Road America return confirmed

The decision, which comes as the series drops its race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is part of a move by series bosses to have more road course events and less oval races.

Champ Car president Steve Johnson said: "From my first day as Champ Car President, I have been inundated by our fans, sponsors and teams to find a way to get back to Road America.

"The passion the feedback showed for Road America led us to today's announcement. Road America's layout is a true test of driver skill and the circuit requires precision tuning by the teams."

Johnson moved to make it clear that the decision to drop the event at Las Vegas, after two successful years, had nothing to do with the track's facilities.

"We want to be very clear that our departure from Las Vegas Motor Speedway is in no way a reflection on the Speedway," said Johnson. "Chris Powell and his team run a first class operation and worked very well with our organization. We appreciated their hard work in trying to make the combined event a success for us. "

Champ Car bosses are also still looking at the possibility of a street race in Las Vegas.

"We remain very committed to the Las Vegas market and are pleased with the growing support shown for our product by the Las Vegas fans," added Johnson. "We will continue to research other opportunities for future events in the Las Vegas market that hopefully are a better fit for our business model expectations."