Gallery: The race with 26 pre-war Bugattis – the Grover Williams Trophy
Many of us would probably get a little nervous at the prospect of driving our own car hard if it was older than 10 years old. We’d be worried that pushing the engine would make something go bang, and we’d likely be hypersensitive to every little noise and rattle. Thankfully the 26 individuals you see driving here do not share those concerns, a miracle, frankly, when you realise they’re all driving Bugattis that are nearly 100 years old.
This is the mad, brilliant Grover Williams Trophy at the 72nd Members’ Meeting, where all of the cars on the grid are older than 95 per cent of the world’s population. The most senior cars are from 1925, of which there are six, while the ‘newest’ machine is the 1938 Bugatti Type 59/50B III. There’s also the 1934 Bugatti Type 57G ‘Tank’, so called because of its unique bodywork.
What a crazy, crazy race.
Photography by Jochen Van Cauwenberge.
Grover Williams Trophy
72MM
Members Meeting
Gallery
Bugatti
Pre-War