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Fall Dinner Social
September 2008
The Preservation Society held its Fall Dinner
Social on Thursday, September 18th at Road America concurrent with the VSCDA
vintage race weekend. The meeting was held in the drivers meeting room adjacent
to the Paddock. Attendees entered through the participant’s gate, proceeded
under the Kohler Bridge and up the hill to park in the Paddock area. Fifty-five
Founding Members and their guests were in attendance and eight new Founding
members joined the Society at the meeting. Road America Hospitality
Coordinator, Gail Bartelt, did an outstanding job of coordinating with Laura
Meyers and everything required for a successful meeting was in place when the
cash bar opened at 6pm.
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Society President Tom Hollfelder as Master of Ceremonies |
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Once again members found common ground and plenty
to discuss during the hospitality period. At 7pm, just as the sun was setting, a
buffet dinner provided by Millhome Supper Club was served. There was more than
enough food for everyone and seconds were served to many. Everyone agreed that
the staff at Millhome had done an outstanding job.
The program that followed dinner began with a
brief update on the status of the historic circuits Preservation and Maintenance
Plan being prepared by Heritage Research at the request of the Wisconsin
Historical Society. The update was followed by a video featuring recently found
film footage from the 1952 Sheldon Cup and Kimberly Cup races filmed near
Fireman’s Park and a twenty minute professional quality feature video covering
the 1963 Road America 500 won by local drivers Bill Wuesthoff and Augie Pabst in
an under 2 liter Elva-Porsche. The reliability and braking capability of the
purpose built racer allowed the car to stay on the track while the “big iron”
was in the pits replacing worn brake pads. This and the skill of the drivers
lead to the first victory ever for an under 2 liter car. The video was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone and served as a fitting conclusion to a great
meeting.
Note: Following the meeting, copies of the videos
were provided as gifts to both Augie Pabst and Bill Wuesthoff.
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