This weekend, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the annual Monterey Car Week kicked off with the traditional Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion. As the name suggests, this is the warm-up event for Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion that will start on Thursday. With many of the cars entered for the big event already out on track, the Pre-Reunion offered us the chance to look at two of the very best in more detail.
The first is the Mazda 767B, which was built for the 1989 World Championship. This Group C racer is powered by a four-rotor engine and between the three built scored many class wins throughout the year. All three are featured now with the latest addition chassis 767 - 002, which debuted at Mazda Raceway following a two-year restoration. It will be one of a quartet of four-rotor Mazdas due to race next weekend.
The big feature during the Motorsports Reunion is the BMW centennial. This has prompted the American arm of the German manufacturer to pull out all the stops and field seven historic cars from their collection. One of them is the 3.0 CSL IMSA we featured last week, while another is the much more modern M3 GTR. Powered by a V8 engine, it was as successful as it was controversial and it was actually banned after just one season. The example entered was the sixth built and the class winner at Petit Le Mans back in 2001. It has recently been restored to its patriotic Petit Le Mans winning livery, which originally had been applied out of respect for the victims of 9/11.

Enjoy the links:

2001 BMW M3 GTR - Images, Specifications and Information

1989 Mazda 767B - Images, Specifications and Information