Road America 500 Miles 1965 - Car Appearance

Event: Road America 500		Date: 5.9.1965
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
United States Road Racing Championship (round 9) USRRC GT (round 9)

(Car Appearance)

No.	Car	Entrant	Colour	Sponsors	Tyres	Body	Engine
1	Lotus 23B	Robert J. Shaw				open	mid
2	Lola Mk.1 Climax	M. R. J. Wyllie				open	front
3	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Competition Imports, Inc.	silver			open	mid
4	427 LMD (McKee Mk IV Ford)	George W. Lehmann	dark blue (+white)	CHAMPION	Goodyear	open	mid
5	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Stoddard Racing Team	red			closed	front
6	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Gary Stephenson				open	mid
9	Elva Mk VIII BMW	George Wintersteen	dark blue			open	mid
10	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Bob Bienerth				-	front
11	Lola T70 Ford	John Mecom, Jr.	metallic blue (+white)	ZEREX SPECIAL	Firestone	open	mid
13	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American	metallic blue (+white)			-	front
14	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Robert J. Nagel	blue			open	mid
15	Elva Mk VI	Bill Kirtley	silver			open	mid
16	Lotus 23 Porsche	Trans Ocean Motors 2	white	TRANS OCEAN MOTORS		open	mid
17	Apache - Chevrolet	Jack Ensley	silver	CHAMPION		open	-
18	Porsche 718 RS 60	North Dakota Racing Team	silver			open	mid
21	Elva Mk VIII	Geo. Ralph, Jr.				open	mid
22	Ferrari 275 P	William H. Cooper	red	-		-	mid
23?	Shelby Cobra 289	Gerber-Payne				-	front
24	Lotus 23P Climax	Douglas Revson				open	mid
26	McLaren Elva Mark I Oldsmobile	Ralph Salyer	blue	Ralph Salyer	Goodyear	open	mid
27	Chevrolet Corvette Grand-Sport	W. M. Shoenfeld				-	front
28	Laura Mk I	Byron Boosart				-	-
29?	Chevrolet Corvette Grand-Sport	Paul Canary				-	front
32	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	R. Jerry Dunbar				-	front
33	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American				-	front
35	Elva Mk VII BMW	A. Clinton Lindburg				open	mid
36	Porsche RS	George W. Dickinson				-	mid
37	Genie Mk VIII Ford	Don R. Skogmo				open	mid
39	Cooper King Cobra Ford	Charles Cox	metallic blue			open	mid
41	Elva Mk VII	Robet D. Kelce				open	mid
43	Lotus Eleven	Robert S. Shufelt	red			open	front
44	Chevette (McKee Mk II Chevrolet)	Gerald J. Hansen	maroon	HOTEL	Goodyear	open	mid
45	Lotus Elan	Gene Parsons				-	front
46	Durant Special	Dick Durant				open	front
47	Lotus 23 Climax	W. F. Goodrum, Enduro-Speed	white			open	mid
48	Dirty-Pop Special	Richard T. Dagiel				-	-
51	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Ed Weschler				open	mid
53	Merlyn Mk.4	William E. Bradley				-	-
54	Lotus 19 Ford	David F. Causey	blue/white			open	mid
55?	Alfa Romeo Ti	Knauz Continental				-	-
57	Elva Mk VII BMW	Robert Amey				open	mid
63	Bonanza - Chevrolet					-	-
64	Cheetah	C. A. Clusserath	red (+white)			closed	front
65	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Hap Sharp	white	COX		open	mid
66	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Jim Hall	white	COX	Firestone	open	mid
67	Elva Mk VII Climax	G. Ralph Scott				open	mid
69	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	E. L. Hall				open	mid
71	Black-Jack Special	Jack C. Baker				-	-
72	Elva Mk VI Climax	Phil Seitz	red (+white)			open	mid
73	McLaren Elva Mark I Chevrolet	Bud Gates	red			open	mid
77	Elva Mk VII BMW	S. K. E. Ltd.	yellow			open	mid
81	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Dean Causey				open	mid
82	Porsche 718 RSK	Sam Eller				-	mid
91	Shelby Cobra 427	Essex Wire	white (+dark blue)	ESSEX WIRE		open	front
92	Ford GT40	Essex Wire	white (+dark blue)			closed	mid
96	Ferrari 250 LM	Scuderia Bear	silver	FERRARI/CHAMPION	Goodyear	closed	mid
97	Chevrolet Corvette '57	James Marquardt				-	front
99	Elva Mk VII BMW	Herb Swan				open	mid

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Car	Entrant	Body	Engine
8	Hustler	Lee Buchanan	-	-
12	Cooper Monaco	Owen Rutherford	open	mid
19	King Cobra	Bill Lowell	open	mid
25	Pariah	Peter Helferich	-	-
31	Lotus 23	Michael R. Goth	open	mid
42	Lotus Eleven	Robert S. Shufelt	-	front
49	Lotus - Buick	Gilbert E. Horton	-	-
52	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	David J. Heinz	-	front
56	Elva Mk VIII	Carl A. Haas	open	mid
74	Sunbeam Tiger	Sports Car Forum	-	front
75	Merlyn Mk VI	Wm. Tannhaeuser	-	-
78	Bobsy	Millard G. Ripley	-	-
88	Lotus - Ferrari	J. Edward Hugus	open	mid