![]() ![]() GPs at Laguna Seca was obviously very special to me because there’s nothing like winning your home Grand Prix in front of family and friends,” Rainey said. The sweeping downhill lefthander through Turn 9, or the Rainey Curve, is named in honor of Rainey – who serves as the president of MotoAmerica, which will present one of the premier events on the 2022 schedule. Grand Prix wins at WeatherTech Raceway between 1989-91. Wayne Rainey won three straight World Championships between 1990-92, while also capturing three U.S. Among those who have dominated the asphalt is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time – who loved the Monterey area so much, he moved here. The track has seen many legendary performances in its six-plus decades. – took Laguna Seca’s inaugural checkered flag behind the wheel of his 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa all those years ago. As WeatherTech Raceway enters its 65th race season in 2022, it’s come a long way from when Pete Lovely – a future Formula One racer and owner of Pete Lovely Racing in Fife, Wash. ![]() Sixty-four years later, the race circuit remains the heartbeat of Monterey County’s Laguna Seca Recreation Area. Army’s Fort Ord would evolve into WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and become a world-renowned road course with legendary status. 9, 1957, for the Eighth Annual Pebble Beach Road Race, those in attendance had no idea that the freshly-paved race track quickly carved into the hills of the U.S.
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