The Story · Turn 12
Laguna Seca has
eleven turns.
We are the twelfth.
Just up the road, one of the most storied racetracks on earth carves eleven corners into the California hills. Turn 12 is the corner that lives off the track — the place the drivers, the crews and the faithful pull into when the checkered flag drops.
Opened in 2013, Turn 12 rose from a landmark corner of downtown Monterey — three tired storefronts knocked into one 8,000-square-foot temple of speed. Built by the Phinny family, lifelong motorsports racers whose sons chase championships on two wheels and four, it's equal parts restaurant, bar and museum.
Walk in and you'll find a 1950s Ducati, a Maserati and a Bianchi hanging at height, walls papered in legendary drivers and iconic races, and a hand-poured 50-foot pewter bar with tire tracks running its full length — as long as a Laguna Seca straightaway.
