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Bill Pollack & Phil Hill talk

Bill Pollack (1925-2017) interviews Phil Hill (1927-2008) at his home on February 11, 2003 to discuss their early days in racing, often against each other. Phil Hill drove his Jaguar XK120 to victory in the first Pebble Beach Road Race, November 5, 1950, and provided the cornerstone of the 1948-1955 sports racing class which we… Continue reading Bill Pollack & Phil Hill talk

1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018

Every Jaguar C-type is special, but few cars can claim to have had Formula 1 champions as both its first owner and its current one, from many decades apart. This particular C-type, chassis XKC018, is believed to have been originally supplied to Juan Manuel Fangio, and raced extensively across South America. Despite the arduous nature… Continue reading 1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018

2025 bulletins 1 and 2

We publish here for the record the two bulletins already sent by Rob Manson, Steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, to drivers and owners of the cars in our race group. Bulletin 2: about the Del Monte Trophy Race Group Movie. Download the bulletin here View the movie on Victory Lane’s YouTube channelhttps://youtu.be/9wvEG-qwfKE?list=UUvQnXJzL_xIyDEre86KlHBA… Continue reading 2025 bulletins 1 and 2

New movie on the Del Monte Trophy Race Group

February 1, 2025 – our brilliant 5-minute movie is releasedThe 1950s cars of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group triumph at the 2024 Velocity Invitational at Sonoma in California.  British thoroughbreds including Jaguar, Cooper and MG fight off the assault of the California road race specials, the cars of the original Pebble Beach Road Races… Continue reading New movie on the Del Monte Trophy Race Group

Rob Manson, Baldwin Special

Rob Manson, Steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, at the wheel of his unique 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special. Details about the car athttps://dmtrg.com/rob-manson-1949-baldwin-mercury-special/andhttps://dmtrg.com/1949-mercury-baldwin/ We are so grateful to have friends who take great photographs and make them available for the pleasure of everyone. Colin Warnes, leading light of the Allard Register http://www.allardregister.org/, has… Continue reading Rob Manson, Baldwin Special

Walt Hansgen Jaguar XK120 Special

Walt Hansgen’s 1951 Jaguar XK120 Special, now raced by Bob Millstein. Unable to purchase a C-Type for the 1953 season, Hansgen decided to transfer his Jaguar XK120’s key components to a lightweight “special”. By replacing the XK120’s basically two-dimensional ladder frame with an elaborate three-dimensional structure of (mostly) round tubing, he hoped to meet or… Continue reading Walt Hansgen Jaguar XK120 Special

More videos from Velocity

At the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway near San Francisco CA on 5th October 2024, the Group 1 cars, Sports Racing Cars 1948-1955 (the Del Monte Trophy Race Group after which this web site is named) took to the track for their first of 2 races. At the rolling start, Marcus Bicknell’s camera car (yellow… Continue reading More videos from Velocity

In the fast lane

The atmosphere we create at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion or at the Velocity Invitational are inspiring places, even for someone not immersed in motor racing legend and diff oil. Rob Manson, I and several of you made my old friend Andrew de Lory – veteran and photographer from Fremont CA – feel welcome at… Continue reading In the fast lane