Michigan International Speedway
Circuit info:
- Address:
Michigan International Speedway
12626 U.S. 12
Brooklyn
MI 49230
USA- PH:
- (1) 517 592-6666
- Circuit lengths:
2.000 miles/3.219 km superspeedway
1.900 miles/3.058 km external road course
2.210 miles/3.556 km extended external road course
2.997 miles/4.823 km long road course
3.310 miles/5.327 km extended long road course
1.900 miles/3.058 km internal road course (using oval turns 3 and 4)- Circuit type:
- Permanent road and oval courses
Circuit history:
Michigan International Speedway nestles on more than 1,200 acres of land in the Irish Hills of southeastern Michigan. Groundbreaking took place on September 28, 1967 and more than 2.5 million yards of earth were moved to form the D-shaped oval.
Designed by Charles Moneypenny (who had already designed the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway), the original layout included infield and exterior roads, which could be configured into a 3-mile or two 1.9-mile road courses.
The road courses were designed by Formula One great Stirling Moss and are still used on a limited basis for passenger car testing by area law enforcement agencies.
The last interior road course race was held in 1984, and the last time the exterior road course was used was in 1973.
