Laguna Seca Raceway
County-owned WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, home of the famous Corkscrew. Spectator events plus track days via organizers.
Pro racing weekends (IMSA, historics, motorcycles), club racing, track days, and driving experiences.
See weathertechraceway.com for the event calendar.
Extensive on-site camping — a Laguna Seca race-weekend tradition.
Spring through fall; marquee weekends draw big crowds and coastal fog is common.
The Monterey Peninsula’s passion for sports car racing traces back to the inaugural running of the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1950. Those sports car events quickly outgrew the public roads of the Del Monte Forest, thereby paving the way for a permanent and safer road course. The original Laguna Seca Raceway was built in 1957 at a cost of $1.5 million raised from local businesses and individuals on part of the U.S. Army’s Fort Ord (a maneuver area and field artillery target range) after the nearby Pebble Beach Road Races were abandoned for being too dangerous. The 8th Annual Pebble Beach Road Race was the first race and held on November 9, 1957, which was won by Pete Lovely driving a Ferrari 500 TR. In the following years, the track has hosted USRRC, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000, IMSA
