Motul Course de Monterey

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Motul Course de Monterey
Laguna Seca.svg
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Corporate sponsor Motul
First race1950
First USCC race2014
Duration2 hour 40 minutes
Previous namesIMSA Monterey Grand Prix
Pebble Beach Road Races
Monterey Triple Crown
Monterey Sports Car Championships
American Le Mans Monterey
America's Tire 250
Most wins (driver)5 drivers tied (3)
Most wins (team) Audi Sport North America (6)
Most wins (manufacturer) Porsche (9)

The Course de Monterey is a sports car race held annually at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). 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.

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Between 1999 and 2013 the event was a part of the American Le Mans Series, until the series merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014 to form the United SportsCar Championship.

Pebble Beach

YearDriversTeamCarDuration/DistanceRace TitleReport
Non-Championship
1950 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Hill Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Hill Jaguar XK120 M 100 miles (160 km)Pebble Beach Road Race report
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1951 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Pollack Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tom Carstens Allard 2J-Cadillac 100 miles (160 km)Pebble Beach Cup report
1952 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Pollack Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tom Carstens Allard 2J-Cadillac 100 miles (160 km)Del Monte Trophy report
1953 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Hill Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder Series I 100 miles (160 km)Del Monte Trophy report
1954 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sterling Edwards Ferrari 340 MM 100 miles (160 km)Del Monte Trophy report
1955 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 750 Monza 100 miles (160 km)Del Monte Trophy report
1956 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Carroll Shelby Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dick Hall Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti 100 miles (160 km)Del Monte Trophy report

Laguna Seca

YearDriversTeamCarDuration/DistanceRace TitleReport
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1957 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Pete Lovely Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Fred Armbruster Ferrari 500 TR Pebble Beach Races report
1958
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1962		Not held
United States Road Racing Championship
1963 Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Parsons Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Parsons Lotus 23-Ford 150 miles (240 km)Laguna Seca 150 report
1964 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hall Flag of the United States.svg Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet 150 miles (240 km) report
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hall Flag of the United States.svg Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet 150 miles (240 km) report
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Hayes McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet 150 miles (240 km)Monterey 150 report
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet 250 km (160 mi) report
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Flag of the United States.svg Roger Penske McLaren M6A-Chevrolet 150 miles (240 km)Pimm's Cup Trophy report
1969
—
1973		Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1974 1 Flag of the United States.svg Elliot Forbes-Robinson Flag of the United States.svg F.A.R. West Racing Porsche Carrera 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
Flag of the United States.svg Milt Minter Flag of the United States.svg Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km)
1975 1 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Brumos Porsche Porsche Carrera RSR 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL 100 miles (160 km)
1976 2 Flag of the United States.svg Al Holbert Flag of the United States.svg Holbert/Dickinson Racing Chevrolet Monza 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
1977 2 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Ongais Flag of the United States.svg Interscope Racing Porsche 934 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
1978 Flag of the United States.svg George Follmer Flag of the United States.svg Vasek Polak Porsche 935/77A 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Brumos Porsche Porsche 935/79 100 miles (160 km) Winston GT Monterey Triple Crown report
1980 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Fitzpatrick Flag of the United States.svg Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935 K3 100 miles (160 km) Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report
1981 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Flag of the United States.svg Cooke Woods/Garretson Lola T600-Chevrolet 100 miles (160 km) Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report
1982 Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Jr. Flag of the United States.svg Holbert Racing Lola T600-Chevrolet 100 miles (160 km) Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report
1983 Flag of the United States.svg Al Holbert Flag of the United States.svg Holbert Racing March 83G-Chevrolet 100 miles (160 km)Monterey Triple Crown report
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Randy Lanier Flag of the United States.svg Blue Thunder Racing March 83G-Chevrolet 100 miles (160 km) Red Lobster Monterey Triple Crown report
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Al Holbert Flag of the United States.svg Holbert Racing Porsche 962 300 km (190 mi)22nd Annual Nissan Monterey Triple Crown report
1986 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Ludwig Flag of the United States.svg Zakspeed USA Ford Mustang Probe GTP 300 km (190 mi)Monterey Triple Crown report
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Ludwig Flag of the United States.svg Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 300 km (190 mi) Nissan Monterey Triple Crown report
1988Not held
1989 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Flag of the United States.svg Audi of America Audi 90 Quattro 1 Hour Toyota Monterey Grand Prix report
1990Not held
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones Flag of the United States.svg Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-16 300 km (190 mi)Grand Auto Supply Monterey Camel GT report
1992 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II Flag of the United States.svg All American Racers Eagle Mk III-Toyota 2 HoursGrand Auto Supply Monterey Camel GT report
1993 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones Flag of the United States.svg All American Racers Eagle Mk III-Toyota 1 Hour, 45 MinutesMonterey Camel GT report
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Evans
Flag of Spain.svg Fermín Vélez 		Flag of the United States.svg Team Scandia Ferrari 333 SP 2 HoursMonterey Sports Car Grand Prix report
1995–1996Not held
1997 Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger 		Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford 1 Hour, 45 Minutes VISA Sports Car Championships report
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier de Radigues 		Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport Riley & Scott Mk III-BMW 2 Hours, 30 Minutes VISA Sports Car Championships report
American Le Mans Series
1999 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Soper 		Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR 2 Hours, 45 Minutes VISA Sports Car Championships presented by Honda report
2000 Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish 		Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 MinutesGlobalcenter Monterey Sports Car Championships report
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro 		Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 MinutesMonterey Sports Car Championships presented by Mazda report
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro 		Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 MinutesMonterey Sports Car Championships report
2003 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela 		Flag of Germany.svg Infineon Team Joest Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Fry's Electronics Sports Car Championships report
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer 		Flag of the United States.svg ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 4 Hours Audi Sports Car Championships report
2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S 4 HoursMonterey Sports Car Championships report
2006 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello 		Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI 4 HoursMonterey Sports Car Championships report
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello 		Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI 4 HoursMonterey Sports Car Championships report
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr 		Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI 4 HoursMonterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón report
2009 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud 		Flag of the United States.svg de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a 4 HoursMonterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón report
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti 		Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01C 6 HoursAmerican Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patrón report
2011 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 6 HoursModSpace American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón report
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr 		Flag of the United States.svg Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 6 HoursAmerican Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón report
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr 		Flag of the United States.svg Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 4 HoursAmerican Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón report
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2014 3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis		 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2 Hours (PC, GTD) Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Brown		 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b 2 Hours (P, GTLM)
2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook 		Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida.com Racing Corvette DP 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg John Pew 		Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ligier JS P2 Honda 2 Hours (P, GTLM) Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Alon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith 		Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2 Hours (PC, GTD)
2017 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 		Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida.com Racing Ligier JS P217 2 Hours, 40 MinutesAmerica's Tire 250 report
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek 		Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Nissan Onroak DPi 2 Hours, 40 MinutesAmerica's Tire 250 report
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya 		Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 MinutesIMSA Monterey Grand Prix report
2020 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 		Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 MinutesHyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report
2021 Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 		Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 MinutesHyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report
2022 Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 		Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 MinutesHyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report
2023 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 		Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R 2 Hours, 40 MinutesMotul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N report
2024 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Jaminet
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 		Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 2 Hours, 40 MinutesMotul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N report
2025 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Jaminet 		Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 2 Hours, 40 Minutes TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship report
^1 Doubleheader events in 1974 and 1975
^2 IMSA were also the headlining race at the Monterey Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977
^3 Split races in 2014 and 2016

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