The Monterey SportsCar Championship 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.
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 Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race title Report Non-Championship 1950 Phil Hill Phil Hill Jaguar XK120 M Pebble Beach Road Race report SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1951 Bill Pollack Tom Carstens Allard 2J-Cadillac Pebble Beach Cup report 1952 Bill Pollack Tom Carstens Allard 2J-Cadillac Del Monte Trophy report 1953 Phil Hill Phil Hill Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder Series I Del Monte Trophy report 1954 Sterling Edwards Ferrari 340 MM Del Monte Trophy report 1955 Phil Hill Ferrari 750 Monza Del Monte Trophy report 1956 Carroll Shelby Dick Hall Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti 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 report1958—1962 Not held United States Road Racing Championship 1963 Chuck Parsons Chuck Parsons Lotus 23-Ford Laguna Seca 150 report 1964 Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet report 1965 Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet report 1966 Charlie Hayes McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet Monterey 150 report 1967 Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren Elva Mark II-Chevrolet report 1968 Mark Donohue Roger Penske McLaren M6A-Chevrolet Pimm's Cup Trophy report1969—1973 Not held IMSA GT Championship 1974 Elliot Forbes-Robinson F.A.R. West Racing Porsche Carrera Monterey Triple Crown report Milt Minter Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche Carrera RSR 1975 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Porsche Carrera RSR Monterey Triple Crown report Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL 1976 Al Holbert Holbert/Dickinson Racing Chevrolet Monza Monterey Triple Crown report 1977 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing Porsche 934 Monterey Triple Crown report 1978 George Follmer Vasek Polak Porsche 935/77A Monterey Triple Crown report 1979 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Porsche 935/79 Winston GT Monterey Triple Crown report 1980 John Fitzpatrick Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935 K3 Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report 1981 Brian Redman Cooke Woods/Garretson Lola T600-Chevrolet Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report 1982 John Paul Jr. Holbert Racing Lola T600-Chevrolet Datsun Monterey Triple Crown report 1983 Al Holbert Holbert Racing March 83G-Chevrolet Monterey Triple Crown report 1984 Randy Lanier Blue Thunder Racing March 83G-Chevrolet Red Lobster Monterey Triple Crown report 1985 Al Holbert Holbert Racing Porsche 962 22nd Annual Nissan Monterey Triple Crown report 1986 Klaus Ludwig Zakspeed USA Ford Mustang Probe GTP Monterey Triple Crown report 1987 Klaus Ludwig Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 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 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 1995–1996 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 2012 Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 6 Hours American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón report 2013 Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 4 Hours American Le Mans Monterey presented by Patrón report IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2014 Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Starworks Motorsport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2 Hours (PC, GTD) Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report Johannes van Overbeek Ed Brown Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b 2 Hours (P, GTLM) 2015 Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook VisitFlorida.com Racing Corvette DP 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report 2016 Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ligier JS P2 Honda 2 Hours (P, GTLM) Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered By Mazda report Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2 Hours (PC, GTD) 2017 Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande VisitFlorida.com Racing Ligier JS P217 2 Hours, 40 Minutes America's Tire 250 report 2018 Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Tequila Patrón ESM Nissan Onroak DPi 2 Hours, 40 Minutes America's Tire 250 report 2019 Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes IMSA Monterey Grand Prix report 2020 Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report 2021 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report 2022 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship report 2023 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N report 2024 Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N report 2025 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 2 Hours, 40 Minutes TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship report 2026 Tijmen van der Helm Laurin Heinrich JDC-Miller MotorSportsPorsche 9632 Hours, 40 MinutesStubHub Monterey SportsCar Championshipreport Doubleheader events in 1974 and 1975 IMSA were also the headlining race at the Monterey Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977 Split races in 2014 and 2016
References
External links United SportsCar Championship official site 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