September 07th, 2023                                     ELKHART LAKE Version 2.1
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Title           : Elkhart Lake (a.k.a. Road America), Wisconsin, USA (v.2.1)
Filenames       : Elkhart Lake (v.2.1)_Wisconsin, USA_2002.dat, 
		  23 JAM files,
		  GP2FORM.txt (this file)
Author          : Paul Josephson (2002), and Antonio Pessoa (2012 and 2023 updates)
Email Address   : paulj@wideopenwest.com and ap1981@gmail.com
Other works     : Various by all both authors
Homepage        : None
Thanks to       : Paul Hoad for his Track Editor
		  Mal Ross for his Jam Editor
		  Paul J. Josephson for his 2002 Elkhart Lake/Road America 1.2 version for GP2

Previous version: I (Antonio) made a 2.0 version of Elkhart Lake/Road America in January 2012, including a correct track layout, new cc-line and track heights

What's New(2023): New tarmarc textures (however, keeping the dark stipes on the breaking zones, as made as P.Josephson)
		  New walls, adverts and sponsors textures
		  New horizon texures, new grass textures, new trees textures
		  New admin. building textures
		  Some improvements on fences distances
		  Track heights reviewed and with slight improvements on the last sector
		  All the new (2023) improvements was made by Antonio in early September 2023 
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* Construction *

Base		: 2002 Elkhart Lake/Road America by P.Josephson and A.Pessoa
Editors used    : TrackEditor
                  Paint Shop Pro
                  Jam Editor
Build Time	: September 2023 updates: two days, few hours each day
Known Bugs      : Nothing serious. A thin green stripe appears in the tarmac of the pit entrance, before the uphill

* Installation *

1.
Please, extract the folder "RDAMER02" (and the JAM files in it) in your ..GP2/Gamejams directory.

2.
Extract Elkhart Lake (v.2.1)_Wisconsin, USA_2002.dat to your ..GP2/circuits directory, and rename it as F1ct09 or any other (I developed the track during 2023 in slot 09, but the track probably works well in other slots)

3.
Start Gp2 and drive...........

* Copyright / Permissions *
(c) Copyright 2023, Antonio Pessoa and Paul J. Josephson. You can use this track freely. Currently few people plays GP2, so, if you use it as a base to create other track, please, give us our credits. Just it.


* Disclaimer *
If your pc breaks, goes slow, or the files harm your machine it's not my fault!!!
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 THE INDYCAR/CART ELKHART LAKE WINNERS:

year	winner driver		nat team		car

1982	Hector Rebaque		MEX Forsythe		March-Cosworth
1983	Mario Andretti		USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Cosworth
1984	Mario Andretti		USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Cosworth
1985	Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	CAN Canadian Tire	March-Cosworth
1986	Emerson Fittipaldi	BRA Patrick		March-Cosworth
1987	Mario Andretti		USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Chevrolet/Illmor
1988	Emerson Fittipaldi	BRA Patrick		Lola-Chevrolet/Illmor
1989	Danny Sullivan		USA Penske		Penske-Chevrolet/Illmor
1990	Michael Andretti	USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Chevrolet/Illmor
1991	Michael Andretti	USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Chevrolet/Illmor
1992	Emerson Fittipaldi	BRA Penske		Penske-Chevrolet/Illmor
1993	Paul Tracy		CAN Penske		Penske-Chevrolet/Illmor
1994	Jacques Villeneuve	CAN Forsythe/Green	Reynard-Ford/Cosworth
1995	Jacques Villeneuve	CAN Green		Reynard-Ford/Cosworth-G
1996	Michael Andretti	USA Newman-Haas		Lola-Ford/Cosworth-G
1997	Alessandro Zanardi	ITA Chip Ganassi	Reynard-Honda-F
1998	Dario Franchitti	GBR Green		Reynard-Honda-F
1999	Christian Fittipaldi	BRA Newman-Haas		Swift-Ford/Cosworth-F
2000	Paul Tracy		CAN Green		Reynard-Honda
2001	Bruno Junqueira		BRA Chip Ganassi	Lola-Toyota
2002	Cristiano da Matta	BRA Newman-Haas		Lola-Toyota
2003	Bruno Junqueira		BRA Newman-Haas		Lola-Toyota
2004	Alex Tagliani		CAN Rocketsports	Lola-Ford/Cosworth
2006	A.J.Allmendinger	USA Forsythe		Lola-Ford/Cosworth
2007	Sebastien Bourdais	FRA Newman-Haas		Panoz-Cosworth
2008-15		no race
2016	Will Power		AUS Penske		Dallara-Chevrolet
2017	Scott Dixon		NZL Chip Ganassi	Dallara-Honda
2018	Josef Newgarden		USA Penske		Dallara-Chevrolet
2019	Alexander Rossi		USA Andretti		Dallara-Honda
2020 I	Scott Dixon		NZL Chip Ganassi	Dallara-Honda
2020 II	Felix Rosenqvist	SWE Chip Ganassi	Dallara-Honda
2021	Alex Palou		ESP Chip Ganassi	Dallara-Honda
2022	Josef Newgarden		USA Penske		Dallara-Chevrolet
2023	Alex Palou		ESP Chip Ganassi	Dallara-Chevrolet
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List of winners of other series at Elkhart Lake/Road America:
Don't need, you all know Road America was open in September 1955 (68 years ago!), and during all this long time held hundreds of professional races, as U.S. Road Racing Championship, Can-Am, AMA Superbike, IMSA GTP, Trans-Am, Indycar (CART from 1982 to 2007, Indycar since 2016), NASCAR Xfinity (since late 2000s), NASCAR Cup Series (since 2021), American Le Mans Series (2000s), Rolex Grand-American Sportscar (in the 2000s and early 2010s), IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar (since 2014), etc, etc, etc... Almost every professional North American racing series step their feet on Road America, and blah, blah, blah...
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2023 Antonio Pessoa - Brazil (It's Independence Day today!)