The Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP), the management company for the Monterey County-owned Laguna Seca Recreation Area, is charging into 2018 with its foot on the pedal. The season, which gets underway April 19-22 with the Sea Otter Classic, is the most ambitious yet for the iconic race facility. Ten major […]
2018 MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA MAJOR EVENT SCHEDULE UNVEILED
Fans of the world-class motorsports events that take place at the iconic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course can begin making plans for next year with the release of the complete 2018 major event schedule. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, built by the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) on property leased from […]
BATTERY TENDER GLOBAL MAZDA MX-5 CUP PRESENTED BY BFGOODRICH TIRES RETURNS TO MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA
The 2017 Global Mazda MX-5 Cup season has been nothing short of remarkable as it heads to its 2017 finale this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, where $50,000 in prize money is on the line for the season’s highest-scoring rookie. This comes after American racer Patrick Gallagher clinched the 2017 Global […]
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA SET FOR SEPTEMBER 23 DURING CONTINENTAL TIRE MONTEREY GRAND PRIX
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is once again honoring the men and women who serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces by hosting Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, September 23, during the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring AMERICA’S TIRE 250 which takes place September 21-24. One military ID for any past or […]
GIANT WAYNE RAINEY FIGURE ADORNS MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA HILLSIDE IN ADVANCE OF ROLEX MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION
Those visiting Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca or traveling the Monterey-Salinas Highway (State Route 68) will notice a giant, cut-out painting on the hillside of motorcycle racing legend Wayne Rainey riding a Yamaha YZR500. A mural painted on a plywood board, the motorcycle stands at 18 feet long and 12.5 feet tall. The artwork celebrating the […]
SCRAMP USHERS IN EIGHTH ROLEX MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION; THE CENTRAL COAST’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
In four weeks tens of thousands of the world’s automobile community will sharpen their focus on all the activities that comprise Monterey Classic Car Week that runs from August 11-20. Since assuming control of historic racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in late 2009, the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) is […]
THE FIRST CAR TO WIN AT LAGUNA SECA TO BE FEATURED AT ROLEX MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION
The race that started it all was an upset of sorts. With big-name drivers like Carroll Shelby, Richie Ginther, Fred Knoop, Jim Hall and John von Neumann in the field driving more powerful machines from the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin, Maserati and Porsche, few gave Pete Lovely and his year-old 2-liter Ferrari 500 […]
HISTORIC STOCK CARS – THE NEW KIDS ON THE TRACK FOR SPRING CLASSIC MAY 19-21
When one thinks of vintage, it is many times measured in decades. For the Historic Stock Cars group at the inaugural Spring Classic May 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, it may mean only 14 years since the last time it raced professionally. More than two dozen stock cars from the 1979 to 2006 racing […]
POPULAR TRANS-AM CATEGORIES GEARED UP FOR SPRING CLASSIC MAY 19-21
The Spring Classic vintage car race and historic motorcycle exhibition to be held on May 19-21 features 10 run groups with racers from around the country excited to take part in the inaugural event during Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s 60th anniversary celebration. Participants in the 1966-1972 Trans-Am and 1966-1972 Trans-Am 2.5 Liter groups, in particular, are […]