Motorsports enthusiasts around South Haven, Michigan, experienced or newbies alike, have the opportunity to feel the speed in a secure environment on The GingerMan Raceway, a road course designed by Allan Wilson and built with safety in mind. The track width is 36' from start to finish, offering ample runoff areas and a smooth asphalt surface ideal for learning the craft of racing. Its location near the coast of Lake Michigan in South Haven, a cold and rainy Michigan town, guarantees a wet track surface for most of the year and cool enough temperatures to get inside the cabin of a race car. Winters are freezing with lots of snow, but doing autocross is a possibility.
There are two possible configurations for the GingerMan Raceway: the 1.88-mile (3.03 km) original track and the 2.21-mile (3.55-km) extended layout. Two additional setups are possible if we consider the counterclockwise orientations. The original racetrack opened in 1995, and the Extended Course was born in 2010 with a two-fold objective: adding a stretch with elevation change and extending the back straight to more than 1700'. Nevertheless, the average speed of the original track remains higher than in the Extended Course, with 78 mph versus 72 mph, as the only difference between both courses is turn 10B, tighter and more difficult to take than 10A.
The Extended Track of GingerMan Raceway is 2.21-mile (3.55-km) long and differentiates from the original track because of a parallel corner added besides turn 10, called turn 10B. This corner is lengthier and steeper than the original one, leading to a larger straight ideal for ramping up speed at the final stretch of the track.
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