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Track Ad in Program
for USRRC Race

Interesting collage of track scenes from a number of years, showing the variety of vehicles that raced at Meadowdale.  (There is some question whether the bike picture in the center of the spread is actually from Meadowdale.)  Karts and snowmobiles came later.

Source: Official Program,
1964 USRRC Championship Race




Photos below taken by and courtesy of Mike Odell, Elgin, IL

Click on any picture for a larger image.
Results- USRRC Round 8    Meadowdale
Race: * 52 laps = 273,588 km     AVG: 153,531 km/h
FL:  Ed Leslie     King Cobra (Cooper Monaco T61M Ford) 1:59,400   

Pos.    Driver / Nationality        Car    Laps

  1.   - Jim Hall / USA               Chaparral 2A Chevrolet  002     52  
  2.   - Roger Penske / USA                 Chaparral 2A Chevrolet  001     52
  3.   - Dick Thompson / USA              Chevette                                    52
  4.   - George Wintersteen / USA       Cooper - Chevrolet                               52
  5.   - Ken Miles / USA                      Cobra Ford                                           51
  6.   - Joe Buzzetta / USA                 Elva - Porsche                                       51
  7.   - Bill Wuesthoff                          Elva - Porsche                                      49
  8.   - Ralph Treischmann                 Elva - Porsche                           49
  9.   - Herb Swan                    Porsche RS61                            49
10.   - Gary Wilson / USA                  Chaparral 1                                48
11.   - Don Skogmo                           Genie - Ford                              47
12.   - Peter Goetz                  Elva - Ford                                 47
13.   - Tom Terrell                  Lotus 23B                                  46
14.   - Bud Gates                    Apache - Chevrolet                    44                15.   - Tossie Alex                  Jaguar XKSS                              39               16.   - M. R. J. Wyllie / GB                Lola - Cosworth                          31              
Did not finish:
      - Bob Markley                  Elva - Porsche       
      - Lee Hall                        Elva - Porsche                
      - Skip Hudson / USA                   Cooper - Chevrolet       
      - Hamilton Vose                Maserati - Cobra            
      - Bobby Unser / USA                   Arciero Racing Lotus 19-Chevrolet
      - Roy Kumnick                  Cooper                                      
      - Scott Beckett                  Maserati - Ford                              
      - Ed Leslie / USA              King Cobra (Cooper Monaco)    
      - Mike Goth / USA                       Lotus 23                       
      - Al Unser / USA               Lotus 23-Climax     
      - Charlie Hayes / USA                 Elva - Porsche                       

   Did not start:
      - Bud Gates                      Genie - Chevrolet

Disqualified:
       - Jerry Dunbar                 Jaguar D-type                                                        
       - Owen Rutherford                     Cooper Monaco                                                    
The USRRC Pictures below were taken by Rick Carpenter and provided by Ted Osborn, Ithaca, NY.  Note especially the Chaparall Mk 2A transmission photo immediately below.  This was normally covered by a tarp to conceal the automatic from prying eyes.  This would have been a hot spy shot in 1964!
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MEADOWDALE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
United States Road Racing Championship    
August 8-9, 1964
This grid photo from the 1964 USRRC race shows
the tower without the covered pit stalls shown in earlier track pictures.
Photos by and courtesy of
John Whisler, Portland, Oregon
Dick Thompson, Chevette, finished third
M.R.J. Wyllie, GB, Lola Cosworth
The Shelby Cobra camp at Meadowdale