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Following in the tire marks of the USRRC Tribute dinner at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Dave Wolin\u2019s non-profit Racing History Project has announced that a similar intimate \u201cTribute to the Can-Am \u2013 50th<\/sup> Anniversary\u201d dinner will take place Saturday, August 20, during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.<\/p>\n

As with the USRRC dinner, the Can-Am Tribute at the Monterey Plaza Hotel on Cannery Row will gather many of those who lived through the brief but brilliant Can-Am era and made it so memorable. These participants will once again share stories from those good old days, and several films and a slide presentation are also on the docket. As with the USRRC Dinner, proceeds from the event will benefit two ailing racers, Tony Adamowicz and Charlie Hayes. For complete information please visit www.tributetothecanam.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following in the tire marks of the USRRC Tribute dinner at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Dave Wolin\u2019s non-profit Racing History Project has announced that a similar intimate \u201cTribute to the Can-Am \u2013 50th Anniversary\u201d dinner will take place Saturday, August 20, during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. As with the USRRC dinner, the Can-Am Tribute at the Monterey Plaza Hotel on Cannery Row will gather many of those who lived through the brief but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":547932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,16936,441,15234,16971],"class_list":["post-30649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows","tag-monterey-car-week","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-event-rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion"],"yoast_head":"\nRolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (2016) - Laguna Seca Can-Am Tribute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/laguna-seca-can-tribute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (2016) - Laguna Seca Can-Am Tribute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following in the tire marks of the USRRC Tribute dinner at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Dave Wolin\u2019s non-profit Racing History Project has announced that a similar intimate \u201cTribute to the Can-Am \u2013 50th Anniversary\u201d dinner will take place Saturday, August 20, during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. 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