Motor Sport Magazine

ROLLING THUNDER

Seeing the hundreds of thousands of people who flock to the multiple events of the 21st century Monterey Car Week makes it difficult to believe that it all started small in 1950 with the Del Monte Trophy clubman’s race held on a couple of miles of local roads.

The original Pebble Beach Road Races took place on a combination of paved and gravel surface on and around the famous ‘17 Mile Drive’ before moving to

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