MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

'Michigan International Speedway' is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, D shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,200 acres (5 km²) near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. It is used for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of California Speedway.
Michigan is now one of the fastest tracks in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 190 mph and corner entry speeds easily exceed 200.
The track opened in 1968 and is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC).
Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (to open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest to stock car standards).
From 1996 to 2000, the track was referred to as 'Michigan Speedway'. This was to keep consistency with other tracks owned by Roger Penske's Motorsports International before its merger with ISC.
In addition to motor racing, the venue hosts the Michigan High School Athletic Association cross country finals for the Lower Peninsula.[1][2]

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Current Races

Records

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Current Races

★ Nextel Cup - Citizens Bank 400

★ Nextel Cup - 3M Performance 400

★ Busch Series - Carfax 250

★ Craftsman Truck Series - Michigan 200

★ ARCA - Hantz Group 200

Records

★ CART Qualifying (one lap): Paul Tracy, 30.645 sec. (234.949 mph) Official Track Record, 2000

★ CART Race (500 miles): Al Unser, Jr., 2 hrs. 38 min. 7.316 sec. (189.727 mph) 1990

★ IRL Qualifying (one lap): Tomas Scheckter, 32.365 sec. (222.458 mph), 2003

★ IRL Race (400 miles): Helio Castroneves 2 hrs. 3 min. 43.7441 sec. (193.972 mph), 2006

★ NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying: Ryan Newman, 37.069 sec. (194.232 mph), 2005

★ NASCAR Nextel Cup Race: Dale Jarrett, 2 hrs. 17 min. 56 sec. (173.997 mph), 1999

★ NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying: Kasey Kahne, 38.608 sec. (186.490 mph), 2003

★ NASCAR Busch Series Race: Mark Martin, 1 hr. 10 min. 46 sec. (169.571 mph), 1995

★ NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Kyle Busch, 39.645 sec. (181.612 mph), 2005

★ NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Brendan Gaughan, 1 hr. 17 min. 54 sec. (154.044 mph), 2003

External links

★ Michigan International Speedway Official Site

★ Michigan International Speedway Page on NASCAR.com