Currently known race entries in
the US and CDN:
Listing provided by Erik Z. (aka
kranky on the SAAC-forum)
The list is subject to final cross-checks with the race data from the
owner Pancho from Mexico.
Race entries 1967
Shelby Group 2 #19
Green Valley, Smithfield,
Texas-Scca National GV-300-Trans-Am-race #3-April 16, 1967- hot weather
#69-DNF/28th oa/15th over 2-liter-Ron
Dykes-(Hilton Racing Team)
Riverside, Ca.-Scca
Regional/USRRC-April 30, 1967
#69-1st A-sedan-Ron Dykes-(Hilton Racing Team)
Laguna Seca, Ca.-Scca
Regional/USRRC-May 6-7, 1967
#69-1st oa/1st A-sedan-Don Pike-(Hilton Racing
Team)
Mont Tremblant-Quebec, Can.-4 Hour Sedan Endurance
Race-May 20-21, 1967
#69-DNF/32nd oa/19th over 2-liter-Don Pike/Scooter
Patrick-(Hilton Racing Team)-engine blew up entering pit straight, clutch
problems
Lime Rock, Conn.-Scca Trans-Am-race #4-May 29-30,
1967-rains in qualifying
#69-7th oa/5th over 2-liter-Don Pike/Scooter
Patrick-(Hilton Racing Team)-the car was running fourth early in the race,
before a body-bending accident and failing oil pressure dropped the car to
seventh overall
Daytona, Fla.-Scca/NASCAR-Paul Revere 250-July 4,
1967
#2-DNF/22nd
oa-Ron Dykes-(Hilton Racing Team)
CDR-Castle Rock,
Colo.-Scca Trans-Am-race #8-August 26-27, 1967
#2-DNF or DNS?-Ron Dykes-(Hilton Racing
Team)-accident-Sunday morning: as he entered the sweeping, rough,
double-apex Turn Five right at the limit, the brakes let go...he tried to
scrub off some speed by flinging the car sideways, saw that he couldn't make
it, corrected to head straight off the course, and struck the left front
wheel in a grass-hiden pot hole...cruncho-twisto for the front sub-assembly
Modesto,
Ca.-Scca-Trans-Am-race #9-September 9-10, 1967
#2-DNA (no results noted)-Ron Dykes-(Hilton Racing
Team)-accident at CDR (August 26-27, 1967)
Riverside, Ca.-Scca
Trans-Am-Mission Bell 250-race #10-September 16-17, 1967
#2-6th oa/6th over 2-liter-Ron Dykes-(Hilton
Racing Team)-slowed by transmission problems and sickening engine
Stardust International
Raceways-Las Vegas, Nv.-Scca Trans-Am 350-race #11-October 1, 1967-night
race
#2-DNF/18th
oa/9th over 2-liter-Ron Dykes/Chuck Parons-(Hilton Racing Team)-overheating
Pacific Raceways, Kent,
Was.-Scca National-1st Annual Trans-Am-race #12-October 8, 1967
#1-DNA (no results noted)-Chuck Parsons-(Hilton
Racing Team)
At the end of 1967 the car suffered from
a crash with Ron Dykes as driver. A front left damage was pictured, slides
are in the posession of the owner. The damage was probably reason for the
sale to Dick Richards.
Race entries 1968
Las Vegas, Nv.-Scca Regional/National-February 25,
1968
#2-? (no
results noted-on entry list)-Dick Richards-(Midway Ford)-new owner
Willow Springs, Ca.-Scca
Regional/National-March 9-10, 1968
#2-? (no results noted-on entry list)-Dick
Richards-(Midway Ford)
Riverside, Ca.-Scca
National-USRRC-April 28, 1968
#10-? (no results noted-on entry list)-Dick
Richards-(El Monte Motors)
Riverside, Ca.-Scca
Regional/National-6 Hour Enduro-July 4-7, 1968
#10-? (no results noted-on entry list)-Dick
Richards-(El Monte Motors)
Riverside, Ca.-Scca
National-August 4, 1968
#70-? (started race, result unknown)-Dick
Richards-(El Monte Motors)
Santa Barbara, Ca.-Scca
Regional/National-September 1, 1968
#19-DNF-race 5-Dick Richards
Riverside Raceway,
Ca.-Mission Bell 250 Trans-Am-#12-September 8, 1968
#19-DNF/30th oa/18th over 2-liter-Dick Richards
Pacific Raceways, Kent,
Wash.-SCCA Trans-Am-#13-October 6, 1968
#19-DNA (no results noted)-Dick Richards
Riverside Raceway,
Ca.-Times GP-October 26-27, 1968
#19-? oa/4th A-sedan-race 6-Dick Richards
Willow Springs, Ca.-Scca
National-March 23, 1969
#19-Dick Richards-(El Monte Ford)
Mark Waco managed to edge Dick Richards in the
sedan race after a half-hour nip and tuck battle (Source: San Bernardino Sun
newspaper-March 28, 1969)
Laguna Seca, Monterey,
Ca.-Scca Trans-Am-August 24, 1969
#91-DNF/30th oa-Dick Richards-(El Monte
Ford)-mechanical problems
Sears Point, Ca.-Scca
Trans-Am-September 21, 1969
#91-? (no results noted-on entry list)-Dick
Richards
Post Grid
California Sports car magazine
For sale Ad-November 1969:
For sale-Trans-Am Mustang, Ex-Hilton, all
conceivable spares and modifications, fresh components, clean appearance,
documented performance record. Reasonable or trade.
Dick Richards (XXX)
330-XXXX
Next US and then Mexico owner results will
follow
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The History of the 1967
Group
2 Mustang #19 prepared by Shelby for
the Hilton Racing Team
Lead driver Ron
Dykes used to race a former Carroll Shelby Maserati 300S #3071, before he
entered another ex-Shelby factory car in 1966 with Don Peck at the Sept. 66 4
hour race at Riverside and again in 1967 this 1967 Shelby notchback from
Hilton Racing.
This car was sold and delivered to James Hilton and his Hilton Racing Team
in Carmel/CA in April 1967.
The Hilton Racing car was first entered in the
Trans-Am #3 Green Valley April 67 race
with door no. 69. It
did not finish then.
He entered
it again in Riverside in September and Stardust in October 1967.
Gary Goeringer says in his Fall 2012 SAAC interview article that the car was
entered in 4 A/S races with Riverside and Laguna Seca winning a first there.
In 2013 we received a hint on the whereabouts, yet had no chance to
follow it up.
Update:
As of 2026
the owner Pancho stepped forward and sent us pictures of the
cars current condition. He was and is busy on the reconstruction of the
history since decades and has not started any restoration yet.
The car
looks surprising original, since it was stored away obviously under good
conditions. More to come soon.
Ron Dykes raced various cars at least until 1977, he was the
lead driver in the Hilton Racing Team Shelby Group 2 #19. Guest drivers
were Don Pike and Scooter Patrick at Riverside in the red/golden Hilton race
livery.
The race car changed hands from James Hilton to
Lawrence (Dick) Richards jr., later on to David Dralle from Torrance.
After the import to Mexico the
Shelby #19 was entered in races by Felipe Rodriquez. The car was then bought by
the current owner Pancho from his uncle.
We are sharing a
few pics and the race records of his and Eriks (better known as kranky on the
SAAC forum) research on this site.
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