15th Annual Millers At Milwaukee Set For July 10-11
by Lenore Heinzelmann
3/5/2009


The Harry A. Miller Club is pleased to announce their 15th annual Millers at Milwaukee-Vintage Indy Car Event to be held July 10-11, 2009 at the Milwaukee Mile racetrack, located at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, WI.

The Millers at Milwaukee event is one of the most impressive U.S. gatherings of Pre-W.W. II and Post-W.W. II Indy Champ Cars, Indy Roadsters and Laydowns. Vintage race cars designed by Miller, Duesenberg, Mercer, Alpha Romeo, Kurtis, Bugatti, and Studebaker participate in this unique exhibition. All front engine pre and post W.W. II Indy cars and Champ cars are invited to attend, along with Indy Roadster and Laydown cars - no rear engines.

The 2009 Miller event will again offer a Friday afternoon and Saturday venue. The gates at the Milwaukee Mile will open at 11:00 a.m. on Friday July 10, 2009, with cars running the oval track from 12:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. A delicious banquet on Friday evening at the Alpine Village in Mequon, WI. Will follow. On Saturday, gates will open at 8 a.m. with cars entering the track at 10:00 a.m. The event will close at 4 p.m. on Saturday. We have blocked rooms at three hotels within 5-10 minutes of the banquet location for your ease in travel.

A vendor's area will be set up outside the track. A concession area will also be open. All spectator passes are available for purchase the day of the event. The fees are $25 for adults (covers admission both days) and $5 for children under the age of 16. Children are not allowed in the pit area after cars have entered the track.

Entry fees for this historic event are $300 per entrant (not per car). This fee will include two banquet tickets, two pit passes, a commemorative dash plaque and handsome shirt. To request an entry form and obtain additional information, please write the Harry A. Miller Club at P.O. Box 1008, Germantown, WI 53022 or call Lenore at (262) 253-2661.

The Harry Miller Club was founded by David Uihlein, Sr. with the help of Buck Boudeman, Mitch Rasansky and the late Charles Davis and Bob Sutherland. Dana Mecum, of Mecum Auctions in Marengo, IL is the current club president. The club's goal is to honor Harry A. Miller (1875-1943), considered to be the greatest and most influential of American racing car designers. Miller based cars and/or engines dominated championship competition in this country during the 1920's, winning 39 Indianapolis 500 races!

Event Schedule
Friday, July 10, 2009
8:00 a.m. Track will open for entrants to park cars and trailers, vendors set up, concession area will be open. (We may also be able to park on Thursday afternoon July 9, but details have not yet been finalized).
11:00 p.m. Public allowed to enter the track.
11:30 a.m. Drivers Meeting in victory lane (center pit).
Noon-4 p.m. Cars on track for exhibition laps.
6:00 p.m. Banquet for Club members begins at Alpine Village Restaurant-Northeast side of Milwaukee.

Saturday, July 11, 2009
8:00 a.m. Track will open for entrants. Vendors and spectators.
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Cars on track for exhibition laps.
Schedule subject to change