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July 10, 2023
This year I only made it to the Road America Indy Car weekend for one day, Sunday, June 18th for the race. I also got to see and visit with my Vintage Indy Registry friends.
Vintage Indy Registry was started in 2017 by Ron Nelson and Mike Lashmett to preserve, record and organize events of the older Indy Cars. Keeping records of these cars is the big part of it. I believe that is because a lot of the cars get changed about through the years. Good to know what's original in a car or a replica.
Each year a few new cars appear that have been restored to perfection. It is a great sight to see these beautiful cars running on track every time.
It's not a race but a good time to get your older vintage Indy Car on track. They all sound beautiful especially the Lotus jet car that has a very unique sound unlike any Indy Car.
Enjoy a look at these beautiful cars that are running other events not just at Road America. This past weekend they were at Indianapolis Raceway Park running with the Harry Miller Indy Cars. Wish I could have been there.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 28, 2023
This is the first blog that I have ever done that has been late. Sorry about that! I've just been busy.
I'm having surgery in a few weeks to remove my right kidney due to a malignant tumor. That is basically what I have been up to.
I did make it to the Indy Car race on Sunday, June 18th to see them race along with my Vintage Indy Registry friends. The Vintage Indy Registry cars will be the next blog for sure.
Enjoy a look at the race where Colton Herta had the pole position and was leading most of the race. However, Alex Palou was on his tail and led the final 10 laps for the win.
I also have some of the Indy NXT cars included here where #39 Nolan Siegal won the race.
Be safe, healthy and have a great Fourth of July.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 12, 2023
On May 20th I took my first trip of the year to Road America for the annual SVRA racing meet.
There are so many classes of cars in different groups that it gets rather confusing to track a driver after learning what group he is in! Then, I have to figure out when they are going out on track!
Found the F4 cars easily enough but they had a lot of crashes on Saturday afternoon. I think they may have actually had 5 green flag laps for their whole race! There were a lot of damaged cars on one lap in two different parts of the race course. There was another crash with a few cars before that.
Cleanup time took a large portion of their race on Saturday. Too bad they didn't get more green flag racing done.
The track itself looks beautiful with a total repavement done. There is no seam on the track itself. It's amazing and every year they keep making improvements to Road America. There is now a beach with palm trees and sand on the outside of the Carousel portion of the track! It's a nice new viewing and photo spot that used to be really hard to get to.
They continue to plant new trees and the carvings on the fallen or dead ash trees are really amazing. Checkout the owls in the photo below and there are many others with wolves and bears and more.
Enjoy a look and hope to see you at Road America soon.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
