Fresh out of airport shipping container prior to race
at
Le Mans, France - June 1976
Michael Keyser #75
(DeKon c/n 1006)
Automobile Club de l'Ouest - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France - June 1976
Mike Keyser affixes Levi's
sponsor decal on rear wing
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006)
Automobile Club de l'Ouest - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France - June 1976
Competition paddock... it's all about the prep
work
Fresh engine change
350 cu. in. V8,
11.5:1 compression
536 bhp @ 7200 rpm,
four Weber 2V carburetors
premium fuel
102-octane
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) with
rear fender panels
removed showing tube frame chassis, cutaway of body, fuel cell,
and rear suspension
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) in paddock
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) in pits
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) in pits
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Michael Keyser
24 Hours of Le
Mans
Taken in June 1976
Michael
Keyser
First Owner - Monza DeKon c/n 1006
Mike Keyser first raced his (second) DeKon at Le Mans in
'76. It was entered in the IMSA-Camel class sanctioned
by AOC (Automobile Club de l'Ouest). Less than an hour
into the race the car broke after just 11 laps. He
described the experience in a March 2011 email. "The car
was very quick at Le Mans. 210 (mph) down the straight.
Several laps after the start I passed one of the
Mirages!!! Then the drive shaft snapped...luckily not on
the Mulsanne..."
For the 1977 season,
he ran the IMSA Camel GT Challenge series, under the AAGT
(All-American Grand Touring) category an in GTO class.
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) paddock trailer
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Nose art -
Michael Keyser #75
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Michael Keyser #75 in the pits
Rear wing sponsor
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006) pre-race
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 12, 1976
Michael Keyser #75 (DeKon c/n 1006)
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
Co-drivers Keyser
/ Wachs #75 (DeKon c/n 1006)
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 1976
First laps of race
with cars entering Dunlop Curve
Michael Keyser #75 DeKon c/n 1006
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 12, 1976
Michael Keyser #75 DeKon c/n 1006 during race
AOC - 24 Hours of Le Mans
Circuit de la Sarthe - Le Mans, France - June 12, 1976
Mike Keyser's broken drive shaft from Le Mans in
'76
Keyser's Upgrades to DeKon 1006
1977 IMSA Season
DeKon c/n 1006 received
a few aerodynamic updates to the body. A new front nose and
larger front air dam with circular shaped inlets for brake
ducts. The rear wing was narrowed some and raised up near level
with roofline. Keyser also picked up Red Roof Inn as main sponsor.
Michael Keyser #1 (DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca I
Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977
Michael Keyser #1 (DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca I
Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977
Michael Keyser #1 (DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca I
Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977
Two DeKons: Pickett's c/n 1010 pursues Keyser's
c/n 1006.
Michael Keyser #1 (DeKon c/n 1006)
Last time he drove the car
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca I
Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977
Michael Keyser #1 (DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca I
Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977
Photo by Brent Martin
Mike Keyser drove his
Monza one last time at Laguna Seca IMSA GT
on May 1, 1977. Then he sold DeKon c/n 1006 to Roy Woods. He
said, “When BMW showed up
in IMSA in 1977 with David Hobbs driving their 320i, I knew
things had become too expensive for me to continue racing. I
sold my two Monzas..."
Results for
Michael Keyser
Date
Race
No.
Chassis
Driver(s)
Entrant
Result
Jun 16, 1976
ACO Le Mans
24 hr
75
Monza DeKon
1006
M. Keyser/E.
Wachs
Michael
Keyser
51st
Apr 17, 1977
IMSA Road
Atlanta I
1
Monza DeKon
1006
Michael
Keyser
Michael
Keyser
30th
May 01, 1977
IMSA Laguna
Seca I
1
Monza DeKon
1006
Michael
Keyser
Michael
Keyser
4th
Roy Woods
Taken in 1972
Roy Woods
Second Owner
- Monza DeKon c/n 1006
Roy Woods Racing acquired the car from Keyser in May
1977. By mid-June, he was driving the Rose Cup SCCA
Trans-Am race at Portland Int'l Raceway. The car was
repainted in the familiar Roy Woods Racing livery of all yellow
with red car number.
By 1978, he revamped the car. The original four Weber 2V carburetor
set up was removed. He developed the engine more by
adding twin turbochargers to the Chevy 350 V8. By 1979,
the intercooler was moved to the rear and integrated
into the car's wing. Apparently, it was not well
received by George Follmer who drove the car in late
1979 and part of 1980.
Roy Woods Racing,
Milt Minter #1
(DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 3 hour Mid-Ohio II
Lexington, OH - August 28, 1977
Photo by Bill Oursler
Roy Woods Racing,
Milt Minter #1
(DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 3 hour Mid-Ohio II
Lexington, OH - August 28, 1977
Photo by Mark Windecker
Roy Woods Racing,
Milt Minter #1
(DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA Camel GT - 3 hour Mid-Ohio II
Lexington, OH - August 28, 1977
Photo by Mark Windecker
Milt Minter co-drove for Roy Woods Racing at the IMSA 3
Hours of Mid-Ohio in '77. (ABOVE) The car didn't
finish and was out after some 30 minutes. Milt only ran
16 out of 113 laps completed by winner Peter Gregg on
Ohio's 2.4 mile road course.
In October, Roy Woods drove his Monza to 4th place at
Laguna Seca for the IMSA 100 mile. (LEFT) For
1978, Woods unveiled the DeKon with latest changes that
included a Chevrolet twin turbocharged 350 cid V8.
(Below)
Field of many Monzas,
Roy Woods #1 yellow Monza
prior to change-over
to twin-turbo 350
IMSA Camel GT - 100 mile Laguna Seca II
Monterey, CA - October 9, 1977
Round 4 SCCA Trans-Am
- Le
Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, QC - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #2 (DeKon c/n 1006) start grid
the Monza was now
running with twin turbo V8 setup
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #2 (DeKon c/n 1006) false grid
Retired early after 11 laps with engine trouble.
Finished 24th in Trans-Am, Cat. II
Roy
Woods Racing crew removing front clip in paddock
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Twin
turbocharged Chevrolet 350 V8 engine
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Crew working on problematic engine
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #2 (DeKon c/n 1006) 'banana wing'
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #2 (DeKon c/n 1006) - twin
turbo 350 V8
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #2 (DeKon c/n 1006) in paddock
SCCA
Trans-Am - Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant
St. Jovite, Québec, CA - June 25, 1978
Roy
Woods #10 (DeKon c/n 1006)
Turbo intercooler in
rear wing
IMSA
Camel GT - Portland Int'l Raceway
Portland, OR - August 5, 1979
Roy
Woods #10 (DeKon c/n 1006)
IMSA
Camel GT - Riverside Int'l Raceway
Moreno Valley, CA -
April 27, 1980
DeKon c/n 1006 is rumored to still be in Roy
Woods Racing livery with the current owner.
Roy
Woods Racing (DeKon c/n 1006)
The turbocharger's
intercooler in
the rear wing
lessened its
aerodynamic benefit
Roy
Woods Racing (DeKon c/n 1006)
Twin-turbocharged 350
V8 Monza
Results
for Roy Woods
Date
Race
No.
Chassis
Driver
(s)
Entrant /
notes
Result
Jun 12,
1977
Trans-Am
Portland
0
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
34th
Jul 31,
1977
Trans-Am
Hallett
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
5th
Aug 14,
1977
Trans-Am
Brainerd
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
19th
Aug 28,
1977
IMSA 3 hr
Mid-Ohio
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Milt
Minter
Roy Woods
Racing
42nd
Sep 03,
1977
Trans-Am
Road America/1
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
31st
Sep 04,
1977
Trans-Am
Road America/2
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
5th
Oct 09,
1977
IMSA
Laguna Seca II
1
Monza
DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
4th
Jun 11,
1978
Trans-Am
Portland
01
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
36th
Jun 25,
1978
Trans-Am
Mont-Tremblant
2
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
24th
Jul 08,
1978
Trans-Am
Watkins Glen 6 hr
12
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Racing
Aug 06,
1978
IMSA
Portland
1
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
22nd
Aug 05,
1979
IMSA
Portland
10
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
Roy Woods
Roy Woods
Racing
22nd
Oct 14,
1979
Trans-Am
Laguna Seca
2
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
George
Follmer
Roy Woods
Racing
37th
Apr 27,
1980
IMSA 5 hr
Riverside
01
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
G.
Follmer/S. McKitterick
Racing
Associates Inc. 1, 2
35th
Aug 24,
1980
Lumbermen's 500 Mid-Ohio 3
01
Turbo
Monza DeKon 1006
George
Follmer
n/a
36th
Notes
1. Racing Associates Inc. and Roy Woods
both listed
as entrant
2. a.k.a. American Racing
Associates, Roy Woods president
3. Non-championship event
Owners of DeKon c/n 1006
Owner
Entrant
Date
1.
Michael Keyser (US)
Toad Hall Motor Racing
1976 - 1977
2.
Roy Woods (US)
Roy Woods Racing
American Racing Associates
1977 - 1980
Replica of DeKon Chassis 1006
Gilles Ceron (FR)
New Monza build in 2007
This is
a replica of Michael Keyser's DeKon
1006, which ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans in
1976. It was built from scratch around 2007 for
Gilles Ceron of France. He has driven the car at the
2010 Le Mans Classic, and other vintage races.
Incredible recreation (replica) by Gilles Ceron #41
Compare to original above
June
6, 2009
Ceron-Monza #41 (replica of c/n 1006) built in 2007
Exposed chassis, owner Gilles Ceron in blue shirt
June 6, 2009
Ceron-Monza #41 (replica of c/n 1006) built in 2007
