15 Reasons To Attend Monterey Motorsports Festival 2025

From rotary-powered hypercars to tire-shredding burnouts, MMF 2025 adds a fresh edge to the Monterey Car Week experience.

Every August, Monterey Car Week turns the California coast into the ultimate automotive playground. It’s a mash-up of the world’s rarest classic cars, record-breaking hypercars, historic racing, and collector auctions where sales climb into seven and eight-figures. Collectors and enthusiasts gather at the peninsula to see cars they’ve only ever scrolled past online, and the atmosphere feels like the entire car world squeezed into a single zip code. While the week’s main showcases like the Pebble Beach Concours, The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, and Rolex Motorsport Reunion grab plenty of attention, the Monterey Motorsports Festival has quickly become a must-attend event for those who want a little more noise, motion, and variety in their Car Week lineup.

For 2025, Monterey Motorsports Festival is coming back to the peninsula in full force to celebrate all things automotive in a night to remember. Dillon Francis will be the first international DJ to headline a Car Week event, while the wild rotary-powered McLaren P1 GTR “Mad Mac” makes its Monterey debut with Red Bull athlete Mad Mike behind the wheel. Over 50 supercars and hypercars will cruise around the fairgrounds, there’ll be several new vehicle reveals you won’t catch anywhere else, and Car Week’s first “donut pit” is set to send tire smoke into the Monterey air. Lamborghini legend Valentino Balboni will be on scene with the supercar manufacturers newest models, and the event will throw in some unexpected extras, like an automotive-themed roller coaster, a helicopter showcase, and food from every corner of the globe. Whether you’re into race cars, JDM icons, or multimillion-dollar exotics, Monterey Motorsports Festival is gearing up to be a stop on everyone guide to Monterey Car Week 2025.