Elkhart Lake Vintage
Festival Featuring Lotus
Road America, September 21, 2003
Report and
photos by John Donohoe
- Feature Races - Enduro - All Lotus Race -
Enduro
Race Results
A good turnout
fo rthe enduro, which saw some 60+ cars out. Chevron and Brabham
takign the first two overall slots, with the best overall Lotus
placement Steve Grundahl in his 51A taking 7th overall which
also equated to first in class. John Weinberger in his 23C took
first in his class for an overall placement of of 10th with 20
laps, followed immediately by Ross Robbins who took 11th overall,
also with 20 laps, for second in class after a Porsche. George
Hovsepian managed to get his Seven together in time and turned
up with a 7th in class but not too highly overall. A total of
3 Lotus cars (1965 23C, 1966 Elan, and 1967 51A) in the top ten
finishers was not a bad showing, the only other manufacturer
with more than one in the top ten would be Ford, with a pair
of 1970 Mustangs. Of some 65 cars entered in all, eleven were
Lotus, with about seven each of Porsche and Austin Healey in
a tie for the second most common marques.
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
1 |
1 |
5B |
87 |
Robert Blain |
Janesville
WI |
75 Chevron
R31/36 |
2:27.481 |
97.639 |
22 |
2 |
1 |
4B |
05 |
Mark Harmer |
Troy MI |
68 Brabham
BT-21 |
2:27.895 |
97.366 |
22 |
3 |
1 |
6B |
2 |
Rick Pfrang |
Little Chute
WI |
70 Mustang
Boss 302 |
2:32.586 |
94.373 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
6A |
32 |
Randy Rupp |
Eden WI |
70 Ford
Mustang |
2:33.373 |
93.888 |
21 |
6 |
2 |
6B |
178 |
Richard Lind |
Noblesville IN |
69 Chevy Camaro Z28 |
2:39.265 |
90.415 |
21 |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
7 |
1 |
4F |
6 |
Steve Grundahl |
Blue Mounds
WI |
67 Lotus
51A |
2:40.518 |
89.709 |
21 |
9 |
1 |
8B2 |
101 |
Lisa Hansen |
Chicago
IL |
69 Porsche
911 |
2:42.224 |
88.766 |
21 |
10 |
1 |
3C |
761 |
John Weinberger |
Hinsdale
IL |
65 Lotus
23C |
2:28.474 |
96.986 |
20 |
11 |
2 |
8B2 |
90 |
Ross Robbins |
Littleton
CO |
66 Lotus
Elan |
2:47.504 |
85.968 |
20 |
13 |
1 |
8C |
111 |
Tim Thatcher |
Greenville MI |
70 Porsche 911 |
2:42.267 |
88.742 |
20 |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
15 |
2 |
4F |
18 |
Daniel Hayes |
Clayton
MO |
67 Lotus
51C |
2:44.743 |
87.408 |
20 |
16 |
2 |
8C |
09 |
Charles
Glapinski |
Hartland
WI |
66 Sunbeam
Tiger |
2:46.986 |
86.234 |
20 |
17 |
1 |
2C |
56 |
John Mayer |
Tonka Bay
MN |
62 Porsche
356 Coupe |
2:47.019 |
86.217 |
20 |
18 |
2 |
6A |
811 |
John Rische |
Sheboygan
WI |
69 Chevy
Corvette |
2:39.888 |
90.063 |
20 |
19 |
2 |
2C |
58 |
John Winter |
Carbondale CO |
64 Porsche 356C |
2:51.806 |
83.815 |
20 |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
25 |
1 |
3F |
99 |
Carl Braun |
Dubuque
IA |
69 Landar
R7 |
2:53.743 |
82.881 |
19 |
26 |
1 |
2A |
63 |
M. Mastoon/
J. Golanty |
Evanston
IL |
62 Jaguar
E-Type |
2:54.438 |
82.550 |
19 |
27 |
4 |
4F |
15 |
P. Timko/
M. Halloway |
Naperville
IL |
67 Lotus
51A |
2:47.907 |
85.761 |
18 NR |
28 |
1 |
2B |
122 |
Jeff Babcock |
Chicago
IL |
68 Volvo
122 |
2:56.114 |
81.765 |
18 |
29 |
1 |
2D |
78 % |
Jim Donato |
Logansport IN |
62 Austin Healey Sprite |
3:06.116 |
77.371 |
18 |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
30 |
3 |
4B |
12 |
Tim Holland |
Brighton
MI |
68 Lotus
41 |
2:53.354 |
83.067 |
18 |
37 |
2 |
2A |
202 |
Marv Lofgren |
Sterling
IL |
66 Datsun |
3:04.677 |
77.973 |
17 |
38 |
1 |
8B1 |
176 |
Christopher
Bonk |
Mt. Prospect
IL |
73 Datsun
B210 |
3:10.236 |
75.695 |
17 |
39 |
2 |
2B |
47 |
Bill Dentinger |
Waukesha
WI |
59 Tornado
Thunder Bolt |
3:10.789 |
75.476 |
16 |
40 |
1 |
3A |
4 % |
Dave Jahimiak |
LaCrosse WI |
57 Devin Special |
3:21.655 |
71.409 |
16 |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
41 |
1 (?) |
4B |
22 |
Jeff Hailand |
St. Louis
MO |
71 Lotus
69 |
3:15.693 |
73.584 |
16 |
46 |
2 |
8B2 |
08 |
Geoff Pile |
Plainfield
IL |
72 Ford
Escort |
2:48.455 |
85.482 |
15 NR |
51 |
1 |
2E |
199 |
Wm Severin
Thompson |
Lake Villa
IL |
60 Austin
Healey Sprite |
3:01.632 |
79.281 |
12 NR |
55 |
7 |
4F |
114 |
Joe Papp |
Douds IA |
68 Lotus
51C |
2:51.340 |
84.043 |
7 NR |
56 |
7 |
2C |
27 |
George Hovsepian |
Lake Zurich IL |
62 Lotus 7 |
2:51.106 |
84.158 |
7 NR |
OA |
CP |
Class |
Car |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Desc. |
Best Lap |
Speed |
Laps |
60 |
2 |
3C |
142 |
Mike Kasko |
Burlington
WI |
65 Causey
Spec. |
2:43.128 |
88.274 |
7 NR |
62 |
1 |
4J |
49 |
Ken Alter |
Glenview
IL |
62 Lotus
20/22 |
3:06.654 |
77.148 |
5 NR |
% - Cars 78, 4 and 151 penalized one lap for short pit stops
per Chief Steward
& - Cars 20, 134 and 69 penalized two laps for short pit
stops per Chief Steward
PLEASE NOTE: All information
and photography presented herein is copyright 2003 by the authors/photographers
indicated and not to be reproduced in any form without prior
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