The track features many elevation changes, along with a long front stretch where speeds approaching 200 mph (320 km/h) may be reached.

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.

The motorplex also hosts events sanctioned by the North Woods GP series running Supermoto and street bike racing using small displacement motorcycles.

[citation needed] The Motorplex was built at the site of an earlier off road racing circuit used for several SODA events in the 1990s.

The 1995 event was televised tape delayed on ESPN2 by reporters Marty Reid, Ivan Stewart, and Jimmie Johnson.

[5] 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 tunnel project was completed in May 2007 with the grand opening celebration on May 31 for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Championship weekend.

[citation needed] In the late 1940s, road racing was gaining popularity, owing to the post World War II economy, and the influx of sporting automobiles.

[7][8] After the tragedy at Watkins Glen in 1952, where a child was killed, the U.S. ruled to discontinue motorized contests of speed on public highways.

Following the initial incident, the failure of trailing drivers to heed red flags being shown at 14 and 15 (under the bridge at the crest of the hill) may have compounded the issue.

[19] Da Matta was unconscious when the safety crew extricated him from the car,[20] and was airlifted via ThedaSTAR to Theda Clark Medical Center south of Appleton, where he underwent surgery to remove a subdural hematoma.

[21] Adam Schatz, 26,[22] from Chicago, Illinois, died in a karting accident during the Road America Super Nationals, Championship Enduro Series on July 12, 2008.

On the main straight, shortly after the last turn, Schatz saw the kart in third position on his left and tried to pull ahead to be bumped.

He was revived by the doctors and taken to the Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin, but his injuries proved to be too severe to survive and one week later he died.

[24] During the Pirelli World Challenge weekend, drivers Steve Hill and Jim Booth were involved in an intense battle for first.

The drivers contacted each other heading towards turn 5, causing Jim Booth to go airborne into the catch fence at 150 mph.

On October 4, 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation introduced a special license plate honoring Road America, colored black and featuring an outline map of the Road America track (with a northward orientation; this article's infobox map features the track orientated westward) on its left side.