Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (RMMR) Aug 16-18, 2019

18Aug 2019 by vettevues
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Logo
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Logo

Spotlight on Jordan Taylor in a John Greenwood Corvette celebrating 50 years of IMSA at Laguna Seca Raceway 2019 RMMR

Photos courtesy of Mike Matune, Adam Hosey, Kurt Borden.

Put a high-profile Pro like Jordan Taylor behind the wheel of Greenwood rocket-ship.
Put a high-profile Pro like Jordan Taylor behind the wheel of Greenwood rocket-ship.
Corvettes never cease to attract fans, put out more wallop for the buck … and are still chasing the factory-assisted Porsche 935-K3 just like back in the day.
Corvettes never cease to attract fans, put out more wallop for the buck … and are still chasing the factory-assisted Porsche 935-K3 just like back in the day.
NO 48 Jordan Taylor at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
NO 48 Jordan Taylor at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
IMSA widebody DNQ for 1980 Le Mans ex Doug Rowe, Jacques Bienvenue, Bill Adam from Canada with Mo Carter (but that’s another story). We are grateful to Eric Roturier for bringing these IMSA/GT1 beasts from France. They finished 5th and 14th in Saturday Group 5A for IMSA/Trans Am
IMSA widebody DNQ for 1980 Le Mans ex Doug Rowe, Jacques Bienvenue, Bill Adam from Canada with Mo Carter (but that’s another story). We are grateful to Eric Roturier for bringing these IMSA/GT1 beasts from France. They finished 5th and 14th in Saturday Group 5A for IMSA/Trans Am
Brad Briscoe, 38th raced his 1976 # 15 small block Greenwood chassis 010 built for a customer to race in Trans Am.
Brad Briscoe, 38th raced his 1976 # 15 small block Greenwood chassis 010 built for a customer to race in Trans Am.
In 1998 GM finally woke up ending 42 years of “denial” by hiring Pratt & Miller Engineering to make the C5 Corvette a winner in ALMS GT and at Le Mans.
In 1998 GM finally woke up ending 42 years of “denial” by hiring Pratt & Miller Engineering to make the C5 Corvette a winner in ALMS GT and at Le Mans.
Tony Garmey for Brad Briscoe at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Tony Garmey for Brad Briscoe at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Celebrating Corvette’s 50th anniversary at Le Mans in special blue and white/red trim, the # 53 C5.R of Brad Briscoe (driven by Tony Garmey) was 10th and the # 50 C5.R of George Krass was 16th Sunday Group 7B 25 lap enduro for GT and Prototypes.

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No 50 C5.R of George Krass at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
No 50 C5.R of George Krass at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
The # 64 of Rob Morgan from the Grand Am Series was a nice surprise and finished 12th.
The # 64 of Rob Morgan from the Grand Am Series was a nice surprise and finished 12th.

The # 75 of Tommy Steuer, prepped by Intrepid Racing, the # 16 of Jim Gallaugher prepped by J&L Fabricating and the # 5 of Jeff Abramson prepped by Randy Peterson were top 5 in Saturday Group 5A for larger displacement sports cars from 1963 – 1966

Tommy Steuer, prepped by Intrepid Racing, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Tommy Steuer, prepped by Intrepid Racing, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Jim Gallaugher prepped by J&L Fabricating, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Jim Gallaugher prepped by J&L Fabricating, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Jeff Abramson prepped by Randy Peterson, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Jeff Abramson prepped by Randy Peterson, at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

The # 67 of Fred Yeakel, the # 71 fuelie of Jim Cantrell (acquired from Jerry Gollnick) & the # 32 of Kyle Kelley and were familiar sights.

Fred Yeakel at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Fred Yeakel at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Fuelie of Jim Cantrell (acquired from Jerry Gollnick) at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Fuelie of Jim Cantrell (acquired from Jerry Gollnick) at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Kyle Kelley at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Kyle Kelley at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

The 1957 # 283 fuelie of Ron Erickson & the 1959 # 59 of Ron Cressey represented Solid Axle Corvettes in Sunday Group 2B.

1957 fuelie of Ron Erickson at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
1957 fuelie of Ron Erickson at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
1959 # 59 of Ron Cressey represented Solid Axle Corvettes at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
1959 # 59 of Ron Cressey represented Solid Axle Corvettes at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
# 88 ex Darin Brassfield TA/GT1 back with Mike Haemmig did not start Sunday Group 6B
# 88 ex Darin Brassfield TA/GT1 back with Mike Haemmig did not start Sunday Group 6B

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