MotorSportsNews.Net posts about Road America, one of the race tracks used in NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series, and Gander Trucks series racing
HIGH POINT, N.C. (June 29, 2022) – America’s Road Racing Series meets America’s National Park of Speed on Fourth of July Weekend. Sounds like the makings for a hugely festive affair when Silver Hare Racing regulars Maurice Hull and Connor Zilisch take to the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for Sunday’s Ryan Companies presents the Trans Am 100s.
When the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires makes its debut on the NASCAR stage at Road America next weekend, there will be a special, overqualified rookie on the entry list. Truck series driver Parker Kligerman (from Stamford, CT) will join the grid for both 45-minute races in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (more…)
Indianapolis, Ind., (June 22, 2022) – Era Motorsport founder Kyle Tilley is set to return to the NASCAR Cup Series for the Kwik Trip 250 Presented by Jockey Made in America. The race, taking place July 3rd, 2022, in the rolling hills of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s Road America, will consist of 62 laps (approximately 250 miles) through the 14 turns that make up the 4.05 mile road course of America’s National Park of Speed. Tilley will be behind the wheel of the Live Fast Motorsports next generation Ford Mustang. (more…)
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (June 9, 2022) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced Thursday that Sammy Smith will run eight NASCAR Xfinity Series races behind the wheel of the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra in 2022.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2022) – New tracks are set to debut in the 13th season of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series with drivers competing on virtual circuits that more closely mirror the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Six tracks make a first-time appearance on the 19-race calendar, including the much-anticipated Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which opens the season with an exhibition race on Tuesday, February 1. (more…)
CONCORD, N.C. (January 11, 2022) – Spire Motorsports announced today Built will return to the team’s family of partners in 2022 and serve as the primary sponsor aboard Corey LaJoie’s No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 1, 2021) –Miguel Paludo will return to JR Motorsports for three NASCAR Xfinity Series road course events in 2022. Paludo, a seven-time champion and current defending winner of the Porsche Carrera Cup, will drive the No. 88 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet in the NXS races at Circuit of the Americas (March 26), Road America (July 2) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course (July 30). (more…)
Chase Elliott did not qualify or practice well in NASCAR’s Cup Series return to Road America. He was so out of rhythm that he started 34th. As it turns out, all you need is to start racing to find your rhythm. (more…)
After nearly 65 years, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Road America
For the first time in nearly 65 years, the NASCAR Cup Series will return to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin to compete on the world famous Road America this Sunday, July 4 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip race marks just the second time in series history that Road America has hosted a Cup event.
Up Next: Left and right turns at Road America
It’s a Fourth of July weekend full of road-course racing in Wisconsin at Road America. The 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course spread across 640 acres in Elkhart Lake has been home to 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This season, the NASCAR Cup Series will head to Road America as well after the Xfinity Series kicks off the weekend Saturday afternoon with the Henry 180 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
