DEL MONTE TROPHY RACE GROUP 70th Anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races Race 1 report Saturday 14th August 2021 Our 24 sports racing cars from 1948-1955 rolled up to the start at Laguna Seca at 10h45 on Saturday as the morning mist lifted off the top of the Corkscrew. In pole position, Rob Manson’s… Continue reading Race report Saturday 14th August 2021 – Monterey Reunion
Category: Drivers
Pebble Beach 70th – article in Victory Lane
Hot on the heels of the article about our Del Monte Trophy Race Group in The Wheel, here is one about us and the 70th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races in Victory Lane magazine. Read page 33 on a one-page pdf at Victory Lane Vol 36 No 7 July 2021 p33 Flip through… Continue reading Pebble Beach 70th – article in Victory Lane
1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder
Car # 2D – 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder – white/blue Driven by Tazio Ottis of Berkeley, California Raced in the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1955 (1st P.Hill) and 1956 (1st C.Shelby) This particular Ferrari, #0510M was purchased by Texas millionaire and racing enthusiast, Allen Guiberson, in 1955. Its racing pedigree makes it… Continue reading 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder
1956 Cleary Crosley Special
Car #58 – 1956 Cleary Crosley Special – yellow – Class H Special Driven by Michael Cleary of Thousand Oaks, California A beautiful little Special built for the 750cc Class H. The chassis is from a Fiat Topolino and it is powered by a Crosley CIBA 4-cylinder motor mated to a Fiat Topolino four-speed gearbox.… Continue reading 1956 Cleary Crosley Special
2021 – Bulletin #2 for drivers and owners
Del Monte Trophy Race Group Bulletin Number 2, June 2021 It was a pleasure to catch up with many of you earlier this month at the CSRG Laguna Seca races. We actually had 4 Jaguar XK-120s (see the group shot of the drivers and owners below) racing together all weekend in a scrum of nearly… Continue reading 2021 – Bulletin #2 for drivers and owners
Rob Manson: 1953 Kurtis 500S Dodge
Frank Kurtis based the design for the 1953 Kurtis 500S sports car on his successful Kurtis 500 Indianapolis roadster chassis, widened to accommodate two people and the V8 motors available at the time. Between 20 and 30 of the cars were built in one year only, at Kurtis Kraft in Glendale, California. This Kurtis 500S… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1953 Kurtis 500S Dodge
Rob Manson: 1953 Tatum GMC Special
Charles “Chuck” Tatum was a decorated Marine Corps veteran of Iwo Jima from Stockton, California. He built the Tatum GMC Special in late 1952-early 1953 on a dare from friends Phil Hill, Sammy Weiss and Doug Trotter. Pre and Post War Ford suspension and drum brakes are mounted on a Tatum, designed and built, tube… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1953 Tatum GMC Special
Jeffrey Abramson: 1950 MGTD Von Neuman Special
No.10 in our series of cars and drivers. Jeffrey Abramson: 1950 MGTD Von Neuman Special, car #11 This 1950 MGTD Von Neuman Special was purchased early in 1950 by John Von Neuman. Immediately the wood was removed from the body tub and replaced with electrical conduit tubing. The fenders, hood, gas tank, doors, front and… Continue reading Jeffrey Abramson: 1950 MGTD Von Neuman Special