Road America - July 1980 - Can Am Races

Updated 9/1/00

Jeff Roach from MSCC and I headed north to Road America for a weekend at the Can Am races. Our friends Dick Durant and Bob Klempel had been in the original series and we had not even seen it, so here was a chance to get up and see it all once again. These pictures are a mix from that weekend.

I have about three packs of pictures and will get them scanned on here as time permits. Check back to see what gets added.


On pit road.	Mario Andretti resting in trailer.	The Corvette Corral
	Mario in car.	Rabbit Cup cars approach the Corvette Bridge.

The Trans Am

Since it was an SCCA weekend with the Can Am, the Trans Am was also there. These cars were still real cars, with frames, and even old Corvettes were competing, unlike today.

	The esses back in Thunder Valley.
Ray William's Corvette	Spirit of the Cherokee Nation - Jim Kiny??
1963 Corvette headed up from Turn 5 to the Corvette Bridge.	This picture lists the crew.	Porsche in Turn 5 before the crowd.
Bob Kerns in his '66 Corvette.	Bob Kerns in Turn 5.
		A rarity, a 1973 Corvette coupe.
Trans Am pace lap.	Porsche

Vintage Races

Today, vintage racing is well established, although still often confused as to whether it is real racing of vintage cars or 7/10ths running of vintage cars. Back in 1980, the Chicago Historic group was much more into a good time, with the cars much less competitive while on the track. As you can see, some do not even have roll bars.

The pace lap		Someone forgot to tell these two that this was not real racing.
	A pair of nice Corvettes, a '57 and a '61.	More of the pace lap

If you can identify any of these people, please email me with their names. Thanks.

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