Bill Pollack (1925-2017) interviews Phil Hill (1927-2008) at his home on February 11, 2003 to discuss their early days in racing, often against each other. Phil Hill drove his Jaguar XK120 to victory in the first Pebble Beach Road Race, November 5, 1950, and provided the cornerstone of the 1948-1955 sports racing class which we… Continue reading Bill Pollack & Phil Hill talk
Category: Media
Our cars at the 2024 Rolex
We know you cannot get enough of these cars, on track or images. I have trawled through our photos from the 2024 Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Laguna Seca in August and show all but five of the cars we raced with. Most of these photos are by our esteemed friend and Allard fiend Colin… Continue reading Our cars at the 2024 Rolex
2025 bulletins 1 and 2
We publish here for the record the two bulletins already sent by Rob Manson, Steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, to drivers and owners of the cars in our race group. Bulletin 2: about the Del Monte Trophy Race Group Movie. Download the bulletin here View the movie on Victory Lane’s YouTube channelhttps://youtu.be/9wvEG-qwfKE?list=UUvQnXJzL_xIyDEre86KlHBA… Continue reading 2025 bulletins 1 and 2
New movie on the Del Monte Trophy Race Group
February 1, 2025 – our brilliant 5-minute movie is releasedThe 1950s cars of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group triumph at the 2024 Velocity Invitational at Sonoma in California. British thoroughbreds including Jaguar, Cooper and MG fight off the assault of the California road race specials, the cars of the original Pebble Beach Road Races… Continue reading New movie on the Del Monte Trophy Race Group
Walt Hansgen Jaguar XK120 Special
Walt Hansgen’s 1951 Jaguar XK120 Special, now raced by Bob Millstein. Unable to purchase a C-Type for the 1953 season, Hansgen decided to transfer his Jaguar XK120’s key components to a lightweight “special”. By replacing the XK120’s basically two-dimensional ladder frame with an elaborate three-dimensional structure of (mostly) round tubing, he hoped to meet or… Continue reading Walt Hansgen Jaguar XK120 Special
1949 Mercury Baldwin press
The May 1950 edition of Road and Track magazine carries a two-page article on Rob Manson’s superb 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special – a car very familiar to other drivers and spectators in the Del Monte Trophy Group races at Monterey and Sonoma. We make the article available here in pdf in case you would like… Continue reading 1949 Mercury Baldwin press
ALL-British show returning to Monterey
We are so pleased to get this email from Kristan that we take the liberty of relaying it in full here. I am sure he will get the support of our numerous British-faithful Del Monte boys and gals. From: Kristansnarf <kristansnarf@aol.com>Date: December 8, 2024 at 10:03:45 pm GMT-3 Hi Rob, and everyone,I am a HUGE fan… Continue reading ALL-British show returning to Monterey
Button podium
Thank you Gilbert Hakim for sending this smartphone video of part of the podium celebration of Jenson Button’s win in our Group 1 at the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma on October 6th, 2024. For the record, I am heard saying “He says he’ll take any win he can get.” Left to right Marcus Bicknell (3rd),… Continue reading Button podium
In the paddock
John Buddenbaum forwards to us a neat video of the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion of August 2024 with some good coverage of our paddock and some of us “hanging around” chatting and me “working” on the Manning… https://youtu.be/X61BbIuHFrs?si=xGo4Gfd5Fj_H6OHa
Our group
Our group photo from Sunday – The Del Monte Trophy Race Group feature race podium at the Velocity Invitational, Sonoma Raceway USA, October 6, 2024: John Buddenbaum (1949 Parkinson Jaguar, 2nd), Jenson Button (2009 F1 World Champion, 1952 Jaguar C-Type, winner, photo inset) and Marcus Bicknell (1952 Streets Manning, 3rd). www.dmtrg.com With many thanks to… Continue reading Our group