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November 20, 2023
One of the best things to have happened recently was the announcement that the Indy Car series is coming back to the Milwaukee Mile in 2024! They will be in Milwaukee on August 31, 2024 for one race and then following day September 2 for another race.
So happy to see that they are bringing the Indy Cars back to the historic Milwaukee Mile. On the morning of October 18th I got to see some of the improvements that are being done to the track and facility.
Firestone also ran a tire test at the Milwaukee Mile and Will Power ran the first laps in 8 years of an Indy Car. Will Power and Team Penske were ready to go at 10am on the dot.
The Team Ganassi car of Linus Lundquist came out a little while later.
Enjoy a look at the first lap and laps of an Indy Car with Will Power at the Milwaukee Mile since the 2015 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250.
Sebastian Bourdais won the race in 2015 but Will Power won it in 2014. Will sure looked as if he enjoyed being back at the Milwaukee Mile.
Go get some tickets and join us August 31st and September 1, 2024 at the Milwaukee Mile.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
November 6, 2023
Hope everyone had a fun Halloween! Two inches of snow here and no trick or treaters.
This blog is about Scott Brayton who was an Indy Car, CART and IRL racer in the 1990's. He passed away tragically on May 17, 1996 at age 37.
A tire blew in practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy 500 and Scott was killed instantly after hitting the wall. Sad story of too many racers I've known through the years in Indy Cars.
It's a crazy business and you know the hazards going in but it's a heartbreak every time we lose someone for the family and our racing community.
I met Scott Brayton only one time. It was at the Milwaukee Mile and then I photographed him at Road America in 1993.
He was such a nice guy. I recently realized that on Facebook we have a mutual friend!
We miss you Scott. Here are some pictures from 1993 of Scott in a beautiful Indy Car.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
October 23, 2023
Been a bit of a crazy summer medically for me and I missed a lot of things going on, both good and bad.
I didn't realize that Gary Wright had passed at 80 years old on September 4, 2023.
Gary was born in New Jersey and started as a child actor at age 7 on television, and then started acting on Broadway before being cast on the Brady Bunch for several years.
He was a musician from an early age and decided to back up that career by becoming a doctor! He then went to Germany to study and specialize in psychology.
All this time he was in many bands and the most notable was Spooky Tooth. He also played on former Beatle George Harrison's album, All Things Must Pass. He even went to India with George for some musical events.
In the 1970's he went solo and his most famous song is probably Dream Weaver in 1975.
I had the pleasure of photographing him in 1977. It was a nice show with great lighting and numerous fog machines. It made for good photos!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
