Doug Sallen’s white Morgan Plus 4 – Chassis: 2461 – often ran with race No.711. He has been an ardent racer and supporter of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group for decades. 1952 Morgan Plus 4 owned by Doug Sallen and he raced often, for example in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in 2016 at… Continue reading 1952 Morgan Plus 4 – Doug Sallen
Category: Monterey Car Week
William Rooklidge: 1952 Jaguar XK120
๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. Posting No.9 in the series William Rooklidge: 1952 Jaguar XK120Jaguar delivered this XK120-M โopen two seaterโ in July of 1952 through the Hornburg dealership in Los Angeles. The car turned up in February 1955 at Willow Springs Raceway, entered and… Continue reading William Rooklidge: 1952 Jaguar XK120
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
1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018
Every Jaguar C-type is special, but few cars can claim to have had Formula 1 champions as both its first owner and its current one, from many decades apart. This particular C-type, chassis XKC018, is believed to have been originally supplied to Juan Manuel Fangio, and raced extensively across South America. Despite the arduous nature… Continue reading 1952 Jaguar C-Type XKC018
Rob Manson, Baldwin Special
Rob Manson, Steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, at the wheel of his unique 1949 Baldwin Mercury Special. Details about the car athttps://dmtrg.com/rob-manson-1949-baldwin-mercury-special/andhttps://dmtrg.com/1949-mercury-baldwin/ We are so grateful to have friends who take great photographs and make them available for the pleasure of everyone. Colin Warnes, leading light of the Allard Register http://www.allardregister.org/, has… Continue reading Rob Manson, Baldwin Special
In the fast lane
The atmosphere we create at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion or at the Velocity Invitational are inspiring places, even for someone not immersed in motor racing legend and diff oil. Rob Manson, I and several of you made my old friend Andrew de Lory – veteran and photographer from Fremont CA – feel welcome at… Continue reading In the fast lane
1951 Jaguar XK120 road test
We are pleased to be able to show you the original road test and review of the Jaguar XK120 in Road and Track of May 1951. Note the remark “The Jaguar XK120 is by far the fastest car tested by Road & Track”! The particular car (#670191) tested is of great importance to us all… Continue reading 1951 Jaguar XK120 road test
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 10:03:45โฏpm GMT-3 Hi Rob, and everyone,I am a HUGE fan… Continue reading ALL-British show returning to Monterey
Rolex Historics – press release
Here is the preview press release from the Del Monte Trophy Race Group for our races at the Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion 11-13 August 2023
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