Last Sunday, August 20, 204 of the most prized collector cars in the world rolled onto what is often called the best finishing hole in golf — the famed 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links — to take part in the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Originally a small social event paired with a road race through the pine and cypress forests of Pebble Beach, the Concours has grown into the top-ranking collector car competition in the world.
This year that competition was won by the 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer owned by Bruce McCaw (above, photo courtesy of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance), which rolled onto the fairway fresh from a restoration in the New Jersey shop of Steve Babinsky and went home with the Best of Show trophy.
“This Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer is a combination of speed, style and power,” said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. “Somehow these three elements — along with those fantastic torpedo running boards — become the very definition of elegance.”
“We’ve had the car for several years,” said McCaw, who hails from Bellevue, Washington. “The question was whether or not to restore it. I always hate to restore something that doesn’t need it, but we finally found enough pictures that we knew the car needed to be restored.”
In the final judging circle for Best of Show, Bruce was up against his brother John who, with wife Gwen McCaw, competed with their 1957 Ferrari 315 S Scaglietti Spyder. Also in the Winner’s Circle was a 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria owned by William E. (Chip) Connor of Reno, Nevada.
The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours drew its 204 cars from 15 countries and 31 states, with the total including 54 first-time entrants. The event raised more than $1.6 million to help people in need. Through the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, the primary charitable partner of the Concours, these charitable funds will benefit more than 80 local charities.
The full list of winners follows below.
The 68th Pebble Beach Concours will be held on Sunday August 26, 2018 (the fourth rather than the third Sunday in contrast to the norm). For more information on the Pebble Beach Concours, please visit www.pebblebeachconcours.net

Best of Show
 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
 Elegance Awards
 Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
 J.B. & Dorothy Nethercutt Most Elegant Closed Car
1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé – The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong
 Jules Heumann Most Elegant Open Car
1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
 Strother MacMinn Most Elegant Sports Car
1955 Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina Cabriolet Speciale – The Golomb Family Trust
 Special Awards
Alec Ulmann Trophy
1931 Hispano-Suiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe – Mark and Sonia Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand
Ansel Adams Award
1906 Pope-Toledo Type XII Touring – The Nethercutt Collection – Helen and Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, California
ArtCenter College of Design Award
1933 Auburn 12-165 Speedster – Lou & Kathy Ficco, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Briggs Cunningham Trophy
1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer – Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co. KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
Chairman’s Trophy
1904 Holsman Model 3 Runabout – Marta Holsman and Henrietta Holsman, Carpinteria, California
Charles A. Chayne Trophy
1909 De Dion-Bouton BV Type de Course – John S. Adamick, Westlake Village, California
Classic Car Club of America Trophy
1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan – Michelle and Martin Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California
Dean Batchelor Trophy
1967 Gyro-X Alex Tremulis Prototype – Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
Elegance in Motion Trophy
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
 Enzo Ferrari Trophy
1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta – Anne Brockinton Lee/Robert M. Lee Automobile Collection, Reno, Nevada
FIVA Postwar Trophy
1953 Bentley R-Type Continental H.J. Mulliner Sports Saloon – Derek Hood, Maldon, England
FIVA Prewar Trophy
1916 Locomobile Model 38 Collapsible Cabriolet – Mike Guffey, Hartford City, Indiana
The French Cup
1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet – Wayne Grafton, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Gran Turismo Trophy
1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer – Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
Lincoln Trophy
1933 Lincoln KB-260 Brunn Convertible Victoria – Bill & Barbara Parfet, Hickory Corners, Michigan
Lorin Tryon Trophy
Robert T. Devlin
Lucius Beebe Trophy
1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Brewster Ascot Tourer – Jay and Christina Moore, Lahaina, Hawaii
Mercedes-Benz Star of Excellence Award
1929 Mercedes-Benz SS Castagna Cabriolet – The Keller Collection at The Pyramids, Petaluma, California
Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy
1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine – Mr. & Mrs. Henry Robet, France
The Phil Hill Cup
1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Revs Program at Stanford Award
1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina
Tony Hulman Trophy
1915 Packard 2-38 Six Runabout – Allen Strong, Urbana, Illinois
 The Vitesse ~ Elegance Trophy
1956 Maserati 300S Fantuzzi Race Car – Henri Chambon, Vence, France
Class Winners
Class A: Antique
1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Torpedo – Charles E. Nearburg, Dallas, Texas
Class C-1: American Classic Open
1st: 1932 Studebaker President Series 91 Convertible Sedan – George and Valerie Vassos, Westfield, Massachusetts
Class C-2: American Classic Closed
1940 Packard 1807 Custom Super Eight Rollson Sport Sedan – Michelle and Martin Cousineau, Beverly Hills, California
Class D: Packard
1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria – William E. (Chip) Connor, Reno, Nevada
Class G: Duesenberg
1935 Duesenberg SJ Bohman & Schwartz Town Car – Lee and Penny Anderson, Naples, Florida
Class H: Rolls-Royce Prewar
1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III H.J. Mulliner Sports Limousine – Mr. & Mrs. Henry Robet, France
Class I: Mercedes-Benz Prewar
1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer
Bruce R. McCaw, Bellevue, Washington
Class J-1: European Classic Early
1931 Hispano-Suiza J12 Saoutchik Transformable Grande Luxe – Mark and Sonia Richter, Wanaka, New Zealand
Class J-2: European Classic Mid
1937 Bugatti Type 57S Gangloff Coupé – The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong
Class J-3: European Classic Late
1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrback Cabriolet – Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection, Louisville, Kentucky
Class J-4: European Classic Sport
1930 Bentley 4½ Litre SC Vanden Plas Le Mans Sports – Private Collection
Class K-1: Isotta Fraschini
1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Fleetwood Roadster – Joseph and Margie Cassini III, West Orange, New Jersey
Class K-2: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Open
1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS Castagna Cabriolet – Karol Pavlu, Bratislava, Slovakia
Class K-3: Isotta Fraschini Castagna Coachwork Closed
1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Limousine – Morton Bullock, Ruxton, Maryland
Class L-1: Prewar Preservation
1931 Bentley 8 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer
Axel Schuette Fine Cars GmbH & Co. KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
Class L-2: Postwar Preservation
1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster – Lukas Hüni, Zurich, Switzerland
Class M-1: Ferrari Grand Touring
1951 Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Cabriolet – Peter S. Kalikow, New York
Class M-2: Ferrari Competition
1958 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti Spyder
Andreas Mohringer, Salzburg, Austria
Class M-3: Ferrari Major Race Winners
1957 Ferrari 315 S Scagliati Spyder – John and Gwen McCaw
Class M-4: Ferrari One-off Speciales
1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupe – Lee and Joan Herrington (Herrington Corp. Collection), Bow, New Hampshire
Class O-1: Postwar Open
1952 Porsche 356 Reutter Cabriolet – Robert Ingram/The Ingram Collection, Durham, North Carolina
Class O-2: Postwar Closed
1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Boano Coupé Speciale – Tony Shooshani, Long Beach, California
Class O-3: Postwar Racing
1952 Siata 208CS Corsa Bertone Spider – Raffi Najjarian, Brisbane, California
Class O-4: Postwar Grand Touring
1947 Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschi Cabriolet – Wayne Grafton, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Class R: American Dream Cars of the 1960s
1965 Pontiac Vivant Herb Adams Roadster – Mark and Newie Brinker, Houston, Texas
Class V: Open Wheel Race Cars
1907 Renault AI 35/45 HP Vanderbilt Racer – Robert Kauffman, Charlotte, North Carolina