The future of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races was assured in the beginning of December when a new long-term agreement between Laguna Seca Raceway and General Racing Ltd. was reached after months of negotiations.
“The Monterey Historics is a celebration of historic automobiles and the people who were responsible for their place in history,” said Kathryn Hayworth, president of Laguna Seca’s SCRAMP board. “We are genuinely pleased to have Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca continue to play an important role with Steve Earle in bringing motorsports history to life for generations of racing enthusiasts.”
The 29th Annual Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races will take place on Aug. 16-18, 2002, and will continue the honored marque tradition by featuring one of America’s sports car icons — the Chevrolet Corvette. Considering the Corvette’s enormous following in the U.S., this year’s event could surpass 1999’s record breaking attendance figures of 100,000 when Porsche was the featured marque.
