Motul Course de Monterey
The Course de Monterey is a sports car race held annually at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). 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.
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| IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | |
|---|---|
| Venue | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca |
| Corporate sponsor | Motul |
| First race | 1950 |
| First USCC race | 2014 |
| Duration | 2 hour 40 minutes |
| Previous names | IMSA Monterey Grand Prix Pebble Beach Road Races Monterey Triple Crown Monterey Sports Car Championships American Le Mans Monterey America's Tire 250 |
| Most wins (driver) | 5 drivers tied (3) |
| Most wins (team) | Audi Sport North America (6) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Porsche (9) |
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
| Year | Drivers | Team | Car | Duration/Distance | Race Title | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Championship | ||||||
| 1950 |  Phil Hill |
Phil Hill |
Jaguar XK120 M | 100 miles (160 km) | Pebble Beach Road Race | report |
| SCCA National Sports Car Championship | ||||||
| 1951 | Bill Pollack |
Tom Carstens |
Allard 2J-Cadillac | 100 miles (160 km) | Pebble Beach Cup | report |
| 1952 | Bill Pollack |
Tom Carstens |
Allard 2J-Cadillac | 100 miles (160 km) | Del Monte Trophy | report |
| 1953 | Phil Hill |
Phil Hill |
Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder Series I | 100 miles (160 km) | Del Monte Trophy | report |
| 1954 | Sterling Edwards |
Ferrari 340 MM | 100 miles (160 km) | Del Monte Trophy | report | |
| 1955 | Phil Hill |
Ferrari 750 Monza | 100 miles (160 km) | Del Monte Trophy | report | |
| 1956 | Carroll Shelby |
Dick Hall |
Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti | 100 miles (160 km) | Del Monte Trophy | report |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |
| IMSA WeatherTech 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook |
VisitFlorida.com Racing |
Corvette DP | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda | report | |
| 2016 | Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew |
Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian |
Ligier JS P2 Honda | 2 Hours (P, GTLM) | Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda | report | |
| Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith |
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet | 2 Hours (PC, GTD) | ||||
| 2017 | Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande |
VisitFlorida.com Racing |
Ligier JS P217 | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | America's Tire 250 | report | |
| 2018 | Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek |
Tequila Patrón ESM |
Nissan Onroak DPi | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | America's Tire 250 | report | |
| 2019 | Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya |
Acura Team Penske |
Acura ARX-05 | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | IMSA Monterey Grand Prix | report | |
| 2020 | Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor |
Acura Team Penske |
Acura ARX-05 | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship | report | |
| 2021 |  Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor |
Konica Minolta Acura |
Acura ARX-05 | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship | report | |
| 2022 | Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor |
Konica Minolta Acura |
Acura ARX-05 | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship | report | |
| 2023 | Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac V-Series.R | 2 Hours, 40 Minutes | Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N | report | |
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References
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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