October 5, 2015

One of my favorite race car drivers is Sebastian Bourdais.  Since his beginning days in Champ Car, I have enjoyed watching him drive and win a lot of races.

I have also enjoyed his famous fights with Paul Tracy years ago in Champ Car, which made for even more enjoyable racing!

After winning some championships in Champ Car, Sebastian went to Formula 1. He should have stayed here in America because the Formula 1 experience didn't work out so well.

It is good to see him racing again in an Indy Car where he belongs. Sebastian also has been doing well in sports car racing winning some nice races.

It has been his second year in the IRL cars and he gets more comfortable and better with each race. A championship wasn't all that far away this past year. Maybe next year he will win the IRL championship and I hope he does.

Enjoy a look at Seabass this past year in Milwaukee.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

September 28, 2015

Today, Monday September 28, 2015 will go down in history for James Hinchcliffe! It will be the return to the cockpit of his racing car and doing laps at Elkhart Lake!!!

Since James had his horrific crash during practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he has waited for this day. When he woke up from his big accident in the hospital, the first thing he asked about was when can he could get back into his race car! He is a racer and that is all he thinks about.

The second of two testing days is today at Elkhart Lake and it is not open to the public. Too bad I can't see that big smile on his face after a few laps at Elkhart Lake.

I wish him well and I'm sure he will be a little sore tonight after testing day but he will be a happy racer again. The mayor of Hinchtown is back!

Enjoy a look back at James at the Milwaukee Mile in 2014.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Sebastian Bourdais at the Milwaukee Mile in 2015.

James Hinchcliffe at the Milwaukee Mile in 2014.

July 20, 2015

Indyfest 2015, at the historic Milwaukee Mile, did not disapoint.

Josef Newgarden, got his first pole position and Sebastian Bourdais, returned to the winners circle at The Milwaukee Mile. Seabass, as we call Sebastian, has been there before.

This time Seabass, almost lapped the field by the end of the race! His car was that good.

Enjoy a few photos here of the day and for more, go to the category Indyfest 2015 in my Racing menu.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

2015 Indyfest, at the Milwaukee Mile.

May 11, 2015

Ok, I promise that this is the last blog on the 1990 CART race at the Milwaukee Mile!

I finally scanned all the film, and I just kept coming across some good memories of good times in Indy car racing!  Here are a few of my favorites.

Michael and Mario Andretti sitting on the pit wall having a talk with an engineer.

A. J. Foyt and Mario on their motor scooters having a discussion about who knows what. Would love to know what it was about. Next to them, is legendary engineer, Jim McGee.

Scott Brayton in his Amway car is no longer with us and the photo of Jeff Andretti is the last photo I took of him racing.

Pancho Carter, Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Eddie Cheever are looking good in their cars.

So, enjoy the last look of 1990 at the Milwaukee Mile, when they used a board to list qualifying speeds!!!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

May 4, 2015

Last week was so much fun with scanning old film from the Milwaukee Mile, Miller 200, 1990 CART race, that we are going to do this for a while!

So this week, we are looking at a few images of Danny Sullivan, Rick Mears and Emerson Fittipaldi. This is the power house Team Penske of 1990.

This team, was full of Indy 500 winners and CART champions.

They are all personal favorites, especially Emerson Fittipaldi, whose helmet I adored! I still think it's one of the most beautiful helmet designs around!

The aero devices on Emmo's helmet are the earliest form of aero dynamic work.

Enjoy a look at some of the fastest cars EVER made and a beautiful helmet!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

April 27, 2015

Time to switch my blogs to some Indy car racing photography for my racing fans! Also, because it's almost Indy 500 time!

So, for the next few blogs we are going to be looking at the 1990, Miller Beer 200, CART race at the Milwaukee Mile.

This was a good time for Indy cars with big name drivers. We had and will look at today, Emerson Fittipaldi, Raul Boesel, Arie Luyendyk, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan and A.J. Foyt Jr.

Team owner Roger Penske and his right hand man Teddy Mayer are also shown today. Teddy Mayer was one of the best engineers on the planet, coming from years in Formula 1.

It is interesting to me to see the dashboards of 1990, when now, all information for the driver is on the steering wheel!

Enjoy a look at film roll number one of my collection with more to come next week.

Time for me to mow the grass for the first time now while you look at this!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The CART Indy Car series at the Milwaukee Mile on June 3, 1990.