Just six weeks till we race in California. The Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion is Celebrating 75 Years of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group and the Legacy That Created Laguna Seca. Read their newsletter of today and watch the video interview with our steward Rob Manson… https://mailchi.mp/laguna-seca/corkscrewnewslettermay20-2757027?e=bba5377888 The video is at https://weathertechraceway.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af78c32bdd5f45a88bf2d9aa5&id=fdf79d32cb&e=bba5377888
Category: Video
Pebble Beach Road Races; by Rob Manson
Do please enjoy this interview of Rob Manson, the steward of the Del Monte Trophy Race Group – known to the wider public as the Pebble Beach Road Racers, as he recounts his take on the Pebble Beach Road Races 1950-1956 through the pines of the Monterey peninsular. This is brand new footage shot in… Continue reading Pebble Beach Road Races; by Rob Manson
HWM Stovebolt videos
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
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
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
Jenson’s C-Type at Goodwood
Wow. Jenson Button’s C-Type Jaguar (he might have sold it; it’s Alex Buncombe driving) is slipping and a sliding at Goodwood yesterday. Will you look at this, p-lease… https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1280178733379063 We had better weather at Sonoma California for the Velocity Invitational last October, in which Jenson and this car took the honours in the Del Monte… Continue reading Jenson’s C-Type at Goodwood
Greg Rickes, voice of Lime Rock Park
We heard from Steve Knoll this week that Greg Rickes, “the voice of Lime Rock Park” Is under the weather. He has been the commentator at Lime Rock since the sixties, with a mass of accumulated knowledge especially of the historic race cars. He’s been a big advocate of bringing the 1952 Schaghticoke Streets Manning… Continue reading Greg Rickes, voice of Lime Rock Park
Bill Pollack & Phil Hill talk
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
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