According to Speedtv.com, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson will put on his driver’s suit and climb into his 1965 Lola T-70 today at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where 550 historic automobiles are competing in 17 groups that run the gamut from Pre-1940 Sports Racing and Touring Cars to 1981-1989 FIA Mfg. Championship & IMSA GTPs.

“This is my first time here at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and my first time at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca,” said the 63-year-old Scotsman, who resides in Sarasota, FL, “but I’m going to come here for the rest of my life, and that’s a promise."

Johnson, like all of the other entrants, determined his grid position (a very respectable 7th out of 42) on the famous 2.238 mile road racing track that includes among its signature turns “The Corkscrew,” with a 5 ½ story drop in only 450 feet of track length, and the Andretti Hairpin, which, by virtue of its name alone, needs no further description.

“When I heard the sound of the big V8s of my race group all take off at the drop of the green flag, I thought if Zeus were here and created thunder, this is what it would have sounded like,” said Johnson, bringing to mind lyrics from one of his most famous songs: 'Thunderstruck' (The Razor’s Edge, 1990).

“I’ve been racing for about 14 years on-and-off,” he said, “and unfortunately, because of my day job where I am traveling for a couple of years at a time, I have to keep coming back and re-learning the driving technique. It is such a privilege to be sitting in a car that really good drivers once drove. Keeping the car on the track and coming anywhere close to what the original drivers have done is an achievement."