We are honoured by the November 5 media release from the Pebble Beach Concours… 75th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Will Pay Tribute to Its Roots in Racing. Iconic Sports Racing Greats and One-Off Specials that Made their Mark at the Pebble Beach Road Races Will Be Showcased. PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (November 5, 2025) – Amidst… Continue reading Pebble Beach Concours celebrate our 75th
Category: Race Cars
1953 Denzel Series 3 Roadster – Steve Schmidt
RARE & RAPID… Denzel sports cars are highly regarded for their lightweight, hand-built bodies and VW-based powertrains. Steve Schmidt’s Denzel 1300 got a Porsche 1500S engine and raced at the 1954 and 1955 Sebring 12 Hours. We are honored that he and the Denzel are one of the treasures racing with the Del Monte Trophy… Continue reading 1953 Denzel Series 3 Roadster – Steve Schmidt
Media Assets
As a service to media and the public, the Del Monte Trophy Race Group offers this media assets page on their website from which the high resolution photos of the historic race cars may be downloaded free of charge and without password. Photo credit “Del Monte Trophy Race Group www.dmtrg.com” unless stated. Slightly higher file-size… Continue reading Media Assets
1953 Huffaker-Marston Healey Special
The Huffaker-Marston Healey Special was built in Marin County, California, for sports car salesman and enthusiast Mick Marston, by famed race car constructor, Joe Huffaker. It is the first Huffaker built sports racing car. Marston acquired a wrecked Austin Healey 100 sports car which became the donor of most of the components. Huffaker designed a… Continue reading 1953 Huffaker-Marston Healey Special
1952 Morgan Plus 4 – Doug Sallen
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
1955 Triumph TR2 – David Nelson
Triumph TR2 1955 – David Nelson 1955 Triumph TR2 55 (chassis # TS7141L) was built in Coventry, England. Inline 4-cyl OHV 1,991 cc. David Nelson bought it in Florida in 2002 and restored it to a competitive vintage race car. Eight TR2s appeared for the 1955 running of the Pebble Beach Road Races. In 1954,… Continue reading 1955 Triumph TR2 – David Nelson
Lime Rock 2025
The full results of the East v. West races on the Labor Day weekend 2025 are available at… https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8487152 Group 3 Practise 1https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8487304 Group 3 Practise 2https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8488802 Group 3 Race 1https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8489500 Group 3 Race 2https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8493932 Group 3 Race 3https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8494040 Group 3 Race 4 There is a compelling write-up of the whole race meeting by Kobus… Continue reading Lime Rock 2025
William Rooklidge: 1952 Jaguar XK120
𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟳𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀. Posting No.9 in the series William Rooklidge: 1952 Jaguar XK120Jaguar delivered this XK120-M “open two seater” 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
Where’s Wally?
The man who made the Manning One of the most characterful, pugnacious and hot-roddy of Rob Manson’s various California Road Race Specials is the 1952 Schaghticoke Streets Manning flat-head V8 Special. The origins of Rob’s example have been but a footnote in the otherwise copious documentation… “The third Manning Special was built in about 1955… Continue reading Where’s Wally?
A Manning photo identified
Our research into the history of the Schaghticoke Streets Manning Special has helped Rob Manson identify an iconic photo of the car in race conditions which he has had for many years… but whose date and location were not known. There is every evidence that photo was taken at the Tuppence Races near Montreal on… Continue reading A Manning photo identified