May 29, 2023

Happy Memorial Day to everyone and thank you to all who have served our country including my father. Without them and their service we all might not be here.

So yesterday was one of the craziest Indianapolis 500 races I've ever seen! Won by Josef Newgarden on the last lap when he passed Marcus Ericsson. Congratulations to Josef who has now won the Indy 500 on his 12th try!

After that pass was the now famous "Dragon Move" to keep the lead and win. This move has been used for the third year now and apparently is here to stay. It breaks the air on the car following you so the following car doesn't get in your draft for a pass.

Josef won the race for Team Penske and it's Roger Penske's 19th win at the famed speedway that he now owns.

The race had a bunch of wild crashes and a tire that flew off and landed on a spectator's car thankfully and didn't hit anyone!

The photos here are from last year's race at Road America. Josef Newgarden won the race and got some donuts done in turn 5 which he didn't get to do at the Indy 500.

Enjoy a look at the players from the Indy 500 this year with last year's Road America race photos.

There are also photos here of Alex Palou who won the pole position at Indy plus Pato O'Ward, Felix Rosenquist and Marcus Ericsson.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

JP Borre in the #28 kart on the way to winning the Cadet Rookie Championship at 10 years old!!

October 3, 2022

Where do future race car drivers begin? Usually they begin with racing go karts when they're young with lots of family support. This is not a big sponsored, big money team here.

This past year, I got to see 10 year old JP Borre on his was to winning the Cadet Rookie Championship, driving his #28 AAR stickered kart at Road America!

JP, with the supportive help of his father Emil and whole family, won the championship at Road America.

Grandfather, Ron Nelson, provided some great guidance along with Mike Lashmett and others.

Indy Car racer Scott Dixon is a lot like JP in that he's just a quiet guy until he gets racing. Once in the kart, JP is fast and drives smart.

His #28 blue kart with All American Racers stickers on it would make Dan Gurney proud! He drives like Dan and has Dan's personality that is also just like Scott Dixon.

Keep a watch out for JP Borre. He  sure does seen to have what it takes to become a great racer.

Along with JP, you'll see some other kart racers and classes in my photos here.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The annual race the weekend after the Indy 500 was always at the Milwaukee Mile for many years.

September 5, 2022

This year The Drive was held at Road America on August 26, 2022. It is a wonderful track day and this year all of the proceeds went to the Cody Unser First Step Foundation.

Cody Unser is the founder of the foundation that raises awareness of Transverse Myelitis which unfortunately she has had since the sixth grade in 1999. I was never aware of this terrible condition that has Cody paralyzed below her chest.

She has worked at educating people about this condition and strives to help those affected by it.  You can read more about it in the attached brochure or at www.codyfirststep.org.

The photos of our fun day at the track with her father Al Unser Jr. and Josh Bilicki are included here. There are also photos of all the participants who had great weather for a fun day with Al and Josh.

Come join us next year!!

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The Drive was held August 26, 2022 at Road America. Great charity event for the Cody Unser Foundation.

30 of Dan Gurney's Eagle race cars at Road America!!

Another fun weekend in the rain and heat at Road America!

August 22, 2022

The IMSA races came to Road America for their annual visit on August 5-7, along with the usual rain.

It was great to see Robert Wikins racing again and Ryan Eversley racing in two different series during the weekend.

The Porsche Cup raced in the most rain but the big IMSA Sunday race was a race from lap one with a bit of rain thrown in.

Wayne Taylor Racing in their DPI Cadillac took the pole position for the Sunday race but lost the lead a few times. In the final laps with a pass on the grass, they got the win for Ricky Taylor and Philipe Albuquerque!

Fun weekend with a VERY hot Saturday of racing with the temperature reaching 92 degrees.

Enjoy a look at some of the fun and one of the last looks at the DPI cars as they are now.  All the cars next year will be new.

The new Cadillacs and Acuras look fast and beautiful. Can't wait to see the final look of the cars.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

The rest of the cars at the 2022 WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman.