Road Race Showcase at Road America

The Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America (formerly 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. The race was an American Le Mans Series event from 2002 until 2013, run at varying race distances of either 2 hours and 45 minutes or 4 hours. In 2014 the race joined the schedule of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship after the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Continental Tire Road Race Showcase

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue	Road America
Corporate sponsor	IMSAFastlane.com
First race	1950
First USCC race	2014
Duration	2 hours 40 minutes
Previous names	Elkhart Lake Road Race Road America 500 Grand Prix of Road America
Most wins (driver)	Augie Pabst (3) Chuck Parsons (3) Geoff Brabham (3)
Most wins (team)	Briggs Cunningham Racing Team (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (10)

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.

Winners

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 C-2R	200 miles (320 km)	Elkhart Lake Road Race	report
1952	John Fitch	Briggs Cunningham	Cunningham C-4R-Chrysler	200 miles (320 km)	Elkhart Lake Cup	report

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 375 MM	6 hours	Road America 6 Hours	report
1957	Phil Hill	Gene Greenspun	Ferrari 315 S	500 miles (800 km)	Road America 500	report
1958	Gaston Andrey   Lance Reventlow	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 335 S	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
2011	Klaus Graf   Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B08/62	4 hours	Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase	report
2012	Chris Dyson   Guy Smith	Dyson Racing	Lola B12/60 Mazda MZR-R	4 hours	Road America Road Race Showcase	report ^[1]
2013	Klaus Graf   Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	HPD ARX-03c Honda	2 hours, 45 minutes	Orion Energy Systems 245	report ^[2]
United SportsCar Championship
2014	João Barbosa   Christian Fittipaldi	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet	2 hours, 45 minutes	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	report ^[3]
2015	Dane Cameron   Eric Curran	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet	2 hours, 40 minutes	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	report
2016	Dane Cameron   Eric Curran	Action Express Racing	Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet	2 hours, 40 minutes	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	report
2017	Pipo Derani   Johannes van Overbeek	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	2 hours, 40 minutes	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	report
2018	Jon Bennett   Colin Braun	CORE Autosport	Oreca 07	2 hours, 40 minutes	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	report^[4]
2019	Jonathan Bomarito   Harry Tincknell	Joest Racing	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	2 hours, 40 minutes	Road Race Showcase at Road America	Report
2020	Hélio Castroneves   Ricky Taylor	Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	2 hours, 40 minutes	IMSA SportsCar Weekend	Report
2021	Pipo Derani   Felipe Nasr	Action Express Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	2 hours, 40 minutes	IMSA SportsCar Weekend	Report

• ^A Scheduled for two 250-kilometer heats, the first heat was cancelled due to heavy rain.^[5][6]
• ^B A 300-kilometer GTP/Lights race and 200-kilometer GTO/GTU/AAC race were held, totaling 500 kilometers.

References

1. "ALMS 2012 Road Race Showcase Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. "2013 Orion Energy Systems 245 at Road America Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
3. "2014 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
4. (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
5. Road America 500 Kilometers 1990, Racing Sports Cars, retrieved 2009-11-14
6. History for Fond du Lac, WI, Weather Underground, retrieved 2009-11-14

External links

• United SportsCar Championship official site
• Racing Sports Cars: Road America archive
• Ultimate Racing History: Road America archive
• Audi Allroad