10 Facts About Road America

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Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States on Wisconsin Highway 67.

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2.

Road America is one of only a handful of road circuits in the world maintaining its original configuration being 4.

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3.

In late 2006, Road America began a project to remove the old Bill Mitchell bridge and use a tunnel as the main entrance to the paddock.

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4.

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.

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5.

The Road America 500 is a sports car race that was part of different championships, among them the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, the United States Road Racing Championship and the IMSA GT Championship.

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6.

The Grand Prix of Road America is an open-wheel race that was held as part of the Champ Car World Series and currently it is a part of the IndyCar Series.

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7.

Road America holds a variety of vintage racing events, including the Brian Redman International Challenge, now the HAWK with Brian Redman.

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8.

Road America hit the deer with his right front tire, the deer then flew back and hit da Matta in the cockpit.

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9.

Road America was revived by the doctors and taken to the Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin, but his injuries proved to be too severe to survive and one week later he died.

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10.

Road America track has been included in multiple racing video games, including Automobilista 2, the Forza Motorsport series, CART Precision Racing, iRacing, Raceroom Racing Experience, NASCAR Heat 2, NASCAR Heat 3, NASCAR Heat 4, NASCAR Heat 5, Need for Speed: Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, Project CARS, Project CARS 2, TOCA Race Driver 2, and Ride 3.

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