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This year\u2019s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, held August 18\u201320, was the 33rd running of what has arguably become the world\u2019s largest gathering of the classic car faithful. With a diverse 400-car field and a star-studded collection of famous drivers and automotive personalities, this year\u2019s Historics paid tribute to the racing legacy of the Cooper Car Company, as well as the 40th anniversary of the Trans-Am.<\/p>\n

With Cooper the honored marque, there were dozens of significant examples of the Surbiton racer throughout the paddock, including Jack Brabham\u2019s 1960 T53 \u201cLowline\u201d F1 car and the Cooper he raced in the 1961 Indy 500, as well as the Lang Cooper and everything from 500-cc F3 machines to Monacos and Mini Coopers.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Cooper contingent there was also a full grid of ground-pounding Trans-Am machines, 3-liter Formula One cars and an impressive grid of 1970\u20131980 IMSA GT cars. With all this impressive machinery, it may not come as much of a surprise that there was a lot of star power up and down the pit lane as well. Some of the bigger names included Sir Jack Brabham, Sir Stirling Moss, Vic Elford, John Fitch, Bobby Rahal, Howden Ganley, Gijs van Lennep, Brian Redman and current F1 pilot Ricardo Zonta.<\/p>\n

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Ricardo Zonta, driving this year\u00d5s Toyota TF106 Grand Prix car, crushed the existing track record, during demonstration laps at the Historics. Photo: Mark Scheuern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Toyota now the presenting sponsor of the Historics, the factory sent Zonta to Monterey along with this year\u2019s TF106 and a team of support personnel to provide some \u201cdemonstration\u201d laps and maybe\u2014just maybe\u2014to crush the track record. Amazingly, on Zonta\u2019s first \u201cinstallation lap,\u201d he matched the existing track record of 1:07.722, set by Helio Castroneves back in 2000 in a Champ car. Yet, much to the amazement and delight of the crowd, Zonta proceeded to steadily reset the record, each day, until he left it at a seemingly untouchable 1:06.309, at an average speed of 121.504 mph!<\/p>\n

Also tying in with the Cooper theme of this year\u2019s event was Mini\u2019s launch of the new \u201cJohn Cooper Works GP\u201d special edition Mini Coopers, as well as the kick off for the \u201cMini Takes America\u201d cross-country rally. In attendance, for these and the other weekend festivities was John Cooper\u2019s son Michael, who was overwhelmed by the show of interest and support for his father\u2019s, and grandfather\u2019s, cars. \u201cI can\u2019t begin to tell you how gratifying this is to see all these great cars and owners. I know my Dad would have been completely overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Casey Annis<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, held August 18\u201320, was the 33rd running of what has arguably become the world\u2019s largest gathering of the classic car faithful. With a diverse 400-car field and a star-studded collection of famous drivers and automotive personalities, this year\u2019s Historics paid tribute to the racing legacy of the Cooper Car Company, as well as the 40th anniversary of the Trans-Am. 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