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Banking. 13° corners, 9° straightaways. Race lap record. 12.513 seconds (Brian Gerster, , 2018, Sprint Car) Berlin Raceway is a 7/16-mile-long paved oval race track in Marne, Michigan, [ 1 ] near Grand Rapids. The track races weekly as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. [ 2 ]
Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
Coordinates: 41.8714°N 86.37°W. Red Bud MX is a US motocross race track located in Buchanan, Michigan, USA. The track is located just north of town, surrounded the agricultural farming fields. It is home to one of the largest motocross tracks in the Midwest, is favorite to many pro riders, and is also known to have "The best dirt on earth."
Race lap record. 1:36.100 ( Denny Hulme, McLaren M8B, 1969, Can-Am) Michigan International Speedway (formerly named as the Michigan Speedway from 1997 to 2000) is a 2-mile (3.2 km) D-shaped oval superspeedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. It has hosted various major auto racing series throughout its existence, including NASCAR, CART, and IndyCar races.
Flat Rock Speedway is a race track in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Ash Township just south of the city of Flat Rock along U.S. Route 24. Opened in 1953, it is owned by NASCAR and is the sister track to Toledo Speedway. It features racing on Saturday nights that include Outlaw Body Late Models, Street Stocks, and ...
The track resumed racing in 1946 with a brand-new high banked 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) asphalt oval sharing a front stretch with the 1 ⁄ 4 mile. In 1953 the 1 ⁄ 4 mile was paved, while the 1 ⁄ 2 mile remained a dirt track. In 1960 the 1 ⁄ 2 mile would go dormant, as it was closed because the track was allegedly too fast to be insured.
Surface. Dirt. Length. 1.6 km (1 miles) The Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway was a dirt oval racing track located in Detroit, Michigan. The track was built in 1899 for horse racing, [1] and it was part of the ground purchased to provide a permanent venue for the Michigan State Fair. Joseph Lowthian Hudson donated the land, at Woodward Avenue ...
Length. 2.0 mi (3.2 km) Turns. 4. Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held annually at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan since 1969. Traditionally, the track held two Cup Series races, one in June, around Father's Day weekend and another in August. The August race was not held in 1973 after track owner ...