Report: ISC negotiating to operate Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca - NBCSports.com
, is negotiating a potential deal to operate Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca. The Monterey Board of Supervisors’ agenda for Tuesday morning’s meeting states that an agreement regarding the track is to be discussed in closed session. The agenda lists International Speedway Corp. , owns 12 tracks that host NASCAR Sprint Cup races, including Daytona International Speedway, Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. ISC tracks also host other events, including the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula, a non-profit which has operated the track since its inception in Nov. Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca is an 11-turn, 2. 238-mile road course covering 542 acres along California’s central coast. Among those who have raced at the track include Stirling Moss, who won the inaugural Pacific Grand Prix and was the event’s only two-time winner. The 1962 Pacific Grand Prix had a starting lineup that included Roger Penske, Bruce McLaren, Dan Gurney, Graham Hill, Jim Hall and Jack Brabham. Others who later raced there included Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Mark Donohue, Parenlli Jones and Mario Andretti, who made the 1994 CART race there his. Source: nascartalk.nbcsports.com
