We are pleased to announce the launch of the Del Monte Trophy Foundation Inc., “set up to preserve, document, and educate on the history, culture, and significance of early American road racing. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes and is not organized for the private gain of any… Continue reading Del Monte Trophy Foundation
Tag: Pebble Beach Road Races
Bill Pollack 1953
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Road Races with another extraordinary photo from the Pebble beach Company, whom we thank. Here is Tom Carsten’s #14 Allard J2 Cadillac driven by Bill Pollack who finished 3rd overall in the Unlimited race, that’s Sports cars over 1500 cc in the 1953 SCCA National Sports Car… Continue reading Bill Pollack 1953
MG Special barn find – Jack Dalton
The MG Special driven by Jack Dalton in 1955 against notable drivers like Ken Miles and Phil Hill was either built by Jack Dalton himself, along with various mechanics and specialists common to the West Coast SCCA amateur racing scene at the time, or by Ken Miles. Miles built a series of highly successful MG… Continue reading MG Special barn find – Jack Dalton
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
Ken Miles MG Special R2 The Flying Shingle
Ken Miles had moved from England to California in 1952 and began racing MG TDs for his employer Gough Industries which led to his first MG-based special, the R1 (https://dmtrg.com/ken-miles-mg-special-r1/). Miles was a brilliant race engineer, from car design and construction to race prep and suspension set-up, and also a ferociously quick race driver, culminating… Continue reading Ken Miles MG Special R2 The Flying Shingle
Ken Miles MG Special R1
Ken Miles’s MG Special R1 is a defining example of post-war American road-racing ingenuity and the earliest expression of Ken Miles’ engineering brilliance. Designed and built in California, R1 was created with one goal: to defeat the Barlow Simca Specials and the faster MG Specials dominating the 1500cc and Under class larger, through balance, lightness,… Continue reading Ken Miles MG Special R1
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
1955 HWM Stovebolt Special
The HWM Stovebolt Special started life as a 1950 HWM Formula 2 car but took on a world-famous and much-loved identity of its own with characterful bodywork modifications and a Chevrolet V8 engine, earning it the “Stovebolt” nickname (see below). In its first incarnation, this car was an HWM with a four-cylinder Alta engine made… Continue reading 1955 HWM Stovebolt Special
1954 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk1Rasputin
Jonathan and Paul Kitchen – #54 1954 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk1 “Rasputin” Aston Martin made 463 DB2/4 Mk1 hatchbacks between 1953 and 1955. This one, chassis number LML841, was delivered on November 11, 1954. Five years later it went back to the factory and was fitted with an upgraded 3-liter (2,922cc) engine and a… Continue reading 1954 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk1Rasputin