May 16, 2022
In 1988, the Briggs and Stratton 200 Indy Car CART race was held at Road America. Danny Sullivan had the pole position but Emerson Fittipaldi won the race!
Road America looked a bit different back then, and I see the new media center was already built. Didn't think it was that old.
The short lived Porsche Indy Car was racing then with Teo Fabi. It was a beautiful car that never did very well and was only around a few years.
Must have been a combined weekend with the IMSA racing cars because I notice a photo I took of Walter Payton! Looks as if his #34 blew an engine in turn 5. He is standing next to it as it's smoking away.
Love the livery on Arie Luendyk's car!!!!
Enjoy a look back to 1988. Were you there that weekend?
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
September 9, 2012
This is my 25th blog today!! Time goes by quickly. Today, we have our first regular season Packer game of the year against the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field.
The attached photographs include a couple from 1989 when a Chicago Bear football great named Walter Payton was racing sport cars at Road America in Elkhart Lake. I remember Walter being very nice and really having fun driving his car. If he was still with us, who knows what he could have accomplished in racing too. He was one of the best in football even though he was a Chicago Bear!!
This past week we all found out that the American LeMans series and the Daytona Prototype Series will merge in 2014. My hope is that we have some pretty race cars to watch because I never liked the look of the Daytona Prototype cars until this past year. The new Corvettes looked good and fast but the ALMS cars really are more pleasing to my eyes.
Maybe Dan Gurney shown here on his motorcycle can help design some nice new cars.
Enjoy the football today and Go Packers!!
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Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
