The Del Monte Trophy Race Group cars ran with Velocity Invitational’s Group 1 – 1947–1956 Sports Racing Cars & Production Sports Cars on November 11/12, 2023 so Cooper, Talbot Lago, Maserati, Porsche and Aston Martin were represented in the field of 22 cars.
Here’s Race 2 as seen by Marcus Bicknell on the live stream on YouTube, with added ingredients… anecdotes from the drivers, words of wisdom from the Del Monte boys, in-car video footage, aspartame, carotenoid colorants (E160, E161, E164) and tumeric.
“The starting order on Sunday is the finishing order from Race 1 on Saturday. As they roll towards the start line in orderly formation, pole sitter Tony Garmey (driving Rob Manson’s white 1953 Tatum GMC Special #25C) had #23 Alex MacAllister in his 1955 Jaguar D Type in Ecurie Ecosse colours on his left. The #9c 1953 Kurtis 500S Dodge is being driven by Don “Slim” Pepperdene... ”
To keep you in your toes, the prose is not altogether Race Car Digest; phrases like the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Shakespeare’s The Tempest Act 1, scene 2, Horlicks, To Infinity and Beyond, between the devil and the deep blue sea, and the Golden Gate Bridge feature.
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