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I cut my (road) racing teeth at...
Wilmot Hills Road Racing Course...a sports car racing track set on the grounds of what is now the Wilmot Mountain ski area, just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border in Wilmot, Wisconsin.
The track was active from 1953 to 1967. It was very short- 7/10ths to 1 mile long, according to different accounts. But as one of the first purpose-built road courses in the midwest, it was very heavily used, the scene of many driver schools, club races and other track events during its lifetime.
A family friend - A Corvette & Porsche racer who eventually sponsored me into the SCCA - first took me there in 1965. Fond memories include watching Horst Kwech and Ed Wachs clobber everyone in their U2L Alfa GTAs!! Another was watching this gorgeous monoposto - same event. All this said...I'm not sure how the "Porsche thing" first happened...I just know I got the Stuttgart bug early...possibly from watching 356s, 550s, and 904s run everything over...and then, in '67 the 911 showed up on course...things really haven't been the same since, have they?.
btw - these photos are from somebody's website detailing the history of Wilmot - I just happened to remember seeing these cars!! At the ripe old age of 11 or 12, they were sure larger than life!