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Aston Martin Motorsports Festival 2014 Laguna Seca



Aston Martin Motorsports Festival 2014 Laguna Seca Photos and Stories.

Owners drive the famous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca circuit with Aston Martin motorsports heritage on display
2014-08-29 - 2014-08-31 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California

Photos and story provided by Daniel Chin Contact Photographer for Information.




Aston Martin Motorsports Festival 2014 Laguna Seca


The Aston Martin Festival debuting at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca over Labor Day weekend, August 30-31, 2014 was open to all owners of Aston Martins, both racers, and enthusiasts. The TRG-AMR (Aston Martin Racing) days at the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey Bay area was a smash hit according to Kevin Buckler the owner of TRG, "People flew in from all over the country and everybody had a fantastic time. High-fives all around and we are already talking about a bigger program for next year."

Saturday and Sunday saw the 2 GT4 Challenge of North America races, qualifying sessions, and four practice sessions. On Sunday, around 50 cars, with 90 or so people went off track on a scenic guided 17-Mile Drive through Carmel and Pebble Beach. Aston Martin owners were allowed track time to drive their street cars around the Mazda Raceway each of the 3 days. The track saw continuous use with GT4 Challenge practice, qualifying, and racing. Also there was GT3 and GT4 advanced testing for professional drivers, GT3 and GT4 test-drives for drivers wanting to test drive a car for purchase and/or drive for the team. For the special guests there were ride-alongs provided. For a treat there were a pair of MkII and MkIII Astons giving rides around the track. Aston Martin The Americas was also at the track to make their cars available for street or track tours.

On the field for display were around 100 Aston Martin streetcars stretching over 100 years of lineage, including the 009 2007 Le Mans winning DBR9, an original DB5, and a DB6. TRG-AMR provided the current lineup of race and track day models with Aston Martin displaying examples from the current range of road cars.

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Aston Martin has a long history of racing right from the beginning and is a player in the Le Mans 24hr race, so what is better than bring an iconic racecar line to an iconic racetrack? Kevin Buckler and his staff conceived and underwrote the event as the racing division for Aston Martin. TRG is an active and successful racing organization based in Northern California with a long winning history campaigning Porsche cars. Switching brands, TRG-Aston Martin Racing North America takes on TUDOR United SportsCar Championship series, Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, with participation in the Pirelli World Challenge and the launch of a one-make series - the Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of North America.

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One make racing is gaining ground in the US and Europe as support races for the WEC, F1, and other races. The Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of North America is a six-event, 12-race, multi-round series racing the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race car - derived from Aston Martin's V8 Vantage road car.

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The goal of the Festival was to bring together current and historic Aston Martin owners, Aston Martin dealer partners, owner and enthusiast clubs, as well as sponsors and corporate partners.

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