The Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring AMERICA'S TIRE 250 (formerly run under various names) is a sports car race held annually at WeatherTech 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.
Video Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix
Pebble Beach
Maps Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix
Laguna Seca
- ^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 and 2016
External links
- United SportsCar Championship official site
- Ultimate Racing History: Laguna Seca archive
- Racing Sports Cars: Laguna Seca archive, Pebble Beach archive
- World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA National archive, USRRC archive, IMSA archive
- Etceterini
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