I dropped in on historic races (the newest cars were 30 years old) at Laguna Seca. It’s great to see the track at scale, not as video-game or television camera angle. I watched practice sessions from the grand stand, heard the and watched the cars rip by at competitive speeds.

A very green Porsche 911 race car and a 70s era Porsche prototype racecar

A BMW Alpina CSL race car in a very striking orange and green Jäegermeister livery

I walked the paddock and infield. So many good cars to see. Felt the energy of mechanics getting cars, sometimes older than me, ready to go fast on track. I smelled a lot of gasoline and oil.

One of the Ferrari F1 cars Niki Lauda raced and a Ford GT40 in a dark blue and orange non-traditional Gulf livery

A slant-nose 911 race car and a striking Spyder LeMans race car in Porsche-Martini livery

It was a good day.

Adam Keys @therealadam