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Las Vegas Motor Speedway: 142,000 [4] Las Vegas: United States: NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar: 11 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya: 140,700 [7] Barcelona Spain: FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP, World SBK: 12 Daytona International Speedway: 140,000 [4] Daytona Beach: United States: NASCAR Cup Series, Rolex 24, Daytona 200: 13 Fuji Speedway: 140,000 [8 ...
Talladega Superspeedway (formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a 2.66-mile (4.28 km) tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The track has hosted a variety of racing events since its inaugural season of racing in 1969, primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR. The track is currently owned by NASCAR and is led ...
The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000.
Motor racing Bristol Motor Speedway: 153,000 [5] Bristol US: NASCAR Cup Series: Motor racing Nürburgring: 150,000 [1] Nürburg Germany: German Grand Prix: Motor racing Buddh International Circuit: 150,000 [6] Delhi India: Formula One, FIM Superbike World Championship: Motor racing Silverstone Circuit: 150,000 [7] Silverstone United Kingdom
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Daytona hosts the Daytona 500, NASCAR's most prestigious race, while the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is home to the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2001) The longest superspeedway in North America is the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.
The speedway has a capacity of 146,000 as of 2021. In addition to the main oval, the facility's complex also features a two-lane, 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) long drag strip. Bristol Motor Speedway is currently owned by Speedway Motorsports, LLC (SMI) with Jerry Caldwell serving as the track's general manager.
After being widely ignored by Formula One drivers when it was an F1 World Championship event, a wave of F1 drivers went to the speedway in the 1960s, and the rear-engine revolution that was started by the Cooper F1 team changed the face of the 500 as well, with 1959 and 1960 world drivers' champion Jack Brabham of Australia qualifying his ...