1964 Road America 500 Part 2

The Road America 500 was a sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event began in 1950, and in 1951 was added to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship. Following a spectator death at the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix, racing on open roads was discouraged, and the race went into hiatus until 1955, when a permanent circuit was opened. In 1963, the race shifted to the new United States Road Racing Championship.

In 1964, Carroll Shelby was there with his Cobra team headed by driver Ken Miles. The competition was stiff with Roger Penske for Ferrari, Jim Hall in his Chaparral, Augie Pabst driving with Team Lola and a host of Jaguars, E Type Jags, Stingrays and others.

Penske was right, Shelby's Cobra's brakes couldn't take the punishment and too many pit stops cost them a victory.

Augie Pabst and co-driver Bill Wuesthoff earned that but the Cobra's placed finished and placed high enough to give Shelby the Manufacturing Championship for 1964. A huge victory for his start up company.

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