2017 Aero Cars at Elkhart Lake Wisconsin Sept 14-17 - The Photos

[Aero426]

Update - The registration packet PDF for all the Elkhart Lake track and area activities has been posted at the link below.    Please complete and return to DSAC by August 15th.   Make your check payable to "VSCDA"  (Vintage Sports Car Drivers Assn).  

http://www.superbirdclub.com/events.html

2017 DSAC – Winged Warriors National Meet Announcement  - Elkhart Lake Wisconsin – Sept 14-17
We are excited to announce the 2017 National Aero Car Meet.    The dates are September 14-17 which is Thursday through Sunday.     Our event will be in conjunction with the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at the legendary Road America, "America's National Park of Speed".   Road America is located one hour north of Milwaukee Wisconsin and three hours from the Chicago / Indiana border.    

At four miles in length,  Road America is the longest and fastest natural terrain road course in North America.  Built in 1955, the track was born from the ban of racing held on public roads in Elkhart Lake during 1950 though 1952.   As a resort town,  Elkhart Lake had a quiet reputation attracting gambling and liquor during the era of prohibition.

Vintage racing action at the track takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   300 entries of all types of of racing cars 1950's through the 1980's.   The eleven different race groups run 30 minutes at a time, so the action on track is always changing.    Our tickets for the event will be discounted, I expect $35 each.   Super bonus: children 16 and under are admitted free with an adult.  

Event Plans include:  
•   A trip to the Experimental Aircraft Association museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin (Thursday)

•   Kettle Moraine scenic driving tour on some of the best back roads anywhere.  (Friday)

•   Spectating and aero car display at Road America (Saturday-Sunday).  

•   Road Course Reenactment (Saturday) :  A police escorted tour of the original Elkhart Lake street course held on the public road during 1950-1952.  Street and race cars are invited to participate.  There is a small cost $10-$15.  

•   Lake Street Concours d' Elegance (Saturday),   After the road course reenactment, an informal car show will be held on Lake Street in Elkhart Lake as it was in the 1950's and early 1960's.  

•   Gather on the Green (Saturday):  An invitational concours event benefitting Camp Anokijig held late Saturday afternoon on the grounds of The Osthoff Resort.  I expect that approximately 15-20 club cars will participate.  This event is located adjacent to the Lake Street event described directly above.    

•   Saturday Banquet.   Hosted at the Osthoff by the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association.   Speaker to be announced.

•   Parade Lap of Road America – Tentatively scheduled for Sunday at noon

•   Track Touring at Road America – Held on Saturday and Sunday over the lunch hour, available at a modest extra cost, this allows you to drive your car on the track behind a pace car at highway speeds for a 20-30 minute session on one or both days.   Similar in concept to what we was held at Atlanta before the 2014 meet at Talladega.  

The event hotel is the Holiday Inn Express, 55 Holiday Ln, Fond du Lac, WI   920-322-0460    The room block is active now.  Call the hotel directly for reservations.   The Room block is under "Daytona-Superbird Auto Club"  $109 double or king,  includes hot breakfast.  Please note that there is also a full service "Holiday Inn" (already booked full) at the same location.    We are at the Holiday Inn Express

[Aero426]

Could we get a sticky for this and drop the 2016 meet off the top of the page?   

[bannedbird]

Hope to be there!

[Aero426]

Tony Guida at Road America on a track day.   Tony is here on DC.com

[70Sbird]

Planning on being there.....great,  another day in Oshkosh......
Maybe I can make this a "work" trip!
I do know where (in Oshkosh) there is a quaint root beer stand (think the old A&Ws) where the car hops still are coming out to the cars on roller skates and where there is an awesome Irish pub there too!

[Dave Kanofsky]

I reserved my room!   

According to Jeremy, the block only came up for the 14th to the 15th,  So make sure you tell them when you're checking out. 

Hoping for better family health luck than Springfield this year. 

[Aero426]

I reserved my room!    

According to Jeremy, the block only came up for the 14th to the 15th,   So make sure you tell them when you're checking out.  

Hoping for better family health luck than Springfield this year.  

Dave, I have sent our contact at the hotel a note.   Our contract with them is through 9/17.    

Thanks,

[Aero426]

Milt Wood hard on the brakes, track touring at Road America.   

[rapidtransitrick]

I will be there

[Aero426]

I will be there

Great,  glad to hear you are coming.   

[70EK2Bird]

We are planning on being there also.  Hotel is reserved for Thursday through Sunday.

Sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

[Aero426]

We are planning on being there also.  Hotel is reserved for Thursday through Sunday.

Sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

That's great.   Look forward to seeing the Kustom Bird.   

[70Sbird]

Room is booked. see all of you in Oshkosh on Thursday!

[Aero426]

Room is booked. see all of you in Oshkosh on Thursday!

If you are Oshkosh now, you can check out the hotel in person.   You are right up the road.    Lots of trailer parking. 

[Aero426]

We are about 90 days out from the event.    Just checked in with the Holiday Inn Express today and we are on pace for about 40 cars attending.      So the turnout is going to be very good.     If you are thinking about making reservations,  the time is approaching.   There still are rooms available.      I will have a registration form available in the next week so you can choose which at the track events you want to participate in.   

[talkiemopar]

I'm in. Be there on Wednesday   

[Mopar John]

426 Linda and I have just reserved our room!
We will be arriving Wednesday afternoon and look forward to seeing friends old and new.
Probably going to bring the B5 Daytona?
MJ

[Aero426]

The registration packet PDF for all the Elkhart Lake track and area activities has been posted at the link below.    Please complete and return to DSAC by August 15th.   Make your check payable to "VSCDA"  (Vintage Sports Car Drivers Assn).   

http://www.superbirdclub.com/events.html

[Aero426]

A nice article that just came out on the village of Elkhart Lake and the vintage race happenings held near there at Road America.   All the photos are from the recent vintage race meet held two weeks ago.       

https://news.classiccars.com/elkhart-lake-vintage-races-truly-take-village/

[Aero426]

Just a reminder that we need your registration back by August 15.     There is a little fudge factor in there, but not much.     If you are coming and do not have the registration forms,  they are available at the link below.   Or contact me and I will mail you one.     

http://www.superbirdclub.com/events.html

[Aero426]

Update - the Gather on the Green Saturday afternoon concours is completely full.    We have 23 cars entered of the entire show field.     

If you have not sent your entry forms for the rest of the weekend track activities,  please send them ASAP.       

[Aero426]

A few people have asked about dinner on Saturday night.      It is held at The Osthoff which is the fancy hotel where the Gather on the Green show takes place.   You just walk inside for dinner from the show field whether you are spectating or showing.     

The  menu is turkey and tenderloin tips, pasta premivera, salad, veggies, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls, carrot cake, coffee, tea & milk.    The dinner cost is $40.  I know it isn't cheap, but it's nice.    We will have table reserved for our participants.   It is not a dress up type deal, as the racers from the track will be there after a long day at the track.  If you want to add the dinner, there is still time to do that.     

Also, I had not announced it, but Ramo Stott will be our Grand Marshal at the meet and he will be at the dinner.   Vic Elford is the other guest celebrity at the dinner.  He and Ramo competed in some of the same races at Daytona.     They may have some good stories to tell the crowd.     

[Aero426]

Schedule:

Thursday 9/14
9:15 AM  Depart Holiday Inn Express for EAA Airventure Museum.     Take I-41 north to exit 116, State Hwy 44.  As you approach the exit, you will see the museum on your right.     Take the ramp to the right and immediately make a right turn.    At the split, bear to the right and continue on the frontage road to the museum.   
GPS address is: 3000 Poberezny Rd, Oshkosh WI.

12:30 PM  Depart EAA for lunch at Ardy & Ed's Drive In.     From the museum,  go back to Hwy 44 and make a right turn.   Continue a short distance and make a right turn on 20th Ave.  Continue east to the tee on Oregon St and make a right turn.  Proceed south 4 blocks and turn left on 24th St.   Restaurant will be on your right.   Park in the lot first and then on the dead end street next to the restaurant.   

Lunch order forms are provided.    Please fill them out and give to Doug on Wednesday night, or prior to entering EAA.   We need to run them over the drive in Thursday morning.   If you have not filled out a lunch order form, you will need to order at the counter.
GPS address is: 2413 S Main St, Oshkosh.

After lunch,  we will drive to the Fond du Lac lighthouse in Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.  Take a right turn out of the restaurant and proceed south on US Hwy 45 back to Fond du Lac.   Turn left on Scott St.   Continue east to Main St and turn left.   Follow the road to the lake and bear to the right.  Continue to Lighthouse Dr.   

Returning to Holiday Inn Express:     From the lighthouse parking lot,  turn left onto Park Ave.  Follow south to Johnson St (Hwy 23).   Turn right on Johnson St and continue west until you reach I-41.    Take 41 south to the hotel and exit at Hickory St.   
Hotel GPS is: 625 W Rolling Meadows Dr,  Fond du Lac. 

Friday, 9/15
Scenic tour:  depart Holiday Inn Express 9 AM for Ice Age Visitors Center.  (Drive time, about 30 minutes)   Proceed south on I-41 and take the first exit (Hwy 151) north.  Turn left off the ramp.   Then take the first exit to Hwy 45.  Bear right off the cloverleaf ramp Follow the signs and multiple roundabouts to Hwy 45.    Continue south on Hwy 45 to the town of Eden.   Make a left turn continuing on Hwy 45.     Continue south on 45 and turn left on Hwy SS.   Then turn left on Hwy 67 heading north.    Follow to the Ice Age Visitors Center.    There is a nice overlook of the Kettle Moraine and a short film.     
Ice Age Visitors Center GPS is: N2875 WI-67, Campbellsport, WI.

Leave Ige Age Center for Road America.   Turn right on Hwy 67,   Continue on Hwy 67 past Long Lake.    Turn left on Ice Age National Scenic Trail.   Continue North to Kettle Moraine Scenic Dr.  Turn left and continue to the town of Greenbush.   Continue straight to Hwy 23.    Turn right on Hwy 23 and proceed east to Hwy 67.   Take Hwy 67 north to Road America.   Go past the main gate and enter at Gate 6.    If you have wristbands, proceed past the check point and through the tunnel.     Just past the tunnel, turn right at the first opportunity.   Continue past the concrete barriers to our parking area.   

If you have a trailer, when you get to the guard shack,  turn right and there will be an open field to load/unload your car.   Then drive it through the tunnel. 
Road America GPS is: N7390 State Hwy 67, Plymouth WI  53073 

Returning to hotel from Road America:
Take Hwy 67 south to Hwy 23 west.    Continue 23 west to Hwy 151 south.    Take 151 south back to I-41 north.    Then 41 north a short hop to Hickory St. 


Saturday 9/16
Depart hotel at 7:45 taking direct route to RA.   I-41 to Hwy 151 north,  to Hwy 23 east to Hwy 67 north

If you are signed up for track touring,  at 11 AM,  drive your car through the tunnel and turn right at the check point.   Follow the perimeter road up the hill, then bear left and follow past the media center through the woods to the touring paddock area.    Make a right turn into the touring paddock.   There will be a drivers meeting.    Driver must have driver wristband.     Passengers must have red wristband.  Touring will start at noon if the session is clean, it will continue for about 35-40 minutes.

Road Course Re-enactment (RCR):  at 2 PM,  drive through the tunnel and turn left to get to the staging area.   Cars will leave at 2:45, arriving downtown to be angle parked just before 3 PM.    When the police cars takes the race cars back to Road America,  the remaining cars not participating in Gather on the Green can stay parked on Lake Street, but you must re-park them at the curb.   

If you are NOT participating in Road Course Re-enactment, but ARE in Gather on the Green,  you can leave Road America and proceed to the show any time after 1:30 PM.     Turn left out of the race track on Hwy 67.   Proceed a little over a mile and turn left on Hwy A.   Go a short distance and turn right at the stop sign.    Follow to the show entrance at the brick walk way.   If you have a trailer,  park it in Fireman's Park just before you get to the walk way. 

Things to do while in downtown Elkhart Lake:
Check out Gessert's Ice Cream Parlor.    It's been in business there since 1922.   A real throw back inside and they have a room in the back with interesting historical history. 

The Elkhart Lake Depot – if it is open take a walk through the museum in the back. 

The Feed Mill has a variety of shops and a coffee shop. 

Siebkens – take a walk through the bar.  Probably every racing sticker ever made is on the walls.   Siebkens also has an ice cream stand on Lake St.   

Gather on the Green – At 4 PM, cars that participated in RCR will head to the Gather on the Green show.      GOG is located at the Osthoff just around the corner from Lake Street.    From Lake St,  turn right at the Depot.  Follow to 67 and turn right on A.     Follow A to the stop sign and turn right proceding to the show entrance.   

Dinner – 7:30 PM   If you signed up for a dinner ticket,  it will be in the Osthoff ballroom at 7:30.   

Sunday – 9/17
Depart for Road America at 8 AM
Touring – proceed to the touring paddock at 11 AM
Aero Warrior Parade Lap:  1 PM  (all aero cars participate)

Bill's Thing – 2 to 4 PM.      For those not in a big hurry to get on the road,  we will participate in an eclectic show hosted by Bill Hall, a couple of miles from the track at the Black Dog Bistro in Rhine Center.    From the track,  turn left on Hwy 67 and make an IMMEDIATE right on Race Track Rd.   Turn right on Garton Rd.     Turn left on E and proceed north.     There will be food at the bar.
GPS address: N8898 Rhine Rd, Elkhart Lake

[Aero426]

The boys from Washington and C5XDAytona are on the road to Elkhart Lake.     This is their first wrecking yard stop in Montana.

[Aero426]

Beautiful poster and T-shirt art done by Don Amadio.   Shirts and posters will be available for purchase shortly.