2011 ALMS Race Road America

We had planned a 2-1/2 day motorcycle trip to attend the four-hour American Le Mans Series race at Road America near Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate and we wound up rearranging our itinerary and taking the Cube.  No problem...we stopped at the outlet mall to stock up on underwear at Jockey and chocolates at Ghirardelli.  This also gave us the opportunity to actually go out in the evening, so:  FISH FRY!  At The Villager in Sheboygan Falls!  Check out
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It was raining Saturday morning, so we took some time to explore Sheboygan by car.  That took about a half hour.  Then we were off to the track.  We've been to Road America before and it's a beautiful venue with lots of excellent viewing locations.  When we arrived, the Mazda support race was underway, so we walked over to the pit area as the race ended.  Caught some of the drivers just arriving at the garages.

The next activity was the ALMS drivers autograph session where we saw a number of notables, including Bobby Rahal (riding a Vespa), who had two cars in the race.  Next we walked the track to decide where we'd watch the race from.  Another of the support races got going and we took this picture over on the north side of the track.

We watched the race  from Turn 2, where this video was taken.

2011 ALMS Race Road America Lap 2

And the winner was...Old Number 6, the Muscle Milk Astin Martin powered Lola.

For more on the ALMS series, check out their website at  http://www.americanlemans.com/index.php

Early next morning, we were off for home with a stop in Milwaukee at our favorite breakfast restaurant, Andrea's.  The food is wonderful and plentiful and the prices are dirt cheap.  Somehow, we were able to pass the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha without stopping.  This was very difficult, as they've just recently opened the new Castle:  http://www.jsonline.com/business/117446483.html  

What an adventure, and we got home in time to watch the race rerun on TV!