Category: History

The Adair family and their 1955 Elva Mk1 won the Del Monte Trophy under 2000 cc at the Velocity Invitational Laguna Seca event in October 2022. Rob Manson caught up with them at RMMR Laguna Seca August 2023 to present the take-home Trophy. Dennis Adair is engraved on the perpetual Trophy. His son Kevin, who… Continue reading Del Monte Trophy 2022

These photos sent by Stephen Payne are good reminders of what the cars (Barlow Simca and MGs), the pits and the circuits looked like in 1952 and 1953. This is the Chino Airport circuit and its primitive facilities.

  Great set of pics from Laguna Seca last weekend, forwarded by Blake Tatum, thank you, and taken by the talented young Ashwin Viswesvaran. Looks like he makes electric race cars in San Jose, the Spartan… https://www.linkedin.com/school/sjsufsae/   The three other photos are taken in the braking zone for the Corkscrew at the top of… Continue reading At the Corkscrew

RACE REPORT Marcus Bicknell reporting Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Group 12 (1947-1960 front engine sports racing and GT, including the Del Monte Trophy race group from the Pebble Beach Road Races) You can download this report at https://dmtrg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/RMMR_Group12_Race1_report_MB-_8Aug2023.pdf with the lists of cars in nice columns and tickety-boo. To find about a car, check out… Continue reading Laguna Seca  Aug 18 , 2023

At the 2023 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, William Rooklidge’s 1955 Jaguar D-type XKD 531 was presented in the livery in which it was raced throughout 1956 by its first owner, Hollywood comedy writer Jack Douglas. Although the car was delivered in British Racing Green, Douglas repainted the car yellow before its first outing. Despite Douglas’s claim… Continue reading Jaguar D-Type XKD 531

1275cc four cyl. supercharged. Period 1950s racing history. Resurrected by Stan Huntley for vintage racing since the 1974 Monterey Historics. 3 generations of the Marouf family have owned and raced this wonderful MG and it was awarded the Del Monte Trophy for under-2000cc machines in 2019 (presentation photo below). Kaiden reports in 2026 “This car… Continue reading Kaiden Marouf, 1951 supercharged MG TD

John Mote’s Kurtis Sorrell is exotic in looks and aerodynamics – appealing to all race goers – and totally unique in concept and origins – as the Del Monte Trophy cognoscenti know. The Sorrell Kurtis Special GMC inline-6, also known as “Dick Lane’s GMC under Glass” (under glass being a euphemism for the engine located… Continue reading 1953 Kurtis Sorrell GMC Special – John Mote