| (7-20-08) From historian Ron Cummings:
XKD 528 Engine n° E2039-9 Reg. N° n/a Colour Cream.
Delivered to Hornburg, USA; sold to Pearce Woods of Continental Motors,
Whittier, USA January.
(7-22-08) From historian Ron Cummings:
"The D Type registry says yellow and black. Actually the car was
painted a sort of orange and black prior to the 1957 season. I never saw
it in it's factory color of either white or cream."
1956 Torrey Pines Six Hours endurance and .Pebble Beach road race;
Road & Track test.
1956 Palm Springs National race, Harold Erb, 3 OA
1957 Gold Cup Honolulu - Woods 1 OA .
1957 Riverside - Woods 1 OA (Saturday ?? RC).
1958 sold to Carlyle Blackwell Jr. (Hollywood); later fitted with
3.8 engine, 35/40 head and painted yellow & black;Pomona Six Hour Blackwell/Ken
Miles 1 OA. (The car was painted yellow and black and had the
3.8 liter motor prior to it's sale to Blackwell. It had a Halibrand quick
change and sometimes raced with Halibrand mag wheels. RC)
(7-20-08) From Pearce/Pete Woods' son Mike Woods: "I
don't know for sure, one of his old stories was he used to change his name
so he could race in multiple classes with multiple cars in the same day...
I think that was like the "I had to walk to school up hill both ways in
the snow" story. One of his old friends said that if he was racing
a British car or European car he used Pearce, when he drove the Chevy powered
Devin's he went by Pete. He always went by Pete when I was with him
in the 70's and beyond." |