Monterey Sports Car Championships

ALMS Monterey

American Le Mans Series
Venue	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Corporate sponsor	Patrón
First race	1950
First ALMS race	1999
Duration	6 hours
Previous names	Pebble Beach Road Races Monterey Triple Crown Monterey Sports Car Championships
Most wins (driver)	5 drivers tied (3)
Most wins (team)	Audi Sport North America (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (9)

The Monterey Sports Car Championships (formerly named the Monterey Triple Crown) is a sports car race held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. 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. Since 1999, the event has been a part of the American Le Mans Series. Beginning with the 2010 edition, the race runs to a six hour duration.

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	Bill 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 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	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 Harold Primat Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	6 Hours	ModSpace American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón	report

^1 Doubleheader events in 1974 and 1975

^2 IMSA were also the headlining race at the Monterey Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977

External links

• 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