Road America 500

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The Road America 500 is a sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event began in 1950, and in 1951 was added to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship. Following a spectator death at the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix, racing on open roads was discouraged, and the race went into hiatus until 1955, when a permanent circuit was opened. In 1963, the race shifted to the new United States Road Racing Championship, until the USRRC's demise in 1968. After an 11-year hiatus, the IMSA GT Championship revived the event in 1979. In 1988, IMSA shortened the race to 500 kilometres (310 mi), and again in 1991 to 300 kilometres (190 mi). The race was shortened to 2 hours in 1992. After a return to a 500-km distance, the race was cancelled in 1994. It was revived once again in 2000, by the Grand American Road Racing Championship, to a 500-mile distance. Since 2002, the race has been an American Le Mans Series event, and after 2003 has been a 2 hour, 45 minute race. The only two exceptions to this was in 2007 and 2008, when 4 hours were scheduled. Porsche has won the event nine times, most recently in 2007. Augie Pabst, Chuck Parsons, and Geoff Brabham have each won three times as drivers.

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[edit] Winners

[edit] Elkhart Lake road circuit

Date	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report
Non-championship
1950	Jim Kimberly	Jim Kimberly	Ferrari 166 MM	100 miles (160 km)	Elkhart Lake Road Race	report
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1951	John Fitch	Briggs Cunningham	Cunningham C2-R	200 miles (320 km)	Elkhart Lake Road Race	report
1952	John Fitch	Briggs Cunningham	Cunningham C4-R-Chrysler	200 miles (320 km)	Elkhart Lake Cup	report

[edit] Road America

Date	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
1955	Phil Hill	George E. Tilp	Ferrari 750 Monza	150 miles (240 km)	Elkhart Lake's Road America Road Race	report
1956	John Kilborn Howard Hively	John Kilborn	Ferrari 315 MM	6 hours	Road America 6 Hours	report
1957	Phil Hill	Gene Greenspun	Ferrari 315 Sport	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1958	Gaston Andrey Lance Reventlow	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 335 Sport	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1959	Ed Crawford Walt Hansgen	Briggs Cunningham	Lister - Jaguar	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1960	Dave Causey Luke Stear	Dave Causey	Maserati Tipo 61	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1961	Walt Hansgen Augie Pabst	Briggs Cunningham	Maserati Tipo 63	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1962	Jim Hall Hap Sharp	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1-Chevrolet	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
United States Road Racing Championship
1963	Augie Pabst Bill Wuesthoff	Porsche Car Import/Oliver Schmidt	Elva Mk.7-Porsche	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1964	Walt Hansgen Augie Pabst	John Mecom, Jr.	Ferrari 250 LM	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1965	Jim Hall Hap Sharp Ronnie Hissom	Jim Hall	Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1966	Chuck Parsons	Randy Hilton	McLaren Elva Mk.II-Chevrolet	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1967	Chuck Parsons Skip Scott	Carl Haas	McLaren Elva Mk.III-Chevrolet	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1968	Chuck Parsons Skip Scott	Carl Haas	Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1969-1978: Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1979	David Hobbs Derek Bell	McLaren North America	BMW 320i Turbo	500 miles (800 km)	Pabst 500	report
1980	John Paul, Jr. John Paul, Sr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-2	500 miles (800 km)	Pabst 500	report
1981	Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Andial Meister Racing	Porsche 935 K3	500 miles (800 km)	Pabst 500	report
1982	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K4	500 miles (800 km)	Pabst 500	report
1983	Klaus Ludwig Tim Coconis	Zakspeed	Ford Mustang GTP	500 miles (800 km)	Pabst 500	report
1984	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 miles (800 km)	Budweiser 500	report
1985	Drake Olson Bobby Rahal	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	500 miles (800 km)	Löwenbräu Classic	report
1986	Al Holbert Al Unser, Jr.	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 miles (800 km)	Löwenbräu Classic	report
1987	Price Cobb Johnny Dumfries	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	500 miles (800 km)	Löwenbräu Classic	report
1988	Geoff Brabham John Morton	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Miller High Life 500	report
1989	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Miller High Life 500	report
1990	Geoff Brabham	Nissan Performance	Nissan NPT-90	250 km (160 mi)^A	Chicago Tribune presents the Nissan Grand Prix of Road America	report
1991	Davy Jones	Bud Light/Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-16	300 km (190 mi)^B	Nissan Grand Prix of Road America	report
1992	Juan-Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle Mk III Toyota	2 hours	Nissan Grand Prix of Road America	report
1993	John Winter Manuel Reuter	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	500 km (310 mi)	Piggly Wiggly Grand Prix 500 Kilometers	report
1994-1999 Not held
Grand American Road Racing Championship
2000	Didier Theys Freddy Lienhard Mauro Baldi	Doran Lista Racing	Ferrari 333 SP-Judd	500 miles (800 km)	Sargento Road America 500	report
2001	Didier Theys Freddy Lienhard Mauro Baldi	Lista Doran Racing	Ferrari 333 SP-Judd	500 miles (800 km)	Sargento Road America 500	report
American Le Mans Series
2002	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	4 hours, 15 minutes	Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune	report
2003	Johnny Herbert JJ Lehto	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune	report
2004	JJ Lehto Marco Werner	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune	report
2005	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Generac 500	report
2006	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	2 hours, 45 minutes	Generac 500	report
2007	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	4 hours	Generac 500	report
2008	Lucas Luhr Marco Werner	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	4 hours	Generac 500	report
2009	Scott Sharp David Brabham	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-02a	2 hours, 45 minutes	Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase	report
2010	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Drayson Racing	Lola B09/60	2 hours, 45 minutes	American Le Mans Series powered by eStar	report

^A Scheduled for two 250-kilometer heats, the first heat was cancelled due to heavy rain.^[1]^[2]
^B A 300-kilometer GTP/Lights race and 200-kilometer GTO/GTU/AAC race were held, totaling 500 kilometers.

[edit] References

^ Road America 500 Kilometers 1990, Racing Sports Cars, http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Road_America-1990-08-19.html, retrieved 2009-11-14
^ History for Fond du Lac, WI, Weather Underground, http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KFLD/1990/8/18/DailyHistory.html, retrieved 2009-11-14

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_America_500"

Event: Road America 500Date: 11.9.1960 Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kmsOrganiser: Chicago Region SCCA

Road America 500 Miles

SCCA National Sports Car Championship (round 13)

(Entry List)

No.	Drivers	Entrant	Make	Type	Model	Engine	Gr.
14?	Holbert / Penske	(USA)	Porsche	718 RS 60		Porsche
17?	Ensley / Hass	Jack Ensley (USA)	Porsche	718 RSK		Porsche	FM
24	Causey / Stear	Dave Causey (USA)	Maserati	Tipo 61		Maserati	DM
26	Jeffords / Hall	(USA)	Maserati	450S		Maserati
27	Erickson / Sesslar	Ernest Erickson (USA)	Porsche	718 RS 60		Porsche	FM
33		James Place (USA)	Ferrari			Chevrolet	BM
41	Causey / Rickert	Dean Causey (USA)	Porsche	718 RSK		Porsche	EM
42	Schroeder / Leiss	Robert Schroeder (USA)	Lotus				GM
51	Biggs / Van Beuren	David C. Biggs (USA)	Ferrari	250 TR		Ferrari	DM
57	Gallagher / Heuer	Thomas Gallagher (USA)	Morgan	Plus 4			EM
58	Kessler / Hahn	R. C. Wilke (USA)	Porsche	550	RS	Porsche	FM
60	Walt Hansgen	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	Jaguar	E 2A		Jaguar	CM
61	Fitch / Kimberly	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	Maserati	Tipo 60		Maserati	EM
62	Cunningham / Hugus / Forno	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	Lister			Jaguar	CM
66	Hall / Carroll	E. L. Hall (USA)	Porsche	550	RS	Porsche	FM
74	Clem Johnson	Clem Johnson (USA)	Stanguellini	Sport Bialbero 1100		Fiat	GM
77	Pabst / Wuesthoff	North American Racing Team (USA)	Ferrari	250 TR	59/60	Ferrari	DM
78	Ripley / Ross / Martin	Millard Ripley (USA)	Lola	Mk.1		Climax	GM
94	Baumgartner / Burnett	Wayne Burnett (USA)	Ferrari	500 TR		Ferrari	EM
95	George Reed	George Reed (USA)	Ferrari	290 MM		Ferrari	CM
	Coon / Major		Elva	Mk II
	Wyllie / Wyllie		Lotus				CM
	Dick Thompson	(USA)	Chevrolet	Corvette Sting Ray	SS	Chevrolet	CM
	Jeffords / Hall	(USA)	Maserati	Tipo 61		Maserati
	Tossie Alex	(USA)	Jaguar	XKSS		Jaguar
	Fulp / Cunningham		Ferrari	TR		Ferrari

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Entrant	Make	Type	Model	Engine	Gr.
19	Schraegle / Freiheit	Fred W. Schraegle (USA)	Porsche	550		Porsche	FM
21	Cooper / Barton	Major Wm. H. Cooper (USA)	Cooper			Porsche	EM
22	Phillips / van de Sande	Cliff L. Phillips (USA)	Porsche	718 RSK		Porsche	EM
28	Bud Gates	Bud Gates (USA)	Lister			Chevrolet	BM
31	Clift / Baldwin	Robert K. Clift (USA)	Chevrolet	Corvette Special		Chevrolet	CM
32	Dunbar / Gray	Jerry Dunbar (USA)	Edwards	Mk.7			BM
35	Gelder / Means	Edward H. Gelder (USA)	Ferrari	MM		Ferrari	CM
38	Brohaugh / Drude	Dewey Brohough (USA)	Devin				DM
49	Aaskov / Constantine	Floyd Aaskov (USA)	Lister			Buick	BM
52	William Bradley	Wm. E. Bradley (USA)	Elva			Alfa Romeo	FM
55	Hartman / Clowes	James Hartman (USA)	Aston Martin	DB2		Aston Martin	DM
56	O'Hara / Drexler	John O'Hara (USA)	Alfa Romeo			Alfa Romeo	FM
64	Staver / Grierson	John Staver (USA)	Echidna				BM
68	Hespen / Lyon	Harlan H. Hespen (USA)	Alfa Romeo	Conrero		Alfa Romeo	FM
71	Binford / Peck	James H. Binford (USA)	Maserati			Maserati	DM
73	Johnson / Hixon	David Johnson (USA)	SHE	Special			BM
77	Wuesthoff / Pabst	Wm. Wuesthoff (USA)	Porsche	718 RS 60		Porsche	FM
79	Henry / Kilburn	R. J. Henry (USA)	Lotus	Eleven	Le Mans		GM
88	Wolf / Curran	Donald Wolf (USA)	Elva	Mk V			GM
91	Beckett / Baker	Lo-Test Engr. (USA)	Allard	J2X Le Mans	/Lo Test Eng. Special	Buick	BM
92	Schelbe / Rediske	Tom Schelbe (USA)	Porsche	Spyder		Porsche	FM
93	Hap Sharp	Hap Sharp (USA)	Cooper	Monaco T49		Maserati	DM
99	Newcomer / Benson	E. Tom Newcomer (USA)	Lotus	Eleven			GM

Dave Causey 1960 Road America Winner