Pictures and Tech Stuff from the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

Smorgasford None
8/28/19 12:39 p.m.

Hey everyone! First time posting here but I just got back from the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca and thought that the GRM community might enjoy what I saw. If you don't know what this is, it's basically where a bunch of rich guys bring together 300+ race cars from all across the world to race them out on the track. The cars range from brand new to 100+ years old (I focus on the "newer" ones). The sweet thing is that if you buy a $40 ticket you're allowed to have freedom to go where ever you want in the paddock out amongst the cars.

This year I took a bunch of photos of specific details of the racecars. Most had their hoods up (or removed) and the chassis out there for everyone to see. In my blog post I show pictures and descriptions of BMWs, Porsches, Corvettes, Ferraris, etc.

https://brentfordracing.com/2019/08/28/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion-pictures-and-tech-overview-2019/

These are the sort of pictures that I could never get anywhere else so I just decided to stick my head everywhere to see how these racecars were really put together! I hope you find the pictures interesting and maybe it will start so cool conversations in this thread about how the cars are designed. Enjoy!

Thanks,

Brent

Dashpot Reader
8/28/19 2:16 p.m.

Wow, Thanks for posting that link! That's some great detail on legendary racecars.

I hope to see some of those guys at Limerock this weekend. Recall the R8 doing 43 second laps there back in the day.

That new Vette cutaway is especially impressive for a production car as well.

Smorgasford New Reader
8/29/19 8:20 a.m.

No problem! There truly are some legendary racecars at that event. The R8 was hitting around 145 mph on the front straight where most other "fast" cars were in the mid-130's.