Laguna Seca is one of the most iconic tracks in the U.S. and luckily it is within driving distance for us here in So Cal.

When Speedventures put Laguna Seca on their schedule for 2012, a whole bunch of us jumped at the

opportunity to drive this famed track.  There was great anticipation to finally get the Viper out and

experience the incredible elevation changes and 11 challenging turns.

We got to the track early on Friday morning and took in all the great sights

The control tower

Garry Grant was no stranger here

The Porsches were a plenty

A couple of Cobras

Start - Finish line

Ben took his Lotus and was excited to get an early run an this track

Chris and Deb shared many days racing on this track and was a great coach for all us firstimers

Chris, Deb and Drew

Dan and Cathy

The Red Race group heading out

Dan

Chris

A shot down the garages

Hot pits

The Lotus group

Ben

Garry and his entourage

Garry and his son Dalton

Hirk

Jim drove out from Arizona to join us at the track

Peder from the Nor Cal Club

A great view from high above the track

Turn 3 and 4

Start - Finish

Turns 10 - 11

The famed Corkscrew

Garry and Chris

Dan looking very smooth through this rollercoaster drop and turn

Hirk Facebooking

Ben coming through turn 1

Drew in Turn 2

Hirk in turn 2

It was a great day at the track and one I will not ever forget !

The really cool thing about this trip was bringing the family and enjoying the Monterey Bay with them

We stayed at the Clement Intercontinental in a luxury suite

The view from one of our 3 balcony patios

It was just a hundred feet from the Monterey Bay Aquarium where we spent Saturday

There were so many cool things to see.

The jellies were really cool to sit and watch

Halie couldn't resist picking a fight with one of the locals

Sunday morning came fast and we were off to breakfast where we ran into Scott and Laura

After breakfast we hit the road for a 6 1/2 hour drive back home.  Long, but so worth it !