{"id":494629,"date":"2015-07-22T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:36:52","slug":"the-hawk-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-hawk-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawk International Challenge (2015) &#8211; Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old, established events in historic racing never cease to amaze the participants and spectators who flock here to Road America in the sleepy resort town of Elkhart Lake in Southeast Wisconsin. No matter your taste, it was there at last weekend\u2019s Hawk International Challenge with Brian Redman. Series from Masters Formula One to Can-Am and Trans-Am ground-pounders to FIA Sports racers to prewar roadsters to delicious Sheboygan bratwurst \u2014 add the large crowd and substantial car count and it was <em>the<\/em> place to be! Cars from all corners of America and many continents of the world made it a truly world-class competition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"F5000 First Lap Crash, The Hawk, Road America\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJ-sK65pqJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"F5000 First Lap Crash, The Hawk, Road America\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJ-sK65pqJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Saturday provided some unwarranted action at the beginning of the qualifying race for the F5000 VRX Challenge presented by BRM Watches and <em>Vintage Racecar<\/em> magazine. As the green flag dropped, a probable missed shift midfield led to lock-ups and a three-car pileup that included Mark Harmer\u2019s 1969 Surtees TS5, a Chevron and the 1975 Shadow DN6 of Craig Bennett. The racing went on into Sunday, with Canadian Jay Esterer (\u201974 Lola T332-Chevy) finishing the finale 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0ahead of Australian Paul Zazryn (\u201974 Lola T332-Chevy) taking 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and Californian Bruce Leeson (\u201969 McLaren M10-Chevy) finishing 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, all three hoisting the beautiful BRM-produced trophies in winners circle.<\/p>\n<p>The Can-Am provided excitement, beyond a first corner accident that fortunately only required a local yellow on the undulating 4.0-mile Kettle Moraine circuit. Craig Bennett\u2019s Shadow DN4 held a 22-second lead over Rick Knoop\u2019s McLaren M8F, only to leave the racing surface at Canada Corner on the last lap of the nine-lap feature, letting Knoop drive by to score an easy victory. Completely surprised to be wearing the laurel wreath, Knoop\u2019s feelings were mixed, \u201cI like Craig and have a great deal of respect for the effort that goes into preparing a Can-Am car. Today when you drive these cars, you have to have the temperament of a Endurance driver. That paid off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Friday night Concours in town gave way to the traditional thunder as the racecars made the journey from the track to the streets of Elkhart Lake before a gigantic crowd that lined the entire parade route and strolled among some of the most significant cars in history. Saturday&#8217;s Street Car Concours was equally amazing, because it took place on the very streets that were once part of the original racecourse, prior to Road America&#8217;s construction in 1954. It was easy for one to be filled with a sense of history and grandeur.<\/p>\n<p>An overnight storm meant that Saturday morning arrivals were greeted by some torn-up tents, but the skies eventually turned clear and sunny, though hot and humid, for the rest of the weekend. The fans, however, were undeterred as the show provided them with great racing, beautiful cars and the picturesque backdrop that only established tracks like Road America can produce. The class winners are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Group 1 \u2013 Historic Can-Am<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rick Knoop, Laguna Beach, Calif., 1972 McLaren M8F<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Group 2 \u2013 Vintage Production<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troy Ermish, Tracy, Calif., 1971 Datsun<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Group 3 \u2013 Vintage Sports Racing \/ GT (&lt;1965) A&amp;B Prod. 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No matter your taste, it was there at last weekend\u2019s Hawk International Challenge with Brian Redman. Series from Masters Formula One to Can-Am and Trans-Am ground-pounders to FIA Sports racers to prewar roadsters to delicious Sheboygan bratwurst \u2014 add the large crowd and substantial car count and it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":526140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,7808,17831,17483],"class_list":["post-494629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-road-america","tag-vintage-race-international-challenge","tag-vintage-race-the-hawk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hawk International Challenge (2015) - Updated<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-hawk-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hawk International Challenge (2015) - Updated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The old, established events in historic racing never cease to amaze the participants and spectators who flock here to Road America in the sleepy resort town of Elkhart Lake in Southeast Wisconsin. 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