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By James Raia| 06/29/2007Recent News
ExpressJet Announces Sacramento To Monterey Flight Beginning In August
- Published 05/24/2008
ExpressJet, the Houston-based airline, will add daily service connecting Monterey Peninsula Airport to Sacramento International Airport on Aug. 23. Sacramento flights will depart Monterey at 11:35 a.m. and return to Monterey at 4:53 p.m. One-way fares for the new route will begin at $69.
ExpressJet launched service under its own brand last April 2. The company previously flew for a decade as regional carrier Continental Express.
Service was introduced to Monterey in May 2007 with flights to Ontario and San Diego. A Monterey-Long Beach route was added in November.
"It'll be good for people who don't want to drive to Sacramento," said Monterey Peninsula Airport General Manger Tom Greer told the Monterey County Herald. "I think it's a use-it-or-lose-it thing."
Monterey is also adding service via Allegiant Air, which is scheduled to add three weekly flights between Monterey and Las Vegas on May 30.
ExpressJet launched service under its own brand last April 2. The company previously flew for a decade as regional carrier Continental Express.
Service was introduced to Monterey in May 2007 with flights to Ontario and San Diego. A Monterey-Long Beach route was added in November.
"It'll be good for people who don't want to drive to Sacramento," said Monterey Peninsula Airport General Manger Tom Greer told the Monterey County Herald. "I think it's a use-it-or-lose-it thing."
Monterey is also adding service via Allegiant Air, which is scheduled to add three weekly flights between Monterey and Las Vegas on May 30.
Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Has Expanded 2008 Motorsports Schedule
- Published 02/14/2008
The 2008 season at
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will feature the best in motorcycle,
historic, sports car and, after a three-year hiatus, open-wheel racing,
on the 2.238-mile Monterey Peninsula circuit in Monterey.
The 52nd season of racing begins May 16-18, with the new Monterey Festival of Speed, a doubleheader weekend featuring the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on Saturday and the Champ Car World Series on Sunday.
The event will mark the fourth consecutive year for Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype and GT cars in Monterey, while the Champ Cars are returning after a three-year absence.
The 52nd season of racing begins May 16-18, with the new Monterey Festival of Speed, a doubleheader weekend featuring the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on Saturday and the Champ Car World Series on Sunday.
The event will mark the fourth consecutive year for Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype and GT cars in Monterey, while the Champ Cars are returning after a three-year absence.
Featured Articles
Big Sur Half-Marathon 2008 Date Set
- By James Raia
- Published 06/26/2008
- Sporting Scene
The sixth annual Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay will be held Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, attracting elite runners and recreational enthusiasts to compete in a variety of running/walking events over two days.Riders For Health Charity Day For Red Bull U.S. MotoGP Grand Prix At Laguna Seca
- By Monterey Peninsula.org News Services
- Published 06/9/2008
- Sporting Scene
A
unique behind-the-scenes peak at the MotoGP World Championship is being
made available to 50 fans at the 2008 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca. Organizers of the July 17 event in Monterey, Calif., have made it possible to help raise money for the work of Riders for Health in Africa.
Four Cool Accommodation Options In Carmel-By-The-Sea
- By James Raia
- Published 06/6/2008
- Hotel Reviews
Carmel is among the country's most popular small-city destinations. Quaint restaurants, art galleries, boutique shops, unique homes and famous golf courses are all backdropped by the Pacific Ocean. As such, Carmel has a steady influx of constant visitors who often fill the city’s nearly 1,000 guest rooms, particularly during popular global sporting events, festivals and conferences.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Announces 2008 Festival Of Speed Schedule
- By James Raia
- Published 03/5/2008
- Sporting Scene
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has the complete schedule for the Monterey Festival of Speed weekend, May 16-18.
Four different race series will participate in the weekend’s events including the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Series Powered by Mazda, Formula BMW Americas, and the latest addition to the schedule, Historic IMSA cars from the 1970s and 1980s.
Four different race series will participate in the weekend’s events including the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Series Powered by Mazda, Formula BMW Americas, and the latest addition to the schedule, Historic IMSA cars from the 1970s and 1980s.
Lowery Claims AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; Singh Crumbles
- By James Raia
- Published 02/13/2008
- Sporting Scene
Steve Lowery, the 47-year-old possessor of a scraggly goatee, protruding belly and a steady putter, is now also owner of his third PGA Tour title.
Lowery, whose last victory occurred eight seasons and 198 tournaments ago, rallied from a three-stroke, back-nine deficit Sunday to claim a one-stroke playoff victory over Vijay Singh at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Lowery, whose last victory occurred eight seasons and 198 tournaments ago, rallied from a three-stroke, back-nine deficit Sunday to claim a one-stroke playoff victory over Vijay Singh at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Recent Articles
A Look Back At Monterey Auto Week: Jay Leno, The Quail, The Concours d'Elegane & Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca
- By James Raia
- Published 09/4/2007
- Special Features
About the time Jay Leno and friend arrived in a chocolate-brown vintage Bentley sedan, 78-year-old Mike McNally had likely fixed the persistent oil leak in his 1931 Riley Port Ford.
Leno, comedian, late-night talk show host and obsessed automobile motorcycle owner and enthusiast, doesn’t know McNally. But while Leno was meandering through an early morning crowd on a pristine Friday morning at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, McNally, of Sacramento, California was tinkering.
A race car driver for more than 50 years, McNally was finally set to compete on Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway after spending a few days practicing, prepping and fixing the oil leak with a few cranks of an oversized crescent wrench.
Leno, owner of more than 80 cars — Duesenbergs to a Honda Insight hybrid — and McNally, an independent owner/driver/mechanic, couldn't be further apart in the world of automobile ownership. Yet Leno and McNally were solidly connected, just like the thousands of others who attended Monterey Auto Week.
Whether to gawk or bid on a Berlinetta Lusso, the Ferrari 250GT once owned by actor Steve McQueen or to appreciate a restored 1946 Ford Woodie, what began 57 years ago as a centrally located display of rare automotive works of art at Pebble Beach Golf Links, is now something substantially more. It's a weeklong extravaganza of all things automobile.
Leno, comedian, late-night talk show host and obsessed automobile motorcycle owner and enthusiast, doesn’t know McNally. But while Leno was meandering through an early morning crowd on a pristine Friday morning at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, McNally, of Sacramento, California was tinkering.
A race car driver for more than 50 years, McNally was finally set to compete on Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway after spending a few days practicing, prepping and fixing the oil leak with a few cranks of an oversized crescent wrench.
Leno, owner of more than 80 cars — Duesenbergs to a Honda Insight hybrid — and McNally, an independent owner/driver/mechanic, couldn't be further apart in the world of automobile ownership. Yet Leno and McNally were solidly connected, just like the thousands of others who attended Monterey Auto Week.
Whether to gawk or bid on a Berlinetta Lusso, the Ferrari 250GT once owned by actor Steve McQueen or to appreciate a restored 1946 Ford Woodie, what began 57 years ago as a centrally located display of rare automotive works of art at Pebble Beach Golf Links, is now something substantially more. It's a weeklong extravaganza of all things automobile.