SCCA Racing from Vacavalley in the Mid 1960's. Great Vintage film!

This was shot by an old co-workers father in (I believe) 1965. It's from 8 mm film and has no sound but the video is pretty cool. If you raced sports cars in Northern Ca. in the 60's, you might be or know these guys. Cool trailers they used in the day (Towing your car would be as hairy as racing it).

[@peterlee4856]

That kid skipping about was me! The Caribbean blue or turquoise bathtub 95 was my dad. Wow I can hear Lida Rose blasting out of Harry McCunes. Infield speaker at Laguna Seca. THANK YOU!!!

[@193322009]

Thanks for posting this. It brings back some great memories. I was racing a silver Porsche Speedster, #39 in this race. If you were following closely going into turn one you would get sprayed with pebbles. In this race a pebble broke my English goggles. Usually it was very hot here and at one race there was an infield fire that put smoke across the straight. We had to drive through it hoping it was clear on the other side. This was racing at the "gut" level. Fun, fun, fun.

[@michaelhutson9268]

my dad had to race against the Porsches when they put his Lotus in E Production; Walt Benson was his bete noir LOL; did you know Walt?

[@193322009]

@@michaelhutson9268 No, I didn't meet Walt Benson. However, even at my old age, I still really miss racing.

[@RusselLee]

I was there! The Caribbean blue or turquoise bathtub 95 was my dad. Shown on the video pulling over and reaching under the car then going again. The throttle linkage from the bell crank to the engine came off. It did that a lot. Think it was my fault because I adjusted the gas peddle stop so the car would go faster. All it did was over tax the linkage. Thanks for sending me this Peter

[@gtstwincam]

Wow! We moved to Vacaville in the 80s and never knew there was an old race track there. It would be nice if that track was repaired/reopened.

[@xk120ggg]

My Dad designed the track on our dining room table.

[@arrowheaddrive]

Great stuff! My parents took me to a race in '65 or '66 (I was 14-15 years old). I was there to watch the Cobra's...

[@michaelhutson9268]

the guy spinning out and hitting the hay bale in the red and white Lotus 7 (#25) is my dad, Tom Hutson, he would be very embarrassed if he knew y'all saw that! lol; great driver

[@julieanderson7046]

My dad is the driver of the black MG inthe first 30 seconds of the video!

[@KevinPatz-pn2gs]

I went out there about 30 years ago and saw the white paint with numbered starting positions, on the fractured asfalt. It felt mysterious, within the infield, the banked berm, silencing and hiding I-80, sent me back to a better time in Vacaville. Sounds lame, but I could feel and hear race cars as well as race announcers in the booth. I brought my metal detector, and didnt find much, as bottle caps, and pull tabs, littered the ground. I did emerge from the track, back into to the present, with my trophy, an old machined aluminum, threaded cap with knurled sides, that must have fell off an old race car. It could have been a center cap to a wheel.

[@peterlee4856]

I remember the day the club decided to close the track due to the expense of bringing the track surface up to snuff.

[@MichaelIanHenry]

Vacaville Calif?, If so then the freeway in the back ground is I-80 Nor cal. Sure looks like the Vacaville area. Cool vid thank you very much!

[@tomsmith5216]

I worked Timing and Scoring in SFR in the mid-60s. I was probably working this race. T&S worked on a flatbed trailer, in the blazing sun, but we loved it!

[@Torakki09]

This is at Weber and Lewis, one exit down from where you said. If you go to Google maps and satilite, you can still see an outline of the track out in the field.

[@stevesmith312]

What a treasure! I saw my first sportscar race there, in 1965 I think. Got a ride to the track in a Corvette race car, wow! I still have the program. I remember being disappointed that the feature race was won by a Mustang GT350. It beat Ford GT40 and several Cobras. I also remember the Mini's in the smallbore race. They'd lift the rear inside tire on the turns. It really looked comical!

[@russlopez8933]

Yes I went out here at least once before it closed I think it was about 2 miles east of town right off the freeway

[@Lanna51]

Thank you, I did use Google and seen the outline of the old track, I still believe it is the same one though that we lived close to. At the very top of it is Midway Rd and that could have been the only overpass at the time as shown in the film.. Both close to the highway 80.

[@Lanna51]

If this is the same one I remember it was across the highway from where we lived. On midway road, does anyone know?

[@chrisfrank1804]

Bob Wenz in the gold Cooper Fjr

[@TuruTheRainmaker]

thanks for sharing! I'm pretty sure my grandfather Martin Illgen was Chief Turn Marshal and is seen at minute 4:13, in white jacket uniform and aviator glasses, pointing a participant toward the pits. The RDC named the 4 hour enduro after him. Read more here: (SF SCCA hall of fame) sfrscca.org/content/view/8973

[@peterlee4856]

Marty and my Dad Dick Lee were inducted into the Hall of fame together at Thunder Hill I think it was in 2001.

[@ACEspada01]

wow he must have been going 45 miles an hour!!! lol

[@truettneathery4358]

How about you ? How fast would you have been going ???

[@richsail47]

where are those old cars today :(

[@Lanna51]

Read above, you can google it weber and Lewis Roag use sattelite.