Monterey Car Week Is a Month Out: The Porsche Plan for 2026

Monterey Car Week is a month out — August 9–16, 2026 — and if you're a Porsche owner still on the fence, this is the point where you either book the trip or spend a second August watching it on Instagram. The headline classes don't feature the marque this year, but that's a little misleading: Porsche is all over the week if you know where to look. Here's the plan for the cars, the events worth your money, and what to lock in before it's gone.

The 2026 reality: Porsche isn't the featured marque at Pebble Beach or the Rolex Reunion this year — Pebble leans Ferrari and Japanese GTs at Le Mans, and the Reunion honors Japanese motorsports. So the Porsche week runs through Werks Reunion, a confirmed Sapphire-tier sponsorship at The Quail, and the Porsche-heavy historic race groups at Laguna Seca. Fewer lawn appearances, plenty of Porsche.

The Porsche events that actually matter this year

Werks Reunion — Friday, August 14

If you only do one Porsche thing all week, do this one. Werks is the all-Porsche gathering — hundreds of cars sorted by era, long- hoods and G-bodies parked wheel-to-wheel with water-cooled GT cars, and spectator admission that won't empty your wallet. It's the day the Porsche crowd actually shows up in one place. Full breakdown, pricing, and registration timing in our Werks Reunion guide.

The Quail — Friday, August 14

Cross-marque and expensive, but Porsche is a Sapphire-tier sponsor in 2026, which means a real presence on the field at Quail Lodge. Tickets sell out months ahead and Friday is a genuine three-event juggle with Werks, so plan the day before you buy. We walked through how to make the timing work in our Quail guide.

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion — August 12–15

The featured theme is Japanese motorsports, but two of the run groups are Porsche to the core: the Peter Gregg Trophy for 1970s IMSA GT cars — think 911 RSRs, 934s, and 935s — and a Hurley Haywood GTP/Group C group marking 45 years of IMSA GTP, which is the 962/956 era. Buy the paddock pass. Watching a 962 get pushed out and warmed up beats any static display. Race day is Saturday the 15th; the full schedule and class breakdown is in our Laguna Seca Reunion guide.

Pebble Beach Concours — Sunday, August 16

The 75th running, and the Sunday everything builds toward. No Porsche feature class this year, but there are always significant Porsches scattered through the pre-war and post-war fields, and the lawn at dawn is worth the early alarm regardless of what's being judged. Gates open early; arriving with the sunrise is the move. Details in our Pebble Beach guide.

What to lock in now

The thing that catches people out isn't tickets — it's beds. Lodging on the Peninsula is the constraint every year, and by mid-July the sensible options are thinning out fast. If you haven't booked, read our where-to-stay guide before you do anything else — it covers the Carmel-versus-Salinas tradeoff and the late-decider tactics that still work this close in.

Everything else — the full week laid out day by day, which events are worth the drive, and how to plan a Porsche-focused Car Week without burning out by Wednesday — lives in our main Monterey Car Week 2026 Porsche owner's guide.

A month goes quick. Sort the hotel, buy the paddock pass, and we'll see you on the Peninsula.