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  1. 67alloy

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    #1 67alloy, Aug 31, 2007
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    Hello Tifosi,
    You are formally invited to participate in the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival activities in the Village of Elkhart Lake. On Saturday, September 15, the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Assocation will sponsor the 16th Annual Road Course Re-Enactment Tour, a police escorted tour of one of the original road courses around the lake. The event will meet inside Road America, Gate 5 at 1:30 for a 2:00 departure. Space on the tour is limited, register online or at the Road America Registration building. Form is below. Fee is $15 and gets you a "Race Elkhart Lake 2007" placard which must be displayed to participate. The event will end in the village square with a Vintage Car Show (pre-1978 cars only please) from 2:00-5:00.The "Spirit of Elkhart Lake" Trophy will be given to the car and driver which best represent vintage motoring. Period attire encouraged. The trophy stays on display in the village, with the winners name engraved, becoming part of the Elkhart legend. Vendors and food as well. After 5:00, you may walk over to the Osthoff for the "Gather on the Green", a cocktail party display of 25 significant vintage cars.

    Many interesting Ferraris and other Italian marques at this event and throughout the weekend at Road America.

    Club discounts available for 10 cars! Who is going?

    More info:www.vscda.org
    or www.raceelvf.org
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  2. 67alloy

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  4. Huskerbill

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    #4 Huskerbill, Sep 10, 2007
    Dang I miss Elkhart.
     
  5. Meister

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    #5 Meister, Sep 11, 2007
    How wold people compare this event to the BRIC in July???

    Same # of cars, just as many or more activities, people, etc..

    We alwas do BRIC, but just from the pics it seems to be a pretty similar sized event.

    Thanks.
     
  6. dasMafia

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    #6 dasMafia, Sep 11, 2007
    I think this is a much smaller event overall, it may have a lot of cars, but not nearly the number of spectators... that is my impression.

    I think I'm gonna skip BRIC next year though, the later weather has to be SOOOOOOOO much better.
     
  7. 575Mike

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    #7 575Mike, Sep 11, 2007
    This year's BRIC weather was fantastic! The fall and spring vintage events typically have better (cooler) weather, however.
     
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    #8 Meister, Sep 11, 2007
    Yes, this year's weather for the BRIC was pretty nice...last year as you know was hot as hell.

    Weather aside, are the cars the same, just less spectators??? From the pics, it looks like there is a little less open wheel stuff and more "classic type sports cars (MGB's, Triumphs, etc). Just jugding from the pics??

    Activities...Friday/Sat shows.... etc how to they compare to the BRIC?? More "true" car enthusiats than racer's/posers/money flashers?

    Between golf and other things, the Sept event doesn't really fit into the schedule, but if it is more about the cars than the "high profile" people who come the the BRIC, I might look into "making room" for it.
     
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    #9 bill365, Sep 14, 2007
    IMO, the fall event, is a bit less formal and congested than the BRIC. The atmosphere is more like a laid back, vintage version of the June Sprints, with the addition of a number of cars that you wouldn't have normally seen on the track, at the sprints years ago.
     
  10. MNJason

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    #10 MNJason, Sep 18, 2007
    Great event! The weather was the best in years.
     
  11. 67alloy

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    #11 67alloy, Sep 18, 2007
    Anybody have any photos to post?

    Re: Pre-War cars, there was a fairly big field. Remember, this event is VSCDA. Only a couple of years ago was the Brian Redman event VSCDA. Now its SVRA. Lots of those old memories of BRIC might actually be cars from the VSCDA field.

    Not knocking SVRA at all. They can field 30-40 Trans Am cars but I dont think have the same width and breadth in the classes. We're lucky to have both groups have events there.

    I'm spoiled; I have a house in the village. Last year I had a 50's Maserati 250s Monoposto at my curb. The year before it was THE Bugatti Atlantic that won Pebble Beach.
     
  12. KTG

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    #12 KTG, Sep 18, 2007
    You don't own the house on Elkhart Lake across from Siebkens do you? Who ever owns that is a lucky devil...Looks like a antiques shop almost, but think its a private home?
     
  13. Meister

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    #13 Meister, Sep 18, 2007
    In 06' there was a blue Bugatti parked "down" the street from the car show and drew more attention than any car "in" the car show...are we talkng the same car?
     
  14. 67alloy

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    #14 67alloy, Sep 19, 2007
    The house across from Siebkens on the lake is owned by the owner's of Siebkens. There is also a cool old cottage on stilts next door to it that's pretty neat too.

    We are probably talking about the same Bugatti. It was a silver/blue closed coupe with big round suicide doors and a riveted fin running over the roof and down the back. Stunning car. It was parked smack-dab in the middle of the car show though.

    There was another full-on race Bugatti in the upper Paddock on Sunday, unfortunately we didn't see it come downtown.
     
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    #15 bill365, Sep 19, 2007

    Sorry, I was there with the 365, but did not take any pics.
     
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    #16 Meister, Sep 19, 2007
    The car I'm thinking of was an open wheeler, single seat (sorry for my lack of knowledge on Bugattis) blue in color and obviously unrestored.

    It must have been 05.

    The car was parked on the street OUT of the car show, on the corner of Seibkens furthest from the lake. Anyway, it was interesting how the car drew a bigger crowd than anything IN the show. After a major crowd had gathered, the owner/driver came up and in rather un-midwestern style didn't say a peep and drove off in a huff.

    I thought it was kind of rude on his part...don't bring a car like that dowtown the night of the show, gather a crowd and not expect to have to talk to people.

    Interesting moment nonetheless.
     

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