WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca today announced two significant sponsorships with consumer-direct retailer Tire Rack. The multi-year agreement includes naming rights sponsorship of the raceway’s iconic “Tire Bridge” between Turns 3 and 4 and title sponsorship of the TireRack.com Monterey Sportscar Championship weekend to be held May 9–11.Helping upgrade and refresh...

Friends of Laguna Seca announced today that Mel Harder has been named President and General Manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.Harder brings three decades of motorsports experience to his new role after most recently serving as team manager at Chip Ganassi Racing. His previous positions include senior vice president and...

After what seemed like an eternity of discussions and proposals to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, followed by a protracted legal challenge, Friends of Laguna Seca was finally able to announce on April 4 of this year that all the obstacles had been cleared. In the process of dotting...

Executives from Friends of Laguna Seca and A&D Narigi, as well as officials from the County of Monterey, celebrated a new beginning for the Laguna Seca Raceway and Recreation Area on Thursday, ahead of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway.The Friends group formally assumed its long-term commitment to...

Monterey County's Board of Supervisors has reviewed the latest management proposal from the Friends of Laguna Seca (FLS) group and declined the offer in favor of sticking with its longstanding partners at the non-profit Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP).With its decision to continue with SCRAMP and...

Six months of peace and progress made between the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) and Monterey County at Laguna Seca has taken a step backward.A report from the Monterey Herald on Wednesday confirms the county has resumed discussions with the non-profit "Friends of Laguna Seca" (FLS)...

Three years of twists and turns in the search for a new track management solution at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca have resulted in a return to its first and only management team.Monterey County's board of supervisors, which controls the land that contains the sprawling park and its renowned 2.2-mile road...

Monterey County's board of supervisors is preparing to extend a two-year management contract to the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) to run Laguna Seca."We need to get some short-term management in there because the season is coming up," county supervisor Simon Salinas told the Monterey Herald....

The lingering saga involving Monterey County's quest to find a new management solution for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will limp into the New Year without a resolution.Despite choosing the non-profit Friends of Laguna Seca group in October from a list of three candidates to take over the running and restoration...

Monterey County's board of supervisors has chosen the newly formed "Friends of Laguna Seca" (FLS) group to enter negotiations that could lead to its long-term control of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the surrounding property that contains the famed road course.The decision comes after a busy year where there board...