewitt Bentley and if you can see looking at the exhaust on the side it's on your side so you're fortunate enough to see it it has the most amazing exhaust system I've never seen another one like it I doubt if you have to the 8 litre was built with many unique features including the larger 25 gallon fuel tanks which would probably get about 50 miles maybe thank you so much for bringing the car today Thank You Danny congratulations third in class to Bentley a litre vanderplatt aura please bring up second in class the Bentley Utley to Murphy open for cedar sports and by Craig and Susan becau of Montecito California just 108 litre Bentley's were ever built and this is the only a leader Bentley to carry american-made coach work WR ban Lee the 100 of these cars in 1931 guys it's not a steam engine I know it looks like that but it's it's running off the ramp a little quick because of the overheating I think that was a problem that alien has had because they had such a huge a liter 6-cylinder engine and the radiator really was not up to cooling them unless they were driving at speed which they were designed to do first in class Bentley eight liter is the 1931 eight liter gurney nothing sports tourer with us today the Honorable Sir Michael Kaduri of Hong Kong the 8-liter was basically a nun large version of the speed six with a new and lower chassis wo Bentley guaranteed that these cars were capable of over a hundred miles an hour in 1931 regardless of the coach work that was on the car as they said you see only 100 of these cars were built they were launched at the Olympia Motor Show in October of 1930 unfortunately even though they sold reasonably well it was not enough to save Bentley who went into bankruptcy in 1931 and as we all know was actually purchased on the courthouse steps by rolls-royce Michael thank you so much for bringing the car today beautiful 1931 Bentley 8 litre by the most prestigious coach builder of all on the Bentley's that gurney Nutting sports tourer after the 1931 bankruptcy of rolls-royce Bentley while the rolls-royce took over the company and they started building what are known as the derby Bentley's the Diaby van is because the Derby banners were built in Derby rather than Cricklewood third in class for the Bentley derby class is the Bentley four and a quarter liter Park Ward Drophead coupe owned by dr. mark and see on sinning of New Bern North Carolina of the fault of the 2422 Derby Bentley's built nearly half were bodied by Park Ward and many of the surviving Derby Bentley's carry examples of this well made coach work thank you again mark and selenium for bringing the car from New Bern North Carolina second in class for the Darby Bentley's is in 1936 Bentley four and a quarter liter by James Young Drophead coupe this one is owned by William and Cathy Heinicke of Bangkok Thailand this foreigner quarter leader was built in 1936 for Prince where our bonzi Bangu DG Berenbaum de ferran I don't know something like that who was better known as a motor racing fan as Prince Pyrrha in Siam he used the car while he was studying in Cambridge and the winning car in the Bentley derby class is the 1939 Darby class sorry it's a 1939 Bentley four and a quarter van Boren Drophead coupe owned by Michelle Dorr a of lasar Belgium what a beautiful car and what a beautiful color this four and a quarter leader was one of the last ones made before the outbreak of war and it was ordered by Baron Robert gender beam and was the last Bentley chassis to be exported to the continent before the war this car passed to the Baron's son the four times LeMond winner and along with his Ferrari co-driver Phil Hill Oliver gender Bjorn thank you again Mike Michelle for bringing the car all the way from Belgium a beautiful four and a quarter liter van Warren Drophead coupe and our last Bentley class today is the Bentley Centennial post-war custom coachwork class in 1956 our third-place winner a Bentley s1 Continental Park War Drophead coupe was made this car is owned by George Boleyn of Lindell Switzerland from 1950 until 1959 all Bentley's featured the six-cylinder engine that was developed by the factory from its initial four and a half liters to nearly 5 liters beginning in 1954 [Music] there were over 20 different styles of coach work up front on these cars from a multitude of companies but the s-1 Continental Park wore drop head coupe is considered by many to be the most beautiful second in class we have a 1949 Bentley mark six Mulliner coupe a this car is owned by Fred and Donna quits who live in the Principality of Monaco Fred crits has a very large collection of post-war post-war kochwebb Bentley's and we're delighted that he would bring this beautiful Bentley mark 6 Mullen the coupe today Thank You Fred Thank You Donna a beautiful coupe a and first in class for the post-war Bentley's is the 1952 Bentley r-type Continentals Mulliner sports saloon this car is owned by an Brockington Lee of the Robert Emily collection in Reno Nevada and there's miss there's miss Ann in the car with probably the largest hat I've ever seen just 208 Bentley r-type Continentals were built with a 5.5 liter 4.5 liter 6-cylinder engine they could turn out 153 horsepower this car is famously known as Olga because of the license plate olg and in fact was the first of these continental fast bags Thank You Ann that is an amazing hand Thank You Ann for bringing the car today Olga the 1952 Bentley r-type Continentals Mulliner sports saloon [Music] crossing the pond yet again we're now going to Class G which is Duesenberg and this is the 1931 Duesenberg J Labonte's LeBaron sport Phaeton owned by the William Lyon family of Newport Beach California third in class this car was first fitted in the late 1930s with a four-door sedan style coach worked by Durham this short style wheelbase Duty break J was reported after a few months with this LeBaron Phaeton coach work especially for the 1931 New York Orton Auto Salon look at the deeply raked windshield ladies and gentlemen you don't need wipers with that because the windshield is so stable thank you again bill Lyon family for bringing the 31 mm the baron special Phaeton second in class Duesenberg 1929 Duesenberg J Murphy torpedo convertible coupe owned by Charles and Gurion of course octo Ohio the most well known design from Walter Murphy on a Duesenberg model J chassis is the despair disappearing top convertible coupe of which about 25 were made the disappearing top torpedo convertible coupe with this boat tail rear deck is considered to be the pinnacle of Murphy's work on the Duesenberg chassis Thank You Charles for bringing this beautiful disappearing top Murphy convertible coupe look at the tail on that it's a beautiful style car and first in class with the Duesenbergs is in 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy disappearing top roadster by Paul and Sheryl Petrovich of Pebble Beach California Paul brought this car all the way from his house which is about 200 yards away downhill this is also a double winner ladies and gentleman wins the Classic Car Club of America trophy sponsored by the Joseph Cantore family and presented by the Joseph Joseph cantore family [Music] the first owner of this disappearing table roadster was Esther Fiske a man who commissioned this sporty body from her local coach builder Murphy Murphy was building ballers in Pasadena California when Pasadena was right out in the countryside on a long way from Los Angeles it's one of only seven days of Burke's built in this configuration including the famous Clark Gable and Gary Cooper ssj2 door roadsters thank you Paul for bringing this car all the way down the hill back across the pond again two good old Blighty for the rolls-royce pre-war class and third in classes in 1929 rolls-royce phantom one Brewster York roadster owned by the lemon collection of Palm Beach Florida New York roadster body styled by Brewster is probably the most sporting found on any rolls-royce and one of the most beautiful of gooses designs on a Springfield phantom one chassis these cars were built in Springfield Massachusetts where rolls-royce had a factory in the 20s and built cars for the American market the York roadster has flared spots doors are curved deeply into the sill and a short tail with a walk-in rumble seat thank you Sam bringing the car today it looks stunning beautiful York roaster very rare car ladies and gentlemen [Music] second in class for the rolls-royce Prix for is in 1928 rolls-royce phantom one Brewster Derby speedster beginning in 1920 rolls-royce built nearly three thousand silver ghosts and phantoms in their new American Factory in Springfield Massachusetts and this is one of the last ones in 1928 although it was built in 1928 it remained unsold until 1931 is one of only five of these Derby speedsters built and it still has its original body thank you so much John and Gwen McCoy to bring in the car there he is waving thank you John beautiful car second in class Rolls Royce pre-war a 1928 rolls-royce phantom one Brewster Derby speedster and coming all the way from the United Kingdom first in classes 1937 rolls-royce phantom three in skips special Henley coup owned by Lord Bamford this is also a double winner having won the lucious BB trophy sponsored by rolls-royce it's awarded to the most significant and traditional rolls-royce on the field today in the style of lucious Beibei a bomb beyond who served among our early judges and was a very important part of this conch or presented today poor toasted Muller Optimus CEO of rolls-royce motor cars the rolls-royce 4050 phantom 3 was the only b12 engine rolls-royce ever made the v12 was well known with smooth power and being incredibly silent when it's running you could hardly hear this car at idle thank you for bringing it all the way from the UK Lord Bamford the 1937 rolls-royce phantom 3 inskipp special Henley coup thank you so much our next class ladies and gentlemen mercedes banz pre-war and third in classes in 1934 mercedes-benz 170 sport roadster this was known as the model w15 within the mercedes factory and it's brought to us today by boost Lander of durin Belgium you in actual fact ladies and gentlemen it was a slight confusion there that was our second place car owned by Michael and Joanie rich of Pennsylvania my apologies for the confusion this is the third place car coming all the way from doing Belgium the 1934 Mercedes wants to have any sport roadster this car was the work of hands nipple Mercedes tech technical director who had taken over from ferdinand porsche at the beginning of 1929 so very petite small mercedes benz by comparison to most of them thank you again reese for bringing it all the way from belgium a very pretty little car and we will jump right ahead to first in place for the mercedes benz pre-war in 1936 mercedes benz 540 k edmond and rossi special Cabriolet this is owned by the keller collection of the pyramids in Petaluma California only built for the wealthiest and most demanding of clients the mercedes-benz 540 case special roadster was the flagship of their pre-war cars this car was specially ordered for barbara hutton the wealthy Woolworth heiress and socialite as a gift for her future husband count cursed born Howlett's Hagen began walking wagon benton mental blow she remained mrs. Hutton for obvious reasons it has several unique features it's the only five 40k that she asked for it to be in a four-seater configuration it's also the only one that has exhaust pipes coming out of both sides even though it's a six-cylinder engine and the exhaust on all the rest of them come out on one side she liked the balanced idea so it has folk Ike's on one side thank you so much Anna being in the car today looks beautiful a very special and very unique 540 K roadster ladies and gentlemen moved to European classic Oakland third in class the 1929 hispano-suiza 860 Souchak Cabriolet owned by Charles and Carol Newberg of Dallas Texas this is also a double winner ladies and gentlemen this this cars won the Alec Ullman trophy the Alec Ullman trophy is awarded to the most exciting hispano-suiza present today the trophy is named for the founder of the Sebring races omen was an important contributor of the hobby and to this concours sponsored by Oscar Davis and presented today by Robert Davis this new span of eight six caused a sensation when it was first brought into the Paris Auto Salon in 1919 it's powered by a six point five liter overhead cam six-cylinder engine developed from the legendary aero engines that hispano-suiza was famous for thank you so much Charles and Karin for bringing the car today it looks stunning what a beautiful car a Souchak Cabriolet a very rare body on a Hispanic Sweden please bring up the second in class of 1939 37 Porsche 853 Glacius Sport Cabriolet owned by Valerie and Aaron Weiss of San Marino California this is another double winner this car wins the elegance in motion trophy sponsored by pudding and company I don't think I need to tell you what elegance in Motion's means because when you look at this car you can see it looks like it's traveling when it's still sponsored by Gooding and company and presented by David Gooding president and co-founder of Gooding and company Porsche was part of the Audi dkw Wonder and Auto Union group which is why it has four rings on the front one for each manufacturer this is the short wheelbase model who's offered to compete with the mercedes-benz at the time beautiful 1937 horse 853 Sport Cabriolet and first in class European open 1938 talbo logo chief 150 C SS Viggo naeun Falacci teardrop Cabriolet owned by Richard and Melanie Lundqvist of Palos Verdes Estates California this tower Largo t-150 CSS was built by the French coach builder the Ghanaian Falacci in 1938 and is the first of two Cabriolet bodies that the company built on this chassis and it is the only one surviving today Paul Russell's in the car and you did a fabulous job restoring what a beautiful car Paul thank you for bringing it today thank you Richard and Melanie first in class European open [Music] let's move on to the European clothes class the 1947 Alfa Romeo 6e 2500 SS touring coupe owned by George and C BETT a spa of San Diego California third in class this outfit 6e 2500 is one of 383 Super Sport models that Alfa Romeo completed immediately after the Second World War was the first model that they produced after the war years thank you very much George and seabed for bringing the car today all the way from San Diego California and second in class is the 1927 Minerva type AF LeBaron sports sedan owned by Nick and Shelley Shore of Newport Rhode Island Minerva's were well renowned in belgium for their sleeve valve engines and when the engines were rebuilt they were known to smoke a little bit until the sleeves bedded in and so this one looks like it was just recently rebuilt a beautiful 1927 maneuver type AF LeBaron sport sedan and the winner of the European classic closed classes in 1937 delahaye 145 chaperon coupe owned by Peter and Merle Mullen of Los Angeles California and who should be at the wheel other than Merle herself this delahaye 145 was originally built alongside three other open race cars they were owned by AQE blur racing team it was driven by Rena Draper's and Louis Chiron in the 1938 1939 European racing seasons it was later purchased by the sloth museum in Millhouse before it came here in 1983 Thank You Marilyn Peter for bringing the car today all the way from Los Angeles California now we have a special class ladies and gentlemen just for bugatti type 57s and third in that class as the 1939 bugatti type 37 c gang gloss DeLeo and by Jeff and Frances Fisher of Palm Beach Florida this is one of just ninety-six Bugatti Type 57 they were completed and in January of 1939 it was sent to the Cairo Surrey Ganga loaf in Colmar in in eastern France close to the Bugatti Factory in motion it's a four seat Estelle vo Cabriolet and it was personally delivered by jean bugatti to its first owner thank you Jeff and Frances Fisher for bringing the lovely Bugatti Type 57 c gang globster today second in class for the bugatti type 57s is the 1939 Bugatti Type 57 gangly off novice own again by Peter and Merle Mullen of Los Angeles California the arrive is coach work was named after a mountain pass in the French Alps is regarded as one of John Bugattis masterpieces on the type 57 chassis a beautiful sleek streamlined car Bugatti himself claimed that this car this actual car was the most beautiful of all of the 57 s bills the silhouette gives the impression that the car was built to speed it's teardrop fenders that seemed to launch the car forward thank you Peter and Merle for bringing this beautiful car today 1939 Bugatti Type 57 Gangu off Aramis thank you again and first in class as the 1937 Bugatti type 57s see at alland owned by a private collection in New York the Bugatti 57 was built between 1936 and 1938 and they were clothed in a variety of beautiful coach work but as you can see they're all very sporty and very fast looking these were the sports cars of their day ladies and gentlemen 1937 type 57s C had to land this is about as good as it gets thank you again for bringing it Julio Giulio [Music] we're gonna take a break in the awards presentation to celebrate our generous donors this part of the show is not only fun it signifies an important mission of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance to give back to the community your support through direct donations and the purchase of charity drawing tickets has allowed us to contribute more than 27 million dollars to charities please welcome again thunder button chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance along with mr. Bill Pirozhki CEO of the Pebble Beach company our host today Wow take a look at that check this year is a result of your generosity the Pebble Beach company foundation along with the Pebble Beach company foundation Phil Hill scholarships the Jules Jay and Sally human scholarships Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County kinship Center montage Health Foundation Natividad foundation in Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital foundation will receive a total of two million seven thousand seven hundred and eighty eight dollars Thank You Sondra and Bill and to all of you for your support now please welcome former host of The Tonight Show and enthusiastic car collector mr. Jay Leno thank you thank you and joining him this year highly accredited senior automotive appraiser classic car historian writer you may have seen him in this segment assessing caress with Donald Osborne on Jay Leno's Garage Donald Osborne thank you very much sir you know I think this era of electronic banking you wouldn't really need giant checks anymore it just seems rather antiquated to go into a bank with a big giant check like a giant [Music] electronic transfer with a hat here that's right yeah we're gonna give away some great prizes let's get our or lottery ticket machine out here all right it's completely automated as you can see shir well 20th century theme continuing here we have a large 18th century gentleman you might recognize them as the bouncing paper towel guy there he is okay this year I'm gonna get started with the cars we give away go ahead sorry Syd we got the Macpherson students let's just take a quick pause Daniel the Pharisee students were getting high behind the building but we tracked them down so they are so this year our automotive sponsors have been generous and we have three cars to give away this afternoon we've got one who's keen to get up here but let me first introduce or mcpherson students we should point out that there's always a chance that the winner won't be present as tickets were sold in advance their Monterey County with local ticket holders supporting their favorite nonprofits if that's the case we have four McPherson students ready to accept the prize on the winners behalf this group is comprised of this year's Phil Hill scholarship recipients and they are joined by the first inaugural recipient of the Jules Jay and Sally who man scholarship nathaniel mclaughlin jay and donald you know all about these kids yes yes I know we started this like 25 years ago something like that these are all young men and women who decided to go into the field of restoration they do a it's a four year program at McPherson College and many of them get placed it's a classic Center in Germany and with Jaguar and here in America restoration shops all across the country and their parents don't break into tears because they're working on cars now because a lot of them get paid pretty good whatever the stores make 50 to 100 bucks an hour a lot of 100 bucks an hour indeed and what's more important for these guys and and the girls they go to school with it's the fact that they are young people with a true passion for collector cars anybody who worries about the future of this collector car industry and hobby suggests meet these folks make a visit to McPherson College check it out and you will see that the passion burns very brightly in young people and I have no fear whatsoever no no Annie no fear and McPherson either and each one of the majors in different things you major in Magneto's and it in paint and bodywork classic restoration it's really it's a it's a real college with a real degree this is one of those 90 day deals it's it's just a little worse college right that gives a full education so that these guys will be not only be able to do the skills that they need but they'll be able to run the businesses that will provide the restorations for the Pebble Beach and 20:42 and beyond that's right when they screw you over and you're ready restoration you know what even be able to understand how they did it they're that good well they look so innocent now yeah okay now well we hope you all had a chance to purchase lots of tickets from the charity and it's always fun to have a winner present so let's see who the lucky person let's tell them what the car is well the first prize up is a 2019 Mercedes Benz a 2200 4matic sedan okay donated by mercedes-benz USA benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County and montaj Health Foundation representing Mercedes Benz is robaron director of corporate communications all right and the winner is from Macomb Minnesota Florin mr. Li be blue be blob a blob a blob a Florin Buble are you here here here she here come on up come on up come on down from dhikr and dhikr of Beverly Hills I was Lauren Lauren okay Lorraine come this way come on this way yes don't climb over the pyrotechnics you know he came here today in an uber hoping you would win sooner he could drive home so it's it's a long shot but it paid off exactly okay I think this may be his very first car I understand again not the fastest kid in Minnesota Michigan Michigan sorry there we go come on up hey there you go and here's Rob from mercedes-benz do you have any identification to prove that you were actually our mister Florin I'm just kidding the FBI will check you later it is him from I mean from the same town excellent congratulations there's a winning ticket hope you like graduations here let's get you in the car congratulations well yeah and who says you're never here to win these things he's going to Minnesota Michigan with this car Thanks thank you he's operating to the window on his car for the first time excellent well done the next car giveaway is a 2020 Infiniti qx50 donated by infinity USA benefiting kinship center and Natividad foundation representing infinity is alfanso all beza senior VP of global design you know that's a sign the recession might be coming when the winter is actually here I know you need to make sure he was okay here we go spin it again Donald we'll reach in alright there we go and let's see reach a deep because the really deserving winners are deep again the winner is from Campbell California Adam Piper Adam Piper are you here Adam Piper Adam Piper is the winner Adam is not here Adam going once is he Adam going twice he did not say whether he will or will not be present so for the third and the last time mr. Adam Piper I guess one of my mcpherson students actually gets he wasn't wrong with Florin really he wasn't in the car with flora no I will find him okay well I don't think he's here today I don't think well we're gonna put one of the McPherson students and in this beautiful car it's your choice if you'd like to stay on stage it's totally up to you totally up to you we could and Zach from McPherson has announced he will take the car taking the car for Adam Piper will be no no no we're gonna let him stay up on stage Thank You infinity and thank you so much and Adam is gonna be really really happy when he hears about this thank you so much Thank You Alfonso thank you very much what's a third car third car is a Genesis G 90 rear-wheel drive 5.0 ultimate alright donated by Genesis Motor America benefitting Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation representing Genesis is manfred fitzgerald executive vp and global head of Genesis brand every year at the same time from Clayton Indiana David Johnson is not well said I will not be present that's a cocky guy I know exactly I'm not even gonna show up and I want to win all right I know the car is mine so watch what is that that's very kind of you sir you're too kind David Johnson is not here but well maybe Johnson is not here about anti-climatic all right there's probably about how many other David Johnson's a really a beautiful car okay well thank you Genesis for your very kind donation David Johnson will be thrilled you may exit the stage thank you all right we're gonna do something now we do every year you know Donald Donald and I do the TV show and my garage is not open to the public but every year we do a charity thing where people make a donation and we give a tour of the garage and 100 percent of your donation goes to the Boys and Girls Club we don't did dock for expenses or handling you know paying people to do nothing it's a hundred percent of your nation we've made just about eight hundred thousand dollars in in garage tours for the Boys and Girls Club so it's done really well we're gonna try and get to a million we used to bid it up until a thousand three pounds but we thought one day we got a bid for three thousand dollars well let's hold it there and see how many different tours we how many different people we can get to kick in three thousand dollars cuz that's helped the Boys and Girls Club look this might keep some smartass kids from scratching your key in your car okay your donation could actually turn their life around so it doesn't key your car when you're in getting a slice of pizza somewhere and every donation of course fulfills your heart and your soul this one fulfills your heart and your soul and the needs of boys and girls and gets you into Jay's garage and it's a lot of fun we got all kind of lot of cars a lot of steam engines all kinds of interesting things let's start it at $3,000 a few days for visit for two let's get some come on up here and visit for two if everyone can please go walk around the walk alone to the edge around the speakers how many people would we'll give three thousand dollars to help the boy in the blue hat and it can be for any time you're in Los Angeles Monday through Friday you don't have to it's not we don't say like May 8th and that's the day you have to be there it's formal let's see how many folks we have let's see how many $3,000 we have okay here we go here comes some people okay excellent okay this gentleman here obviously not take your place here Jay by the way can I mention that we have raised with you with these garage tours 750 say Oh an attractive person okay thank you very good good thank you thank you gentlemen thank you for helping out the boys and girls we have some more let's get some more folks up there trying to help another attractive person coming very good very good the garage is filled with beautiful cars here we go here we go absolutely phenomenal water we up to so far at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 so far we've got 15 more coming up 16 anybody else like to how about the Boys and Girls Club come on up here and we have a few more combat the boys and girls of a lifetime here we go come on up truly this is a once in a lifetime if you haven't seen Jays Garage two times time actually can be a couple of lifetimes though I about it again 100% of your donation goes to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America we've got 21 up here on the ramp let's see if we can make 230 people on the round forget 21 up on the ramp right now that's one of the guys that have been drinking heavily come on up Sarah he has no idea get that man another scotch and Soda you don't know what he's doing okay we get some more folks we've got a runner Wow okay people so in this line we have people helping the Boys and Girls Club and this side people saying screw the Boys and Girls Club is that where we are now good look we got to make a feel guilty the people on this side is saying I've seen all of Jays cars on TV here we go let's see how you can touch them let's see how many we got there is Rick Kayson yeoman this man does the Boca Raton show in Florida every year the biggest one on the East Coast so congratulations thanks for helping us out Rick case thanks you guys okay let's see how many so where are we now how much should we raise how many folks do we have one two anybody else five six seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 well Donald's tallying it up giving to a really really generous cause I went and toured the Boys & Girls Club of Monterey and I'm telling you I wish that all the cities across this country had it the amount that they are providing an opportunity a place to go for these young boys and girls to get a real education phenomenal charity and it's all going to a great cause they're not coming up to a they're heading for the exits please come up to the ramp instead and help the Boys and Girls Club here come some more come some strike come on up folks thanks a lot thanks for helping out I think we're almost at 80,000 don't count him he didn't buy one he's going along as a guest we have 39 do it can we make it 40 can we just round this out and make it forty hundred twenty thousand this guy will take two and he'll take two hey we got another four too so we got we got three extras three issues that's fantastic so we're up to 42 now 42 altogether I see 45 35 there's got to be three more people do we have three more we got one here 126 126 thousand dollars raised well done thank you very very much thank you so much everybody walk off in this direction and you'll be guided with your gentlemen right here right in the bow tie and he will collect all of your information and you will have the time of your lives doing pretty lucky a lot of these kids don't really get even a first chance or a second chance so this is this is a big break for them so thank you very much folks we appreciate it thanks Jay you and Donald what what an incredible honor to have you on the ramp as always and to raise this kind of money for them great charities it's what Pebble Beach is all about again over $750,000 a big round of applause for Jay Leno and Donald Osborne everybody now let's return to NIC Waller to present the remaining class Awards and special awards welcome back ladies and gentlemen thank you for so many of you once EJ's garage I can assure you having seen it a couple of times myself that it is the most amazing collection of cars and motorcycles you will ever see now we're moving ahead to Class L 1 pre-war preservation and this 1924 Bentley 3 litre Bridges saloon brought to us today by andreas Paul of Marburg Germany is one of the most original cars you will ever see it's built on a three liter chaton it's a 3 liter built on a 10 foot 10 inch wheelbase chassis with the low compression engine and b-type gearbox which was specifically meant for the larger Coachworks this car was first sold in cirencester Gloucestershire where it was built by a small coach builder in general garage they opened their business in 1919 the same year as WL built WL Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley built his first three liter engine this rare and original Bentley has never been restored and its interior woodwork and neither is still in wonderful condition displaying all of its 95 years of use in absolute magnificent style thank you so much andreas for bringing the car today Rana we appreciate you being here with the K today 1924 Bentley 3 litre bridges saloon okay second in class for the pre-war preservation is the 1918 Packard 335 twin six Fleetwood deluxe sound ambulate [Music] this cars brought to us today by the hill family of Santa Monica and this car was owned by Derek Hills great aunt Helen and his father Phil Hill loved the car and after Helen passed away he owned the car for many many years obviously Helen had a great taste in automobiles much like her nephew and great nephew would prove to have in later life Phil Hill knew this car almost all of his life thank you so much for bringing the car today a very very original and unique you very unique twin 6 Fleetwood Deluxe Town Car Cabriolet first in class an amazing 1907 Renault an XP lab audit transformable Landel and owner Steve and Marilee Hamilton of Washoe Valley Nevada this car looks like I can't even him this is the most amazing car it was built as a town car in Paris and it was described as being specially prepared for city use in 1907 the car was imported into Switzerland in 1919 and remained there until 2018 when Steve acquired it he very carefully cleaned it without doing any restoration and it is as you see it today as original as it was in 1907 this is also a double winner being the fever pre-war Trophy winner which is sponsored by Hagerty and his Haggerty classic insurance and is presented today by makyo Haggerty for the best preserved pre-war and post-war car on the field as determined by a special committee Stephen Morley what an amazing piece of history we're looking at today thank you so much for bringing it all the way from Washoe Valley Nevada and now a very special treat ladies and gentlemen we have four amazing race cars they are the only 4 1933 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix race cars in existence today these cars were the Bugattis last hurrah at Grand Prix racing 1933 these cars race in Monaco they raced in a Spanish Grand Prix they they were never the most successful of cars and as such mr. mr. Bugatti decided not to Racing Grand Prix anymore one of them most unique features is the wheels which are called the piano swing wheels extremely strong and extraordinarily powerful these cars have come to us from all over the world today moment although they were all built together they have never been seen together for over 80 years they were driven by some of the finest drivers of the day including a key leave artsy tot CEO Nuvolari Earl Howe Roberto Benoit and Rene Dreyfus and they were all sold by Bugatti to English owners in 1935 and then continued to race for almost all of their lives this is a really unique moment in the history of the Pebble Beach Concours um thing we hope you remember for all time a huge thank you to all four owners for bringing them here today these bugatti type 59s are known as the english Bugattis because after two years of racing mr. Boogedy sold all four of them to england where they were raced quite avidly for several years the car in the front is in the iconic black Ralph Lauren paint that we are all accustomed to and it's been in the Ralph Lauren collection for many years thank you gentlemen for bringing the only four Bugatti Type 59 in existence today go okay let's go gentlemen we'll have a slight pause ladies and gentlemen while we clean up a little leakage on the ramp those cars came from Germany from England and two from New York we're so proud to have them together today for the first time in many years that they've ever been together okay ramps clear let's go with Class L to post-war preservation and third in class is a very lovely 1954 Fiat 8v LM Ella Bharata Zagato coupe from Johan an unhealed launch of Denon Switzerland Fiat first showed that new two liter v8 engine sports car at the 1952 Geneva salon the 8v our Auto boo as it was described was specifically for racing at the time when hot like Holly contested the two liter classes in Italian sports car racing they called it the 8v because they mistakenly thought that Ford Motor Company had the patent on the term v8 which they didn't this car is extremely original and looks almost like a restored car because it's been so well taken care of thank you very much Johanna Daniel for bringing the car all the way from Switzerland beautiful Fiat 8v Zagar took second in class is a 1967 ferrari 275 gtb/4 scaglietti berlinetta this cars owned by Oscar Davis of Elizabeth New Jersey the cars v12 engine was the first dual overhead cam engine ever used in a Ferrari Road car and this more powerful 275 gtb/4 with its four cam motor was identified by its raised hood bulge to accommodate the slightly taller engine with four camps Thank You Oscar Davis for bringing this wonderful car today second in class the 275 gtb/4 Scaglietti Berlinetta and first in class for the post-war Preservation causes in 1965 Aston Martin db5 Vantage coupe owned by William and Christopher Sharples of New York New York also double winner this car wins the fever post-war trophy again sponsored by Hagerty classic insurance and historical vehicle Association and presented by none other than Mikhail Haggerty himself the Aston Martin db5 debuted in 1963 replacing the equally elegant db4 Series five the db5 had over 170 modifications including a larger all aluminum or other to the aluminum 3.9 liter engine and the new five-speed manual transmission what set the db5 apart and put it straight into motoring history box was of course it's starring role in the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger this is only one of 17 left-hand Drive Vantage's a beautiful car in jade leather matching luggage it's perfect and it's absolutely original the 1965 Aston Martin db5 Vantage coupe owned by William and Christopher Sharples of New York and now ladies and gentlemen I would like to hand the microphone over to my colleague and famed author Nick Walla thanks Martin well goodness gracious me the Ferrari Grand Touring class class my nan in third place it's the 1955 Ferrari 250 Europa GT pin Farina coupe a coupe owned by the Pegasus collection in Palm Beach in Florida and what a gorgeous flock Ferrari this is it's wonderful interior beautifully paintwork treat for the I thank you so much for bringing it all the way across the country in second place it's the 1960 Ferrari for hundreds of America another Pininfarina body it's the aerodynamic coupe a series one owned by Jim Patterson of Louisville Kentucky the 400 Superamerica replaced the earlier 410 model each one was specially built to order and note none of these were alike every single one was different v12 4 litre engine derived from the 250 GT Shana shortened chassis first 400 Superamerica appeared at the 1959 Turin Motor Show and 25 more were built in the series followed it's a lovely lovely car especially on a day like today thank you so much for bringing it all the way many congratulations and in first place the 1960 Ferrari 250gt scalieri Spyder California owned by Lee and Joan Harrington of bow in New Hampshire the Spyder California was the result of a request from Ferraris to US distributors Luigi Kennedy and John von Neumann who really believed that they could sell a an open car a convertible version of the 250 GT Tour de France the TDF and this was the result built in Maranello mostly sold in America this is one of the 14 long wheelbase Spyder California's beautiful color what a super color and this is the third from the last to be built many congratulations to the Harringtons we're gonna move to the the Ferrari class that Ferrari does best the racing competition class and in third place it's the 1954 Ferrari 375 plus Pininfarina Spyder owned by les wixsnack of New Albany Ohio now this is a very distinctive read for a Ferrari and throws often brighter color than this but this is a lovely rich deep color these spiders were built for the 1954 sports car world championship and this was raced in America by Jim Kimberly and Howard highly congratulations to les wakes up [Music] in second place it's the 1954 Ferrari 735 s Monza scalieri Spyder owned by Tom Peck of Huntington Beach in California and this is also a double winner it also wins the Enzo Ferrari trophy which is awarded to the best Ferrari present here today and the trophy is named for the maestro himself it's sponsored by the candy store and was just presented by Joe Rolando congratulations to Tom Peck this car is fresh out of a restoration the details are wonderful it's shown here as it raced down the Carrera Panamericana and thank you so much for bringing it here today congratulations in first place for 1955 ferrari 750 Monza scalieri spider owned by Patrick and Caroline Otis of Berkeley California now this car has been here before I raced here in the 50s driven by three of America's greatest racing drivers Phil Hill Carroll Shelby and the man who owned it for many many years and raced it extensively Jim Hall Phil Hill and Shelby drove the car at the Sebring 12 hours in March 1955 and Phil won this with this car at the Pebble Beach Road races and raced it extensively for a year later congratulations thank you so much for bringing it here today wonderful wonderful competition Ferrari with great Pebble Beach history we're gonna move to an Italian mark the Lamborghini the lamborghini miura class and in third place it's the 1968 lamborghini miura p400 better neck coupe a owned by Fritz Kaiser from Liechtenstein and this was a very famous kite is a very famous car it was filmed at the be beginning of that wonderful film The Italian Job it's been restored now for today and as we see it going over the horizon we can think of that great film and hopefully you can watch it again in second place the 1968 lamborghini miura there Turner kupe owned by John and Kim Shirley from Modena in Washington this car was built for a very famous gentlemen the Shah of Iran who was a great car collector in fact I think he owned three Lamborghini mirrors in his time this one escaped from the Charles regime and has been recently restored and now lives happily in Washington among some other wonderful Ferraris John Shirley thank you so much for bringing it here today congratulations in first place the winner of the lamborghini miura class the Miura SV coupe a restored by Lamborghini Pulis nautical and it's owned by a very famous French driver rally driver and team boss Jean Todt from Italy famous more for his Ferrari escapades but today driving his own Lamborghini Miura congratulations mr. Todd for bringing the car to you today and we wish you well in the future congratulations we're moving on to the post war sports class thirteen past is the 1952 sea otter 208's mock dose spider owned by jacking Kingsley Crowell now you may be forgiven for thinking that this is still being painted that the masking tape is therefore for to protect the chrome work but in fact this is exactly how it was presented at its first race in 1952 where they taped up a lot of the a lot of the gaps and a lot of the detail to make it more aerodynamic number four for four the second in class for a dramatic motor car it's the 1966 Ford gt40 lightweight coupe a owned by Rex and Vicki miles of ban Indiana this is the ultimate ford racing car that everybody would dream of driving really it was developed by Ford to beat Ferrari as we know and famously did so at Lamar in the 24-hour race at its second attempt in 1966 this car was owned by a privateer owner Allen man who entered all sorts of different cars in motorsport in period congratulations Rex and Vicki Myers of Indiana and first in class it's the 1960 Porsche Carrera ABBA GTL coupe a bodied by Bo Enzo a Phillips Pony congratulations to Robert Ingram of Durham North Carolina it's a very unusual Porsche based on a 356 floor pan this was bought it in Italy and it's lightened it was cut in all directions five inches lower five inches shorter and five inches thinner than the normal 356 made for a very lightweight sports car and it raced extensively this was owned by a Swedish driver and he won the Swedish GT Championship twice with the car and out of 11 starts this car won every single race congratulations to Robert Ingram and many many thanks for bringing it here we're just gonna pause for a little shop soft-shoe shuffle as we clean the ramp I'm thinking we might invest in a mock one day I don't know what do you think Daniel so in the o2 post-war turing class 13 class is the 1955 lecture aurélia b20 GT coupe a owned by Jim Farley of Dearborn Michigan the last year relia was a really revolutionary model it was designed by the engineer francesco de vil Virgilio and it has a really effect be six engine which was the first production v6 in the world a very lovely example of the Aurelia congratulations Jim Farley second in class is a very very unusual and rare motor car the 1957 Chrysler 300 be Doisneau coupe a speciali that owned by Kim and Steven Bruno of Boca Raton in Florida this car blends European coach work with American engineering and mechanicals it was designed and built by jean-paul iguana in turin and it was driven new - Gianni Agnelli that ordered especially in these colors wonderful wonderful Italian American hybrid fabulous car congratulations to Kim and Steven Bruno many thanks for bringing it across the country first in class we will not be encouraging drinking and driving no matter what you have sticking out of the window this is the 1950 Alfa Romeo 6e 2500 gr super jello coupe a owned by Jonathan and Wendy Siegel of San Diego California these are very unusual and rare motor cars the one of four super jello or jeweled who pays built by gear and it's the only example built on the tubular chassis built by gilko of milan the company was owned by Gilberto Colombo who delay the design and built several special Ferrari and Maserati chassis throughout the 1950s fabulous offer a mayor very rare we loved it congratulations to Jonathan and Wendy Segal for your first place well we're also apart from celebrating Bentley's centenary we're celebrating Zagato centenary with two classes the first is the pre-war class and in third place is the 1931 Alfa Romeo 6c 1750 grass fought spider owned by Linda and Paul Gould of Paul in New York and it's presented by andreas legato the current CEO and grandson of the founder of Zagato which is a privilege and a treat for us all congratulations Linda and Paul in second place a very famous racecar the 1933 Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 quarter Spyder owned by Scuderia northeast in Stamford Connecticut this ladies and gentlemen is eight lamal winner this one the mall driven by Raymond song and Tatiana Volare in the 1933 l'amour 24-hour race congratulations and thank you so much for bringing it across the country Andrea thank you for presenting the trophy and first in class the 1932 Maserati before Zagato Spyder owned by Loren thorry honor of Greenwich Connecticut and this is a double winner it also wins the Briggs Cunningham trophy which is awarded to the most exciting open car present and it's named for a great American sportsman an automobile creator and collector it's sponsored by Ford Motor Company designs and it's presented by Joel P Cal ski the global design director of Ford Motor Company as well as Andrea's Agard oh what a team what a team this is a beef 16 measure out he's very very rare and Larry thank you very very much for bringing it it's come a long way I know it was in Europe only a few weeks ago and we're privileged to have it here today congratulations and the post-war Zagato Centennial post-war class in third place it's the 1956 Maserati a 6g mm cigar tokubei owned by David and Jody Smith of Washington this is the 12th of 20 examples body buzzer Gatto on the a6 G chassis each one very different some have a double bubble some have different grilles this one has a curved roof not the double bubble and it was one time a factory demonstrator and it went in the 1956 Mille Miglia David congratulations on your third place and thank you so much for bringing it in second place a very famous Ferrari and an old friend to the Pebble Beach Concours Ferrari 250 GT Zagato Berlinetta Smith cially owned by David and Ginny sidorak of Beverly Hills whoops there goes the Hat congratulations David this is one of five long wheelbase GT 250 s body by scalieri and Zagato this one by Zagato double bubble as you can see this car has been here many times but believe it or not this is the first time the car has been judged in class congratulations and many thanks for bringing the car back here once more in first place a car which I believe is one of the nicest regarded bodied cars ever the 1962 Aston Martin db4 GT z coupe a owned by David McNeil of Fort Lauderdale Florida it's also a double winner this also wins the Vitesse elegance trophy which is sponsored by the Marlin automobile automobile mode museum and it's awarded for the car that best embodies the combination of excellence in performance and elegance in design I can't say it any better sponsored by the Mullen Museum presented well it's often presented by Peter Mullan but not today never mind what a wonderful car one of nineteen db4 cigars owes and congratulations to David McNeil you probably look inside you might find a floor mat who knows and class ah oh oh the historic hot rod cover cars there's a familiar face this is the 1932 Ford Bob Morris nickel roaster owned by Bruce Meyer of Beverly Hills and it's a double winner it also wins the Dean bachelor trophy which is awarded for the most significant hot rod present and it's presented by Maury column and it's sponsored by the Ford Motor Company I hope you took time to see these great Hot Rods these historic hot rods down the field with their covers behind thank you Bruce for bringing this car today congratulations yo mango in second place the 1929 Ford Eddie die roadster owned by Tom babowsky of Pompano Beach in Florida this is really rather a conservative hotrod I think who's commissioned in 1950 built by Gil's Auto Body Works in Los Angeles based on a 1929 Ford Roadster body and uses a Ford 1932 Ford frame everything was welded shut great hot rod very historic and we're really really pleased to see it here today congratulations which means that first in class the winner of the historic hot rod cover car class is the 1922 norm Grabowski cookie car roads to pick up basically this car ladies and gentlemen it's owned by Ross and Beth Myers of bear town Pennsylvania this car sums up what hot rods are all about its flames its open hood expanding the eggs expanding showing the engine it's all about fun and drama and we're very very delighted that this car has been here today congratulations to Ross and Beth Myers first in class that finishes our class awards for the the day but we have the special awards to present I'll just hand over to my friend Derrick Hill for a small amounts Minh Thank You Nick and that concludes all the class Awards all class winners are now in the winner's circle we're getting closer to that favorite part of our day best of show I just have a little announcement to make attention judges all judges who are the best of show ballot holders please turn in your best of show ballot into the ballot box within the next 5 minutes please within the next 5 minutes please turn in your best of show ballots again all designated judges we need your best of show ballot so please turn them in now thank you and now back to the special Awards Thank You Derek the first special award we're going to present this afternoon is the Charles Jane trophy which this year is awarded to the 1925 luxu lambda v series torpedo owned by Stan and milbauer of Beverly Hills well well well Stan thank you so much for bringing the car this year I know we you trade last year it wasn't very cooperative shall we say but it's great to see it here today the Charles chain award is awarded to the car with the most advanced engineering of its era and the trophy is named for a former General Motors vice president of engineering it was a great supporter of this concore sponsored by bill and Cheryl Swanson and it's presented by bill and Cheryl Swanson what a lovely launcher very pleased to see it congratulations to Stan and more great to see you the next special award is the Art Center College of Design Award a slightly different card of the car that was here before the 1967 Ferrari for one - Pete khubaib owned by MJ JV cars of rye in New York the Arts Center College of Design Award goes to the car that showed the best use of technology in its era has groundbreaking style and engineering and is considered to have had the greatest impact on car design today I think we can all agree that this car fits that bill it's sponsored by the Art Center College of Design presented by Stewart Reed who's the chair of transportation design at Art Center College of Design these fabulous Ferraris only two were built this is the second and final one built by Ferrari campaign during the entire 1965-67 sports car season and it was raised by Maranello concessionaires in the UK congratulations and thank you for bringing this very dramatic Ferrari here today [Music] hark at the sound now this is the Chairman's jokey winner it's the 1968 helmet txq bay owned by andreas moringa of Saltzburg in Austria and you may be able to tell that this is a turbine engine car no petrol in being involved very different very revolutionary in its day the Chairman's trophy is awarded for the most deserving car present as selected by our Chairman sander button congratulations this car ladies and gentlemen is the winner of the Grand Turismo trophy it's a 1931 Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 cigar - Spyder it's owned by Jonathon fiber and Helen burr of Atherton in California and it's sponsored by Philippa knee digital the Gran Turismo trophy is awarded the most significant car present which balances both artistic beauty and performance at the highest level and most desired for inclusion in Gran Turismo game in sponsored by Polyphony Digital presented by Kazunori Yamauchi the president of polyphony this year's Lincoln trophy goes to the 1941 Lincoln Continental brawn town car owned by Marshall Miller of Kansas City Missouri the spot the Lincoln trophy is sponsored funnily enough by Lincoln Motor Company and he goes to the most significant Lincoln here present today and it's presented by Kemal Couric the global Lincoln design director this car was actually designed by Edsel Ford himself for the use of Ford family members as well as senior Ford company executives and it was built by Brun the company in Buffalo New York which was the last Lincoln to be body by that can coach builder congratulations Marshall Menna thank you very much for bringing the car today the Phil Hill cop the winner of the Phil Hill Cup today is the 1929 Bentley four and a half liter blower vanden plas and it's this is the fourth burking blower and it's owned by Ralph Lauren of New York New York the Phil Hill Cup is sponsored by mark and Sharon Newman and it's named for that great participant of both the Pebble Beach Concours Road races it's sponsored by Mark Newman and it's presented by mark and Sharon Newman as well congratulations please pass on our very best wishes and our grateful thanks to mr. Loren when you get back to New York beautiful motor car magnificent Bentley very fitting congratulations and the next special award is the Tony Hulman trophy and it goes for the 1919 ballo Indianapolis race car owned by Miles Collier collections at the revs Institute in Naples Florida the Tony Hulman trophy is sponsored by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway foundation and it's awarded to the most significant open-wheel car present today Pillman owned the ended Indianapolis Motor Speedway for decades and he was the one that first said gentlemen start your engines congratulations to miles Collier and thank you so much for bringing this wonderful race car here today [Music] [Music] we're just gonna have a little pause in Proceedings there with us [Music] [Music] [Music] I think that's the trouble with having so many great cars at Pebble Beach this year we've just sorting out a few of the final trophy winners great time to plus hats take in the beautiful scenery you you you well I believe this has been worth the wait this ladies and gentlemen is the winner of the French Cup it's the 1950 talbo logo t26 grand sport rock Kimoto barqueta owned by Ralph and Marian Stadler of Megan in Switzerland the French Cup is awarded to the most significant car of French origin many congratulations to Ralph and Marian Stadler beautiful beautiful car and thank you for bringing it all the way from Europe we want to welcome back a special group of students from Stanford University the Center for Automotive Research it's Stanford award the cars award is presented to the car featuring the most significant period innovation is selected by Stanford students and future technology leaders Thank You Jerry and this year is awarded for the 1921 Bentley 3 leader Harrison open to see the sports owned by the Veen family in Switzerland and as it we talked about this earlier when it came across the ramp in class this is actually the first car that Bentley sold to a private customers chassis number three the third Bentley to have been built and possibly I believe it is the oldest Bentley in the world and it really is a very fitting tribute to wo Bentley to Bentley at Cricklewood to Bentley throughout the decades now we'd like you just to hold there two seconds just stay there to stay there two things stay there two seconds no sorry false alarm you may depart thank you okay it's okay thank you we're good we're gonna pause once more as I said soak up the sunshine soak up the scenery enjoy Pebble Beach at it's very very best [Music] once again attention judges attention judges all judges who are best of show ballot holders please turn in your best or show ballot into the ballot box within the next few minutes so please turn them in now thank you we're now going to move to the elegance awards and the first of those is the jewels human most elegant open car this year he goes the 1929 rolls-royce phantom one Brewster York roadster owned by the lament collection of Palm Beach in Florida the J human most elegant open car is awarded to the most elegant open car present funnily enough an open car has no side windows though it may have side curtains as comparable to a convertible and it's sponsored this fear by the classic and sports car magazine and we're very grateful to them and we're very grateful to the lemon collection for bringing this gorgeous Rolls Royce here today many many congratulations and the winner of the stroller McMinn most elegant sports car trophy this year it's back again goodness gracious me it's lyft 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Zagato berlinetta owned still owned by David and Ginny sidorak of Beverly Hills this award is sponsored by William II chip car & Associates and it's presented by my our very own chip Conor the award is presented to the most elegant sports car present here today and it's named for a respected automotive automotive designer instructor and historian who was also the chief honorary judge at the Pebble Beach Concours a lead thank you again for bringing this lovely Ferrari this is the winner of the Gwen Graham most elegant convertible the 1938 talbo logo t-150 ce s SP gurney and Pulaski teardrop Cabriolet owned by Richard and Melanie Lundqvist the Gwen Graham most elegant convertible is named for the woman who was involved in founding the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Gwen Graham and it's sponsored by Lalique North America and it's presented co-presented by James Munn the president and CEO and Scott Ritter the co-ceo of Lalique who we are very grateful for their generous the trophies that we have today congratulations Richard and Melanie Lundqvist and the winner of the JB and Dorothy never cut most elegant clothes car it's back again the 1950 Alfa Romeo 6c 2500 gear Supra jello coupe a it's owned by jonathan and wendy siegel of san diego the trophy is named for the couple who won our top award the bestest show a record-setting six times JB and Dorothy Nethercutt established the standards of which we adhere to today congratulations to Jonathan and Wendy Siegel of San Diego thank you again for bringing this beautiful Alfa Romeo that concludes our special awards and our elegance awards and we're now going to have a another short pause while we gather up the balance for best of show so bear with us for the culmination of the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance you you you [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] mr. Pollak mr. Pollak our chief class judge mr. Pollak would you please turn in your ballot if mr. Pollak hears this please turn in your ballot thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you you [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen please remember that out of respect to the owner and also to give everyone a good look at the best of show car the ramp area will remain clear it'll be reserved for the best of show car only after the official photos are taken media crews will have a chance to get photos and interviews with the best of show car we really appreciate your help on this let's get started and now I would like to bring back our chairman Sondra button with the list of nominees the best of show ballots have been collected and the best of show nominees have been assembled to my left you can see those truly elegant cars from which the best of show will be identified the nominees are the 1931 Bentley 8 leader gurney Nutting sports tourer owned by Richard and Melanie Lundqvist oh sorry owned by Michael Kaduri sorry the 1938 talbo logo t-150 CSS Pagani and Falaschi teardrop by Richard and Melanie Lundqvist the 1936 mercedes-benz 540 Kay Edmund and Rosie special Cabriolet owned by the Keller collection the 1962 Aston Martin db4 GT Zagato coupe owned by David McNeil ladies and gentlemen there is only one best of show and to reveal what car in owner will take home that coveted title and honor we turn to our Chairman Sondra button Sondra may I have the envelope please [Music] the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance best of show winner is the 1931 Bentley 8 litre gurney Nutting sports tourer owned by Sir Michael Kaduri from Hong Kong congratulations [Music] to present the best of show trophy and ribbon our bill Pirozhki CEO of Pebble Beach company and sander button chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours you congratulations again in addition to receiving the best of show award we have some additional gifts for you presenting a beautiful Rolex watch please welcome Luca bernasconi president and CEO of Rolex along with Tom Kristensen Rolex ambassador okay the next award presenting the gift certificate for a photograph of the best show car will be mounted in a custom leather portfolio from Michael Furman of coachbuilt Press and finally presenting a celebratory bottle of Dom Perignon is Julia Fitzroy business development director of Dom Perignon [Music] [Music] a special thank you to each of our sponsors for their wonderful gifts now let's break out some champagne [Music] congratulations again to our best of show winner and all other Award winners today once again the stage is reserved for the winning car we appreciate your help and staying clear of the ramp area if you want to view the show again or share it with your friends simply go to our channel on YouTube where our livestream will continue to be available and look out for our upcoming one-hour special on motor trend television network in just a few weeks thank you again to the Pebble Beach company and Bill Pirozhki for their hospitality we want to thank our sponsors our participants in our audience for joining with us to celebrate these great cars don't forget to update your 20/20 calendars is next year the Conqueror will be held on August 16th the third Sunday of August we look forward to seeing you then for the 70th annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance drive safe everyone [Music] Oh you you

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Published: Sun Aug 18 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/that-freakin-guy]

I feel like this year hasn't been exciting as the prior years, but what can we do? The big boys are probably going to be released next year since 2020 is a nice, round number.

69th

Nice.

[u/Hobadee]

I'm not really a car guy, but I'm working this event and figured I should share this, since I'm sure many are interested, but unable to attend.