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Download the complete report on Race 1, with links to videos from two sources, at http://dmtrg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/velocity_2023_race1_report.pdf Velocity Invitational, a world-class motorsports and lifestyle event https://velocityinvitational.com/, returned to its roots November 10-12, 2023 at Sonoma Raceway in Northern California. Our brave boys were there too, dealing with the ice-cold climes of Northern California’s Wine Country. Although,… Continue reading Sonoma 2023 race 1 report

Fabulous video and images coming from our weekend’s racing at Sonoma in the Velocity Invitational. Here are the 360° YouTube videos from the 1952 Streets Manning flathead-V8 Special driven by … Jay Streets, son of the car’s maker John Streets. Special stuff. Brother Skip Streets drove it last year. Race reports coming soon. Velocity Invitational… Continue reading Streets at Sonoma; videos

Paddock Patter from Laguna Seca On display in the paddock at the Rolex Monterey Motorport Reunion at Laguna Seca, August 17-19 2023, was the bright blue Barlow Simca 8 Special (http://dmtrg.com/2022/12/18/barlow-simca-8-special-1951/), the Pebble Beach 1951 Class 6 (that’s the 1500cc class) winner. Since buying it in 2022 Rob Manson has fully restored this rare motor… Continue reading Barlow Simca breaks cover

Paddock Patter from Laguna Seca ON Sunday 20 August, after the RMMR at Laguna Seca,  several DMTRG cars competed Up the Corkscrew i.e. a hill climb from the pit straight to the top of the Corkscrew in the reverse direction. Slim Pepperdene drove Rob’s blue Barlow Simca (a photo from 1977 which I have just… Continue reading Up the Corkscrew

Paddock Patter from Laguna Seca. Bill Rooklidge and his immaculately-restored 1952 Jaguar D-Type not only won third place in the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours Postwar Competition class but also the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2023 Race Group 12 Rolex Award. As for the racing “I took it out on Friday in the first race, but… Continue reading Rooklidge Jag – more

“We want to congratulate AHRF supporting member, hot rodder and racer extraordinaire, Rob Manson, on taking the win for our July AHRF Hot Rod of the Month” so reads the American Hot Rod Foundation newsletter just out. “Not your usual flathead roadster, Rob’s car is what is often referred to as “an American Special” or… Continue reading AHRF Hot Rod of the Month – Baldwin Mercury

RACE REPORT, RACE 2 Marcus Bicknell reporting Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Group 12 (1947-1960 front engine sports racing and GT, including the Del Monte Trophy race group from the Pebble Beach Road Races), Race 2. You can download this report at http://dmtrg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RMMR_Group12_Race2_report_MB-_19Aug2023-1.pdf with the lists of cars in nice columns. To find about a car,… Continue reading Laguna Seca  Aug 19 , 2023

The Adair family and their 1955 Elva Mk1 won the Del Monte Trophy under 2000 cc at the Velocity Invitational Laguna Seca event in October 2022. Rob Manson caught up with them at RMMR Laguna Seca August 2023 to present the take-home Trophy. Dennis Adair is engraved on the perpetual Trophy. His son Kevin, who… Continue reading Del Monte Trophy 2022