{"id":490168,"date":"2008-08-01T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=51848"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:02:56","slug":"monterey-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/monterey-zen\/","title":{"rendered":"Monterey Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Zen Buddhism it is called a Koan, a question that can only be answered through intuition, not rationale understanding\u2026what is the sound of one hand clapping? In the historic racing world, the Buddhist acolyte might ask, \u201cWhen does the recreation of history become, itself, history?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This notion seems to me similar to looking at the reflection of oneself in the reflection of opposing mirrors\u2014essentially an imponderable. However, historic racing has always been about the recreation\u2014the reenactment if you will\u2014of racing history. And yet, after decades in this pursuit, one particular event has become a part of racing history, in its own right. The event I speak of is, of course, the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, which this month celebrates its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Zen Buddhism it is called a Koan, a question that can only be answered through intuition, not rationale understanding\u2026what is the sound of one hand clapping? In the historic racing world, the Buddhist acolyte might ask, \u201cWhen does the recreation of history become, itself, history?\u201d This notion seems to me similar to looking at the reflection of oneself in the reflection of opposing mirrors\u2014essentially an imponderable. However, historic racing has always been about the recreation\u2014the reenactment if you will\u2014of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":576010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,17140,548,17143,17200],"class_list":["post-490168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-first-turn-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monterey Zen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Monterey Zen\" \/>\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\/monterey-zen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monterey Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monterey Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/monterey-zen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-02T00:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-12T12:02:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/FT-CASEY.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/monterey-zen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/monterey-zen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"headline\":\"Monterey Zen\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-02T00:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-12T12:02:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/monterey-zen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":827,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/monterey-zen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/FT-CASEY.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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