![]() ![]() ![]() Before starting his own race team, Amelia honoree Roger Penske drove Jim Hall’s Chaparral 2 in USRRC competitionĬollecting an award is the first Trans Am racing Camaro campaigned by Roger Penske’s team, a 1967 model.Cars of the Penske class AMC’s Trans Am series racing effort was going nowhere until the company convinced Penske to switch from Camaros and Mark Donohue claimed the 1971 championship There was a class for tiny cars called “That’s Cute” and another for American cars wearing bodywork from Europe, ensuring plenty of variety for the crowd. The field also had a large display centered around the new Corvette C8, a class of cars designed by Sergio Scaglietti to recognize the 100 th anniversary of his birth, and another of cars designed by GM Design chief Harley Earl. ![]() And that makes it sound awesome when the cars fire up and pass in review to collect their awards, crackling and spitting and snorting like thoroughbreds. It’s not that the show is just about racing, it’s just that it tilts more strongly in that direction than do, say, the concours at Pebble Beach, St. Racing heritage was also evident in the classes for Duesenbergs, Loziers, and a group of called Porsche Firsts to mark the 50 th anniversary of that firm’s first victory at Le Mans. The Penske-centric classes (three - for cars he’d driven, cars his team has owned, and for some of his cars that won the Indy 500) were all made up of race cars, of course, and there were classes for other racers from before WW1, between the world wars, and several to cover the eras since WW2. In only a few minutes, we’d spotted Derek Bell, Hurley Haywood, Brian Redman, and David Hobbs. This year, that person was Roger Penske, and there was a reunion, of sorts, for many of the past honorees. ![]()
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