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County highways J, P, JP, A, and Lake Street
06000053
Located in Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County
NASCAR Grand National Cars, 1956
August 12, 1956
The NASCAR Grand National cars stream out of turn five shrouded in spray during the first lap of the 1956 Grand National race at Road America. The 37th race of the NASCAR Grand National, this race,...
Elkhart Lake Racetrack
1987
Race course and grandstand at Road America in Elkhart Lake, where racing began in 1955. Prior to that, Elkhart Lake was host to automobile racing on the village streets.
Sports cars race through downtown Elkhart Lake, 1952
1952
Sports cars race through downtown Elkhart Lake in 1952, with a mere snow fence and straw bales serving as protection for onlookers.
Don Yenko's Corvette receives pit service, 1961
June 1961
Don Yenko's Chevrolet Corvette, no. 11, receives super service in the pits during the Road America 300 Mile production car race during the 1961 June Sprints. Yenko and co-driver Ed Lowther went on ...
Löwenbräu Classic 500, 1987 August 16
August 16, 1987
Aerial view of the grid, or starting formation, for the start of the Löwenbräu Classic 500 on August 16, 1987. Drivers and crew gather around vehicles while spectators wait for the race to begin....
