2022 Pebble Beach and Monterey Car Week live blog:
Somehow, sunrise doesn’t seem so bad when you’re viewing it as a warm glow in the mist swaddling the hills of Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. Most of the racers were still bundled like butterflies in car cover chrysalises, but even under cover the distinctive shapes of Porsche 935s, E-type Jags, and lithe Lotus single-seaters offer a thrill.Even better was when the covers started to come off and the engine warm-ups began.
The symphony of the vintage racers was a marvel, but I was there for a bit of quiet excitement, a ride-along in the samethat recently raced up the Goodwood Hill-Climb. The driver for Goodwood was Ben Collins, former Top Gear Stig. The driver for my ridealong, the same. Collins says he stumbled into the Lucid driving gig almost by accident, or at least, by curiosity. “I was in New York and stopped by the Classic Car Club in Manhattan,” he said.