๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐. Derek Hill in the 1949 Parkinson Jaguar sports racing car triumphed in both races for the Pebble Beach Road Racers โ the Del Monte Trophy Race Group – at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion โ on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August 2026. It was a… Continue reading V is for Victory
Category: Drivers
U is for Unlimited
๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐. The Unlimited Class was the premier and highest-horsepower race group at the historic Pebble Beach Road Races (1950โ1956). Reserved for sports cars over 1,500 cc, this category featured roaring Cadillac-powered Allards, Jaguars, and Ferraris racing through the Del Monte Forest. The Del Monte… Continue reading U is for Unlimited
Q is for Quarter-Mile
Q รฏแนก แธรถแน Qรผรคแนแบรซแนโธแนรฏแธทรซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ On the hallowed lawns of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 1950, don’t mention quarter-mile oval racing. Oh no. Infra dig. But up the road the California hot-rodders were taking on the sophisticats from Europe, the Jaguars, Ferraris, Porsches, Allards and MGs. There… Continue reading Q is for Quarter-Mile
P is for Pebble Beach Road Races
๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ธ๐ช๐ญ ๐ก๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ โ ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ The Pebble Beach Road Races were a series of sports car racing events in Pebble Beach, California, from 1950 through 1956. The Del Monte Trophy was held on the twisty, leafy, and very narrow town roads… Continue reading P is for Pebble Beach Road Races
O is for OSCA
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐. O.S.C.A. (Officine Specializzate Costruzione AutomobiliโFratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established 1947 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by the Maserati brothers, and closed down in 1967. Drivers frequently campaigned the lightweight, agile MT4 model through the Del Monte Forest,… Continue reading O is for OSCA
N is for Nicols-Panhard
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ญ Pretty rare indeedโฆ only four were built.Owner Jean-Pierre Molerus writes โMurray Nichols was commissioned by Bill Devin to make another car to go with the C model already in production . The car was named the S model for sport use. The… Continue reading N is for Nicols-Panhard
L is for Laguna Seca
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ป ๐ธ๐ ๐ต๐พ๐ ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca) is a paved road racing track on the Central Coast of California used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, near both Salinas and Monterey, California. The racetrack is 2.238 mi (3.602 km)… Continue reading L is for Laguna Seca
M is for MG
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ MG cars had their roots in a 1920s sales promotion side-line of Morris Garages, a retail sales and service centre in Oxford belonging to William Morris. The business’s manager, Cecil Kimber, modified standard production Morris Oxfords and added MG Super Sports to… Continue reading M is for MG
J is for Jaguar
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ โค… โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ – ๐ต ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ Jaguar made its name by producing a series of successful eye-catching high-performance sports cars, the Jaguar XK120 (1948โ54), Jaguar XK140 (1954โ57), Jaguar XK150 (1957โ61), and Jaguar E-Type (1961โ75). The sports cars were successful in international motorsport, a path followed in the… Continue reading J is for Jaguar
Escuderia California
Steve Knoll has been a friend and co-conspirator of Rob Manson for some 20 years and was present in Barcelona when the idea was born that Rob should go motor racing. Robโs brother-in-law Don โSlimโ Pepperdene was at the same meeting; the initiative and a future collection of race cars was named Escuderia California. Rob… Continue reading Escuderia California