Our next race event; 15 cars from our Del Monte Trophy Race Group, the cars which raced at Pebble Beach in the 1950s, are entered for the … 2021 Velocity Invitational November 11 – 14, 2021 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca The website at https://velocityinvitational.com/ is quite informative although they have not reflected our cars yet.… Continue reading 2021 Velocity Invitational, November 11 – 14, 2021
Category: Events
Our flatheads on the drag strip, September 2021
RPM Nationals at Santa Margarita, California, with the three Baldwins – Rob Manson in the Baldwin Mercury, Max Jamiesson in the Baldwin Payne and Stu Hanssen in the Baldwin Hanssen. Rob won the V8 Full Race Trophy running against period Flathead dragsters. You Tube has several videos posted, of which https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7H3htZKDYI shows two of the… Continue reading Our flatheads on the drag strip, September 2021
Video from Victory Lane – Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15, 2021
Wow. A masterful video summarising our Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15 by Jim Rose and featured on Victory Lane’s web site. Many thanks to Celac Colvert at Victory Lane for providing it to us, for the pleasure. The slo-mo shots of the Manning, Rob’s Kurtis, the Tatum, the Hanssen Baldwin , the Cannon and… Continue reading Video from Victory Lane – Pebble Beach 70th anniversary Aug 14-15, 2021
Del Monte Trophy Race Group – 2021 Bulletin 4, August 18
Dear All, The 70th Anniversary celebration of the Pebble Beach Road Races and Concours d’Elegance kicked off with a press conference in the Concours Village before the start of the annual Tour d’Elegance. The backdrop was all 5 of the Pebble Beach Road Races winners positioned in front of our 50 foot Celebration Display. Sandra… Continue reading Del Monte Trophy Race Group – 2021 Bulletin 4, August 18
Our cars and the Pebble Beach celebrations in the news
https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/64282-weathertech-raceway-laguna-seca-to-celebrate-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-pebble-beach-road-races-at-the-rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion Descendants of Pebble Beach Drivers Take on the Track this August and https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/64282-weathertech-raceway-laguna-seca-to-celebrate-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-pebble-beach-road-races-at-the-rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion
The descendants of the original Pebble Beach drivers
The Del Monte Trophy Race Group Announce a Unique Special Event in Conjunction with Celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pebble Beach Road Races Posted Aug-10-21 at 6:13 PM By dan davis at https://www.victorylane.com/blog.cfm?ba=c&thread_ID=140 On track in August – the descendants of the original Pebble Beach drivers The Del Monte Trophy Race… Continue reading The descendants of the original Pebble Beach drivers
Monterey Race 2 report Saturday 14 August 2021
DEL MONTE TROPHY RACE GROUP 70th Anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races Race 2 report Saturday 14 August 2021 After our 24 sports racing cars from 1947-1955 had completed Race 1 in the morning of Saturday August 14 at Laguna Seca, there were only a few hours before they were out on track again… Continue reading Monterey Race 2 report Saturday 14 August 2021
Race report Saturday 14th August 2021 – Monterey Reunion
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
The Pebble Beach survivors – the cars racing in 2021
This release lists the cars, the Pebble Beach survivors. 70 years on, 9 of the identical cars are still racing. We have also put together here for the first time the before and after photos for each. Download the release here: Press release Pebble Beach survivors 11Aug2021 For your publication or web-site you may download… Continue reading The Pebble Beach survivors – the cars racing in 2021
Article on us! 70th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races
Read the terrific article about the 70th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races by Gary Horstkorta in The Wheel, the journal of the SCCA. He emphasises the five cars which ran there in period and will race with us at Laguna Seca 14/15 August 2021. Click on the link below The_Wheel_July_2021