US Road Racing Championship at Road America, 1963.

Ol' Shel thinks his team has what it takes. He's got Bondurant, Miles, and MacDonald driving for him. Not bad choices, eh?
That pesky Penske guy in the Ferrari disagrees that Shelby's folks have the lock. He runs up front for a bit, but eventually comes to naught. Keep an eye on him, though..I think he's got a great future.
Thought the Chaparral I was a Scarab..until a real Scarab showed up. Yenko drove one? I never knew!
But in the end...it seems that the "rear-engine revolution" wasn't just an Indianapolis thing back in the day. Hell, my road racing tribe may have done it *first*. And I'd be proud of that, y'all know how snarky we sportscar guys are about technology. :D
BTW: I was 1yr old in 1963. Maybe that's why I dug ESPN's "Glory Days" so much. I actually laughed out loud at the 'CABLE TV IS IMPORTANT!!' ad..I worked at a cable network back then. We really did think that about what we were doing at the time. Oh, we were so young...

[@193322009]

I raced in one 1963 USRRC event, at Laguna Seca, in my Porsche RSK 718 Spyder but didn't finish. It was very competitive and an absolute thrill to compete in. I miss those days. ;o(

[@caribman10]

First, let's appreciate Les Keiter's call of this race - classy and classic. Second, Augie Pabst takes over a car he hasn't driven and didn't qualify and delivers the win. Third, the Cobras - wow - there were "pure" racing cars all over the place, including an ex- LeMans 170+ mph Maserati Type 151 and they pasted virtually everybody. And that was a modified production car. Really shows you why the Cobra Legacy is so strong among those who know. But one more thing: for younger viewers, if any, please note that there were fairly competitive cars in the field that were up to ten years old. You'd never see that today.

[@williamlavelle7786]

I was there. My first year at RA was 1958. The cars back then had much more personality. Every thing is cookie cutter today. Cant't believe the buildings at the course now. The barn used to be about the only building. A double brat was .75 cents and a beer was .50. Free beer [ Pabst of course] on Sunday after racing if you had a pit pass which was not to hard to get with some trickery.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

The concession overlooking Hurry Downs with the heavenly smoke pouring out looks the same, though. Pit stalls! Love RA, way different now though, agree. Cutting through the woods to get all the way to the back was a rocky,dense, struggle, how 'bout it? Cheers, my good man!

[@mreckes9967]

Love old school racing, back when you could pick the brand of car at a glance, all sounding unique and being driven not steered.

[@GenoSalvati]

Dave Despain! We miss you Dave. My son grew up with Wind Tunnel every night.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Yessir. 'Motorweek illustrated' and 'American Sports Calvacade' , too, were must see when racing was hard to come by on TV, my good man.

[@davidlong1786]

Gotta love the added sound effects of a car making skidding sounds even after it goes onto the grass lmao.

[@timford3599]

Hey my man...That was "Hard Grass"

[@derthilo787]

"last years's driver of the year Roger Penske" !! X)

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Would love to see a modern driver(on camera) having a beer AND a smoke, still in car, afterwards!

[@ianbarber311]

When racing was racing. Thanks for the upload!!

[@paulpokorny1238]

Thank you for this vintage footage

[@tedzehnder961]

Roger Penske in an Italian race car! Ken Miles at the top of his game.

[@jamessharp9790]

Thanks for posting this

[@davidsheppard1133]

Now that is what I call racing!!😃

[@randydubin7118]

Bob Holbert sighting? Holy shit! Now, all we need is Mike Rahal & Bob Sharp and we'll have a patriarch Road-Racing Hootenanny! :-P

[@oldsccaguyyah9901]

+Randy Dubin, that "like" is from me. That being said..did you not notice the guy who was working the Ferrari GTO?

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Brabham?

[@marklangren3142]

Dad and mom made every event from 1958 - 1972, dad hurthis back in 73. My brother and i were their every weekend, in cluding being at events we couldn't see anything Starting in 1968 ran the PCA High speed autocrosses their. My first time autocrossing their was 1977. First vintage race was CHR in 1987 in Can am class with a 911, Bob Rahal ran in our run group that weekend, #74 Jagermiester 911

[@GenoSalvati]

2nd commercial (Budweiser) - I think that's the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis. Thanks for posting this! Great stuff.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

And the incomparable Brian Setzer! Missing: Billy Dee Williams for Colt 45.

[@XCougar85X]

Some fantastic stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@damage98]

what a great race!

[@easternwoods4378]

No wall between the pits and the track !!

[@Joseph-su3fc]

Corvair pace car...hair replacement club, vintage, 😜🥸

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

The skinny tires are ‘cute’.. in a few more years that will change as 12, 14, and even 16” wide tires are developed and seen in CanAm and FIA.

[@UberLummox]

Drool City! Every car is a treat for the eyes and ears. By '73 or so, cars got uglier and uglier. Screw aerodynamics! :D Thanks for the video!

[@marklangren3142]

By the way i was living in oconomowac and did a shake down of my 811 and Augie was coming the ither direction in his scarab

[@Fwr942]

No Armco but hey, there's a rock wall that'll slow u up!

[@sawyersmith4532]

Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

1.23 ALS DAD

[@pcar5]

When ESPN was a sports station not the political hack it has become.

[@richarduhlhorn2194]

That Corvette coupe doesn't have the 63 split window. Is it an early 64 Stringray? Or is this the 64 race?

[@originalcarpet3376]

Thats a corvette grandsportkzbin.info/www/bejne/mYucdZyvi7uBbqs

[@danielmauter1737]

It gave more visibility with out it. A Lot would cut out divide to show they had '64... It was 50-50 on who liked divide or not??.. Looks cool to me? I like both ways... But I'm '64 kinda' guy. But '63's aren't bad either??. I like the big heads and cam of '64 motors. And the better F.I. units. They took another nice step of Fuelie units in '65. '65 unit is the one to have. All there units costs about $10 grand.. Kinda' empties a guy's pocket??.

[@nukarr]

Aero vettes raced had smaller rear windows to improve chassis stiffness.