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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

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

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

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: 1950 MG TD Von Neumann Special

No.10 in our series of cars and drivers. 1950 MG TD Von Neumann Special, car #11 – ex Jeffrey Abramson and Don Martine This 1950 MG TD was purchased early in 1950 by Johnny Von Neumann. Immediately the wood was removed from the body tub and replaced with electrical conduit tubing. The fenders, hood, gas… Continue reading Rob Manson: 1950 MG TD Von Neumann Special