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Set-Up Day at 2013 Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion

1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1

Report and photos by Dennis Gray

I shared a secret with Sports Car Digest readers a few years ago that is worth repeating. For years the best-kept secret about the Monterey Motorsports Reunion was the weekend before. Known as the Pre-Reunion, only drivers, owners and very few of us press types attend, allowing unfettered access to the cars, drivers, owners and team members. While the joke is out on the actual races, the Set-Up Day on Friday is my new secret. Don’t tell anyone.

On Friday, I was able to walk around and photograph a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa without one spectator stepping between lens and the car. This is impossible the weekend of the big event. The same can be said for the ERA Type B, Aston Martin DBR2, Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3, Maserati 450S and a host of other special entrants.

Tomorrow all the cars hit the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion and it should be a good show. We’ll be there at every turn, so stay tuned for much more from Monterey over the coming days and weeks.

Set-Up Day at Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2013 – Featured Photo Gallery

 

Set-Up Day at Monterey Reunion
7:23AM on Friday morning. Several transporters arrived Thursday with many more to come.
Maserati 450S comes off its transporter.
Maserati 450S comes off its transporter.
One of the reasons for being in the pits early Friday before the racing starts Saturday is that I am continually delighted by what exits the transporters. This is a 1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3
One of the reasons for being in the pits early Friday before the racing starts Saturday is that I am continually delighted by what exits the transporters. This is a 1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3

 

 

Corvette?
Corvette?
Lamborghini Espada in the pits.
Lamborghini Espada in the pits.
Lamborghini Espada in the pits.
Lamborghini Espada in the pits.

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1990 Corvette.
1990 Corvette from the Escort World Challenge
1963 Genie Comet Mk.VIII with a Mercury Comet engine.
1963 Genie Comet Mk.VIII with a Mercury Comet engine.
1963 'Split Window' Corvette with Fuel Injection.
1963 ‘Split Window’ Corvette with Fuel Injection.

 

 

1971 AMC Javelin Trans-Am car.
1971 AMC Javelin Trans-Am car.
Boss 302 Mustang Trans-Am
Boss 302 Mustang Trans-Am
Trans-Am line up.
Trans-Am line up.

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1970 Ford Mustang.
1970 Ford Mustang.
1976 Dekon Monza
1976 Dekon Monza
American Iron.
American Iron.

 

 

Porsches
Porsches
1949 Baldwin Special.
1949 Baldwin Special.
1949 Baldwin Special.
1949 Baldwin Special has been here before

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Lincoln and Mini hidden behind the tens.
Lincoln and Mini hidden behind the tens.
Two early Porsches.
Two early Porsches.
Corvette?
Corvette?

 

 

Just inside the gate to the right is this Ferrari F1.
Just inside the gate to the right is this Ferrari F1.
Next to the Ferrari 312 is this Mirage.
Next to the Ferrari 312 is this Mirage.
Ol' Yeller
Ol’ Yeller

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1968 Porsche 911L.
1968 Porsche 911L.
Greenwood Corvette.
Greenwood Corvette.
1957 Corvette
1957 Corvette

 

 

ERA Type B and an Aston Martin DBR2.
ERA Type B and an Aston Martin DBR2.
Aston Martin DBR2.
Aston Martin DBR2.
Coventry Climax F1 in a Lotus 18.
Coventry Climax F1 in a Lotus 18.

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Lotus and Cooper F Jr.
Lotus and Cooper F Jr.
Ferrari F1.
Ferrari F1.
Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa comes off a transport.
Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa comes off a transport.

 

 

Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
Lola MkI
Lola MkI
Porsche and Cooper 'Bobtail'
Porsche and Cooper ‘Bobtail’

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1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
Under wraps is the 1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
Engine Detail on the AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
Engine Detail on the AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1

 

 

1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1
Ferrari F-1, Lola, Eagle F-1, LW Jaguar XKE all pushed aside.
Ferrari F-1, Lola, Eagle F-1, LW Jaguar XKE all pushed aside.
Lotus 18 F-1.
Lotus 18 F-1.

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Delage 15-S-8.
1926 Delage Grand Prix 15-S-8 (See Full Profile).
Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.

 

 

Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.
Delage 15-S-8.
From left to right Alfa Romeo Tipo P3. Alfa Romeo GTA and the Ferrari Mondial.
From left to right Alfa Romeo Tipo P3, Alfa Romeo GTA and the Ferrari Mondial.

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Apparently the 'warm up' plugs are installed in the 1935 ERA Type B 'Romulus'.
Apparently the ‘warm up’ plugs are installed in the 1935 ERA Type B ‘Romulus’.
Right front on the 1935 ERA Type B 'Romulus'.
Right front on the 1935 ERA Type B ‘Romulus’.
Right rear on the 1935 ERA Type B 'Romulus'.
Right rear on the 1935 ERA Type B ‘Romulus’.

 

 

Lotus S-7.
Lotus S-7.
Pre-war Scuderia Ferrari badge.
Pre-war Scuderia Ferrari badge.
1935 ERA Type B 'Romulus'.
1935 ERA Type B ‘Romulus’.

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Alfa Romeo GTA
Alfa Romeo GTA
1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider.
1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider.
1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider.
1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider.

 

 

1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo P3.
1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo P3.
1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3
1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3
1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo P3.
1931 Alfa Romeo Tipo P3.

 


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