Unveiling of the artwork for the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion’s official event poster Gill Campbell (right) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca CEO & General Manager and Bill Patterson (left), official artist for Featured Marque Shelby Cobra, the largest 50th anniversary celebration of the venerable marque. Photo taken at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.The excitement is starting to build! The unveiling of the signature art work for the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion poster was just unveiled in California at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The star of this year’s featured marquee poster is the Shelby Cobra – embodying muscle, power and American genius. The poster features the Shelby Cobra as it crests The Corkscrew –the signature turn at Mazda Raceway, with a five-story elevation change and 11 turns.
Says Bill Patterson, the race track’s official artist, “The Cobra represents more than a car. It represents an era, the best of American can-do ingenuity and bench top 
photo of cars on The Corkscrew, taken by Atimelyperspective at last year’s race. engineering. It’s the perfect marriage of brawn and brains and an unapologetic demand to win.”
This year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will take place August 17-19 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This year the races will include 550 of the finest authentic period-correct sports cars in the world, including 45 Shelby 289 and 427 cobras. For more information or tickets, visit Mazdaraceway.com