Miller Motorsports Park

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Motorcycle race at the Miller Motorsports Park

Miller Motorsports Park is a road course used for auto, motorcycle and kart racing facility located in Tooele, Utah.

[edit] The Track

The full track is a 23-turn (28-apex), 4.5 mile road circuit run counter-clockwise. The front stretch can see vehicles reaching speeds of 200 mph. Smaller configurations of the track can be made from the full course, including a 3 mile course that does not use the tighter infield lay-out, as well as two 2.2 mile lay-outs that each use half of the full course. At 4.5 miles, it is the longest road racing facility in North America. It is about 1/2 mile longer than the previous holder, Road America.

Its corner names (in order) are Sunset Bend, Dreamboat, Work Out, Scream, Black Rock Hairpin, 5a, Right Hook, Knock Out, Demon, Devil, Diablo, Indecision, Precision, Fast, Faster, Gotcha, Maybe Y'll Makit, Satisfaction, Agony, Ecstasy, 1st Attitude, 2nd Attitude, Bad Attitude, Tooele Turn, Kink, Club House Corner, Wind-Up, and Release.

[edit] History

This track was originally concieved as a novelty track for Larry Miller to use as a personal playground, with a budget of about $10 million. Due to enormous local motorcycle and auto industry support the concept gradually grew into an $85 million plus project, one of a kind in the U.S. The track was designed by world renowned engineer Alan Wilson. The Kart track was opened in September of 2005 and the large track was opened to the public April 1st of 2006, by Larry H. Miller, who owns the NBA's Utah Jazz.

This track hosts the Discount Tire Sunchaser race, a 9-hour endurance road course race held by the Grand American Road Racing Association.