In Northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border, there was a short road course built around some small ski slopes called WILMOT HILLS.I believe it was built in the late ’50’s for races held with the Mid West Council Region of the SCCA out of the Chicago area. I was just a youngster then but got to hang out with my Dad and Uncle and a few of their friends and sponsors, like Jim Engle of the then Engle Tools and Cams, to be around the wonderful early SCCA road racing atmosphere. My Uncle and POPS ran an Elva Courier in E Production against many of the top and upcoming drivers of that era that was sponsored by Pops shop at the time named CUSTOM CRAFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently I was able to uncover some old 8mm film footage we had hiding for many years, and as part of our new RACE MOTION PIX, we have digitized some of these old regional race “short clips” of 3 minutes or so together and have now posted on You Tube and our other sister site at www.racemotionpix.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the somewhat cleaned up compilation of some of those old 8mm films common “back in the day”. We will also be putting up some more shots and footage from Early ’60’s Riverside Times GP and some things from Road America at Elkhart Lake..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please come back soon and TACH IT UP……..!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n