Month: December 2022

DMTRG steward Rob Manson purchased the light blue Barlow Simca car in 2022 and has completed a rebuild of this rare motor vehicle. Its race debut was at Velocity Invitational at Sonoma in November 2023 and it has been out several times at Laguna Seca and Sonoma since, with Rob Manson or his brother-in-law Slim… Continue reading Barlow Simca 8 Special 1951

Rob Manson writes me today with 4 extraordinary photos from the October 3,4 1953 Long Beach Road Races in California. This event was another “one-off” promotion as Southern California’s pioneer road racers (the “Fabulous Fifties”) sought dependable, re-usable venues in which to exercise their vehicles and skills in a renascent sport; these were held on… Continue reading 1953 Long Beach Races