- Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America
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Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America 
Champ Car World Series Venue Road America First race 1982 Last race 2007 Most wins (driver) Mario Andretti (3)
Emerson Fittipaldi (3)Most wins (team) Newman/Haas Racing (10) Most wins (manufacturer) Lola (12) The Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America was an open wheel car race held on the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It was a round of the Champ Car World Series for most of Champ Car's existence, the first race being held in 1982. Prior to its cancellation in 2008 with the absorption of the Champ Car circuit into the rival Indy Racing League, the race at Road America had been held annually every year since with the exception of 2005.
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2003 event
The 2003 event almost didn't take place. Mario Andretti was instrumental in keeping Champ Car racing at Road America. CART had severed its ties with the track as a legal resolution of payment issues from the prior year's race and for the upcoming 2003 event. Andretti acted as an intermediary between CART President Chris Pook and Road America President George Bruggenthies. After six weeks of negotiations both sides came to terms and signed a two year contract in April 2003. The 2003 event was named the "Mario Andretti Grand Prix of Road America" in honor of Andretti's efforts.[1] It was not the end of troubles, though. Champ Car and Road America were unable to arrange a race in 2005,[2] but the track returned to the schedule in 2006.[3]
Champ Car Race Results
Season Date Race Title Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team Report 1982 September 19 Road America 200 
Héctor RebaqueMarch Cosworth Forsythe Racing Report 1983 July 31 Provimi Veal 200 
Mario AndrettiLola Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Report 1984 August 5 Provimi Veal 200 Mario AndrettiLola Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Report 1985 August 4 Provimi Veal 200 
Jacques VilleneuveMarch Cosworth Canadian Tire Report 1986 October 4 Race for Life 200 
Emerson FittipaldiMarch Cosworth Patrick Racing Report 1987 August 30 Road America 200 Mario AndrettiLola Chevrolet Newman/Haas Racing Report 1988 September 11 Briggs & Stratton 200 Emerson FittipaldiLola Chevrolet Patrick Racing Report 1989 September 10 Road America 200 Danny SullivanPenske Chevrolet Penske Racing Report 1990 September 23 Texaco/Havoline 200 Michael AndrettiLola Chevrolet Newman/Haas Racing Report 1991 September 22 Texaco/Havoline 200 Michael AndrettiLola Chevrolet Newman/Haas Racing Report 1992 August 23 Texaco/Havoline 200 Emerson FittipaldiPenske Chevrolet-Ilmor Penske Racing Report 1993 August 22 Texaco/Havoline 200 Paul TracyPenske Chevrolet-Ilmor Penske Racing Report 1994 September 11 Texaco/Havoline 200 Jacques VilleneuveReynard Ford-Cosworth Forsythe/Green Racing Report 1995 July 9 Texaco/Havoline 200 Jacques VilleneuveReynard Ford-Cosworth Team Green Report 1996 August 18 Texaco/Havoline 200 Michael AndrettiLola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Report 1997 August 17 Texaco/Havoline 200 
Alex ZanardiReynard Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Report 1998 August 16 Texaco/Havoline 200 
Dario FranchittiReynard Honda Team KOOL Green Report 1999 July 11 Texaco/Havoline 220 Christian FittipaldiSwift Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Report 2000 August 20 Motorola 220 Paul TracyReynard Honda Team Green Report 2001 August 19 Motorola 220 Bruno JunqueiraLola Toyota Chip Ganassi Racing Report 2002 August 18 Motorola 220 Cristiano da MattaLola Toyota Newman/Haas Racing Report 2003 August 3 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America Bruno JunqueiraLola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Report 2004 August 8 Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America Alex TaglianiLola Ford-Cosworth Rocketsports Report 2005 No race held 2006 September 23 Grand Prix of Road America A. J. AllmendingerLola Ford-Cosworth Forsythe Racing Report 2007 August 12 Generac Grand Prix 
Sébastien BourdaisPanoz Cosworth Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Report Atlantic Championship Winners
Season Date Winning Driver 1978 July 23 Howdy Holmes1979 July 22 Bob Earl1980 July 19 Bob Earl1981 July 26 Whitney Ganz1982 July 24 John David Briggs1983 July 16 Roberto Moreno1984–1985: Not held 1986 July 26 Scott Goodyear1987 August 29 Ted Prappas1988 July 17 Colin Trueman1989 September 10 Claude Bourbonnais1990 September 23 Jimmy Vasser1991-1995: Not held 1996 August 17 Patrick Carpentier1997 August 17 Alex Barron1998 August 16 Anthony Lazzaro1999 July 11 Andrew Bordin2000 August 20 Buddy Rice2001 August 19 Hoover Orsi2002 August 18 Luis Díaz2003 Not held 2004 August 8 Ryan Dalziel2005 August 21 
Tõnis Kasemets2006 September 24 Jonathan Bomarito2007 August 12 Franck Perera2008 August 9 Jonathan BomaritoAugust 10 Jonathan SummertonIndy Lights Winners
Season Date Winning Driver 1986 September 20 Mike Groff1987 Not held 1988 September 11 
Juan Manuel Fangio II1989 September 10 
Tommy Byrne1990 September 23 Paul TracyReferences
- ^ "Road America back on CART schedule". USA Today. 2003-04-23. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zFiOdNST. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ ""Champ Cars iffy for Road America"". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 2005-01-14. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NDIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6529%2C3272342. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ ""Champ Cars returning to Road America"". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 2005-11-29. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c-MjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2344%2C5053135. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
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