My destination the weekend before last was Road America in the kettle moraine country of central Wisconsin for one of the USA's leading historic racing events, the Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman.
This year's historic weekend at Road America included a special salute to the original, unlimited Can-Am series which was founded forty years ago in 1966 and ran for nine glorious years through 1974. The Can-Am tribute was organised by Dan Davis and Pam Shatraw of Victory Lane magazine and drew an entry of forty-eight cars.
Forty Can-Am cars took the green flag for Sunday's featured eight-lap Can-Am race, which was won by Wade Carter's big-block
McLaren M8F after pacesetter Dave Handy half-spun on the second-last lap on dirt thrown-up by another car which had spun into a sand trap. The impressive Handy recovered to finish second in his small-block McLaren M6B ahead of a string of newer, big-block cars.
I was there to direct the shooting of some footage for my partner Adam Friedman of Traveling Light, who plans to make a TV show and DVD about the Can-Am series. Adam also wanted me to interview event master Redman and 1972 Can-Am champion George Follmer, who was invited to be the event's grand marshal. And, just before leaving for Road America, I got a call from
Motor Sport magazine in the UK, asking if I could cover the Can-Am celebration for them in place of Pete Lyons, who had taken sick and couldn't travel to Wisconsin.
