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Probably the most famous vintage Bentley of all, the sinister-looking Speed Six Gurney Nutting Sportsman Coupe built for Bentley chairman Woolf Barnato in 1930 and today owned by American Bentley collector Bruce R. McCaw, took the Pullman Trophy for Best of Show at this past weekend’s 2013 St. James’s Concours of Elegance.

For years, many believed that this Gurney Nutting Coupe was the car that Barnato drove in his famous March 1930 race against the Calais-Mediterranee Express, or as it was better known, the Blue Train; according to Bentley, however, McCaw’s research determined that the Gurney Nutting Coupe wasn’t built until after the race took place and that Barnato actually drove a Mulliner-bodied Speed Six saloon, now also owned by McCaw. McCaw displayed both cars side-by-side in 2001 at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, where the Mulliner-bodied car won third in its class and the Gurney Nutting-bodied car won the Road & Track Trophy.

Other awards presented at the concours include the Pol Roger Award for The Most Elegant Gentleman or Lady Driver, given to Fred & Donna Anne Kriz; the Lockton Private Clients Award for The Most Historically Significant Car, given to Jonathan Turner’s 1925 Bentley 3 litre Team Car; the William & Son Award for The Most Elegant British Car, given to Dr. Terry Bramall CBE’s 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Vanden Plas Torpedo Grande Luxe; the RM Auctions Award, given to Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Lee’s 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet; the Royal Automobile Club Spirit of Motoring Award, given to Evert Louwman; and the Autoglym Biggest Shine Award, given to James Patterson’s 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrbeck Roadster.