IMRRC to Celebrate Elva

Elva Mk IV Wilmot Hills race track
Burdette (Berdie) Martin corners on the absolute limit in his Elva Mk IV at Wilmot Hills, WI, in 1959. (photo credit: Ron Nelson)

The car whose name means “she goes” will be the focus of activities on April 21-22, 2011 at the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen.

The Elva is described as “deceptively simple—and surprisingly competitive” by the publisher of an award-winning book about the marque, Elva: The Cars, The People, The History, by racing historian János Wimpffen.

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