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"                     It&amp;#039;s only about 150 miles from Chicago to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the nearest large city to my destination of Elkhart Lake and the nearby Road America circuit, which uses the very apt slogan, &amp;quot;Road Racing at its Best.&amp;quot; It was mid-July and time for the Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman, which is the biggest vintage-racing event in Middle America.   This remarkable gathering of some of the best cars and drivers in the enthusiast world is a sight to behold \u2014 and then add the scenic splendor of Road America and you get a weekend meant for excitement. According to George Bruggenthies, the president and general manager of Road America, &amp;quot;This year&amp;#039;s marque is Porsche and we&amp;#039;re highlighting it with special Celebrate Porsche activities coordinated by the Milwaukee Region Porsche Club.&amp;quot;   The upshot of that, of course, was the presence of more , both on and off the track, than you could shake a stick at. Not wanting to be left out, I asked Porsche Cars North America if I could borrow one of their finest to drive up to Elkhart Lake from Chicago&amp;#039;s O&amp;#039;Hare airport. I may have mentioned that the new GT3 would be a great representative of their brand, and would look great sitting in the Road &amp;amp;amp; Track booth at Road America.   The hot-yellow GT3 was waiting for me when I got off the plane and I headed out of O&amp;#039;Hare, bound for the north country, enjoying the song of the Porsche&amp;#039;s engine \u2014 and the 415 bhp was exciting too. After dicing with delivery trucks, SUVs, semis and other cars for an hour on Interstate 294 (slowed by major construction), I took to the back roads, following the directions of our Midwestern Advertising Director Rick Bisbee who told me to find Highway 12 and head for the Kettle Moraine area.   With only a few false starts (next time take a map!), I eventually found my way to Lake Geneva and then Elkhorn, where I picked up 12 and then state route 67, which would be my trail all the way up to Plymouth and then Elkhart Lake. I admit that I spent some time wandering (not lost) around the area, but the Kettle Moraine region offers some of the most beautiful and delightful driving anywhere. And on a late summer afternoon in a car like , the twisting roads with their glacier-produced ups and downs made this trip something I will always remember.   The next evening (Friday) is the big event for the race fans as nearly everyone within the greater Elkhart Lake area gathers downtown to watch the racing cars cavalcade into town, engines rumbling and blaring with each throttle blip (anyone who has ever driven a racing car knows that you just have to blip the throttle every now and then). It&amp;#039;s the Road &amp;amp;amp; Track Concours d&amp;#039;Elegance, which we are proud to be involved with, and when all the cars have arrived and parked in the middle of the streets for four square blocks, the crowds of people wander among them and the show is on.   Saturday evening brings another R&amp;amp;amp;T Concours, this one for non-racing cars, and the crush of people is none the smaller. I can&amp;#039;t think of another venue that brings the track and the town together in this way, ensuring that everyone can see the cars up close, talk to the drivers and owners, and generally enjoy the summer evening&amp;#039;s magic. And this year the weather was fully cooperative, as a balmy 75\u201380-degree day became a 70-degree evening under the stars.   Out at the track during the day on Saturday, the racing was fast and furious, the bratwurst were selling like...brats...and the fans were treated to occasional glimpses of Brian Redman, both in racing cars and out and about. Being one of the world&amp;#039;s great raconteurs, Brian is always a pleasure to meet and greet and get telling stories about the glory days. If all of this gives you thoughts of wishing you were there, next year&amp;#039;s Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman will take place July 17\u201320 and will salute the Can-Am series, with Lola as the featured marque, and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Formula 5000 series and Scarab racing cars. You will love it! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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