Road America

Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, and IndyCar Series. Open-wheel racing journalist Robin Miller says that Road America is "the best test of road racing in North America".

Current track and facilities

Road America is a permanent road course. It is located midway between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay.

The track is situated on 640 acres (2.6 km²) in Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine and it is located near the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive. It has hosted races since September 1955 and currently hosts over 400 events a year. Of its annual events, 9 major weekends are open to the public which include 3 motorcycle events including the MotoAmerica (AMA FIM) series, 3 vintage car events, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events, the United Sports Car Racing Series, the Pirelli World Challenge, and the NASCAR XFINITY Series.

2002 Road America 500

The 2002 Road America 500 presented by The Chicago Tribune was the fourth round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin, on July 7, 2002.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

† - #31 Petersen Motorsports was disqualified during the race for receiving outside assistance while still on the track.

Statistics

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1961 Road America 500

The September 9, 1961 race at Road America 500 was the twelfth racing event of the eleventh season of the Sports Car Club of America's 1961 Championship Racing Series.
SCCA National Road America Results [AP+BP+CP]

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Road America 180

The Road America 180 fired up by Johnsonville is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that takes place at Road America. Winners of the race are awarded a Harley-Davidson XR1200 motorcycle. Since the inception, the race has featured highly competitive races and is considered one of the most unpredictable races of the season.

History

The track held its first Xfinity event in 2010 after the Milwaukee Mile's race was moved to the track. Road America had held a Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) race in the 1956 that was won by Tim Flock. Carl Edwards won the inaugural 50-lap race, named the Bucyrus 200, after holding off Canadian road course ringers, Jacques Villeneuve and Ron Fellows.

In 2011, the Bucyrus 200 was won by Reed Sorenson after a confusing series of events in which numerous drivers either crashed, were penalized, or ran out of gas. This was the first Xfinity Series race to require three green-white-checker finish attempts, extending the race to 57 laps. Ron Fellows won the race but was stripped of his win in favor of runner-up Reed Sorenson; when he was declared to have sped during the final caution. Fellows will say to this day that he should have won.