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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

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