The most spectacular permanent racing circuit on the West Coast of America, Laguna Seca is hidden away in a natural bowl in the hills which overlook Monterey Bay. It is two hours drive south from San Francisco but the beautiful and rugged Monterey Peninsular provides a wonderful place to spend some time in quaint Carmel, along Cannery Row or in among the cypress trees at Pebble Beach and along Seventeen Mile Drive. Originally there was a road circuit laid out around Pebble Beach - there is still an annual Monterey Historic race - but in 1957 the local people and businesses got together to support the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsular in its plan to create Laguna Seca Raceway.
The plan had the support of (and assistance) from the US Army, which owned the land which formed part of the Ford Ord Military Reservation training camp.
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