I may as well be blowing in the wind with this thought but when I attended the Monterey Classics Week last year I found myself wishing the accompanying vintage races at Laguna Seca could be held at a different time of year. Yes, the Monterey Historics are a natural tie-in to Pebble Beach but with three days of competition it became a matter of Laguna vs. the Concours. I couldn't afford to miss the latter yet wanted to see all three days of historic racing, for this is one of the best vintage race weekends in America. I settled for just one day, which I didn't enjoy as much as I should have, being somewhat worn from dashing place-to-place to cover the other events.

Well, that was then and this is 2007 and I'm not there at all. Fortunately other bloggers with fatter wallets or backed by employers paying expenses, were on the spot, providing extensive coverage of all the other big events and, I'm happy to report, the races at Laguna Seca. Check out this report from Jalopnik, which also has a number of fascinating photos from the pits and on the track. If you've ever wondered whether vintage racing is worth the trip, take a look at this photo from the gallery, showing a pair of Ford GT's leading two Porsches down the corkscrew. The action's exciting and the sound is real, folks.

[photo: jalopnik.com]