June Sprints

The June Sprints are amateur

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held yearly on the third or fourth weekend of June at

Road America Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Champ ...

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 967 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolit ...

. The event was first held in 1956 as a round of the

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, as a shorter-format alternative to the

Road America 500 The Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America (formerly the Road America 500) is a sports car racing, sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event began in 1950, and in 1951 was added to the SCCA National S ...

. The June Sprints are hosted by the Chicago Region of the

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. Unlike the

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(held at Road America between 2009 and 2013), the June Sprints are open to any nationally licensed driver in good standing with the SCCA. Motorsport in Wisconsin Tourist attractions in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Sports car races Sports Car Club of America {{Wisconsin-sport-stub