The 36th Annual Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races

Four hundred fifty entries have been accepted for the prestigious Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races that is set to take place on August 14th to 16th at Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca. Of those, 145 are Porsche cars, helping to celebrate Porsche as this year’s featured marque and lending live-action perspective on the company’s impressive racing heritage.

With practice on Friday and warm-ups Saturday and Sunday mornings, racing will begin after noon for 15 race groups that span nearly every era of motorsports history. “For enthusiasts, the 2009 Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races will be very special,” said Steve Earle of General Racing, Ltd., which owns and organizes the event. “You’ll be going back in time, not just standing around admiring these cars. They are racing, and the sights and sounds are the real thing.”

Notable drivers include England’s Sir Stirling Moss, often called “the greatest driver never to win the World Championship,” driving a 1960 Lola MK I, South Africa’s Desire Wilson (one of only five women to have entered an F1 World Championship Grand Prix), driving a 1952 Glockler Porsche, and USA’s John Morton driving a 1985 Nissan GTP.

For more information on the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, visit www.montereyhistoric.com.