Chris MacAllister will race his 1955 Jaguar D Type with us at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion Aug 14-17 at Laguna Seca, California. The Briggs Cunningham Trophy race group in which we (the Del Monte Trophy race group for which this Facebook page and www.dmtrg.com are kept up to date) combines the DMTRG 1947-1955 cars with the later 1955-1960 cars. Only front engine cars from the later group are included.
https://whatsupmonterey.com/events/monterey-car-week/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion/430
Jaguar D-Type XKD 502 was supplied to Ecurie Ecosse May 1955; Daily Express Silverstone, Titterington, 6th; Ulster Trophy, Titterington, 1st; Dundrod, Titterington, 2nd on handicap; Nürburgring, Titterington crashed; rebuilt by works; Charterhall, Sanderson, 5th & 4th; Snetterton, Sanderson, 2nd; Crimond, Smith, 3rd x 2; September, Aintree, Sanderson,1st; 1956, Snetterton, Brown, 3rd, Sanderson 4th; Goodwood, Brown, 2nd; Oulton Park. Sanderson, 4th; Aintree, Flockhart, 3rd; Charterhall, Sanderson, 1st, Flockhart, 1st; Silverstone, Brown, 2nd in class; Spa, Sanderson,1st; Goodwood, Titterington, 1st & 3rd; Aintree, Titterington, 2nd; Reims, Flockhart/Sanderson, 4th; Silverstone, Titterington, 1st in class; Kristianstad, Titterington/Flockhart, ret’d; Goodwood, Sanderson, 5th; late 1956 sold to Maurice Charles (Cardiff, UK); c. 1958 crashed and rebuilt, possibly using body from XKD 508; early 1960s fitted with IRS, but later removed; later owners included Jack Alderslade, Michael McGrath, Hexagon of Highgate, David Clifford, Robert Cooper, Vic Norman (who had car rebuilt at Lynx mid-1980s), Hon Patrick Lindsay & Albert Obrist; sold to Yoshijuki Hayashi (Japan); 1995 sold to Peter Rae (UK) and then to Chris. UK Road Registration was MWS 302.
We thank Philip Porter for this info, the author of numerous books on the Jaguar marque. In additional to writing books and magazine articles and managing several businesses, he runs the XK Club and E-Type club from Worcestershire, England. His latest books include the Jaguar Scrapbook and the Stirling Moss 1929 – 1954 Scrapbook.
Thank you also to Tam McPartland for his photo shown here, http://tamsoldracecarsite.net/. Who can I credut for the Velocity Invitational 2023 snap?
