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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Report and Photos

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Tom Price in his Ferrari 250TR leads Spencer Trenery in his Ferrari 250TRI 61 R.

The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) kicked off its 48th season at Sonoma Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California on April 10-12, 2015. The event featured testing on Friday, with vintage racing on the 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course on Saturday and Sunday. Each race group competed in three races each over the two days for more than 20 races over the course of the weekend.

The 2015 CSRG season opener was held in honor of David Love, a longtime Bay Area resident and CSRG’s co-founder, who passed away in 2013. Love was instrumental in the growth of the organization, which has contributed more than $700,000 to the Sonoma chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway, through its race weekends. Love began racing in the 1950s with a series of Porsches and Morgans, among others. He later purchased the car with which he will always be identified – a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (s/n 0754TR) that he raced in over 250 events before retiring in 2009.

Notable and interesting entrants at the CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 Sonoma Raceway historic races included Tom Price’s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, the very same TR that Love raced for decades; Brian Blain’s BRM V12 F1; Thor Johnson’s BMW 3.5 liter CSL; Ned Spieker’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta; Dennis Losher’s Mk II Shadow; Fred Cziska’s Mk III Shadow; Nick Colonna’s Jaguar E-Type ‘Low Drag’ Coupe; Jeff O’Neill’s Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage and Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA; John Goodman’s Ferrari 312 P Sparling Special; Shawn Thomas’ Jaguar C-Type and Brandon Adrian’s Alfa Romeo GTA. In addition, a broad array of cars with a multitude of chassis types were also highlighted at the Sonoma historic races. Formula Atlantic featured seven different marques while Formula B featured five different ones. Porsche, Alfa Romeo and MG were well represented as were unusual sports cars like Turner, Marcos, TVR and others.

Tight racing was also found at the 2015 CSRG David Love Memorial Races. Race Group Two saw a mere six seconds cover the podium, with Kevin Shirley’s Turner Mark II taking the top spot over Dennis Racine’s Mini Cooper S and Will Carson’s MG Midget. Group Three was also close, as Fred Della Noce’s Ginetta cleared Marc Nichols’ Lotus 7 by 1.3 seconds. Not to be outdone, Group Four produced a great battle with Michael Malone’s Elva Mk. 8 SR leading the Lotus 23B of Robert Davis and the Lotus 23B of Mike Summer, the three of them blanketed by three hundredths of a second at the checkered flag.

Similar to the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 races, Senior Photographer Dennis Gray also documented the 2015 CSRG Season Opener at the Sonoma Raceway Sears Point road course. We split up Dennis’ pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs.

CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery

Hang On!
Hang On! McLaren M8C of Nick Colonna
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250TR.
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
Scott Drnek of Virtuoso Performance shakes down Brian Blain's BRM V12 F1 car.
Scott Drnek of Virtuoso Performance shakes down Brian Blain’s BRM V12 F1 car.
BMW 3.5 liter CSL BMW driven by Thor Johnson.
BMW 3.5 liter CSL driven by Thor Johnson.

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Ned Spieker's Ferrari 250GT SWB.
Ned Spieker’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta.
Dennis Losher's Mk.II Shadow leads Fred Cziska's Mk.III Shadow.
Dennis Losher’s Mk.II Shadow leads Fred Cziska’s Mk III Shadow.
Nick Colonna's battle scarred Jaguar Low Drag E Type.
Nick Colonna’s Jaguar E-Type ‘Low Drag’ Coupe.
Jeff O'Neil's Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage.
Jeff O’Neill’s Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

Sunbeam Tiger LeMans.
Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans.
Dennis Racine's Mini Cooper S.
Dennis Racine’s Mini Cooper S.
Tyrrell F1.
Tyrrell F1.
Mike Thurlow's Lola T294.
Mike Thurlow’s Lola T294.

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Sparling Ferrari 312 P driven by John Goodman.
Sparling Ferrari 312 P driven by John Goodman.
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250 TR leads Spencer Trenery in his Ferrari 250 TR61 Replica.
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa leads Spencer Trenery in his Ferrari 250 TR 61 Replica.
Spencer Trenery's Ferrari 250 TR61 Replica.
Spencer Trenery’s Ferrari 250 TR61 Replica.
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250 TR.
Tom Price in his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

Shawn Thomas in a C Type Jaguar.
Shawn Thomas in a Jaguar C-Type.
Tim Barnes in his XK120 Jaguar.
Tim Barnes in his Jaguar XK120.
Nick Colonna's Jaguar E Type Low Drag.
Nick Colonna’s Jaguar E-Type Low Drag.
Lotus Mk.VI driven by Jay Embree.
Lotus Mk VI driven by Jay Embree.

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Dennis Adair in his Lotus Elite.
Dennis Adair in his Lotus Elite.
Paul Quackenbush's Lotus Super Seven.
Paul Quackenbush’s Lotus Super Seven.
Locke de Bretteville's Winkelmann WDB2.
Locke de Bretteville’s Winkelmann WDB2.
Winkelmann WDF1 driven by Adom Moutafian.
Winkelmann WDF1 driven by Adom Moutafian.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

Jonathan Long's Ford Falcon.
Jonathan Long’s Ford Falcon.
Mike Baccioccu's Ford Mustang.
Mike Baccioccu’s Ford Mustang.
Ford Boss 302 Mustang driven by Steve Eftimiou.
Ford Boss 302 Mustang driven by Steve Eftimiou.
Norm Daniels in his Chevrolet Camaro.
Norm Daniels in his Chevrolet Camaro.

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Patrick Hung's Alfa Romeo GT Jr.
Patrick Hung’s Alfa Romeo GT Junior.
Jeffrey O'Neill's Alfa Romeo1300GTA.
Jeffrey O’Neill’s Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA.
Jon Norman's Alfa romeo GTV.
Jon Norman’s Alfa Romeo GTV.
Don Forrester's Alfa Romeo GTV.
Don Forrester’s Alfa Romeo GTV.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Five

Brandon Adrian's Alfa Romeo GTA.
Brandon Adrian’s Alfa Romeo GTA.
Jeff Hill in his Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint V.
Jeff Hill in his Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Veloce.
Peter Inshaw's Alfa Romeo Giulia.
Peter Inshaw’s Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider.
David Buchanan's Alfa Romeo Spyder.
David Buchanan’s Alfa Romeo Spider.

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Cris Kattchee's Alfa Romeo Giulia TI.
Cris Kattchee’s Alfa Romeo Giulia TI.
TR2A driven by David Nelson.
Triumph TR2A driven by David Nelson.
Bill Greenman's MG Midget.
Bill Greenman’s MG Midget.
Jimmy Gallucci in his BMC Sprite.
Jimmy Gallucci in his BMC Sprite.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Six

Shadow Mk II driven by Dennis Losher.
Shadow Mk II driven by Dennis Losher.
BRM V12 F1.
BRM V12 F1.
Bob Baker's Ralt RT-1.
Bob Baker’s Ralt RT-1.
Mark Sange in his BMC Formula Junior
Mark Sange in his BMC Formula Junior

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Dailu Mk.2 driven by Greg Meyer's accelerating out go turn two.
Dailu Mk II driven by Greg Meyer’s accelerating out go turn two.
Edward Nigro's quick Lola Mk.I.
Edward Nigro’s quick Lola Mk I.
Mac McGarry's Genie Mk.10.
Mac McGarry’s Genie Mk 10.
Tom Tuttle's Genie Huffaker.
Tom Tuttle’s Genie Huffaker.

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Seven

Nissan Skyline driven by Jim Froula.
Nissan Skyline driven by Jim Froula.
Gary Cook's Datsun 240Z.
Gary Cook’s Datsun 240Z.
Datsun 510 driven by Dave Stone.
Datsun 510 driven by Dave Stone.
Thor Johnson's BMW CSL 3.5 liter Group four car.
Thor Johnson’s BMW CSL 3.5 liter Group-4 car.

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Pack of Alfas hunting a Porsche 356
Pack of Alfas hunting a Porsche 356
Porsche 356C.
Porsche 356C.
914/6 Porsche driven by Martin Baker.
914/6 Porsche driven by Martin Baker.
Spencer Trenery's Ferrari 250 TR61 Replica
Spencer Trenery’s Ferrari 250 TR61 Replica

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CSRG David Love Memorial 2015 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)

 

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[Source: CSRG; photos: Dennis Gray]