Roadsters racing at Laguna Seca 8/14!

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Roadsters racing at Laguna Seca 8/14!

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The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is August 14-17 at Laguna Seca! A total of (4) Datsun roadsters will be racing in the John Morton Cup (Group 3). We are preparing and providing trackside support for Adam Carolla's #44 BRE Datsun 2000 Roadster! This is the 1968 SRL driven by Frank Monise and John Morton, battling privateer Jack Scoville in the 1969 SCCA season.
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Enjoy our preview: https://www.zcarblog.com/2024/07/30/rac ... 14-17.html

Mark those calendars and see you at Laguna Seca!

Full report with dyno tuning and sorting for the Frank Monise #44 car coming to zcarblog.com soon!
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What are the other three cars?
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Cyclewrks wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:07 pm What are the other three cars?
Steve Walker's 1600
Craig Carter's 2000
Greg Walsh's roadster:
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It was so cool to see the roadsters running together in this race. Full report coming to zcarblog.com
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You can watch some of the racing from session 3 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEEjJTZ61Fw

Group 3 starts around 1:16
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I watched the replay of the live feed this morning and the commentator, Kev Harris didn’t mention the word “Datsun” once. Even when he gave the overview of John Morton’s career and listing his cars, he only mentions Peter Brock in passing. Maybe I’m being overly sensitive LOL.
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GeoffM wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:08 am I watched the replay of the live feed this morning and the commentator, Kev Harris didn’t mention the word “Datsun” once. Even when he gave the overview of John Morton’s career and listing his cars, he only mentions Peter Brock in passing. Maybe I’m being overly sensitive LOL.
Unfortunately this is par for the course when it comes to commentating on Datsuns at these events. It's annoying, and a bit disprespectful.
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Enjoy my race report from the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca:
https://www.zcarblog.com/2024/09/09/eve ... union.html

Four Datsun Roadsters raced in the John Morton Trophy (Group 3), the only Datsuns in the group!
Z Car Garage prepared and supported Adam Carolla in the BRE Datsun 2000. Full report on this historically significant SRL coming soon to zcarblog.com:
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In-car video from Adam with footage from Turn 6 showing all roadsters:


Steve Walker's 1600
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Note Panhard Rod and rear sway bar mounting:
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Craig Carter's 2000
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Greg Walsh's roadster
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You can see in-car video from Steve's 1600 here:
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Wow, terrific work! Thanks for reporting and posting!
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