ROLLING THUNDER
An intrinsic part of Car Week is the Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Tour d’Elegance. Here’s what to expect this year
1964 Shelby Cobra 289 in boisterous qualifying in the 1963-1966
GT Over 2500cc group.
Seeing the hundreds of thousands of people who flock to the multiple events of the 21st century Monterey Car Week makes it difficult to believe that it all started small in 1950 with the Del Monte Trophy clubman’s race held on a couple of miles of local roads.
The original Pebble Beach Road Races took place on a combination of paved and gravel surface on and around the famous ‘17 Mile Drive’ before moving to a slightly longer route near the golf club’s Lodge.
It was a tight and twisty track, much of which passed through the dense woodland typical of the area – but accidents were few, and rarely serious.