Elkhart Lake (Road America) 1956

16 mm footage shot by my father who was an amateur sports car driver in the 50's

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• 1950's
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• racing

[ElvaMKII]

Red #35 near the end of the video is a 1957 Elva MK II (driven by Charlie Kolb or Chucj Ditriech) so this your father's video was also probably also taken in 1957.

[now1000]

Thanks for info. I used labels on film for titles so they could be incorrect.

[WRXSubaru08]

Does anyone know what the track around Elkhart lake used to look like before Road America was built?

[ElvaMKII]

#75 is the silver Elva MK I of Al Ross.

[ElvaMKII]

#75 is silver Elva MK I of Al Ross

#44 Lotus MK XI of Wm Boroman

#19 Porche 550 of Geo Reed

#6 Ferrari 2 litre Ed Lunken

#69 Porsche RS Ed Crawford

#8 Maserati of Carroll Shelby

[nailset6]

Maybe the Trans-Am?

[tupidterr]

Incredible!!! I was there this past weekend with son and grandson. And yea, '72 was my first race at RA. June Sprints, but not for certain. Remember, this was '72.

[nailset6]

This stuff is priceless......just attended this weekend (8-15&16).........been attending since '72........

[PeterMayer]

wow! My favorite track in North America!

[Hallywood8]

VWBAJA2112

Please post some of your footage on youtube. I love this stuff. My family has gone to RA since it's beginning and in fact my dad was involved in paving the track. I also have raced my shifterkart there several times and my brother has raced his motorcycle there as well.

[bricksterr]

This is neat stuff. I wonder if the owners of present day Road America have footage like this on hand? Thanks.

[VWBAJA2112]

Its weird we have some footage like that on our home movies my fatherraced also in the 60`s,thanks for posting such history.