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[carl s]

Millers at Milwaukee Mile - Harry Miller Club
Participant Info and times to be open to public

Just got an update from the event coordinator, Lenore Heinzelmann.

In the event the info doesn't find its way onto the Club website
http://www.harrymillerclub.com/

"56 cars registered at this time"
"a number of cars from the Vanderbilt Cup era
including a 1906 Fiat from the Indy Museum as well as The Blitzen Benz, owned by Bill Evans"

Thursday July 5 Cars/Trailers may be parked at track 12-4 PM
Followed by reception cook-out at Crown Plaza Hotel

Friday July 6
8:30 cars on track for group photo to be taken at 9AM
9:00 Open to public
9:40 Drivers Meeting
10:00-4PM Cars run on the mile (usually alternating slow and fast sessions throughout the day)
First laps to be taken by featured cars of the Vanderbilt Cup era.
6PM Cocktails at Hotel-Silent Auction-then
7PM Dinner

Saturday July 7
7AM Track opens to entrants
8:00 Event Open to Public
10-4PM Cars run on track

I'll be leaving Indio in a few days and will try and get as many photos as possible to share.
This should be one really unpleasant tow through the heat and forest fires but well worth it in the end.

carl schulz
indio, ca

[Tom Glowacki]

Millers at Milwaukee Mile - Harry Miller Club
Participant Info and times to be open to public

Just got an update from the event coordinator, Lenore Heinzelmann.

In the event the info doesn't find its way onto the Club website
http://www.harrymillerclub.com/

"56 cars registered at this time"
"a number of cars from the Vanderbilt Cup era
including a 1906 Fiat from the Indy Museum as well as The Blitzen Benz, owned by Bill Evans"

Thursday July 5 Cars/Trailers may be parked at track 12-4 PM
Followed by reception cook-out at Crown Plaza Hotel

Friday July 6
8:30 cars on track for group photo to be taken at 9AM
9:00 Open to public
9:40 Drivers Meeting
10:00-4PM Cars run on the mile (usually alternating slow and fast sessions throughout the day)
First laps to be taken by featured cars of the Vanderbilt Cup era.
6PM Cocktails at Hotel-Silent Auction-then
7PM Dinner

Saturday July 7
7AM Track opens to entrants
8:00 Event Open to Public
10-4PM Cars run on track

I'll be leaving Indio in a few days and will try and get as many photos as possible to share.
This should be one really unpleasant tow through the heat and forest fires but well worth it in the end.

carl schulz
indio, ca

See you there.

[carl s]

See you there.

Cool.
Be sure and stop by to chat-#15 Boyle Valve Special Tribute Car.

Must be nice to 'already' be there.

[Tom Glowacki]

Cool.
Be sure and stop by to chat-#15 Boyle Valve Special Tribute Car.

Must be nice to 'already' be there.

Sauk City, WI 105 miles to the Mile, 95 to the EAA AirVenture, and 110 to RA. July is a good month.

[racinggeek]

A further reminder -- the reason cars of the Vanderbilt Cup era are expected/hoped to be on hand is that this is the 100th anniversary of the Vandy Cup and American Grand Prize races in Milwaukee -- well, technically on the suburban streets of Wauwatosa, but still ...

[Henri Greuter]

have fun everyone!

I still cherish my memories about my lone visit: back in 2006.


henri

[Michael Ferner]

Ditto, 'cept for 2011!

[carl s]

Entry List courtesy Steve Zautke at the Greenfield Galleries tent.

The HMC is happy to announce that a record 58 cars are entered.

58 Cars Entered! A New Record!

2012 car roster:
1909 Blitzen Benz
1909 Pope Hartford
1911 Mitchell Sport Runabout
1911 Oldsmobile Race Car
1912 Cutting Indy Race Car
1912 Stoddard-Dayton Speed Car
1912 Mercer
1913 Isotta Fraschini
1913 Mercer
1914 LaFrance
1919 Miller TNT
1920 Ford Model T Racer
1920 Miller Durant
1923 Miller 122
1923 Miller 122 GP
1924 Bentley Race Car
1926 Miller 91 Perfect Circle
1926 Bugatti 37A
1925 Koukol Special
1927 Miller RWD
1927 Boyle Valve Special
1928 Miller FWD
1930 Chrysler Golden Seal Special
1930 Lehman Special
1930 Simplex Piston Ring Special
1931 Miller V-16
1932 Chrysler Riverside Special
1932 Martz Special
1933 Detroit Gasket Special
1933 Indy Champ Car
1933 Ford Fred Frame
1934 Miller-Burd Piston Ring Special
1934 Sparks Weirick Miller Gilmore Special
1935 Miller Ford
1935 Miller Ford
1937 Bugatti Type 57
1937 Delahaye
1937 Thorne Sparks Big Six
1940 Hahn 270 Offy
1946 Jewell Special
1949 Kurtis Indy Car
1949 Watson Roadster
1950 Belanger Tribute Car
1954 Uihlein Special
1955 Kurtis Kraft
1956 Watson Roadster
1956 Zink Special
1958 Kurtis 500G Indy Car
1959 Bowes Seal Fast
1959 Watson Indy Roadster
1960 Indy Roadster
1960 Joe Hunt Magneto Special
1960 Bowes Seal Fast Special
1961 John Foray Champ Car
1961 Chenoweth Chevy Indy Roadster
1962 Sarkes Tarzian Special Watson
1963 Willard Battery Agajanien Special
1964 Watson Roadster
1969 Watson Ward Speedway Motors

Regards,

Steve Zautke
Big Bend, WI

[carl s]

have fun everyone!

I still cherish my memories about my lone visit: back in 2006.


henri

What I remember most graphically from 2011 when I close my eyes:

I was at the bottom of the track rolling around as usual
coming up behind me
Ferner was going full tilt down the backstretch in the Doc's roadster on the high side
A young gun came up behind me and without a look see very abruptly passed me to the outside right in Michael's line
Michael must have anticipated this as he slowed and moved within inches of the wall
Young gun never looked back

Great driving?
Blind luck?
http://i1011.photobu...pg?t=1310692068

Edited by carl s, 01 July 2012 - 00:42.

[Michael Ferner]

You are too kind, Carl!



I probably never noticed the "young gun" in the first place, being too busy to keep the darn thing off the wall...

[E1pix]

"... The HMC is happy to announce that a record 58 cars are entered..."
Steve Zautke
Big Bend, WI

That's amazing, my Dad's probably coming out. He was raised on 85th, a block away, in the '40s. Lifer race fan ever since.

Have Fun, All!

[MPea3]

Have fun all. I'd hoped to make it last year but weather and business got in the way. I was trying again this year but last Tuesday I had my ass handed to me by a Ford F150 and some pavement. Fortunately modern motorcycles gear gives remarkable protection and I'll be back riding in 4-6 months. Hopefully next year I can finally realize that goal and attend.

[Michael Ferner]

Sad to hear that, Mark. Get well, soon!

[Aero426]

Looking forward to the event.

Edited by Aero426, 03 July 2012 - 16:02.

[szautke]

Unfortunately the 1906 Fiat has cancelled, however there is still a chance we hit 60 cars for the event. Hope to see many of you there.

Just a reminder I'll be selling my latest DVD there...The Golden Years of Racing at WI State Fair Park Speedway (1955-1975) - AAA / USAC Indy Car footage, plus many neat books and racing photos.

[MPea3]

Sad to hear that, Mark. Get well, soon!

Thank you Micheal. I don't want to hijack this thread but more info is available in my Paddock Club thread. It will be quite a while before I'm back on a bike.

[Magoo]

Here's coverage of the event with a great big photo gallery with dozens of images. There's too much to wedge into one feature slot; more to come.


Millers at Milwaukee 2012 - Mac's Motor City Garage

Please take and use the photos however you like, but if you happen to think of it a credit or especially a link would be nice, thanks much.

Edited by Magoo, 07 July 2012 - 17:37.

[Magoo]

A few more photos from Millers at Milwaukee. What beautiful cars -- from a special age.

[Magoo]

Due to the response, here are a few more photos and a link to a second big photo feature on the event.

Thanks to the Harry A. Miller Club and the participants for a great show. It's a privilege to see and hear these machines.

More from Millers at Milwaukee | Mac's Motor City Garage

Please take, use, and share the images.

Edited by Magoo, 10 July 2012 - 16:36.

[Aero426]

Nice photos. I never got a good one of the Oldsmobile Limited outside the tent. So thank you for posting them up.

The final session of the event was very exciting with several roadsters running very strong. Larry with the #16 Rathmann car said it was the hardest he had driven the car.

Edited by Aero426, 10 July 2012 - 20:53.

[Magoo]

Nice photos. I never got a good one of the Oldsmobile Limited outside the tent. So thank you for posting them up.

The final session of the event was very exciting with several roadsters running very strong. Larry with the #16 Rathmann car said it was the hardest he had driven the car.

You're more than welcome. If you have need of any other photos you didn't see, please ask. I may well have them. Hi-Res if you can use it.

Darn, I didn't get to stay around for the fast part. I was there Friday morning for the starting line formation and then the first two track sessions, then I had to leave. Wish I could have seen that. There is something really cool about seeing a roadster getting after it on the Milwaukee Mile. Just magic.

Edited by Magoo, 11 July 2012 - 10:45.

[Magoo]

Due to popular demand, more photos! Here's an event recap with a third photo gallery.

Thanks again to all the racers and to the Harry Miller Club for a super event.

Millers at Milwaukee final recap | Motor City Garage