Ashland, OR → Monterey, CA · 2027
The longer wayto Car Week.
Two days down the Northern California coast. Redwoods, the original Highway 1, and the good twisties — timed to roll into Monterey Car Week. By application.
Est. mid-August 2027 · dates to be confirmed
The idea
Anybody can do Oregon to Monterey in a day. That isn’t the point.
The point is the road. We point west out of Ashland, drop to the water, and take the long coast the whole way — the parts of Highway 1 that make you glad you kept an air-cooled car. Porsche at the heart of it; well-sorted cars of any marque are welcome. Bring the willingness to take the longer way.
The long way · six stages
Redwoods to the Peninsula.
Stage 01 · Highway 96
The Bigfoot Byway
Out of Ashland and onto State Route 96 — the Bigfoot Scenic Byway, chasing the Klamath River through a steep canyon. Miles of tight two-lane, some corners signed at 20. A 25-foot carved Sasquatch waits at Willow Creek.
N 41°10′ · Klamath River canyon
Stage 02 · Humboldt Redwoods
Avenue of the Giants & the Chandelier Tree
Thirty-one miles of old-growth coast redwoods on the old 101. At Leggett, the road narrows to a 315-foot tree with a hole cut clean through it in 1937 — you drive under two thousand years of bark.
N 39°52′ · Leggett · Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
Stage 03 · Highway 1 begins
The original coast road — overnight, Mendocino
At Leggett, Highway 1 starts. The climb over to Rockport is wild, tight and empty; then the Pacific opens up. Down past Fort Bragg and the Mendocino headlands to the first night on the water.
N 39°18′ · Mendocino coast · Night 1
Stage 04 · San Francisco
The Golden Gate & Lombard Street
Across the bridge that everyone knows, then eight hairpins down Russian Hill on the block that calls itself the crookedest street in the world. Two photographs the whole world recognizes, back to back.
N 37°49′ · Golden Gate · Lombard St
Stage 05 · Highway 1 South
Devil's Slide to Santa Cruz — overnight two
Out through Pacifica onto Devil's Slide, forty-five miles of coast without a single traffic light, past Half Moon Bay to the second night in Santa Cruz. Short hop to the Peninsula in the morning.
N 36°58′ · Santa Cruz · Night 2
The finale · Monterey
Car Week
You arrive where the whole car world is already pointed. From here everyone disperses into the week on their own terms — the historic races, the Porsche paddock, the concours fields.
N 36°33′ · Monterey Peninsula
What you’re getting
Plainly stated.
For the driver and one guest. We handle the route and the two nights on the road. You handle the rest of your week.
Included In the entry
- 01Full route maps and turn notes, redwoods to Monterey
- 02One night on the Mendocino coast
- 03One night in Santa Cruz
- 04The driver and one guest
- 05The photographs from the road
Not included On you
- —The night before the rally
- —Any Car Week lodging on the Peninsula
- —Food
- —Fuel
- —Your car, and getting it there
The arrival · Monterey Car Week
You don’t end the drive. You end it here.
The rally delivers you to the Peninsula on the right days. What you do with the week is yours — but this is the company you’ll be keeping.
- Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion — 400+ period race cars at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
- PCA Werks Reunion — 800+ Porsches, free to attend, at Monterey Pines. The Friday of Car Week.
- The concours fields & the Peninsula — the rest of the most-watched week in the car world.
Dates estimated mid-August 2027 — confirmed once the Peninsula publishes.
By application
Tell us about the car and the driver.
The first NorCoast Rally is invitation-only and small. Send the details; if it’s a fit, we’ll follow up with the invitation and how to hold your place.
Apply to drive →Porsche-preferred · well-sorted cars of any marque welcome · one guest per driver