Scenes from Monterey Motorsports Reunion - Sunday

  by Bob Heathcote
The Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2010 vintage car race was held August 14th and 15th at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. A field of more than 600 classic race cars took to the track, grouped into 19 different racing classifications. It was formerly known as the Monterey Historic Automobile Races or Monterey Historics.  Our Bob Heathcote captured all the action in these 150 photos.

It's a wrap at Monterey Motorsports Reunion

  Graham Wallis claimed the Spirit of Monterey Trophy
As the sun set on the fourth and final day of racing at the 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, entrants representing 13 countries and competing in over 600 historic cars gathered to celebrate their accomplishments at the Rolex Awards Ceremony at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Scenes from Monterey Motorsports Reunion - Saturday

  by Bob Heathcote
This weekend was the Monterey (California) Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway and our Bob Heathcote was there to capture all the action Saturday in these 130 action photos.

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion underway

  Plenty to Take In, Both On and Off the Track
Moving into its first weekend day, the four-day Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion generated tens of thousands of spectators at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where 600 historic automobiles are racing just as they did “back in the day.” The action started this morning with the balance of 19 different competition groups completing their qualifying and segued into lunchtime parade laps, a picnic for the public with famed driver Dan Gurney, and a flyover by four Nanchang CJ-6A aircraft before the Star Spangled Banner signaled the official start of competition for today’s 10 scheduled groups, which featured Trans-Am

Total 24 hours of Spa final hour report

  by Nathan Heywood
‘Just as you thought it was safe to go back in the water’ Dirk Werner had one of those life-changing moments when he put his 79 BMW into the tire wall at Les Fagnes aka Turn 12 with 40 minutes to go. Nobody seemed sure if the driver was simply made a mistake, possibly distracted by the thought of the top step of the podium after having led since the second hour, or if something had failed on the car.

Scenes from the 24 Hours of Spa

  by Gary Parravani
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT2 class) driven by Dumas / Bergmeister / Ragginger / Henzler won the 24 Hours of Spa on Sunday and another Porsche 911 GT3 RS driven by Narac / Long / Pilet / Lietz finished 2nd.  Our Gary Parravani was there to capture all the action in over 100 fabulous photos.

Qualifying races over, 24 Hours of Spa up next

  by Nathan Heywood
The Dutch pair from Mad-Croc Racing, Jos Menten and Xavier Maassen, took their first victory in the FIA GT1 World Championship Qualifying Race after leading from Pole to the flag in the one-hour long race.  The second Mad-Croc Corvette hit the nr 22 Sumo Power Nissan and came back into the pit with a left rear puncture, which was to prove something of an omen for the marque.

Preview – 2010 24 Hours of Spa

  by Nathan Heywood
The grueling 24 Hours of Spa.  I’m certainly up for it as Spa has been in my Top Five must see racetracks since I was a schoolboy and this year, finally, I get to go to cover it for AutoRacing1.com. For the record; the others include in an ever changing order, Le Mans, Laguna Seca, Nürburgring (old), Silverstone, and Bathurst.  Is it just me or can any racetrack be improved with a big hill thrown into the middle of it?

Scenes from Watkins Glen - Saturday Track Action

  by Adriano Manocchia
Team Penske's Will Power won the pole for the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen. But the IndyCars are not the only ones in action at The Glen this weekend.  Adriano Manocchia captured all the action from Saturday in these photographs.

Scenes from Watkins Glen - Friday

  by Adriano Manocchia
Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe topped the time chart as IZOD IndyCar Series teams began preparations for the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen. But the IndyCars are not the only ones in action at The Glen this weekend.  Adriano Manocchia captured all the action from Friday in these 200 photographs.

McMillins master field for Overall Baja 500 win

  SCORE Tecate Baja 500
Continuing to add to the legacy of one of the sport’s legendary family of racers, third-generation desert racer Andy McMillin and his father Scott, of San Diego, split the driving in their No. 31 McMillin Realty Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck Saturday to master the world’s best desert racers in the 42nd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

You think race car drivers are not athletes?

  Jim Leo, Interview by Mark Boudreau
Race car drivers have to be in shape. Like fighter pilots, the supreme amount of exertion expended in manhandling a race car through numerous high speed corners or at over 200 mph on a high banked oval requires them to maintain a level of fitness few of us can imagine. Gone are the days when Keke Rosberg after a shunt casually pulled out a pack of smokes while waiting for a lift back to the pits. Race car drivers these days are extraordinarily fit, as they must be to stay competitive in the dog eat dog world of motorsport.