----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Mertz <bmertz@home.com>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 11:47 AM
Subject: Pre-Conclave Healey racing at Elkhart Lake
> Fellow Healeyists and listers:
>
> A rare coincidence of events this summer will offer owners and
> racers of"big" Austin-Healeys (100 and 3000 series) from all over the
> U.S, and Canada a great opportunity to meet and compete on the weekend
> preceding Conclave 2000 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Sprites
> are welcome, too, but there always seem to be scores of those anyway.)
>
> On behalf of the half-dozen or so100-Six and 3000 owners who race
> there every year, I'd like to invite every Healey enthusiast to one of
> America's permier vintage racing events on the beautiful, fast and
> challenging Road America course July 21-23.
>
> The annual Brian Redman International Challenge this year will mark
> the 50th anniversary of sports car racing at Elkhart Lake, an event that
> promises to be really spectacular.
>
> For non-racers, Wisconsin's kettle moraine country offers gorgeous
> touring opportunities on roads that might well have been designed for
> sports cars. The track is open for touring at lunch time all three
> days (@ $50 a day), and there are race car and sports car concours as
> well as a Mecum collector car auction each night. Wandering the
> paddocks is a delightful exercise in sports car racing nostalgia, as is
> the bar at the legendary Siebkens' Resort.
>
> For Big Healey racers, it's an unprecedented opportunity (at least
> in the decade since the Healey Challenge) to race others of our kind,
> trade technical secrets and tell lies. Wouldn't it be nice to outnumber
> - not to mention to humble - those ubiquitous bathtub Porsches just
> once? And you will truly appreciate your overdrive on three (!!!)
> mile-long straights, as you pull another gear out of your -- um --
> pocket to surprise the competition.
>
> For those going on to Conclave 2000, Indianapolis ain't far and
> events don't get rolling until Monday. There's no reason for concern
> about maintenance and parts with two of the nation's most knowledgeable
> Healey restorers (Tom Kovacs' Fourintune and Bill Dredge's SportsCar
> Services) always a presence in the paddock, and their shops just down
> the road.
>
> Early entry is advised because the grids do fill up, even on a
> four-mile race course with huge paddocks. For information and an entry
> packet write to International Challenge, Road America Inc., P.O. Box P,
> Elkhart Lake, WI 53020-0338. Also, finding accommodations in the
> immediate area can be a challenge because it's high season in a popular
> resort, so plan ahead. I can provide a list of nearby hotels, motels
> and B&Bs by e-mail to anyone interested.
>
> See you at Elkhart Lake!
>
> Brian Mertz
> bmertz@home.com
> 1957 A-H 100-Six #88
>
>
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