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Racetracks
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Central Division SCCA |
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There are five racing circuits located within the Central Division
SCCA map below. The tracks are also used by other
amateur and professional race organizations like
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, AHRMA, AMA,
NASCAR, GrandAm, Midwestern Council, American
Le Mans Series, Grand-Am, Indy Car, Chump Car World
Series as well as vintage clubs and various manufacturer
car clubs. |
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Regions of the Central Division SCCA |
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Autobahn Country Club Joliet |
3795 Center Point Way - Joliet, Illinois 60436 |
North
Circuit: 1.46 miles - 40 ft. wide, 9 turns
(6 right, 3 left) Pole left (Built in
2005)
South
Circuit: 2.1 miles - 40 ft. wide, 15 turns
(9 right, 6 left) Pole right (Built in
2005)
Full Circuit: 3.56 miles - 40 ft. wide, 19
turns (10 right, 9 left) Pole left
(Built in 2005) |
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Situated
on 350 acres of gently rolling countryside,
the Autobahn Country Club features two
challenging road courses that, when
combined, create the second longest racing
venue in the US.
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Blackhawk Farms Raceway |
15538 Prairie Road - South Beloit, Illinois
61080 |
Circuit length: 1.95 miles, 7 turns (4 right, 3
left) Pole right (Built in 1967) |
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Blackhawk was designed by racer,
Jerry Dunbar. It has 7 corner flagging stations (4
right, 3 left). A bend was later added between turns
3 and 4. Technically, the course consists of 11
turns (7 right, 4 left). The facility is a non-spectator club
track situated on 219 acres of flat terrain. It is
centrally located between Chicago, Milwaukee and
Madison.
The track currently hosts events for the Midwestern
Council, SCCA, VSCDA, and SVRA clubs.
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Brainerd International Raceway |
5523 Birchdale Road - Brainerd,
Minnesota
56401 |
Donnybrooke Road Course: 3.1 miles, 10 turns (7
right, 3 left) Pole right (Built
in 1968)
Competition Road Course: 2.5 miles, 13 turns
(7 right, 6 left) Pole right (Built in 2009) |
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The
original 3.1-mile Donnybrooke Road Course
is still operational
and boasts a mile-long straightaway followed by the
fastest turn of any road course in the country. The
newer 2.5-mile Competition Road Course
utilizes part of the Donnybrooke course,
which is joined at turns 1 and 8.
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Milwaukee Mile |
7722 West Greenfield Avenue -
West Allis, Wisconsin 53214 |
Oval
track: 1.03 miles, 4 turns (4 left) (Built in
1903)
Road
circuit: 1.8 miles, 10 turns (7 right, 3
left) includes 1-mile oval, Pole right (Built in 1954) |
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The Mile is the oldest operating motor
speedway in the world, its first race
was on September 11, 1903. The infield road course was
built in 1954 and repaved in 2005.
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Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI |
7390 N Hwy 67 - Plymouth, WI 53073 |
Circuit length: 4.048 miles, 14 turns (10
right, 4 left) Pole right (Built
in 1955) |
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Road America
was designed and built by Clif Tufte in
1955 after the Village of Elkhart Lake stopped
hosting races on open roads following the
nation-wide ban. "America's National Park of Speed"
is one of the oldest and best circuits in North
America. The storied four-mile,
14-turn road circuit has a legendary history and
maintains its original configuration, which is
located on 640-acres in the middle of Wisconsin's
Kettle Moraine.
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Other Racetracks
in the Midwest |
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GingerMan
Raceway |
61414 County Rd 388 - South Haven, Michigan
49090 |
Circuit length: 2.14 miles 11 turns (Built in 1995) |
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GingerMan Raceway is a private
track on a 350-acre site. The
original circuit was 1.88 miles and is now
2.14 miles long with a newer
corner extension. This relatively new facility was
built on vacant farmland, which contained
aged apple and cherry
orchards. The track layout was developed by
Alan Wilson of Motorsports Development,
Denver, Colorado, to take advantage of the
natural terrain. Track grading and paving
was done by Klett Construction Company, a
local firm, using special polymerized
asphalt material formulated to stand up to
the stresses of racing and Michigan winters.
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Grattan
Raceway |
7201 Lessiter Road - Belding, Michigan 48809 |
Circuit length: 2.0 miles, 12 turns (Built in
1965) |
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Grattan Raceway Park is a 220-acre facility
featuring a 12-turn, 2.0-mi (3.2 km)
road-circuit located in Belding, Michigan.
The circuit is a winding, hilly, complex
that contains almost every concievable
corner imaginable for a road course. The
twelve turns include, both ascending and
descending radius turns, a flat out dog leg
off the 160 degree hairpin, a hidden apex, a
Monza bowl, esses and even a challenging
downhill reverse camber turn. Drivers from
all forms of racing, (Indy Cars, Trans-Am,
SCCA and VSCDA), have practiced and raced at
Grattan.
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Mid-America Motorplex |
19340 Jesup Avenue - Pacific Junction, Iowa 51561 |
Circuit length: 2.23 miles, 15 turns
(Built in 2002)
Circuit length: 1.40 miles, 12 turns
(Built in 2005) |
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Mid America Motorplex is another
Alan Wilson designed road circuit. The track surface
is second to none with an incredibly tire-friendly
compound that will greatly reduce tire wear, and
will promote safer adhesion for all types of
vehicles. Alternative configuration, named
“D-Curve”, completed September 2005.
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Prairie Hills Motorsport Club (proposed, not built) |
5530 North 100 E -
Lake Village, Indiana |
Hundreds of track configurations. Five tracks
configured to run in either direction; independent,
or in combination with each other. North Circuit:
two tracks of 1.8 miles and 2.2 miles, 25
double-apex, off camber, hairpin, blind and carousel
turns. South Circuit: 35' elevation change, two
tracks of 2.3 miles and 3 miles, 34 G-force inducing
turns. (Not built) |
Track Map (proposed) |
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Prairie Hills Motorsports Club was a
proposed $82 million sports car race track to be
built on 872 acres near Lake Village, Indiana, which
the developers had claimed would be "the longest
Grand Prix-style course in the Western Hemisphere"
when completed. An unnamed source close to the
Prairie Hills Motorsports Club development has
stated that due to the present economic climate, the
likelihood of this ambitious project seeing fruition
is highly in doubt. Though all the pieces are in
place to construct a world class racing facility,
the necessary funds simply are not available. |
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