my first driver school was on the Milwaukee road
course. I loved it but never got back for a race.
It is great to see it repaved and in use again.
I hope that it will be available for us for a long time.
That hairpin is a so in so.
art de armond
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:25 AM
Subject: [Fot] Milwaukee Mile...
> Amici...
>
> Bob Wismer ran his Lola S2 in a Midwestern Council event at the Milwaukee
> Mile yesterday. My grandson Matt and I crewed for him. While I've lived
> in
> the Milwaukee area all of my life, and attended Champ car races at the
> Mile
> on occasion, I've never raced the road course circuit there. An
> interesting
> circuit claiming ten turns, but one could argue about that. It's mostly
> four flat, parallel straights and the turns that get you to them. They
> had a
> vintage session. Scott and Jerry Barr ran Scott's Spitfire. It was good
> to
> see Jerry in the driver's seat. He's had his helmet on the shelf for a
> spell while he mended from some foot surgery. Son Scott wrenched at this
> event. The car looked great and sounded very strong on the straights.
> They'll
> switch positions at ROAD AMERICA next weekend for the Elkhart Lake Vintage
> Festival.
>
> There was a sad incident in the first practice session of the day when
> Glade Snodgrass' Spitfire took a very hard hit to the wall. Glade is a
> great
> racer and he goes FAST. But a Datsun 510 had an oil filter O ring fail,
> thus
> messing up turn 9 at the end of the front straight for those that
> followed.
> It got very exciting soon thereafter. I am sure there are lots of parts
> to
> salvage from the car, but like I said, it was a very hard hit, and the
> Spitfire showed it. As they say, "It could've been worse." And
> thankfully
> Glade was sore, but fine.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
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