Road America

Road America Track Layout
Location	N7390 Highway 67, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Capacity	Open seating without capacity limitation
Owner	Road America, Inc.
Operator	Road America, Inc.
Opened	1955
Former Names	Elkhart Lake Road Races
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Road Course
Surface	Asphalt
Circuit Length	4.0 miles (6.4 kilometres)
karting road course
Surface	Asphalt
Circuit Length	0.8 miles (1.3 kilometres)
Off road racing road course (defunct)
Surface	Clay

Welcome sign

The sign marking the start/finish line on the original road course

Old IndyCar racers going around turn eight at Road America

Fans looking east at Turn Five at the 1995 June Sprints at Road America

Briggs & Stratton kart racing track

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Current track and facilities

The track is just over four miles (6 km) long and consists of fourteen turns. The track has many elevation changes, along with a long front stretch where speeds approaching 200 mph (300 km/h) may be reached. One of the best known features of this course is a turn on the backside known as "the kink." Many cars have prematurely finished their race on this section of road, often with spectactular results.

Non-reserved grandstand seating exists for 10,000 people, but there are numerous hillside spots where crowds of more than 150,000 may be accommodated. The facility includes thirteen concession stands and allows camping onsite.

Briggs & Stratton Motorplex

In addition to the main course, the facility includes a 0.8 mile (1.3 km) karting track called the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex inside the Carousel. The Briggs & Stratton Motorplex hosts two series of karting events. It hosts weekly events on Tuesdays in the summer. It also hosts approximately six Saturday events during the summer. A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... Briggs & Stratton is the worlds largest manufacturer of air-cooled gasoline engines for primarily outdoor power equipment. ...

Off road racing circuit

The Briggs & Stratton Motorplex was built at the site of an earlier off road racing circuit used for several SODA events in the 1990s. In offroad racing, various classes of specially modified vehicles, including cars, compete in races through off-road environments. ... for other uses of the word soda, see soda or SODA SODA (Short-course Off-road Drivers Association) was an off-road racing sanctioning in the United States. ...

History of Racing at Elkhart Lake

Open Road Course

In the late 1940s, road racing was gaining popularity, owing to the post World War II economy, and the influx of sporting automobiles. The Sports Car Club of America was the main organizer of these races, and in 1950, the Chicago Region SCCA and the Village of Elkhart Lake organized the first road race at Elkhart Lake. Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rally, and autocross in the United States and was formed in 1944. ...

The 1950 circuit start-finish line was on County Road P. Competitors went north to County Road J, then South into the Village of Elkhart Lake, and West on what is now County JP (then called County Highway X), and reconnected with County Road P for a total distance of 3.3 miles (5.3 km).

For the next two races, in 1951 and 1952, a different course was used. It was 6.5 miles (10.5 km) long, on County Roads J, A, and P. To date, one may still drive most of the original courses.

The original course was registered on the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 2006. Signs have been installed marking key locations on the course. A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Private Road Course

After the tragedy at Watkins Glen in 1952, where a twelve year old was killed, the U.S. ruled to discontinue contests of speed on public highways. This was a major blow for competition auto racing and brought the end of a long-standing tradition. This did not permanently stop road racing, however, it did shift it to private courses. In 1955, Cliff Tufte started what is now known as Road America, in a configuration that has changed little over the past 50 years. The addition of Road America as a private track meant a transition from racing through the streets of tiny Elkhart Lake to racing on a big, wide, dedicated race track. Watkins Glen International (nicknamed The Glen) is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. ...

Racing at Road America

Many different racing series have had the occasion to race at Road America. The first was the Sports Car Club of America on September 10, 1955, but they were hardly the last. [1] Other notable series have included NASCAR in 1956, CART from 1982 until the present [2], ALMS from 2002 to the present, Grand-Am, USAC, CanAm, Trans-Am, IMSA, and AMA. Road America also holds a variety of vintage racing events, including the Brian Redman International Challenge. is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... A cart is a vehicle or device, using two wheels and normally one horse, designed for transport. ... The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. ... The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance road racing competitions in North America. ... USAC Logo The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is an open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. ... Cover of Car and Driver magazine, showing transparent diagram of CanAm racer The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or CanAm, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. ... The Trans-Am series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. ... IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ... AMA Logo The American Motorcyclist Association is a U.S. organization of more than 280,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists legal rights. ... Brian Redman (born March 9, 1937 in Colne, Lancashire, United Kingdom) was a Formula One driver from England. ...

2007 major events at the track

• May 31, AMA AMA Superbike
• June 21-25, SCCA June Sprints
• July 19-22, Kohler/Brian Redman International Challenge.
• August 9-12, American Le Mans Series & Champ Car World Series

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The Cristiano da Matta Deer Incident

On August 3, 2006, Cristiano da Matta, driver of Champ Car's RuSPORT team, was involved in a collision with a deer during Champ Car open testing at Road America. The deer ran in front of his car as he was heading towards turn 6. He hit the deer with his right front tire, the deer then flew back and hit da Matta in the cockpit. [3] He was unconscious when the safety crew extricated da Matta from the car [4] and was airlifted via Flight for Life to Theda Clark Medical Center south of Appleton, where he underwent surgery to remove a subdural hematoma. [5] is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born September 19, 1973) is a Brazilian auto racing driver, winner of the American CART Championship in 2002, and former Toyota Formula One driver. ... “CART” redirects here. ... RuSPORT is an auto racing team that competes in the Champ Car World Series. ... For information regarding Flight for Life UK a charitable organization: Flight for life uk Flight for Life is a prehospital care service with many bases of operation across the United States. ... Theda Clark Medical Center is located in Neenah, Wisconsin. ... Appleton is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, on the Fox River, 100 miles (161 km) north of Milwaukee. ... A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a form of traumatic brain injury in which blood collects between the dura (the outer protective covering of the brain) and the arachnoid (the middle layer of the meninges). ...

Champ Car Race Results

Main article: Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America

A Champ Car event was first held at the track in 1982, and has been held annually every year since with the exception of 2005. Road America The Champcar Grand Prix of Road America is the held on the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and is a round of the Champ Car World Series. ...

NASCAR Race History

Year	Date	Driver	Car Make	Winner's Prize (USD)	Distance (miles)	Average Speed (mph)
1956	August 12, 1956	Tim Flock	1956 Mercury	$2,950	258	73.858

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External links

• Road America Official Site
• NASCAR Track History at racing-reference.info
• Trackpedia guide to driving Road America
• Champ Car driver Charles Zwolsman narrates a lap at Road America

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