We are very pleased to have heard from David Pozzi, present day 1965 Lola T-70 race driver, after the August 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. He has sent us 11 vital and interesting photos taken by his uncle John Ritchey Sr., at the Pebble Beach Road Races, many of them in 1953. John Ritchey worked… Continue reading Pebble Beach races 1953 John Ritchey
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W is for Win Win
✴.·´¯`·.·★ 🎀𝓦 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓦𝓲𝓷 𝓦𝓲𝓷🎀 ★·.·`¯´·.✴ 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙 Let’s recap. The 1950 Parkinson Jaguar wins both its races in the Pebble Beach Road Racers’ class at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion … AND … wins at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance IN THE SAME WEEKEND. Win Win.… Continue reading W is for Win Win
V is for Victory
𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙. Derek Hill in the 1949 Parkinson Jaguar sports racing car triumphed in both races for the Pebble Beach Road Racers – the Del Monte Trophy Race Group – at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion – on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August 2026. It was a… Continue reading V is for Victory
U is for Unlimited
𝐔 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙. The Unlimited Class was the premier and highest-horsepower race group at the historic Pebble Beach Road Races (1950–1956). Reserved for sports cars over 1,500 cc, this category featured roaring Cadillac-powered Allards, Jaguars, and Ferraris racing through the Del Monte Forest. The Del Monte… Continue reading U is for Unlimited
S is for Schaghticoke
ꌗ ꀤꌗ ꎇꂦꋪ ꌗꉓꃅꍏꁅꃅ꓄ꀤꉓꂦꀘꍟ𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙. S is for the 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟐 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥. “Schaghticoke”??? What the… ??? Only a few of our most ardent fans know that the full title of Rob Manson’s Manning contains not just the name of its co-builder John Streets but also the… Continue reading S is for Schaghticoke
R is for the Reunion
ʀ ɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴏʟᴇx ᴍᴏɴᴛᴇʀᴇʏ ᴍᴏᴛᴏʀꜱᴘᴏʀᴛꜱ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙. The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is an annual event held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California in which historic racecars compete on track. It takes place over the course of one weekend every mid-August. The event, known as… Continue reading R is for the Reunion
Heroes of the Forest Reviewed
You’d expect a masterpiece from Dr. Mark Brinker, after his superb, multi-volume books on “Japan’s Most Astonishing Automobiles” and “The Amazing Denzel Sports Car.” And you won’t be disappointed with his latest effort — “Heroes of the Forest.” So writes Ken Gross yesterday in https://velocetoday.com/heroes-of-the-forest-reviewed/ Click to read an interesting commentary on Mark Brinker’s new… Continue reading Heroes of the Forest Reviewed
P is for Pebble Beach Road Races
𝓟 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓟𝓮𝓫𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓡𝓸𝓪𝓭 𝓡𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓼 – 𝓟𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙 The Pebble Beach Road Races were a series of sports car racing events in Pebble Beach, California, from 1950 through 1956. The Del Monte Trophy was held on the twisty, leafy, and very narrow town roads… Continue reading P is for Pebble Beach Road Races
M is for MG
𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙 𝓜 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓖 MG cars had their roots in a 1920s sales promotion side-line of Morris Garages, a retail sales and service centre in Oxford belonging to William Morris. The business’s manager, Cecil Kimber, modified standard production Morris Oxfords and added MG Super Sports to… Continue reading M is for MG
J is for Jaguar
𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔸 𝕥𝕠 ℤ… ℙ𝕖𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟟𝟝𝕥𝕙 – 𝕵 𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝕵𝖆𝖌𝖚𝖆𝖗 Jaguar made its name by producing a series of successful eye-catching high-performance sports cars, the Jaguar XK120 (1948–54), Jaguar XK140 (1954–57), Jaguar XK150 (1957–61), and Jaguar E-Type (1961–75). The sports cars were successful in international motorsport, a path followed in the… Continue reading J is for Jaguar