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.

Fall Dinner 

The Fall HRC dinner and program will be held at Road America on Thursday September 17. The event will include a chance to do a Sunset Cruise in your own car on the racecourse; members are encouraged to bring a “sporty” car to enjoy the Sunset Cruise. Following the Sunset Cruise will be a cash bar and a sumptuous Wisconsin buffet dinner from Millhome Supper Club in the Tufte Center. The buffet dinner will include three choices, Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breast, Grilled Mahi Mahi, and Roast Beef, including a tossed salad and Cheesecake for Dessert. There will be coffee, tea, and water setup, along with a cash bar. Following the dinner will be the evenings program presented by Pat Jeffords son of racing legend Jim Jeffords.

The complete agenda for the evening events is as follows:

4:15 PM – Members arrive at Gate 6 at Road America, sign the waiver, follow the HRC signs up the hill to the HRC designated parking area which is the area west of Victory Lane across from the Paddock Shop.

4:45 PM – Drivers Meeting for the Sunset Cruise Participants run by longtime SCCA racer and HRC Board Member Mike Froh.

5:15 PM – Sunset Cruise Laps Begin. Enter track on North side of tunnel.

5:30 PM – Entry allowed at Gate 6 for all HRC Members and Guests for the Cash Bar and Dinner Event.

 – Tufte Center Opens/Cash Bar Opens –

5:45 PM – Sunset Cruise Laps End.

7:00 PM – Buffet Dinner in the Tufte Center followed by the Program by Pat Jeffords.

9:00 PM – At the Conclusion of the dinner event exit through Gate 6 and have a good evening.

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. To assist you in making your reservations for the dinner, there are, as always, three ways that it can be done. Either by

1) making your reservations online at: www.historicracecircuits.com or

2) download the reservation form and mail it in to HRC PO Box 51, Elkhart Lake, WI, 53020 or

3) you will also receive, by snail mail, an invitation that can be mailed as in the past.