Jaguar D-Type wins 'Best of Show' at 2022 Quail Motorsports Gathering

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- Last updated: July 11th 2024

1956 Jaguar D-Type is awarded the highest award at the Quail, as more than 200 cars appear at the annual Motorsports Gathering

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A pristine 1956 Jaguar D-type was awarded Best of Show at this year’s The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering.

More than 200 entrants assembled at Quail Lodge and Golf Club in California for the annual gathering of gleaming automobilia, from 1920s Rolls-Royces to hypercar debuts.

Jaguar’s Le Mans-winning cars were a focus for 2022, just over 70 years after the marque won its first 24-Hour race victory, and it was a D-Type, owned by property developer and investor Bill Pope, which claimed the highest honour.

The car was praised for “its superb construction, design, attention to detail, workmanship and extensive restoration process”.

Other awards went to a BMW M1 in a one-off feature category marking 50 years of the BMW M division, while a 1965 Mini Cooper S won in All Things Mini.

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General view of 2022 Quail Gathering

More than 200 cars filled the golf course

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A 1995 Bugatti EB110SS was given the Evolution of the Supercar award, as Bugatti unveiled its latest Mistral: the final car to use its W16 engine.

Among its contemporaries were the T.33 and T.50 supercars from Gordon Murray Automotive, as well as Lamborghini’s tuned SUV, the Urus Performante.

Kai Lermen, General Manager of Quail Lodge & Golf Club, said: “This year’s The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering was our best yet.

“The beautiful atmosphere of Quail Lodge & Golf Club and the most exclusive collector and modern cars worldwide make this one of the world’s most renowned automotive lifestyle events.”

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“We look forward to next year’s gathering when we will celebrate our 20th anniversary.”

The awards were accompanied by the Quail Auction where the very last Ferrari 250 Europa GT Coupé, which was fitted with its Pininfarina coachwork in September 1955, sold for $2.095m (£1.77m).

An ex-Steve McQueen 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross motorcycle went under the hammer for $186,500 (£157,600), while a 1956 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupé with less than 22,000 miles on the clock sold for $1.738m (£1.469m).

Total sales exceeded $30m (£25.4m) at Bonham’s 25th Monterey Car Week Sale.

 

2022 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering awards

Best of Show

  • 1956 Jaguar D-Type

Spirit of The Quail

  • 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Bertone Sprint Coupé
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Bertone Sprint Coupe wins award at 2022 Quail Gathering

Dick McClure’s ’58 Alfa Giulietta was awarded Spirit of the Quail

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Hagerty Drivers Foundation & Preservation Award

  • 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

Octane Choice

  • 1959 Citroën Squall Prototype “The French BAT”

ArtCentre College of Design

  • 1963 Chevrolet Corvette

50th Anniversary of the BMW M Division

  • 1980 BMW M1

All Things MINI                         

  • 1965 Austin Mini Cooper ‘S’
Minis at the 2022 Quail Gathering

Minis competed in one of the three featured classes at The Quail

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70 Years of Jaguar and their Wins at Le Mans    

  • 1950 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy

Pre-War Sports & Racing Cars                          

  • 1929 Rolls Royce

Post-War Sports 1945-1960

  • 1956 Maserati A6G Zagato

Post War Sports car category at the 2022 Quail Gathering

Post-War Sports 1961-1975

  • 1964 ATS 2500 GTS

Post-War Racing

  • 1964 Alfa Romeo TZ

Evolution of the Supercar

  • 1995 Bugatti EB110SS

The Great Ferraris

  • 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

Ferraris around rolex clock at the 2022 Quail Gathering

Sports and Racing Motorcycles

  • 1972 Ducati 750 Imola Racer

Custom Coachwork

  • 1934 Ford Model 40 Special Speedster

Car Park Concours de Quailegance

  • 1967 Oilstainlab “Half11”

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