{"id":3719,"date":"2023-11-22T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nevadamusclecars.com\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2023-11-29T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:11:16","slug":"road-america-usrrc-our-film-clip-from-early-60s-posted-on-you-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nevadamusclecars.com\/?p=3719","title":{"rendered":"ROAD AMERICA USRRC &#038; CAN AM: Our Film Clip from Early 60&#8217;s Posted on You-Tube&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In digging through some old 8mm films a few months back that my Dad had for many years, we found this relatively short clip of a United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) race from Elkhart Lake at Road America in Wisconsin. Growing up in the Northern Illinois area, I was at Road America a number of times and I consider that facility America&#8217;s most beautiful road race course.Below is the clip of USRRC from our post on You-Tube and a couple of pics from the 1971 Can Am race that I was fortunate to be at to see those Big Motored Beasts run through the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, until next time&#8230;&#8230;.TACH IT UP&#8230;&#8230;!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DH0K3iu9zFw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You-Tube digitized 8mm film short clip on main straight coming up the hill and by the Pits at start&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" data-attachment-id=\"1356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nevadamusclecars.com\/?attachment_id=1356\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nevadamusclecars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/denny-m8f.jpg?fit=640%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,292\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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Car was fast but no reliability and the L &amp; M sponsor dollars went the following year to Mark Donohue in the Penske Porsche 917\/10..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In digging through some old 8mm films a few months back that my Dad had for many years, we found this relatively short clip of a United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) race from Elkhart Lake at Road America in Wisconsin. 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