Monterey, 15 August, 2011
This weekend the annual Monterey car week was kicked off by
the Pre-Reunion races at Laguna Seca. All the cars entered in
next weeks Reunion had the chance to test end set up their car
in 2 days practice and race sessions.
The cars were divided in 10 classes including a pre-war class,
GT, IMSA and Formula Juniors. The start of the weekend was
delayed by the common fog in the hills of the track when the
marshals could not even see their neighbour so the practice time
was cut down by some minutes to get back into the time table.
As the weather cleared up it became a sunny day with lot of track
action.
When wandering around through the paddocks one could see
some cars from the forthcoming auction of Bonhams and the
Ferrari 250 TR prototype that is intended to become the star lot at
Goodings to set an all time auction record.
Today the classic car world takes a breath for the things to come
in the next days as the concours scene will start tomorrow with
the Concours at the Avenue in Carmel followed every day by other
events to come to an final next Sunday with the Pebble Beach
Concours.
Stay tuned as we try to keep you up-to-date starting today with
some impressions of the races in Laguna.
Text&Images Peter Singhof www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
And the laurel went to ...
Group 1 - Pre 1940 Sports, Racing and Touring Cars
1 31 Peter Giddings Danville, CA 1930 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3
2 12 Jon Shirley Medina, WA 1934 Alfa Romeo P3
3 2 William Lyon Newport Beach, CA 1927 Bugatti 35B
Group 2 - 1947-1955 Sports Racing and GT Cars
2 391 Herb Wetanson New York City, NY 1951 Fraiser-Nash
LeMans
3 71 Steve Marx Costa Mesa, CA 1954 Mercedes 300SL
4 441 Terry Sullivan Los Gatos, CA 1958 Denzel Rdster
Group 3 - 1955-1961 Sports Racing Cars
1 52 Edward Nigro Las Vegas, NV 1956 Lotus Eleven
2 35 David Swig Sausalito, CA 1957 Monsterati Special
3 59 Donald Orosco Monterey, CA 1958 Lotus 15
Group 4 - 1961-1966 GT Cars over 2500cc
1 11 Tommy Steuer Sparks, NV 1966 Shelby GT 350
2 29 John Hugenholtz Schilde, BELGIUM 1964 Lotus Elan 26R
3 63 William Cotter Seattle, WA 1963 Chevrolet Corvette
Group 5 - 1964-1972 FIA Cars and 2 Liter Sports Cars
1 1 Bert W. Skidmore Sparks, NV 1976 Lola T-286
2 27 Keith Frieser St Alberta, ALBERTA 1972 Lola T-290
3 25 Harindra deSilva Palos Verdes Estates, 1978 Osella PA8
Group 6 - 1955-1962 GT Cars
1 145 Jeffrey Abramson Alamo, CA 1959 Morgan Plus 4
2 18 Martin Brewer Farnham Common, UK1962 Aston Martin
DB4
3 149 Leonard Turnbeau Markleeville, CA 1958 Porsche 356A
Group 7 - 1973-1989 IMSA and FIA Mfg. Championship Cars
1 151 Jeff Lewis Newport Beach, CA 1988 ARGO JM-19C2
2 20 Ken Epsman Santa Clara, CA 1976 Chevrolet Monza
3 62 Jeremy Barnes Coto De Caza, CA 1991 Mazda RX7
Group 8 - 1958-1963 Formula Junior and F-1 Cars
1 5 William Cotter Seattle, WA 1961 Scarab Grand Prix
2 16 Terry Hefty Lafayette, CO 1961 Cooper T-53
3 127 Chris Locke San Anselmo, CA 1963 Lotus 27
Group 9 - 1960-1968 Sports Racing USRRC Cars
1 54 Jim Pace Largo, FL 1968 McLaren M6B
2 59 Dave Handy Semora, NC 1968 McLaren M6B
3 55 Tom Armstrong Issaquah, WA 1969 Lola T-162
Group 10 - 1966-1972 TransAm Cars over 2500cc
1 6 Bruce Canepa Scotts Valley, CA 1970 AMC Javelin
2 45 Ken Adams Gilroy, CA 1969 Ford Mustang
3 77 Ken Epsman Santa Clara, CA 1970 Dodge Challenger
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