Rosenqvist to carry Grateful Dead tribute logo at Laguna Seca, Portland

The most famous concerts held at Laguna Seca took place in 1987 and '88, when the Bay Area’s Grateful Dead performed at the famed racetrack in Monterey. Thanks to the union between SiriusXM and Meyer Shank Racing, The Dead are making a return this weekend in the form of a wild tie-dye design on the No. 60 Honda driven by Felix Rosenqvist.

The car will carry the livery onto the next race in Portland as well.

“The custom car design launches just ahead of Dead & Company’s highly anticipated sold-out concerts in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park August 1–3, celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead’s music,” the team wrote. “The Grateful Dead Channel (channel 23) is one of SiriusXM’s longest-running artist-branded channels, and features music spanning the band's career with unreleased concert recordings, original shows hosted by band members, and even rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia.

“The No. 60 Honda will debut its Grateful Dead livery at IndyCar’s Java House Grand Prix of Monterey on July 27. The car then heads north to San Francisco, where it will be on display at the official Dead & Company merch store at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at the Grove Street Entrance on Wednesday, July 30, from 10am to 2pm, just ahead of the three headline concerts in Golden Gate Park.”