2024 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Five Decades of Historic Motorsport

It’s a bit daunting to think five decades have past since the first Monterey Historics occurred in 1974. Laguna Seca wasn’t even 20 years old when vintage car enthusiast Steve Earle organized the first Historics at Laguna Seca, a race track built on property once part of U.S. Army’s Fort Ord. I once had an in-depth phone conversation with Steve about the impetus behind his first gathering, to which he commented, “Cars belong on the track, not the lawn.” It was this belief and passion that resulted in decades of phenomenal vintage racing that set a benchmark for the sport in North America.