Round 3 & 4: revised calendar. Rev Group Grand Prix at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wi

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Round 3 & 4: revised calendar. Rev Group Grand Prix at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. July 11-12.

The 2016 Kohler Grand Prix, was the first major AOWR event to be held at Road America since the Champ Car Generac Grand Prix of Road America in August 2007. With the exception of 2005, when the race was dropped due to sponsorship issues, it was a perennial event on the CART/Champ Car calendar from 1982 - 2007. Héctor Rebaque won the inaugural Road America 200 in 1982, for Forsythe Racing in a March 82C-Ford Cosworth DFX and Sébastien Bourdais, won the Champ Car Generac Grand Prix of Road America in 2007, for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, in a Panoz DP-01-Cosworth XFE. With the merger of Champ Car and the IRL in 2008, the race was dropped from the calendar.

The very first race to be held at Elkhart Lake was in 1950 and organized by the Chicago Region and Milwaukee Region of The Sports Car Club of America. It was the first of three races from 1950 - 1952, which were held on courses layed out on public roads. However, after a fatal accident at Watkins Glen in 1952, it was decided to discontinue motor racing on all public roads and the event was moved to a private, purpose built course.

Highway engineer Clif Tufte, got together with local citizens and the Chicago Region of the Sports Car Club of America to develop and build a permanent racecourse. On September 10, 1955, Road America held its first SCCA national race weekend.

Since then, the track has hosted many major American motorsport's series, including the American Le Mans Series, CART, NASCAR and the United States Road Racing Championship. During this time the layout has hardly changed, apart from a chicane that was installed for AMA motorcycle competitors at The Kink.

Some trivia:
The driver with the most wins: 3.
Mario Andretti: 1983, 1984, 1987.
Emerson Fittipaldi, 1986, 1988, 1982.
Michael Andretti: 1991, 1992, 1996.

The team with the most wins: 10.
Newman/Haas Racing: 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007.

Original track layout:

Current track layout:



Length: 4.048 miles (6.515 km)
Turns: 14

Lap record:
Dario Franchitti, August 19, 2000. 1:39.866, 145.924 mph (234.84 km/h).
Team Kool Green,
Reynard 2KI-Honda HRK.
CART FedEx Championship Series.


Last year's race:
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...Bvalue%5D=2243

Pole:
Colton Herta, 1:42.992, 140.306 mph (225.800 km/h).
Harding Steinbrenner Racing,
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy V6.

Last year's winner:
Alexander Rossi,
Andretti Autosport.
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy V6.

Laps: 55
Distance 222.64 Miles (358.30 km)
Race Time 1:39:40.474
Speed 132.894 Mph (213.872 km/h)
Fastest lap: Colton Herta, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, lap 30. 105.0774 sec, 137.521 mph (221.318 km/h)

Cautions: 0

TV Broadcast
NBCSN,
Race 1, Saturday, 5:00pm ET.
Race 2, Sunday, 12:00pm ET.