History of racing at Elkhart Lake Open road course With the removal of the bridge, a new spectator viewing area was created. The tunnel is 16.5 ft (5.0 m) high and 36 ft (11 m) wide and has two lanes of traffic and two pedestrian walkways on either side. The tunnel project was completed in May 2007 with the grand opening celebration on May 31 for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Championship weekend. In late 2006, Road America began a project to remove the old Bill Mitchell bridge and use a tunnel as the main entrance to the paddock. The track featured a blind jump nicknamed "The Hell Hole".
The course was 1.1 miles (1.8 km) long with 150 feet (46 m) of elevation change. The 1995 event was televised tape delayed on ESPN2 by reporters Marty Reid, Ivan Stewart, and Jimmie Johnson. The Motorplex was built at the site of an earlier off road racing circuit used for several SODA events in the 1990s.
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The motorplex also hosts events sanctioned by the North Woods GP series running Supermoto and street bike racing using small displacement motorcycles. It also hosts approximately six Saturday events during the summer. It hosts weekly events on Tuesdays in the summer. The motorplex hosts two series of karting events. In addition to the main course, the facility includes a 0.8-mile (1.3 km) karting track called the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex inside the Carousel. Grandstands are available in several locations, as well as permanent hillside seating where crowds of more than 150,000 can be accommodated. Road America's open seating allows spectators to venture throughout the grounds. One of the best known features of this course is a turn on the backside known as "the kink". The track features many elevation changes, along with a long front stretch where speeds approaching 200 mph (320 km/h) may be reached. Road America is one of only a handful of road circuits in the world maintaining its original configuration being 4.048 miles (6.515 km) in length with 14 turns. Of its annual events, 9 major weekends are open to the public which include 3 motorcycle events including the MotoAmerica (AMA FIM) series, 3 vintage car events, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events, the United Sports Car Racing Series, the Pirelli World Challenge, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. It has hosted races since September 1955 and currently hosts over 400 events a year. The track is situated on 640 acres (260 ha) near the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive. It is located midway between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay, and classified as an FIA Grade Two circuit. 3.4 2015 CCR Tifosi Challenge red flag wreck.3 Major incidents and events at the track.
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