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Old 07-20-2009, 05:59 PM
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I went to Elkhart Lake WI is weekend to see the vintage races at Road America. It was a series of 20 minute races and covered all of the different classes of vintage road racing. I took tons of photos and I tried to select the best.

Here is one of the cars from the Trans Am series:





I can't remember what class these car were from


 

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Here are the vintage Ford GT40s:

This one is super rare and was raced by Mario Andretti


Here they are lining up right before the race - there was one whole race that was just vintage Ford GT40s


This guy couldn't get his car started so he missed the race




Here is a couple of shots of a production Ford GT40. I had no idea they made a street car version.

 

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Old 07-20-2009, 06:07 PM
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And here are some shots of the race that included Trans Am series cars.

This was a different race and I can't remember what class this was, maybe GT - but there was one 03 Monte Carlo in this race but I couldn't get a good shot off.






 
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Oh and here was a Nicky Camaro
 
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Nice! Looks like it was fun!
 
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Old 07-20-2009, 06:38 PM
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Looks you have a great time.

Too bad i didnt see any AMXs. They really dominated Trans Am Racing for a few years.
 
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Ya I wish there were more Mopar representation too.
 
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Great pics Amy! Thanks for sharing!

I have to agree with you about the AMX's JJ. Guess they're too rare to find now?
 
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very cool pics amy!!
 
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looks like an awesome time man...are any of those cars yours?
 


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