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TRANS AM: BF Goodrich Tires Trans-Am Road America Fast Facts

8 July 1999

BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series - Round Five
The Texaco/Havoline 200 Weekend at Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wis., July 9-10, 1999

Circuit:
4.048-mile, 14-turn Road America circuit.

Race Date:
Saturday, July 10, 1999

Green Flag:
Saturday, July 10, 3:45 p.m. (CT), 4:45 p.m. (ET)

Television:
Speedvision Network, Saturday, July 10, 8:00 p.m. (ET).
FOX Sports Net (rebroadcast), Sunday, July 18, 6:00 p.m. (ET).

Race Length:
25 laps of the 4.048-mile circuit for 101.2 miles.

Satellite Uplink:
A BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series satellite uplink race package including green flag, race highlights, checkered flag and winners interview is available after each race. Contact Eric Prill (prill@csi.com) for uplink coordinates.

What to Watch:
- Defending race winner Stu Hayner and two-time winner Dorsey Schroeder will be back in action at Road America as the only returning Elkhart Lake Trans-Am winners. Hayner is slated to run with Mayr Motorsports in the No. 75 Milwaukee Electric Tools/Grainger Chevrolet Camaro. Schroeder will again provide in-car, live race commentary for the Speedvision broadcast, but has yet to announce his team for Road America.

- Paul Gentilozzi, hot off his Mid-Ohio win, looks to avenge his 1998 misfortune at Road Americawhere he was six corners away from clinching the season Drivers Championship. Gentilozzi has never won a Trans-Am at Road America.

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