Michigan International Speedway
Address: 12626 U.S. 12 Brooklyn, Michigan, 49230
NASCAR Nationwide Series Carfax 250
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Cool City Customs 200
ARCA RE / MAX Series Hantz Group 200 (June) Hantz Group 200 ( August)
42.066111111111 - 84.241388888889Koordinaten: 42 ° 3 ' 58 "N, 84 ° 14' 29" W
The Michigan International Speedway is a race track in Brooklyn in Southeast Michigan. The curves of the executed as D- Oval 2 miles ( 3.22 km ) long super speedways are inflated by 18 °. It will be held races in the NASCAR.
Construction of the track was on 28 September 1967 and the opening took place on 13 October 1968. From 1996 to 2000, when the price was owned by Roger Penske Motorsports International, the official name was Michigan Speedway. Since the merger with International Speedway Corporation is again the original name in use.
This D- oval has a twin track in Texas, the Texas World Speedway.
Records
- CART qualifying ( one round): Paul Tracy, 30.645 seconds ( 234.949 mph ) Official course record in 2000
- CART race (500 miles): Al Unser Jr., 2:38:07,316 ( 189.727 mph ) in 1990
- IndyCar Series qualifying ( one round): Tomas Scheckter, 32.365 seconds ( 222.458 mph ), 2003
- IndyCar Series race (400 miles): Helio Castroneves 2:03:43,7441 ( 193.972 mph ), 2006
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: Ryan Newman, 37.069 seconds ( 194.232 mph ), 2005
- NASCAR Sprint Cup racing: Dale Jarrett, 2:17:56 ( 173.997 mph ), 1999
- NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Mark Martin, 1:10:46 s ( 169.571 mph ), 1995
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Kyle Busch, 39.645 seconds ( 181.612 mph ), 2005
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race: Brendan Gaughan, 1:17:54 ( 154.044 mph ), 2003