American Le Mans Series at Mazda Raceway

We're fresh off the heels of our annual trip down to Monterey for the ALMS race. It was a great trip, arguably the best of the three years we've been doing it. All of the support races were good, too.  Here are a few pics and a video.

The Beast.  36 feet of land yacht fun.  Time to weigh anchor and set sail for sunny Monterey, CA!

On the road.  2,000 miles of driving in four days is quite a lot.  We broke it up into three driver stints per day, but even that was tiring.

First night's accomodations in Redding, CA.  The casinos sure are nice to let us park for free.

At the track.  We had a kick-ass camp spot, close to the showers and only a 10-minute walk to the track.

1990 Mazda 787.  We got to see a couple exhibition laps with the RX7 racecar behind it, too.

 One of two 1967 Cosmo Sports exported to the US.  Very cool old Mazda.

 The new Ferrari 458 Italia racecar.  Better than the F430, I think.

The hillside overlooking T2.  It's a great place to see the start of the race.

Exit of the famous Corkscrew.

The Corkscrew Pub, where we spent many a dollar keeping ourselves hydrated.

The guys. 

Here's a video of the cars making their way onto the grid.

And here's a video of some ALMS action at the Corkscrew.

Sadly, if this LeMons thing really takes off, we're probably going to have to cancel the ALMS trips; there's just not enough money in the coffers or vacation time on the books to do everything...