Del Monte Trophy Race Group Bulletin Number 2, June 2021 It was a pleasure to catch up with many of you earlier this month at the CSRG Laguna Seca races. We actually had 4 Jaguar XK-120s (see the group shot of the drivers and owners below) racing together all weekend in a scrum of nearly… Continue reading 2021 – Bulletin #2 for drivers and owners
Category: Race Cars
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
Joe Calleja – 1953 Allard-Cadillac J2X
#26 in our series of cars and drivers in the Del Monte Trophy race group… This splendid Allard was purchased by Australian Joe Calleja in about 2018 and driven to victory in the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion – 1947-1955 Sports Racing & GT Cars group – by John Bowe, also Australian. We turn to… Continue reading Joe Calleja – 1953 Allard-Cadillac J2X
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
Jeff Abramson: 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider
Race No.22 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, 19-20 August 2017 at Laguna Seca. The Del Monte Trophy Race Group for cars, group 5A, and the spirit of Pebble Beach. Sports racing cars and production racing cars 1947-1955… the cars and drivers: No.24 in the series About Jeff’s Mille Miglia car… a 1954 Pinin Farina S I… Continue reading Jeff Abramson: 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider
Grady LaKamp: 1951 Allard K2 Cadillac
Grady LaKamp, ex-Jon LeCarner, 1951 Allard K2 Cadillac – Race No.51 or 47, probably 88 in the future Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, annually at Laguna Seca. The Del Monte Trophy Race Group for cars in the spirit of the Pebble Beach Road Races. Sports racing cars and production racing cars 1947-1955. This Allard is No.23… Continue reading Grady LaKamp: 1951 Allard K2 Cadillac
Peter Giddings – 1954 Lancia D24 Spider
Peter Giddings – 1954 Lancia D24 Spider – Car No.24 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, 19-20 August 2017 at Laguna Seca. The Del Monte Trophy Race Group for cars, group 5A, and the spirit of Pebble Beach. Sports racing cars and production racing cars 1947-1955… the cars and drivers: No.33 in the series Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937)… Continue reading Peter Giddings – 1954 Lancia D24 Spider
Leland Osborn: 1955 Shannon-Crosley Special, car #172 or 72
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca. The Del Monte Trophy Race Group for cars, group 5A, and the spirit of Pebble Beach. Sports racing cars and production racing cars 1947-1955… the cars and drivers: No.22 in the series The Shannon- Crosley Special was designed and built by Mr. Floyd Shannon during 1954 and 1955… Continue reading Leland Osborn: 1955 Shannon-Crosley Special, car #172 or 72
John Mote – Allard K2 prototype
Sydney Allard’s family had contracts with the US Military (despite being built from 1945 in Clapham, South London, in the UK) and ended up with lots of surplus Ford parts after the war. Sydney loved competing in hill climbs and when the car he built for himself began to have success, people asked him to… Continue reading John Mote – Allard K2 prototype
Ron Laurie: 1955 Hagemann Jaguar Special
The Hagemann Jaguar Special was built from the ground up in 1955 by Babe Sulprizio, who then owned United Engine & Machine Shop and Silva-Lite Piston Company in San Leandro, California. The drive train, suspension, and brakes were mostly Jaguar and the custom-fabricated tube frame was inspired by the C-Type Jag. Sulprizio built the chassis… Continue reading Ron Laurie: 1955 Hagemann Jaguar Special