The Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2016 was held August 13-14 at the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Formerly known as Monterey Pre-Historics, the event is held the weekend before the larger Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The 2016 running of the Monterey Pre-Reunion was again open to the public, allowing spectators to enjoy a more relaxed paddock environment and a glimpse of the following weekend.
The Pre-Reunion is designed to give Monterey Motorsports Reunion entrants — many of whom have never raced on the technical Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca — track time before the green flag officially drops the following weekend. Typically about 50-75% of the cars that race in the Reunion also attend the Pre-Reunion and this year was no different, with approximately 300 historic racing cars on track compared to 550 scheduled for the 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
BMW is this year’s featured marque and will officially celebrate its 100th anniversary at the motorsports gathering. Therefore it was no surprise to see a great selection of the BMWs on track during Monterey Classic Car Week. In addition to the finest from Bayerische Motoren Werke, other notable and interesting entrants at the 2016 Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion included Chris Cox’s Ferrari 250 GTO and Ferrari 412MI; Alex Curtis’ Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe; Dyke Ridgley’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta; Mark Colbert’s Ferrari 250 GT/L Comp; Robert Bodin’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta; Ned Spieker’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta; David Swig’s Scarab Mk I; Erickson Shirley’s Lister Costin; Dean Melling’s Jaguar D-Type and great collection of Can-Am machines.
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Similar to 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Sports Car Digest also documented the 2016 Monterey Pre-Reunion, with Senior Photographer Dennis Gray highlighting the entrants enjoying their track time at Laguna Seca.
Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2016 – Featured Photo Gallery
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Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2016 – Sunday Race Results
Group 1 – 1947-1955 Sports Racing and GT Cars
1. Rob Manson Carmel Valley, CA 1953 Kurtis 500S
2. Chris MacAllister Indianapolis, IN 1955 Jaguar D-Type
3. Jeffrey Abramson Alamo, CA 1954 Ferrari Mondial
Group 2 – 1955-1962 GT Cars
1. Chris Cox Chapel Hill, NC 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
2. Jeffrey Abramson Alamo, CA 1959 Morgan Babydoll IV
3. Alec Hugo Mill Valley, CA 1962 Porsche 356B
Group 3 – 1955-1961 Sports Racing Cars under/over 2 Liters
1. Greg Meyer Los Altos, CA 1962 Dailu Mk 2
2. David Swig Sausalito, CA 1958 Scarab Mk I
3. Chris Cox Chapel Hill, NC 1958 Ferrari 412S
Group 4 – 1958-1963 Formula Jr. and 1962-1966 under 2 Liter Sports Racing Cars
1. Tom Claridge Los Gatos, CA 1965 Crossle C9S
2. Chris Locke San Anselmo, CA 1963 Lotus 27 Formula Junior
3. Joshua Feiber Atherton, CA 1962 Lotus 23
Group 5 – 1961-1966 GT Cars under 2500cc and 1966-1972 under 2-Liter Trans-Am
1. Fred Della Noce Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1966 Ginetta G12
2. Dalmo De Vasconcelos Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1965 Lotus Elan
3. Steve Link Laguna Beach, CA 1968 Datsun TransAm 510
Group 6 – 1963-1966 GT Cars over 2500cc
1. Dyke Ridgley Decatur, IL 1964 Shelby Cobra 289
2. Jeffrey Abramson Alamo, CA 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster
3. Thomas Steuer Bogota, Cundinamarca 1965 Chevrolet Corvette
Group 7 – 1973-1981 FIA, IMSA GT, GTX, AAGT, GTU/GTO Cars
1. Chris Springer Los Gatos, CA 1968 Chevrolet Corvette
2. Andrew Cannon Toorak, Victoria 1975 BMW 3.5 CSL Group 5
3. Mark Colbert Delray Beach, FL 1972 BMW CSL
Group 8 – 1963-1974 USRRC and Cam-Am Cars
1. Chris MacAllister Indianapolis, IN 1971 McLaren M8F
2. Kirt Bennett Monterey, CA 1974 Shadow DN4
3. Roger Williams Auckland, Auckland 1971 McLaren M8 E/F
Group 9 – 1970-1984 Sports Racing Cars under 2100cc
1. John Hill Seattle, WA 1973 Lola T292
2. Chris MacAllister Indianapolis, IN 1971 Chevron B19
3. James Farley Orchard Lake, MI 1978 Lola T298
Group 10 – 1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars
1. Walt Brown Jr Scottsdale, AZ 1970 Chevrolet Camaro
2. Jim Halsey Los Angeles, CA 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302
3. Jim Hague Santa Clara, CA 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302
Group 11 – 1981-1991 FIA/IMSA GTP,GTO Cars
1. Bruce Canepa Scotts Valley, CA 1986 Porsche 962C
2. Zak Brown Zionsville, IN 1986 Porsche 962
3. Jeremy Barnes Irvine, CA 1991 Mazda RX-7
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[Source: Dennis Gray]
Great photos, Dennis. You make it look easy, but I know it’s far from it.
8:18am at the track. heavy Monterey Sunshine. That’s fog for you guys unfamiliar with Monterey weather. Will make for some interesting images as the cars become visible. I can hear the cars coming then there they are. Come on out and enjoy this.
Dennis
You do not show the real early (1920-1939) vintage cars this year….why ? also too many photos.of these “winged” sports racing cars. the most pronounced of these winged cars is the Lola T163. and others very close to that. These “poor” drivers cannot race without them, even though their rear ‘slick’ wheels have over a foot wide of rubber.
I have worked (at Laguna Seca) on the early Alfas and that Era, when drivers had to skillfully drive their cars.
no pre war cars ran the pre Historics. wait till I post the pre war cars running through the heavy fog this morning. the rest of your comment I will just let lay there. Dennis
I love the winged sports racers. Jim Hall’s Chaparrals were my favorites when I was in high school. Love to see the cars my friends and I drove too, MGAs and TR3s.
kind of a shame that some cars get multiple pictures while others rate NONE.
who cares when you live in NZ and rarely see some of these cars for rea,l the photos are magnificent those early model Ferraris do it for me !!!!! Id swap my wife for one
Fun to see that first McLaren image. It’s actually one of two Argentine replicas built by one-time local racer Vicente Formisano. Powered by a tuned F100 truck engine they ran in Argentina’s version of Sport Prototypes.
Great photos ! Thank you !
not an Allard J2X Le Mans..an Allard J2X