Background Following the October 1960 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside, California, successful Texan racer Jim Hall had a...
Pebble Beach
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is an automotive charitable event held each year on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California, considered the most prestigious event of its kind. It is the finale of Monterey Car Week held in August every year. Classes are commonly arranged by type, marque (manufacturer), coachbuilder, country of origin, or time period. Judges select first-, second-, and third-place finishers for each class in the event, and the judges confer the “Best of Show” award on one car from the group of first-place winners. In addition, a group of honorary judges—individuals who have made significant contributions to the automotive industry or motorsports—award a number of subjective awards to recognize standout vehicles regardless of class ribbons, as well as memorial awards created to honor specific automotive industry personages.
Background By the late 1950s, sports racing cars were becoming increasingly sophisticated, transitioning from traditional front-engine production-based cars to a...
Nobody could foresee the significance of the race they were about to watch when the starter’s flag dropped at the SCCA National Road Races at Pebble Beach on April 22, 1956. The season’s most prestigious race, all eyes were on the sleek Italian Ferraris that had come to do battle....
1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Series I Coupé Aerodinamico (Estimate: $2,500,000 – $3,000,000) Highlights One of Just 14 Series I Short-Wheelbase...
Peter and Merle Mullin, founders of the Mullin Automotive Museum, were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023...
Among the great car events during “Monterey Car Week,” The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance is my favorite. It’s a wonderful rare opportunity to see some of the Pebble Beach Concours cars in motion cruising the fantastic California coast along the 17-mile drive and Pacific Coast Highway. The Tour is optional...
When introduced, the Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn Kurier was applauded not only for its long, sweeping hood and aerodynamic design, echoing the...
By Kristina Cilia and Rex McAfee Pebble… glorious Pebble! How does one convey its significance in the collector car community?...
By Kristina Cilia and Rex McAfee Imagine a 1960s Ferrari 250 GTO carefully lit in a museum, or maybe a Duesenberg parked in front of a historic estate. For some, a beautiful combination of machine and setting, yet for others, a failed attempt at capturing the true essence of an...
During the prestigious “Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance”, Maserati definitely showed up and delivered. They started the weekend with the North...
Written by Matt Stone / Photography by Kristina Cilia Depending upon who you ask, Pebble Beach is either the world’s...
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is celebrating its 70th anniversary and almost since the beginning, they have been showcasing the engineering excellence of Bugatti, even as early as 1956 when the renowned 1930 Bugatti Type 37 Grand Prix claimed the ‘Best of Show’ award. 2021 was no different as Bugatti added...
The world’s most prestigious celebration of the automobile occurs every August on the Monterey Peninsula in California. From hearing the...
On August 15, 2021, during the historic Monterey Car Week, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance announced that a 1936 Bugatti...
The 2021 Monterey Car Week may be over, but we here at SportsCarDigest are just getting started in our review of the week. We’ve already highlighted all four exciting days of the Monterey Motorsports Reunion that took place at the Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. We’ve celebrated with you as a...
As the Monterey Car Week winds down, the big event that everyone is watching is the awards ceremony for the...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. To celebrate the...
A range of outstanding, historic competition cars will be presented during Gooding & Company’s 17th annual Pebble Beach Auctions to be held on August 13 and 14, 2021. The astonishing selection of historic competition cars exemplifies the best of the best across the range of postwar motor racing, including Trans...
RM Sotheby’s will be hosting their flagship Monterey auction on August 13-14, with the company recently announcing an array of impressive new...
An extraordinary 1995 McLaren F1 that displays less than 400 kilometers on the odometer will cross the auction block at the upcoming...
Gooding & Company 2021 Pebble Beach Auction will feature a preservation class 1956 Maserati A6G/54 Coupe by Frua, a show-winning 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet by Pinin Farina, and an elegantly restored 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica LWB Coupe Aerodinamico by Pininfarina. Gooding & Company has announced an impressive...
Like you — I imagine –I am really jonesing to get off of couch arrest and get back to the...
The 2020 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has been canceled as ongoing health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue. The...
Former Best of Show winners will be among the featured marques at the 70th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for August 16, 2020 in California during Monterey Car Week. “Each of these cars is special in its own right,” said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. “Many were the epitome of...
The spectators at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance were treated to some truly exceptional sights on and off the...
The 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, August 18, 2019 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in...
A 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer owned by Sir Michael Kadoorie of Hong Kong won Best of Show at the 69th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held Sunday, August 18, 2019 on the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. There were many contenders for Best...
The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance 2019 was held Thursday, August 15th, starting and ending at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center...
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach 2019 auction was held August 16-17 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in California,...
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2019 was held Sunday, August 18th in Pebble Beach, California. More than 200 automotive treasures lined the 17th and 18th holes of the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links for the 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the pinnacle of Monterey Classic Car Week. The 2019...
