2023 Rapids Invite in Pics

 The 28th Rapids Invitaitonal Race was held featuring the ISF premier GTP and F1 divisions and the popular SHMUC Van division

A blurred van goes through turn one

The Rapids Museum building has dents where the cars hit it

T&T Spirits was a popular bar at UW-Whitewater for many years

Bill Black and Kayden Rist GTP cars in the corkscrew turn

Kayden Rist, Bill Black, Mike Lack

Mike Lack wins another F1 event with a last minute pass on John Wiedemann

Handshake between first and second

A car on Schumacher Straight

JW preps his tires

Ev Kamikawa and Pete Dorn GTP on Schumacher Straight

Ev Kamikawa's Van

Pete Dorn's van is a blur of speed

Pete Dorn, Chris, H-Man, Mike Lack

Mike Lack Van

Final Four GTP Event

Lack F1 car in Victory Lane

Dorn, Lack, Black

Third place Black gets handshake from winner Lack

Chris, H-man, Dorn

Chris, Dorn, Black

If you don't know these five names by now you haven't read the rest of this post

Wiedemann, Rist, Black, Chris, H-man

2023 ISF Rapids Invite Video

 

Video above is a seven minute feature about the 2023 Rapids Invitational race. This year‘s event was a little bit different because while the traditional winner of the F1 division got the  famed samurai sword trophy, the second division of GTP this time the winner won the usual trophy for the rapids Grand Prix. Normally these two divisions are featured in two separate races in a season, however this year there was not a second race so the Rapids Grand Prix trophy was awarded to the winner of the GTP event. Enjoy!

2023 Indyslotcar Rapids GP in Pics

2023 is the 24th time Indyslotcar has raced at the fabled street course.
Long Beach being the only street courses to host more Indycar races than Rapids International Raceway. Enjoy the pics!
Steve "The Wrench" Ratchett

H-Man made his fourth career start in Indyslotcar and first at the Rapids GP. He previously raced on the track for the March Madness event

The corkscrew section and bridge going to castle island 

Bill Black in the Jim Clark Corner

Joe Heist won for the 2nd year in a row
H-Man second
Dean Strom third

Mike Lack leaving the Senna esses and going into the Jim Clark Corner

Joe Heist plays the washboard to a receptive crowd in victory lane

Front straight and turn one

Final four (L to R):
H-man

Joe Heist
Ev Kamikawa

Dean Strom

Joe Heist collecting the trophies and prize money

Ev Kamikawa showing his blown up car giving him a 4th place finish. His car was the second of the night to blow up as it happened earlier to John Wiedemann

Parc Ferme after the race

John Wiedemann motors down the main straight before his car blew up

Senna esses and the Jim Clark Corner

The missile that shot down the "Not A Chinese Spy Balloon"

In recognition of the WWII events in histry the track had several WWII themed images scattered around. These two examples feature the Three Stooges in Hitler costumes, and Hitler making the famous Monty Python "My dog has no nose" joke

Joe Heist leaving Clark Corner and going up Main Street