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[NOTE: This race fact sheet was used during the CART/Champ Car years. They have not been updated since then. However, we left them up for the historical information.]
Road America
Track: Road America
Location: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Type: 4.048-mile road circuit (14-turn hilly layout)
Lap Record (up to 2007)
Dario Franchitti (2000) - 1:39.866 (145.924 mph).
Race Record (up to 2007)
Christian Fittipaldi (1999) - 1:37:00.799 (137.697 mph) -- for current race distance and track length.
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Past Race Winners
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1982 |
Hector Rebaque |
50 |
196 |
1:49:58.09 |
109.156 |
| 1983 |
Mario Andretti |
50 |
200 |
2:00:42.75 |
99.410 |
| 1984 |
Mario Andretti |
50 |
200 |
1:43:08.40 |
116.347 |
| 1985 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
50 |
200 |
1:45:12.15 |
114.066 |
| 1986 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
50 |
200 |
2:26:42 |
81.800 |
| 1987 |
Mario Andretti |
50 |
200 |
1:39:52.26 |
120.155 |
| 1988 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
50 |
200 |
1:38:11.24 |
122.215 |
| 1989 |
Danny Sullivan |
50 |
200 |
1:37:43 |
123.050 |
| 1990 |
Michael Andretti |
50 |
200 |
1:53:00.148 |
106.192 |
| 1991 |
Michael Andretti |
50 |
200 |
1:35:05.010 |
126.205 |
| 1992 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
50 |
200 |
1:48:26.677 |
110.656 |
| 1993 |
Paul Tracy |
50 |
200 |
1:41:20.689 |
118.408 |
| 1994 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
50 |
200 |
1:42:37.930 |
116.922 |
| 1995 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
50 |
200 |
1:55:29.659 |
103.901 |
| 1996 |
Michael Andretti |
50 |
200 |
1:56:33.859 |
102.947 |
| 1997 |
Alex Zanardi |
50 |
202.4 |
1:57:54.544 |
102.995 |
| 1998 |
Dario Franchitti |
50 |
202.4 |
1:35:30.767 |
127.145 |
| 1999 |
Christian Fittipaldi |
55 |
222.64 |
1:37:00.799 |
137.697 |
| 2000 |
Paul Tracy |
55 |
222.64 |
1:37:53.681 |
136.457 |
| 2001 |
Bruno Junqueira |
45 |
182.16 |
2:00:28.453 |
90.721 |
| 2002 |
Cristiano da Matta |
60 |
242.88 |
1:56:43.030 |
124.856 |
| 2003 |
Bruno Junqueira |
34 |
137.632 |
1:35:28.491 |
86.493 |
| 2004 |
Alex Tagliani |
48 |
194.304 |
1:45:07.288 |
110.903 |
| 2006 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
51 |
206.448 |
1:54:43.700 |
107.967 |
| 2007 |
Sébastien Bourdais |
53 |
214.544 |
1:40:58.596 |
127.481 |
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The Track
The Sights
Road America Rumblings
1982: Al Unser, Sr. runs out of fuel on the last lap, allowing Rebaque to lead his one and
only lap in his CART career.
1985: This is the Uncle Jacques Villeneuve.
1986: Race halted on lap 5 due to heavy rain and fog. Restarted two weeks later.
1990: Race halted for one hour on lap 33 to attend to A.J. Foyt's serious crash.
1996: Al Unser Jr's engine blew while leading just two turns from the finish.
1999: C. Fittipaldi becomes the fifth driver to win his first CART race at Road America.
Others were Hector Rebaque, both Jacques Villeneuve's, and Dario Franchitti.
2001: Race halted for 47:52 due to flooding on track. Race shortened by 10 laps due to two hour time limit.
Bruno Junqueira becomes the sixth driver to win his first CART race at Road America.
2003: Race halted for three hours and one minute due to heavy rain. Race shortened to 34 laps due to
potential darkness.
2004: Race shortened to 48 laps due to time limit. Alex Tagliani becomes the seventh driver to win his first
Champ Car race at Road America.
2006: Race halted for 42 minutes for serious crash involving Katherine Legge.
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