Annual Dinner Events
Dinner Events are typically held three times per year concurrent with the vintage race weekends in May, July, and September in Elkhart Lake. All three dinner events include a pre-dinner reception, and a full course sit down dinner followed by a Program featuring luminaries from sports car racing past and present.
Remember, HRC members receive a discount on the dinner reservation. If you would like to become a member, please click on the “Become an HRC Member – Sign Up Today” page.
Spring HRC Dinner Event
Welcome to the first event of 2025 for the Elkhart Lake Race Circuits Preservation Society. This first event, The Spring Dinner Program will be held at Historic Siebkens, Thursday, May 15 preceding the SVRA Spring Vintage Festival at Road America.
We are excited to announce that our speaker will be David Cooper, Founder and CEO of Cooper Technia, Inc. and Associate Editor of “Rare & Unique Vehicles Magazine”.
Beginning with HRC’s September 2024 program on Sara Chapin and Jim Kimberly’s Healey Silverstone, HRC is pleased to continue the discussion of ‘Women in International Racing’ and his restoration of the masterpiece she raced into the record book.
As David says “In my restoration career, I have been uniquely privileged to restore five special race cars first owned by women. Each of these women has a great story. One is the subject of this talk”.
To become a world-class racer in the 1930’s, in a field dominated by men, was quite an achievement. ‘She’ started with nothing but talent, good looks and an ambition to race cars, at least as well as men. ‘She’ set the record as the fastest women racer in the world in 1929, and raced in Europe, USA, North Africa and South America. But I don’t want you to think this is just about her racing—‘she’ was a fascinating personality who felt the impact of the events of the 20th century. Strong, successful men found her attractive and compelling. I restored the race car in which she set the world record, and helped discover the scrapbook she put together about her racing career. Recently, important new details and photographs about her life have been discovered, which I will share with you. I am assisting Lionel Lucas, the author of a forthcoming biography.
Please see the attached brief Bio of David Cooper for further information.
The agenda for the evening is:
5:30 PM – Cash Bar
7:00 PM – Buffet Dinner followed by the Program: ‘Restoration of the Queen of Speed’s Race Car’ presented by David Cooper
This is a unique opportunity and is expected to be a highly entertaining event for all our HRC Members and guests. So, make your reservations as soon as possible because space is limited.
Make your reservations online at www.historicracecircuits.com or download the reservation form and mail it in to HRC, PO Box 51, Elkhart Lake, WI, 53020.
