On August 15-17th one of the great automotive events of the year is taking place once again, the Monterey Historics. Participants and spectators will travel from around the world to see some of the rarest and most valuable cars on the planet race around the famed Laguna Seca raceway for the event’s 35th anniversary.

This year there will be over 400 race entries comprised of Historic F1, Trans-Am, Can-Am, and IMSA race cars. A 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C Mille Miglia from the Ralph Lauren Collection takes center stage in the Rolex “Moments in Time” display.

Aside from the top notch cars and racing, the weekend will feature numerous autographing sessions and an enhanced Consumer Expo. The Expo is a place where you can find any sort of vintage auto memorabilia; there is everything from vintage gas pumps to actual racing photography from the turn of the century.

Mario Andretti has been named the guest of honor for the Historics this year. His racing career has spanned many decades and he is still the only person to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and a Formula 1 world championship (1978). He is a wonderful person to represent the diversity of race cars and the different genres of racing at the Historics given his illustrious career.

Most importantly of all there will once again be a Z Car Corral and your favorite crew from Z Car Garage will be our in full force as always. Tickets that are purchased through the ZONC website include admission to the Z Car Corral.

Hope to see you all there in a couple of weeks!!!

There are a few more photos after the jump.

Pictures were taken from www.centralvalleyz.org and were posted originally by Stevezcar.

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It’s that time of year again!!  Car show season is upon us and the first major event is Motoring J-Style.  This will be the second year for this show and it promises to be even better than before! 

Motoring J Style is the end all be all of Japanese car shows this side of the Pacific featuring all your favorite new school, old school, and obscure JDM creations:  Dastun Zs and 510s, Mazda rotaries,  Honda N600s, Toyota Coronas, all next to the wildest supercars that Japan has to offer.

A main event that will be back in full force this year is the Drift Competition.  You will be able to see professionals as well as amateurs giving it all they have to win or go home on the wrecker!  A new segment of the show this year will be the “J Style Swap Meet.”   All the latest and hard to find parts will be here for the taking if your bartering skills are up to the challenge.

So keep May 24th open and join us for the fun, festivities, and most impotantly, the cars.