Fritz Burkard's 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports won Best of Show in Pebble Beach. It's the first time a Preservation-class car wins the event.
MONTEREY, Calif. ? For decades, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance's prestigious Best of Show award has gone to an immaculately-restored car. This changed in 2024, when the judges selected a 1934 Bugatti Type 39 Sports entered in the Preservation category as the overall winner. As the name implies, the Preservation category is open to cars that ooze with patina.
Bugatti then converted it into a street car by removing the supercharger and adding parts including a new fully-synchronized four-speed manual transmission, headlights and a windshield. The model nonetheless kept racing, it notably won the final Algerian Grand Prix, and it ultimately ended in King Leopold III of Belgium's collection.� Ettore Bugatti had the Type 59 Sports repainted from blue to black, which was the King's favorite color.
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