Yes indeedy.
The Kohler International Challenge/KIC (formerly Brian Redman International
Challenge/BRIC, originally Joe Marchetti's Chicago Historic Races/CHR ) is
being held this weekend in Elkhart Lake, WI.
We enter our 19,000 mile race Sprite in the Concours d'Elegance, sponsored
by Road & Track magazine. As Larry mentioned, Friday night is for Race cars,
Saturday night is for street cars. It takes place in downtown Elkhart Lake,
WI. The race cars are led by police escort from the track into town, and the
streets are lined with many thousands of people. They cheer their favorites
as the parade passes. I'm not sure exactly how many race cars were entered
in the concours, (Maybe Tutone Terry Heffron can tell us?) but it's a
significant number.
The usual entrants for this event are cars that are restored (or
over-restored), many with significant race histories. Corvette is the
featured marque, celebrating 50 years of Corvette racing. There were
authentic Corvettes from the 50's that were Sebring entrants, etc. There are
Can Am cars, Formula 1 cars, production race cars, and all sort of other
specials.
Perhaps having Tutone, and Chief Judge Bob Joint drive the car around the
pits at the track might have something to do with it... but we ended up with
the Reserve Award in the '62 & older retired race car class. Other judges
include vintage scribe/ride mooch Burt Levy, and Peter Egan of Road & Track.
Along with the concours at Steve Earle's race week in Monterey, CA, the
Elkhart Lake Concours is the most significant Concours in this country for
race cars. Having a Sprite take home an award in a group of $million$ dollar
cars was a real treat.
(I'll tell the story about the car in a separate mail.)
WST
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Daniels [mailto:ladaniels@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:54 PM
To: 'Team-Thicko@Autox.Team.Net'; Spridgets List; bugeye@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Elkhart Lake KIC Vintage Race Weekend
Just got home from the Concours for the race cars in Elkhart Lake. For
those
not familiar with this race weekend (formerly Chicago Historic Races and
then
Brian Redmond International Challenge), they bring the race cars in from the
track to the village of Elkhart Lake for a Concours event on Friday evening
and then have a sports cars Concours on Saturday evening.
For the race cars, the local cops lead them from the track down the highway
to
the village a couple of miles away. Then after the event they lead them
back
to the track. This is all done on public roads and there is traditionally
some "showing off" with spinning tires and generally giving the crowd a bit
of
a thrill.
Well, today someone let it go too far. Shortly after leaving the track, a
couple of guys in a McLaren Can-Am car goosed it and lost it. They ended up
upside down in a marsh alongside the highway. Another driver had to jump
out
and go pull them out before they drowned in the muck.
I couldn't get a good look as the cops diverted traffic down another road
just
before the scene, but I overheard somebody say it was one of the 8's and I
could see a wing like the 8's had.
What a shame. The word is that the car wasn't damaged too bad, but it
doesn't
take much damage on a car like that to get real expensive. What would a
McLaren Can-Am car be worth? I can't imagine less than 7 figures. Yikes!
On a separate note, Flounder had his really nice 19,000 mile vintage Bugeye
Sprite race car there and I did see Mrs. Flounder holding a box up high with
a
huge grin on her face as they were leaving. Could it be that WST won
something?
LD
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