Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is the first race track to be included in the Street View feature of Google Maps.  The filming for Street View took place at the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) 2008 season finale.

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Google describes their Street View feature this way.

The feature provides users 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic street level views within Google Maps. Google collects these images using special cameras and equipment that capture and match images to a specific location using GPS devices. Once the images are captured, they are “sewn” together to create a 360° panorama. Faces and license plates are blurred before the panorama images are served and become viewable in Google Maps.

Click here to view the Laguna Seca Street View for yourself.  Use your mouse to rotate images 360 degrees and advance the view forward and backward by clicking the arrows in the image.

The ALMS is a sports car road racing series with races ranging from short 1-2 hours sprints to 12-hour endurance races.  It is based in the United States and Canada and modeled after the 24 Hours of Le Mans.