Car # 2D – 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder – white/blue Driven by Tazio Ottis of Berkeley, California Raced in the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1955 (1st P.Hill) and 1956 (1st C.Shelby) This particular Ferrari, #0510M was purchased by Texas millionaire and racing enthusiast, Allen Guiberson, in 1955. Its racing pedigree makes it… Continue reading 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder
Category: Events
2021 – Bulletin #2 for drivers and owners
Del Monte Trophy Race Group Bulletin Number 2, June 2021 It was a pleasure to catch up with many of you earlier this month at the CSRG Laguna Seca races. We actually had 4 Jaguar XK-120s (see the group shot of the drivers and owners below) racing together all weekend in a scrum of nearly… Continue reading 2021 – Bulletin #2 for drivers and owners
2021 Bulletin #1 for drivers and owners
Rob Manson writes: Gentlemen, As we all begin (optimistically) to plan our racing calendars for the upcoming season, Doug and I felt that it would be a good opportunity to put out this first Del Monte Trophy Race Group 2021 Bulletin. The new Season will be the 70th Anniversary of the first European-style Road Races… Continue reading 2021 Bulletin #1 for drivers and owners
Jaguar XK120 vs. Allard J2X . . . Déjà Vu at Sonoma
In the halcyon days of the early 1950s, you could go to a sports car race and watch real cars race on real roads—places like Golden Gate Park and Pebble Beach reintroduced European style road racing to Americans. Close roads to ordinary traffic, put a few hay bales on corners, wave a green flag and… Continue reading Jaguar XK120 vs. Allard J2X . . . Déjà Vu at Sonoma
News Blog 9: 2021 Covid-19, cancellations and alternative events
Message about the Monterey Motorsports Reunion from Doug Sallen and Rob Manson (2020 Bulletin 2) … Hello All, after what has truly been a long strange Spring-into-Summer which in most of our cases has facilitated some serious garage time. We likely have our 1947-1955 race cars prepared like never before – all dressed up but… Continue reading News Blog 9: 2021 Covid-19, cancellations and alternative events
1954 Warrior-Bristol
Rod Nuckey was a young English driver whose family owned the Warrior Tap & Die Company in Hertfordshire. In 1953 he acquired a Cooper-Bristol Formula 2 Mark II, chassis CB Mk23153. Nuckey won several races during 1953, in the Cooper racing for Ecurie Richmond. However at the final Snetterton meeting of the year the car… Continue reading 1954 Warrior-Bristol
Events
This page will carry information on upcoming events for Del Monte Trophy Race Group cars. Please provide information to Rob Manson and Marcus Bicknell (see Contacts page). 2017 August Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, August. Triumphantly completed. 2018 August Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Can’t… Continue reading Events
Rob Manson: 1952 Schaghticoke Streets Manning Special
One of the most characterful, pugnacious and hot-roddy of Rob Manson’s various California Road Race Specials is the Schaghticoke Streets Manning Special. Let’s look at all three Manning specials first. Their most significant feature is Manning’s ultra-lightweight, rigid, tubular chassis. Pre-War Ford suspension and drum brakes are used and power is from a classic hot-rod… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1952 Schaghticoke Streets Manning Special
Rob Manson: 1953 Kurtis 500S Dodge
Frank Kurtis based the design for the 1953 Kurtis 500S sports car on his successful Kurtis 500 Indianapolis roadster chassis, widened to accommodate two people and the V8 motors available at the time. Between 20 and 30 of the cars were built in one year only, at Kurtis Kraft in Glendale, California. This Kurtis… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1953 Kurtis 500S Dodge
Rob Manson: 1953 Tatum GMC Special
Charles “Chuck” Tatum was a decorated Marine Corps veteran of Iwo Jima from Stockton, California. He built the Tatum GMC Special in late 1952-early 1953 on a dare from friends Phil Hill, Sammy Weiss and Doug Trotter. Pre and Post War Ford suspension and drum brakes are mounted on a Tatum, designed and built, tube… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1953 Tatum GMC Special