Tag Archives: Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

MOTORSPORT: Restored Gatorade RX-3 and other classic Mazda racers at Laguna Seca

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Dave Yuan

Monterey Car Week’s centerpiece racing event, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, concluded this weekend. While there was a noticeable lack of Japanese representation at Laguna Seca as compared to last year (despite the fact that the theme was the 50th … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE RACING JOURNAL: Why Monterey was so important for Nissan

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Glenn Chiou

For one week this summer, Monterey became the playground of Nissan and Datsun fans from all over the globe. For us Datsun racers, it was our opportunity to tell a story, a story of a manufacturer long overlooked in automotive … Continue reading →

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MOTORSPORT: Mazda’s Le Mans FC3S RX-7 rides again

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Ben Hsu

Mazda’s most famous Le Mans story centers around that of the epic 787B and its historic victory in 1991, but there have been other contenders from Hiroshima. The humble Mazda RX-7 has been sent into battle many times, mostly in … Continue reading →

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MOTORSPORT: Nissan will be the featured marque at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Ben Hsu

Nissan has confirmed that it will be the featured marque at the 2018 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The event celebrating vintage racing machines takes place at Laguna Seca during the Monterey Historics car week, and remains one of the most … Continue reading →

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MOTORSPORT: Team Highball IMSA RX-7, the most successful endurance racer of all time

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Dave Yuan

It is often said that rotary engines are unreliable. And yet, some of the greatest long-distance racers have been pistonless Mazdas, including what has been called the most successful endurance racer of all time: the Team Highball 1985 IMSA GTU RX-7.

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MOTORSPORT: IMSA Mazda RX-3 at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Dave Yuan

Mazda continued to flex its racing heritage muscle at this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. In addition to its usual usual cadre of booming (and zooming) rotary racers, four new participants ripped around the renowned Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the … Continue reading →

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MOTORSPORT: Restored Mazda 767B debuts at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dave Yuan

The newest addition to Mazda USA’s ever-growing Heritage Collection debuted recently at the 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. In a nod to both Mazda’s racing legacy and its “Driving Matters” slogan, the newly restored #202 767B — clad in the … Continue reading →

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PROFILES: Dr Hitoshi Kato’s Mazda R100 vintage racers

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dave Yuan

Racing is an extraordinary human endeavor. It encompasses brains and brawn, heroics at the individual and team levels, with huge amounts of synergy and coordination. And the machines are both technologically advanced and visually magnificent, catapulting us beyond our natural human abilities. For spectators, … Continue reading →

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MOTORSPORT: R100 and Mazda’s Endurance Racing Legacy

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dave Yuan

2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Mazda’s historic win at the world’s most celebrated endurance race: Le Mans. Yet Mazda’s interest and involvement in endurance racing stretches way back, beginning with its Cosmo Sport at the 1968 Marathon de la … Continue reading →

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COLLECTIONS: Mazda restores historic 767B Le Mans racer

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dave Yuan

Mazda has something good in store at this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. In what’s becoming a bit of a tradition for Mazda North American Operations, it’s adding a restored race car to its Heritage Collection: the #202 767B that … Continue reading →

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