monterey historics


Singer 911 offers vintage looks, modern appointments, exotic performance

Singer Vehicle Design rolled out its first prototype, plainly named the "Singer 911," at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last month. Based on an '80s-era long-wheelbase 911 donor vehicle, the company strips each chassis to its bare shell for "reinvention" into what Singer calls a "celebration of the golden air-cooled era of the world's most important sports car." Incontestable is its vintage Porsche 911 look. However, the Singer 911 is far from antiquated. The complete reincarnation includes chassis stiffening, new active ... Read more →

Monterey 2009: Porsche cracks open the vault for Monterey Historics displays Frank Filipponio

As the featured marque at the 36th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, Porsche decided to open up their vault and bring out some of their most iconic race cars to entertain the crowd. About ...

Monterey 2009: Vintage racers exude speed even at rest Frank Filipponio

Even though it's essentially run just for fun, the track action at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca can be downright menacing during the Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Just ask the Ferrari 250 ...

VIDEO: Hotchkis Porsche 962 laps up Laguna Seca Jonny Lieberman

In the mid-Eighties, Porsche released the 962, a long-wheelbase variant of the 956, to compete in IMSA's GTP class and later in Group C (as the 962C). Even though IMSA's GTP rules stipulated that ...

Monterey 2009: The Monterey Historic Automobile Races Drew Phillips

Another year, another weekend of vintage car racing at the Monterey Historics. Our only complaint is that we could spend just one day at Laguna Seca with all of the other automotive happenings ...

Monterey 2009: 145 vintage Porsches take to the track 4 months ago on Autoblog

From the second we arrived in Monterey last week, we noticed one thing: there were Porsches everywhere. From the fleet of 30 Panameras that Porsche brought out, to the hundreds of owners that made the trip to Northern California, we couldn't seem to drive for more than a few seconds without ...

Monterey 2009: Rolex Moments in Time displays best of motorsports history 4 months ago on Autoblog

Along with the hundreds of cars on track, this weekend's Monterey Historics honored six significant racing cars and their achievements in a display called the Rolex Moments in Time. This year, there were some truly legendary cars featured, including the 1969 Ford GT40 Le Mans winner and the ...

VIDEO (sort of): Multi-million dollar Ferrari 250 TR crashing at Monterey Historics 4 months ago on Autoblog

Some of us weren't able to attend the Monterey Historic races over the weekend, but the first thing we heard once the laptop spooled up was that a very expensive Ferrari 250 TR smacked into a bunch of tires at Laguna Seca. This has turned into the crash heard 'round the world for a few simple ...

Monterey 2009: Ferrari 250 TR gets airborne, makes friends with tire wall 4 months ago on Autoblog

While many events during the Monterey car week simply involve parking classics on a golf course, we can appreciate the fact that many vintage car owners are willing to put their priceless automobiles on a track. While the Monterey Historics do everything they can to promote the safety of both ...

Monterey 2009: Ducati debuts Martini Porsche tribute bike at Historics 4 months ago on Autoblog

While cars are definitely the conveyance of choice on the track at Laguna Seca during the Monterey Historics, there are enough motorcycles, scooters and mopeds zipping all over the paddock to make you realize that car people can very often be bike people as well. One pair of bikes that ...

Monterey 2009: Fisker Karma, Devon GTX lap Laguna Seca 4 months ago on Autoblog

In addition to the eight classes of vintage racecars that took to the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday, spectators were also treated to a duo of special vehicles. The first was the 2010 Fisker Karma, which made its official driving debut (even though we saw it driving the day ...

Monterey 2009: The faces and names of the Monterey Historics 4 months ago on Autoblog

While at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races this year, it dawned on us that the cars taking to the track are really legends in the Pantheon of autodom. The Porsche 917, Ford GT40, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Jaguar D-Type, and Maserati Birdcage are all stars in their fields, but the Historics ...

Monterey 2009: Vintage Porsches set to take over Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 4 months ago on Autoblog

When it was announced that Porsche would be the featured marque at this year's Monterey Historics, we knew we were in for a vintage racing treat come August. That time has nearly come, and we can't wait to see the dozens of Porsches that will be at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. One ...

Porsche named as feature marque for 2009 Monterey Historics 1 year ago on Autoblog

One of our favorite events of the Monterey Weekend is the Historic Automobile Races featuring hundreds of vintage racecars at the famed Laguna Seca racetrack. The historical value of the automobiles combined with the ease of access to the cars and owners in the paddock make it a spectator favorite. ...

Monterey 2008: Saturday's Monterey Historic Automobile Races 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image above for huge high-res gallery of the AB team's pics from the track The 35th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a long title for a spectacular event. Saturday was actually day two of the Historics, which will conclude on Sunday. ...

Monterey 2008: The Toyota Race of Legends 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image above for high-res gallery from Laguna Seca This year's edition of The Toyota Race of Legends looked to be another exciting race, giving fans a chance to see former racing greats mix it up in identically prepared Scion tCs. Basically they are the same cars that are used in Long Beach ...

VIDEO: 2007 Monterey Historics sampler 2 years ago on Autoblog

Continuing our video wrap-ups from this year's Pebble Beach extravaganza, here is a clip of some of the track action from Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca during the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota. We'll just shorten that to the Monterey Historics from now on, unless the ...

Pebble Beach Week 2007: The Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca, Pt. II 2 years ago on Autoblog

While we already brought you an initial post from the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, there was so much more action at the track that we wanted to show off more of the great shots we got from Laguna Seca last week. Today's track pics come from earlier in the week and include some action ...

Pebble Beach Week 2007: The Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca, Pt. I 2 years ago on Autoblog

The track action at Laguna Seca can be so overwhelming that we figured we'd break up the galleries a bit. This post will feature nothing but on-track competition and a couple of ambiance shots from Saturday's sessions. Seven classes ran then and another seven will be heading out on Sunday. There ...

Pebble Beach Week 2007: Monterey Historics preview 2 years ago on Autoblog

Thanks to Richard Owen of Supercars.net for the photo. This year's Monterey Historic races are featuring Indy Cars. Well, Indy Roadsters, in particular. As Laguna Seca itself is celebrating its 50th anniversary, cars and stars from 1957 are being highlighted in every class, but the Indy Roadster ...

The 9th Coronado Classic Speed Festival 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Coronado Classic Speed Festival was held in San Diego this weekend and we had people on hand to cover it for you. Part of the General Racing Ltd. historic racing series, it featured over 200 of history's top racecars. All racing within a few feet of the thrilled fans. This type of racing is so ...

Not-So-MINI Road Trip 3 years ago on Autoblog

So, a total of 3,347 MINIs are taking part in a multiple-stage road trip across America. What do you call that kind of thing? MINI named it "The 2006 MINI TransAmerican Motortastic Road Trip To End All Road Trips Rally." That's quite a mouthful, so we'll stick with the easier-to-remember "MINI ...

Monterey Historic Races to feature Toyota/Lexus 3 years ago on Autoblog

As the presenting sponsor of this year's Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, Toyota Motor is going all out to bring its motorsports efforts in front of U.S. fans, with the centerpiece of its involvement demonstration runs and paddock displays featuring this year's TF106 Formula 1 car. ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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