The sights and sounds of the world’s most interesting historic race automobiles will return to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca August 16-19 as entry purposes at the moment are open for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Celebrating its forty ninth anniversary of honoring motorsports historical past in Monterey, the historic race occasion has flourished from its humble beginnings in 1974 to a extremely revered worldwide gathering that not too long ago was named Motorsport Occasion of the 12 months by the Historic Motoring Awards.
A few of the hottest teams return in 2023 together with the high-revving historic Formulation 1 automobiles and the guttural roar of Can-Am and Trans Am that had been immensely well-liked fixtures at Laguna Seca within the late Nineteen Sixties and early ’70s. Returning for the primary time since 2018 is the worldwide grid comprising Formulation 5000 automobiles that had been as soon as piloted by such legends as Mario Andretti, Brian Redman, Al Unser, David Hobbs and James Hunt.
The Monterey Motorsports Advisory Council and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca administration keep a collective spirit of making new experiences for contributors and company who benefit from the automobiles to maintain the Rolex Reunion entertaining, instructional and accessible to all. The dedication of every yr’s race teams is without doubt one of the first steps in creating the week’s actions.
Teams for the 2023 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion are:
- 1966-1985 Formulation One – non-turbo
- 1966-1974 Can-Am; 1963-1968 USRRC (V8 solely)
- 1972-1981 FIA, IMSA, GT, GTX, AAGT, GTU, Trans Am
- 1981-2007 GTP, Group C, DP, WSC, LMP, GT1 (GT1 by 2009)
- 1955-1967 SCCA Manufacturing – Giant Displacement
- 1955-1967 SCCA Manufacturing—Small Displacement
- 1927-1955 Grand Prix/Open wheel single seat racing automobiles
- 1947-1960 Entrance-engined Sports activities Racing and GT
- 1961-1971 FIA Producers Championship
- Ragtime Racers exhibition
Entry purposes could also be discovered HERE
The Advisory Council and Historic SportsCar Racing, the occasion’s sanctioning and technical accomplice, will start reviewing entry purposes on the finish of January to start figuring out eligibility based mostly on the automobile’s provenance, mechanical- and period-correctness, and authenticity. Solely the perfect of the perfect shall be accepted for every of the 14 teams.
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is without doubt one of the founding cornerstones of Monterey Automobile Week that pulls guests from world wide. Yearly probably the most important historic and genuine race automobiles, and the legendary drivers who drove them to victory, attend to rejoice the shared ardour for motorsports with tens of 1000’s of company.
Households of all ages benefit from the expertise from the go-karts and Ferris wheel to sampling tremendous wines and craft beers of Monterey County. Every day tickets to full VIP hospitality packages, in addition to tenting within the lovely and handy Laguna Seca Recreation Space campground, are on sale at WeatherTechRaceway.com or by calling the tickets and lodging specialists at 831-242-8200.
