Looking Back on a Brilliant Career… One Photographer’s Personal Recollections of the Most Successful American Endurance Racer of All Time...
In an unusually early announcement, officials from WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and said: “George, we’ve had several speakers here; I’m surprised the term ‘anger management’ hasn’t been used yet!” Poor George Follmer could only join the laughter filling the Petersen Museum’s banquet...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city...
During Rennsport Reunion 7, JR Hildebrand, the Indy 500 star, raced in the Gmund Cup on board a Porsche 356...
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during the fifties. Without exception, they view those days as halcyon and lament that they weren’t there too. Those of us who were there then often look back with nostalgia, but...
This month we bring you another You Tube link, one featuring this issue’s focus on Jaguar, Group 44 and Mazda...
The organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced that Jaguar will be the featured marque for this year’s...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars driving a Bugatti (1928). 3 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier drive a Matra M670 to victory in the 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New York (1974). Become a Member &...
With stopwatch in hand, as he gazed upon the action on the track, former Standard-Triumph competition boss R.W. (Kas) Kastner...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) today revealed its 2019 racing schedule which includes the additions of two of America’s most revered road courses, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and Lime Rock Park. SVRA’s series gets into full swing for its 41st year in February with the annual Sebring Vintage Classic weekend...
Following in the tire marks of the USRRC Tribute dinner at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Dave Wolin’s non-profit Racing...
Perhaps few knew on that Saturday morning, November 9, 1957, who were attending the 8th Annual Pebble Beach National Championship...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Aug. 8–10, 2020, Driver Appreciation Event at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. # 16 –...
As WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca celebrates its 65th racing season, we take a look back at some of the legendary...
The second annual Spring Classic will take place at Laguna Seca on the weekend of May 18-20, featuring not only the usual vintage race cars (above, T.M. Hill photo courtesy of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) but also expanding this year to include on-track exhibitions for the Historic Motorcycles that were...
When the green flag waved on Nov. 9, 1957, for the Eighth Annual Pebble Beach Road Race, those in attendance...
While the world famous Cork Screw gets all the attention at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, if you account for the...
Turn 5 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca may not be one of the first corners that everyone talks about when discussing this track, but it’s certainly one of those corners that has more going on than it first appears. And it can be a major player in the course of...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well...
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA May 20-21, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Monterey Reunion saw epic battles across car categories, including Trans-Am, IMSA, Group C, and classic Formula 1, at Laguna Seca. A highlight was the intense competition between the 2006 Riley Daytona Prototype and the Leyton House Porsche 962 for the lead which you can see in the video....
To celebrate the six decades of racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
Photo: Dennis Gray If you’ve ever attended the Monterey Historics, the Wine Country Classic, a Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG),...
The two-liter Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa that Pete Lovely drove to victory in the very first race at the brand-new...
Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by the recent unfolding saga of the change in leadership at the Monterey Historics. Once the initial shock of Steve Earle’s departure had set in, many questions began bubbling to the surface....