Many thanks to Simon Taylor for providing some wonderful video footage of his 1955 HWM Stovebolt Special. Excitement mounts for this race car which owner broadcaster Simon Taylor will ship over to Monterey in August. This extraordinary car is slated to race with us at the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion August 12-15 then showing (off)… Continue reading HWM Stovebolt videos
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Stovebolt Special to Pebble Beach
Stovebolt Special Returns to Pebble Beach Decades after Historic Run in Last Road RaceHWM Race Car Made First Road Racing Use of a Chevy V8 PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA (April 22, 2026) — At the drop of the green flag, in what was to be the very last road race at Pebble Beach although no one… Continue reading Stovebolt Special to Pebble Beach
Simca MG 1955. Frank Monise
Here’s a photo off Facebook of Frank Monise Sr. in his Simca powered by MG in 1955. His son Howard Monise writes, 22 June 2024: “My dad’s hobby was racing various cars over 40+ years. This pic is from a sports car race at Goleta Airport in Santa Barbara, September 1955. I love the old… Continue reading Simca MG 1955. Frank Monise
1954 Satecmo Eolia
André Georges Claude—son of the renowned physicist Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light and liquid air, and himself a brilliant engineer—decided to build a brand-new, entirely French “customer-competition” racing car… an engineer’s flight of fancy, in short! Indeed, as the head of SATECMO—a company specializing in the tuning of 4CV engines—and the designer of… Continue reading 1954 Satecmo Eolia
Pebble Beach Concours to feature us
A great article in L’Etage Magazine about the 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Sandra Button’s Grand Finale, linked below. There is a fine quote about the special involvement of our cars, the Pebble Beach Road Racers and the Del Monte Trophy Race Group… “Each year, Button carefully curates the featured marques and special classes,… Continue reading Pebble Beach Concours to feature us
Ken Miles – in miniature
Ken Miles – in miniature. That’s a contradiction in terms. Ken Miles was a giant of a man; engineer and race driver, the creator of everything from the Pebble Beach Road Race star the MG Flying Shingle to the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968,… Continue reading Ken Miles – in miniature
1954 Young Special
The Young Special was designed and built by John P. Young of Los Angeles and was last raced in 1956. David Steele writes: It is somewhat Crosley-based, in that the drivetrain and some of the suspension and brake components are Crosley. Power is from a custom built Crosley Twin Cam engine built by Young who… Continue reading 1954 Young Special
Baldwin Payne at Grand National Roadster Show
Our friend and DMTRG committee member David Steele presided over an impressive booth for his American Hot Rod Foundation at the Grand National Roadster Show, this last weekend Jan 30 – Feb 1. Pride of place was for Rob Manson’s priceless and historic Baldwin Payne Special, silver and black in our photos with the race… Continue reading Baldwin Payne at Grand National Roadster Show
The Al Moss video collection
Although Al Moss is best known for his racing in the 40s and 50s (including the 1950 MG TD Von Neumann Special now owned by Rob Manson) and for his Moss Motors MG dealership in California. But he was also a motor racing historian and journalist who kept hold of any video which passed his… Continue reading The Al Moss video collection
Pebble Beach Road Race Porsche #125
This new still picture of the 1954 Pebble Beach Road Races is a grab from the video The Untold Story of Pebble Beach’s Wild Road Races & Legendary Drivers “Racing Through the Forest” which you can view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVkTmTlP3Ko (although since posting this I cannot find the exact sequence… please let me know if you… Continue reading Pebble Beach Road Race Porsche #125