{"id":499965,"date":"2022-07-26T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=134717"},"modified":"2024-02-25T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:07:41","slug":"prescott-90-year-home-of-the-bugatti-owners-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/prescott-90-year-home-of-the-bugatti-owners-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescott &#8211; 90 Year Home of the Bugatti Owners&#8217; Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the mid-west of England, Prescott Estate is home to The Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club, a unique organization that houses its very own competitive hill climb course and the Bugatti Trust, a store of almost 40,000 historic documents and images dedicated to the Bugatti marque. Its connections with the Bugatti brand run right back to the Bugatti family itself, with personal visits from both Ettore and his son Jean during the \u201830s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/02BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club was founded in 1929, just two decades after Ettore launched the automobile company that bore his name. Born out of a shared passion for Bugatti models and the superior design, engineering and driving experience they provided, the Club held its inaugural meeting at one of London\u2019s oldest and most famous restaurants, \u2018Simpson\u2019s in the Strand\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/10BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur birth occurred on December 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 1929, when three total strangers met to discuss over a meal the possibilities of starting a Club in order to bring together the particular enthusiasts who own Bugatti cars,\u201d wrote D.B. Madeley two years later in the first issue of Bugantics, the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x505.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-293x192.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/08BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1400x918.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a>By then, the Club was already hosting driving events on various loose-surface hill climb courses in England, enabling members to indulge in the type of judicious full-throttle exercises their cherished Bugatti models had already established a fearsome reputation for on motor circuits throughout the world. However, these were temporary venues only, leading to the search for a permanent course.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A home worthy of the marque<\/h2>\n<p>In 1937, Colonel (later Brigadier-General) G.M. Giles, who had been present at the first Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club meeting at Simpsons, and his brother Eric, purchased the Prescott Estate and country house. Realizing the potential of the then rutted, muddy drive to the house, work began on rendering the surface more suitable for motorsport. After all, a home in celebration of Bugatti must have some form of race track \u2013 the two go hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/09BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In April 1938, Colonel Giles led a convoy of 130 Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club members and guests in his Type 18 Bugatti \u2018Black Bess\u2019 to Prescott, where the first untimed runs of the hill were held. At the first proper meeting in May of that year, Arthur Baron blasted his Type 51 Bugatti to the summit. Setting the fastest time of the day of 50.70 seconds, Baron triumphed over the similar car of Jack Lemon Burton by a mere 0.04 seconds.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Arrival of the Bugatti \u2018works\u2019 team<\/h2>\n<p>In July the following year, the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club held its first international event, attracting the attendance of Jean Bugatti and the company\u2019s star driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille, who had just won the Le Mans 24 Hours for the marque. \u201cIt is a grand thing to realize that the Bugatti equipe, including Monsieur Jean Bugatti himself, has come here specially for today\u2019s event, all the way from Molsheim in Alsace, and we wish him a pleasant visit and the best of good luck,\u201d recorded the race programme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x505.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-293x192.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1400x918.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a>Wimille\u2019s \u2018works\u2019 Bugatti was based on a Type 59 chassis with a Type 50B engine of 4700cc. Unfortunately, the car did not prove the ideal choice for the track and the French driver was disappointed not to take the fastest time of the day. This elicited an apology from Jean Bugatti. \u201cI am sorry,\u201d he said, \u201cI have brought a car that is unsuitable for your hill. Next year we will bring over a 1.5 litre car \u2013 one of our new ones \u2013 and I hope that we shall do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x505.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-293x192.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-1400x918.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ettore himself was also a visitor to the Club, presenting a version of the Type 51 to its members in 1937, and it\u2019s possible that one of the Club\u2019s modern members himself rebuilt this very car. Member John Horton said: &#8220;The historical details were a little sketchy, but the car was believed to be based on the one that Ettore Bugatti presented to the Club at a dinner in London in 1937. The car later ended up in the hands of a P Monkhouse, and it ran at the first event at Prescott after the war but was then involved in a severe road accident and indeed was said by some to be completely written off. But I rebuilt it with a Bugatti engine and now it resides in the Caister Castle Car Collection on England\u2019s Norfolk coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Driving in the wheel tracks of legends<\/h2>\n<p>When Prescott House was sold, the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club retained ownership of the 69-acre (28-hectare) estate and the Prescott Speed Hill Climb course. The technically challenging 1127-yards (1-km) long course rises more than 200 feet (60 metres) incorporating short straights, fast and slow corners, and a breath-taking hairpin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/04BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the hill still resonates to the sound of Bugatti models, like those that joined Colonel Giles and \u2018Black Bess\u2019 to Prescott in 1938, being pushed to the limit. Rupert Marks is a regular and extremely rapid competitor on the hill in his 1934 Bugatti Type 59. And he never fails to appreciate the experience every time he takes to the course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-621201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/11BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so incredibly fortunate to be able to drive this hill today, especially when you consider that so few historic racing venues have survived with the passage of time,\u201d says Marks. \u201cSet here in the magnificent surroundings of the Cotswolds, it makes your spine tingle every time you drive. We really do owe a great debt to those pioneering members of the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club who created it and passed it on for future generations to enjoy today.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trust in the future<\/h2>\n<p>Also located on the Prescott Estate is the Bugatti Trust. Operating as an independent entity to the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club, the trust provides an unprecedented wealth of Bugatti resources including some 27,000 historic documents and 10,000 images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-621202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/06BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bugatti Trust was set up by Hugh Conway in 1987, and today, his son, also called Hugh, serves as Chairman. \u201cMy father was a huge Bugatti enthusiast and collected an enormous wealth of resources relating to the marque, which visitors are welcome to access today. The Bugatti Trust is here not only to provide a resource for knowledgeable Bugatti enthusiasts, but also to inspire the next generation of engineers. If, through our exhibits, we can inspire younger visitors to use their imagination, then we will keep the engineering spirit of Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/12BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/12BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/12BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/12BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, 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It is an independently funded UK registered charity with educational aims and objectives. Current display highlights include a stunning Bugatti Type 57S Atlantic \u2013 which has been totally rebuilt after a crash, the Type 1 Prinetti &amp; Stucchi tricycle by Ettore Bugatti on loan from The Pearl Collection and Jean Bugatti\u2019s personal diary from 1939 on loan from the Mus\u00e9e National de l\u2019Automobile \u2013 Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse (France).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-621203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/05BUGATTI_Owners-Drive_Prescott-Hill-770x513-1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the mid-west of England, Prescott Estate is home to The Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club, a unique organization that houses its very own competitive hill climb course and the Bugatti Trust, a store of almost 40,000 historic documents and images dedicated to the Bugatti marque. Its connections with the Bugatti brand run right back to the Bugatti family itself, with personal visits from both Ettore and his son Jean during the \u201830s. &nbsp; The Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club was founded in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":810430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,255],"tags":[5469,429,17680],"class_list":["post-499965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-news","tag-bugatti","tag-news","tag-vintage-race-vscc-prescott-hill-climb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prescott - 90 Year Home of the Bugatti Owners&#039; Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Located in the mid-west of England, Prescott Estate is home to The Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club, a unique organization that houses its very own competitive hill climb course and the Bugatti Trust.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/prescott-90-year-home-of-the-bugatti-owners-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prescott - 90 Year Home of the Bugatti Owners&#039; 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