The Monterey Grand Prix (formerly run under various names) is a sports car race held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event began in 1950 as a race on the roads of Pebble Beach, California. In 1951, it was added to the new SCCA National Sports Car Championship. When Laguna Seca Raceway was built in 1957, the races moved there. The event fell dormant after the National Championship was discontinued in 1957, but was revived by the SCCA's new United States Road Racing Championship in 1963. The race fell dormant again in 1969, and was revived in 1973 with the IMSA GT Championship.
Between 1999 and 2013 the event was a part of the American Le Mans Series, until the series merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014 to form the United SportsCar Championship.
Pebble Beach
Laguna Seca
Year |
Drivers |
Team |
Car |
Duration/Distance |
Race Title |
Report |
SCCA National Sports Car Championship |
1957 |
Pete Lovely |
Fred Armbruster |
Ferrari 500 TR |
|
Pebble Beach Races |
report |
1958
—
1962 |
Not held |
United States Road Racing Championship |
1963 |
Chuck Parsons |
Chuck Parsons |
Lotus 23-Ford |
150 miles (240 km) |
Laguna Seca 150 |
report |
1964 |
Jim Hall |
Chaparral Cars |
Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet |
150 miles (240 km) |
|
report |
1965 |
Jim Hall |
Chaparral Cars |
Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet |
150 miles (240 km) |
|
report |
1966 |
Charlie Hayes |
|
McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet |
150 miles (240 km) |
Monterey 150 |
report |
1967 |
Lothar Motschenbacher |
|
McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet |
250 km (160 mi) |
|
report |
1968 |
Mark Donohue |
Roger Penske |
McLaren M6A-Chevrolet |
150 miles (240 km) |
Pimm's Cup Trophy |
report |
1969
—
1973 |
Not held |
IMSA GT Championship |
19741 |
Elliot Forbes-Robinson |
F.A.R. West Racing |
Porsche Carrera |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
Milt Minter |
Toad Hall Motor Racing |
Porsche Carrera RSR |
100 miles (160 km) |
19751 |
Peter Gregg |
Brumos Porsche |
Porsche Carrera RSR |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
Hans-Joachim Stuck |
BMW Motorsport |
BMW 3.0 CSL |
100 miles (160 km) |
19762 |
Al Holbert |
Holbert/Dickinson Racing |
Chevrolet Monza |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
19772 |
Danny Ongais |
Interscope Racing |
Porsche 934 |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1978 |
George Follmer |
Vasek Polak |
Porsche 935/77A |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1979 |
Peter Gregg |
Brumos Porsche |
Porsche 935/79 |
100 miles (160 km) |
Winston GT Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1980 |
John Fitzpatrick |
Dick Barbour Racing |
Porsche 935 K3 |
100 miles (160 km) |
Datsun Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1981 |
Brian Redman |
Cooke Woods/Garretson |
Lola T600-Chevrolet |
100 miles (160 km) |
Datsun Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1982 |
John Paul, Jr. |
Holbert Racing |
Lola T600-Chevrolet |
100 miles (160 km) |
Datsun Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1983 |
Al Holbert |
Holbert Racing |
March 83G-Chevrolet |
100 miles (160 km) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1984 |
Randy Lanier |
Blue Thunder Racing |
March 83G-Chevrolet |
100 miles (160 km) |
Red Lobster Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1985 |
Al Holbert |
Holbert Racing |
Porsche 962 |
300 km (190 mi) |
22nd Annual Nissan Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1986 |
Klaus Ludwig |
Zakspeed USA |
Ford Mustang Probe GTP |
300 km (190 mi) |
Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1987 |
Klaus Ludwig |
Bayside Disposal Racing |
Porsche 962 |
300 km (190 mi) |
Nissan Monterey Triple Crown |
report |
1988 |
Not held |
1989 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck |
Audi of America |
Audi 90 Quattro |
1 Hour |
Toyota Monterey Grand Prix |
report |
1990 |
Not held |
1991 |
Davy Jones |
Bud Light/Jaguar Racing |
Jaguar XJR-16 |
300 km (190 mi) |
Grand Auto Supply Monterey Camel GT |
report |
1992 |
Juan Manuel Fangio II |
All American Racers |
Eagle Mk III-Toyota |
2 Hours |
Grand Auto Supply Monterey Camel GT |
report |
1993 |
P. J. Jones |
All American Racers |
Eagle Mk III-Toyota |
1 Hour, 45 Minutes |
Monterey Camel GT |
report |
1994 |
Andy Evans
Fermín Vélez |
Team Scandia |
Ferrari 333 SP |
2 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Grand Prix |
report |
1995 |
Not held |
1996 |
Not held |
1997 |
John Paul, Jr.
Butch Leitzinger |
Dyson Racing |
Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford |
1 Hour, 45 Minutes |
VISA Sports Car Championships |
report |
1998 |
Bill Auberlen
Didier de Radigues |
BMW Motorsport |
Riley & Scott Mk III-BMW |
2 Hours, 30 Minutes |
VISA Sports Car Championships |
report |
American Le Mans Series |
1999 |
JJ Lehto
Steve Soper |
BMW Motorsport |
BMW V12 LMR |
2 Hours, 45 Minutes |
VISA Sports Car Championships presented by Honda |
report |
2000 |
Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R8 |
2 Hours, 45 Minutes |
Globalcenter Monterey Sports Car Championships |
report |
2001 |
Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R8 |
2 Hours, 45 Minutes |
Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Mazda |
report |
2002 |
Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R8 |
2 Hours, 45 Minutes |
Monterey Sports Car Championships |
report |
2003 |
Marco Werner
Frank Biela |
Infineon Team Joest |
Audi R8 |
2 Hours, 45 Minutes |
Fry's Electronics Sports Car Championships |
report |
2004 |
Johnny Herbert
Pierre Kaffer |
ADT Champion Racing |
Audi R8 |
4 Hours |
Audi Sports Car Championships |
report |
2005 |
Tom Chilton
Hayanari Shimoda |
Zytek Engineering |
Zytek 04S |
4 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Championships |
report |
2006 |
Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R10 TDI |
4 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Championships |
report |
2007 |
Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R10 TDI |
4 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Championships |
report |
2008 |
Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R10 TDI |
4 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón |
report |
2009 |
Gil de Ferran
Simon Pagenaud |
de Ferran Motorsports |
Acura ARX-02a |
4 Hours |
Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón |
report |
2010 |
David Brabham
Simon Pagenaud
Marino Franchitti |
Patrón Highcroft Racing |
HPD ARX-01C |
6 Hours |
American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patrón |
report |
2011 |
Adrián Fernández
Harold Primat
Stefan Mücke |
Aston Martin Racing |
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 |
6 Hours |
ModSpace American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón |
report |
2012 |
Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr |
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |
HPD ARX-03a |
6 Hours |
American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón |
report |
2013 |
Klaus Graf
Lucas Luhr |
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |
HPD ARX-03a |
4 Hours |
American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón |
report |
United SportsCar Championship |
20143 |
Renger van der Zande
Mirco Schultis |
Starworks Motorsport |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
2 Hours (PC, GTD) |
Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda |
report |
Johannes van Overbeek
Ed Brown |
Extreme Speed Motorsports |
HPD ARX-03b |
2 Hours (P, GTLM) |
2015 |
Michael Valiante
Richard Westbrook |
VisitFlorida.com Racing |
Corvette DP |
2 Hours, 40 Minutes |
Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda |
report |
- ^1 Doubleheader events in 1974 and 1975
- ^2 IMSA were also the headlining race at the Monterey Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977
- ^3 Split races in 2014
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