Congratulation to Mr. Swanson!! That's what built SCCA racing. Not everyone had the funds to support a top flight racing team, then or now. Many weekend racers had to feed the family first and go racing with whatever fit the budget. I crewed for several different teams and rode the crash truck for many years with SCCA and enjoyed (nearly) every minute of it. That is what built the "grass-roots" sports car racing after WWII in the US.
I had a Shelby CSX 4000 series Cobra, what a blast to drive. I had the honor of visiting with both Carroll and Bob several times when I was a Shelby Dealer.
I won a few sales contests back when I was selling Fords during the 80's - Twice I got to spend a day with Bob Bondurant and NASCAR's T-Bird drivers at Ford's huge proving grounds in Romeo. It was the most fun I've ever had, driving 140+ MPH on the huge 5 mile oval and learning how to race on the road courses.
I grew up in the heart of NASCAR Country but I wish Trans Am Racing had of gotten better coverage. Even the IMSA races of the time couldn't be found. Forget Rally Racing or Baja.
@@SGTJDerek That's a damn shame, Sarge. I was lucky to have beautiful Road America nearby.We also saw stock cars at Shawano Speedway,and the Milwaukee Mile.Wouldn't mind checking out Talladega or Charlotte,though.
Got to love these old racing videos, especially the race track safety features hay bails protected by sturdy trees, long before Armco took over that job,
Awesome "music" of the Shelby Cobras 280 V-8 and very nice sound of Jaguars E Type Cunningham Team competidores!! Very nice video from the best sports cars and GT at Elkhar Lake circuit@!thanks for sharing!!
@J C - That announcer was the famous Les Keiter, whose voice and style were perfect for a road racing announcer. No one who regularly listened to road racing back then would mistake his voice for anyone else! He was the best. I know, because I remember listening to him at all the major road races.
Good old times and amasing races, iconic old racing cars and drivers, there are no more like this nowadays, never! Today is only politics and millions!
Back when every car was distinctive. And new Corvair pace cars! I was 12 yo then. Great stuff!... Pennsylvania heroes of ours- Bob Holbert and Don Yenko. The Meisterbrauer car was recreated as a turn-key replicar 3 or 4 years ago too! Augie Pabst of beer fame as well...
Thanks nice too see my favorite track in America in its infancy...guard rails we don't need know stinky guard rails...I love that just a race not even a hey bales any where great old foot age thanks...boy those cobras need a sway bar or two ....
I started racing Moto GP in 87 and this was the only track I really want to race on being 3.4miles nice and long flat out at 120mph plus all days nice sweeping corners.
I don't think Ken Miles or Walt Hansgen lasted much longer either. The cars were so very interesting, the drivers real characters and the racing exciting but boy, was it dangerous.
Penske right thou I love this track because it's long but it is hard on brakes because its so high speed your going a hundred every where got to love it...
U know Shelby was one of my hero's and this racing is all on the track...he was saying how in Europe he became friends with Dino FERRARI Enzo brother and said he was a good friend an someone he learned from on his journey .
Think of a time when a well designed race car FIVE YEARS OLD could still be considered a threat for the overall win. Drum brakes. Only a four speed transmission. Iron block V8. Actually street driveable (which they all were at one time or other). Scarab.
That announcer was the great Les Keiter whose easily recognizable voice was heard at pretty much all the great road races back then. He was the best.....period!
@@Timinator62 Two of the three, though I seem to recall the third one was hardly a just-off-the-street one. Thanks for the memory jog., and RSC is the 99% fact source for that era. We still have a problem with the '64 Bridgehampton race though...
Penske started out as a production sports car racer, graduated to Maserati Birdcages (winner) Cooper Monacos (winner) designed his own car based on a Cooper F1 car (winner) won his class at Sebring in a Ferrari GTO, raced a Grand Sport Corvette at Nassau (winner) and that's the short story. A championship-level driver and engineer, but he felt - correctly - that the management and team owner role was his strength. He also won in a Chaparral.....the automatic trans one.
My father, Joseph B. Swanson was driving his #58
Elva Mk VI in this race. He finished 26th overall and 14th in class.
Congratulation to Mr. Swanson!! That's what built SCCA racing. Not everyone had the funds to support a top flight racing team, then or now. Many weekend racers had to feed the family first and go racing with whatever fit the budget. I crewed for several different teams and rode the crash truck for many years with SCCA and enjoyed (nearly) every minute of it. That is what built the "grass-roots" sports car racing after WWII in the US.
The new grassroots is lemons
I had a Shelby CSX 4000 series Cobra, what a blast to drive.
I had the honor of visiting with both Carroll and Bob several times when I was a Shelby Dealer.
What a glorious time to live.
All the cars were so beautiful...
Dude lost his front left wheel and STILL kept racing. That's bad ass!
I won a few sales contests back when I was selling Fords during the 80's - Twice I got to spend a day with Bob Bondurant and NASCAR's T-Bird drivers at Ford's huge proving grounds in Romeo. It was the most fun I've ever had, driving 140+ MPH on the huge 5 mile oval and learning how to race on the road courses.
This is a wonderful video! I got such a kick out of seeing/hearing a young Roger Penske. You can see how analytical he is even as a young driver.
Each car was so unique! No problem telling them apart.
Great vintage racing!! Thanks for posting. Cheers!
This is the kind of racing I grew up with. My Dad raced in SCCA in central California. I literally grew up in the pits there.
I grew up in the heart of NASCAR Country but I wish Trans Am Racing had of gotten better coverage. Even the IMSA races of the time couldn't be found. Forget Rally Racing or Baja.
@@SGTJDerek That's a damn shame, Sarge. I was lucky to have beautiful Road America nearby.We also saw stock cars at Shawano Speedway,and the Milwaukee Mile.Wouldn't mind checking out Talladega or Charlotte,though.
@@carlsaganlives4141 Charlotte was off the hook. So was Rockingham and Martinsville. Back when Rubbing was Racing 😁
Enjoy cares
Got to love these old racing videos, especially the race track safety features hay bails protected by sturdy trees, long before Armco took over that job,
Awesome "music" of the Shelby Cobras 280 V-8 and very nice sound of Jaguars E Type Cunningham Team competidores!! Very nice video from the best sports cars and GT at Elkhar Lake circuit@!thanks for sharing!!
500 miles, 1 pit stop at 250? On a freaking ROAD COURSE? Gotta love it.
Thanks great video man we have come a long way...who forgot the hey bales...
All the Legendary Racers and car builders from the 60s. Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Don Yenko. Just missing one, Bruce McClaren.
That is the golden age of racing.... and what a smooth announcer too
Driving a bomb on wheels . . . Beautiful but deadly.
@J C - That announcer was the famous Les Keiter, whose voice and style were perfect for a road racing announcer. No one who regularly listened to road racing back then would mistake his voice for anyone else! He was the best. I know, because I remember listening to him at all the major road races.
awesome, great circuit one of the best.
At 6:15 watch the wheel work of Ken Miles, 98 Cobra.
Champion
What a driver, what a car and so misunderstanding, isn´t it Mr. Ford?
Good old times and amasing races, iconic old racing cars and drivers, there are no more like this nowadays, never! Today is only politics and millions!
Back when every car was distinctive. And new Corvair pace cars! I was 12 yo then. Great stuff!... Pennsylvania heroes of ours- Bob Holbert and Don Yenko. The Meisterbrauer car was recreated as a turn-key replicar 3 or 4 years ago too! Augie Pabst of beer fame as well...
Has to be exhausting race to run
Great film, thank you
Mom Knew Sports Cars & Loved These Cars/Drivers; Dad & Her Went To Nor/SoCal Tracks Before & After They Got Married!
Imagine if Ken Miles and Bob Bondurant were driving Daytona Coupes
Ken Miles was racing a 289 Cobra entered by Williamson Ford and Bob Bondurant was driving a Cobra entered by Steve McQueen/Shelby American.
Amazing...these were just race cars then....now they're all a million dollars each!
Thanks nice too see my favorite track in America in its infancy...guard rails we don't need know stinky guard rails...I love that just a race not even a hey bales any where great old foot age thanks...boy those cobras need a sway bar or two ....
Hell of a race Gimmie a smoke....I love those days...scotch and soda sure...too
Hey, what happened to the trophy gals? Good times, kel!
Those Scarabs were something else
"Spencer has lost his untightened front wheel and is running the whole course on his disc."
Outstanding!
So many famous drivers in the same race is amazing to me. Too bad I wasn't born a decade earlier...
Fantastic....
I started racing Moto GP in 87 and this was the only track I really want to race on being 3.4miles nice and long flat out at 120mph plus all days nice sweeping corners.
EVERY SINGLE Car competing here would/is a highly valued collectors item now...
That shelby is just beautiful 😍
I saw Dave McDonald and Eddie Sachs killed at the 1964 Indy 500. Both were terrific drivers. It was a sad day.
I don't think Ken Miles or Walt Hansgen lasted much longer either. The cars were so very interesting, the drivers real characters and the racing exciting but boy, was it dangerous.
The pace car looked like a Corvair.
It was.
THANKS !
Penske right thou I love this track because it's long but it is hard on brakes because its so high speed your going a hundred every where got to love it...
Back then when racing was dangerous and sex was safe 👍🏻
@Yuri L. - Now that's a great line my friend! Well said.
Can you imagine in todays values of these cars how much money is on that track....
the Elva Mk VII Porsche won in irs first race out. Wow
Big thank' for this sharring!!
U know Shelby was one of my hero's and this racing is all on the track...he was saying how in Europe he became friends with Dino FERRARI Enzo brother and said he was a good friend an someone he learned from on his journey .
His Brother, Dino, died in 1916, same year as his Father died,Enzo had a Son also named Dino, it was Enzo's Son who was tight with Shelby..
Think of a time when a well designed race car FIVE YEARS OLD could still be considered a threat for the overall win. Drum brakes. Only a four speed transmission. Iron block V8. Actually street driveable (which they all were at one time or other). Scarab.
R.I.P Bob, rev in peace o7
KEN MILES IS THE GOAT 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
The pits were dirt, crazy
The announcer sounds like the Batman tv announcer from the 60s...hey I'm old...same bat station same bat channel....
That announcer was the great Les Keiter whose easily recognizable voice was heard at pretty much all the great road races back then. He was the best.....period!
"E Jag". It's E-Type Jag !
Does anybody know if all three of Cunningham's E Types were factory "lightweight" cars?
www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_America-1963-09-08.html
@@Timinator62 Two of the three, though I seem to recall the third one was hardly a just-off-the-street one. Thanks for the memory jog., and RSC is the 99% fact source for that era. We still have a problem with the '64 Bridgehampton race though...
aprox 6 months later Dave Macdonald crashed and passed away
Unfortunately that was the norm back then. These guys clanked when they walked.
Roger Penske as a driver. Was he an owner as well?
Penske started out as a production sports car racer, graduated to Maserati Birdcages (winner) Cooper Monacos (winner) designed his own car based on a Cooper F1 car (winner) won his class at Sebring in a Ferrari GTO, raced a Grand Sport Corvette at Nassau (winner) and that's the short story. A championship-level driver and engineer, but he felt - correctly - that the management and team owner role was his strength. He also won in a Chaparral.....the automatic trans one.
I don't think the winning car ever changed tires. Those short pit stops and no breakage is why the car won it.
Gotta laugh at the Corvair Pace Car-
@Tim Dowling - The Corvettes weren't yet fast enough to be pace cars! Lol
An untested 2ltr car beat the Cobras and Ferrari got!!!
Ferrari was the endurance king? What the hell happened?
They stopped trying. Pretty simple. The 333 was the last gasp of top-line Ferrari racing sports cars, and they didn't even build that one...
Ken miles ahead....
shit tires,had to know how to drive
Did you notice the tail through the turns?
Crash Bondurant
Corvair pace car! LOL!