List of Champ Car circuits

This is a list of circuits which hosted CART/Champ Car racing from 1979 to 2007.

Champ Car events were held on 54 different circuits. Phoenix International Raceway hosted the inaugural CART Series race, the 1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150, and Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez held the final Champ Car race, the 2007 Gran Premio Tecate. Champ Car events were run on 21 ovals, twelve permanent road courses, and 21 temporary street circuits with 38 tracks located in the United States and 16 abroad.

Circuits

Circuit	Abbr.	Location	Track Type	Length	Seasons	Races1	Map
Atlanta International Raceway	ATL	Hampton, Georgia 33°23′1″N 84°19′4″W	Oval	1.522 mi (2.449 km)	1979, 1981–1983	7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	AHR	Mexico City 19°24′15″N 99°5′19″W	Road course	2.747 mi (4.421 km)	1980–1981, 2002–2007	8
Brands Hatch	BRH	Swanley, Kent 51°21′25″N 0°15′47″E	Road course	1.200 mi (1.931 km)	2003	1
California Speedway	CAL	Fontana, California 34°5′19″N 117°30′0″W	Oval	2.029 mi (3.265 km)	1997–2002	6
Chicago Motor Speedway	CHI	Cicero, Illinois 41°49′50″N 87°44′55″W	Oval	1.029 mi (1.656 km)	1999–2002	4
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	CGV	Montreal, Quebec 45°30′21″N 73°31′36″W	Road course	2.710 mi (4.361 km)	2002–2006	5
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	CLE	Cleveland, Ohio 41°31′2″N 81°40′59″W	Street circuit	2.480 mi (3.991 km): 1982–1989	1982–2007	26
				2.369 mi (3.813 km): 1990–1996
				2.106 mi (3.389 km): 1997–2007
Denver street circuit (Civic Center)	DEN4	Denver, Colorado 39°44′21″N 104°59′22″W	Street circuit	1.901 mi (3.059 km)	1990–1991	2
Denver street circuit (Pepsi Center)	DEN4	Denver, Colorado 39°44′48″N 105°0′23″W	Street circuit	1.640 mi (2.639 km)	2002–2006	5
Detroit street circuit (Belle Isle Park)	DET3	Detroit, Michigan 42°20′10″N 82°59′44″W	Street circuit	2.101 mi (3.381 km): 1992–1997	1992–2001	10
				2.347 mi (3.777 km): 1998–2001
Detroit street circuit (Downtown)	DET3	Detroit, Michigan 42°19′47″N 83°2′24″W	Street circuit	2.500 mi (4.023 km)	1989–1991	3
Edmonton City Centre Airport	EDM	Edmonton, Alberta 53°34′32″N 113°31′23″W	Street circuit	1.973 mi (3.175 km)	2005–2007	3
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway	EFS	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22°58′32″S 43°23′42″W	Oval	1.864 mi (3.000 km)	1996–2000	5
EuroSpeedway Lausitz	LAU	Klettwitz, Brandenburg 51°32′0″N 13°55′10″E	Oval	2.023 mi (3.256 km)	2001, 2003	2
Gateway International Raceway	GAT	Madison, Illinois 38°39′3″N 90°8′7″W	Oval	1.250 mi (2.012 km)	1997–2000	4
Homestead–Miami Speedway	HMS	Homestead, Florida 25°27′6″N 80°24′31″W	Oval	1.517 mi (2.441 km): 1996–1997	1996–2000	5
				1.502 mi (2.417 km): 1998–2000
Houston street circuit (Downtown)	HOU5	Houston, Texas 29°45′10″N 95°21′34″W	Street circuit	1.527 mi (2.457 km)	1998–2001	4
Houston street circuit (Reliant Park)	HOU5	Houston, Texas 29°40′56″N 95°24′31″W	Street circuit	1.700 mi (2.736 km)	2006–2007	2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	IND	Speedway, Indiana 39°47′54″N 86°13′58″W	Oval	2.500 mi (4.023 km)	1979–1980, 1983–1995	15
Laguna Seca Raceway6	LAG	Monterey, California 36°35′05″N 121°45′10″W	Road course	1.900 mi (3.058 km): 1983–1987	1983–2004	22
				2.238 mi (3.602 km): 1988–2004
Las Vegas Motor Speedway	LMS	Las Vegas, Nevada 36°16′17″N 115°0′40″W	Oval	1.500 mi (2.414 km)	2004–2005	2
Las Vegas street circuit (Caesars Palace)	LAS7	Las Vegas, Nevada 36°07′1″N 115°10′30″W	Street circuit	1.125 mi (1.811 km)	1983–1984	2
Las Vegas street circuit (Downtown)	LAS7	Las Vegas, Nevada 36°10′11″N 115°8′55″W	Street circuit	2.440 mi (3.927 km)	2007	1
Long Beach street circuit	LBH	Long Beach, California 33°45′59″N 118°11′34″W	Street circuit	1.670 mi (2.688 km): 1984–1991	1984–2007	24
				1.586 mi (2.552 km): 1992–1998
				1.824 mi (2.935 km): 1999
				1.969 mi (3.169 km): 2000–2007
Meadowlands Sports Complex	MEA	East Rutherford, New Jersey 40°48′51″N 74°04′26″W	Street circuit	1.683 mi (2.709 km): 1984–1987	1984–1991	8
				1.217 mi (1.959 km): 1988–1991
Miami street circuit (Bayfront Park)	MIA2	Miami, Florida 25°46′30″N 80°11′10″W	Street circuit	1.388 mi (2.234 km): 2002	2002–2003	2
				1.150 mi (1.851 km): 2003
Miami street circuit (Bicentennial Park)	MIA2	Miami, Florida 25°47′2″N 80°11′13″W	Street circuit	1.873 mi (3.014 km)	1995	1
Miami street circuit (Tamiami Park)6	MIA2	University Park, Florida 25°44′59″N 80°22′45″W	Street circuit	1.784 mi (2.871 km)	1985–1988	4
Michigan International Speedway	MIS	Brooklyn, Michigan 42°03′59″N 84°14′29″W	Oval	2.000 mi (3.219 km)	1979–2001	33
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	MDO	Lexington, Ohio 40°41′21″N 82°38′11″W	Road course	2.400 mi (3.862 km)	1980, 1983–2003	22
Milwaukee Mile	MIL	West Allis, Wisconsin 43°1′7″N 88°0′37″W	Oval	1.032 mi (1.661 km)	1980–2006	30
Circuit Mont-Tremblant	MTT	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec 46°11′16″N 74°36′36″W	Road course	2.650 mi (4.265 km)	2007	1
Monterrey street circuit	MTY	Monterrey, Nuevo León 25°40′41″N 100°17′00″W	Street circuit	2.105 mi (3.388 km)	2001–2006	6
Nazareth Speedway6	NAZ	Nazareth, Pennsylvania 40°43′37″N 75°19′14″W	Oval	0.946 mi (1.522 km)	1987–2001	15
New Hampshire International Speedway	NIS	Loudon, New Hampshire 43°21′44″N 71°27′41″W	Oval	1.058 mi (1.703 km)	1992–1995	4
Ontario Motor Speedway	ONT	Ontario, California 34°4′20″N 117°34′2″W	Oval	2.500 mi (4.023 km)	1979–1980	3
Phoenix International Raceway	PHX	Avondale, Arizona 33°22′29″N 112°18′40″W	Oval	1.000 mi (1.609 km)	1979–1995	22
Pocono International Raceway	POC	Long Pond, Pennsylvania 41°3′19″N 75°30′41″W	Oval	2.500 mi (4.023 km)	1980, 1982–1989	9
Portland International Raceway	PIR	Portland, Oregon 45°35′49″N 122°41′45″W	Road course	1.967 mi (3.166 km)	1984–2007	24
Riverside International Raceway	RIR	Riverside, California 33°56′13″N 117°16′21″W	Road course	3.251 mi (5.232 km)	1981–1983	3
Road America	ROA	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 43°48′0″N 87°59′13″W	Road course	4.048 mi (6.515 km)	1982–2004, 2006–2007	25
Rockingham Motor Speedway	RMS	North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire 52°30′54″N 0°39′27″W	Oval	1.479 mi (2.380 km)	2001–2002	2
St. Petersburg street circuit	STP	St. Petersburg, Florida 27°45′59″N 82°37′45″W	Street circuit	1.800 mi (2.897 km)	2003	1
San Jose street circuit	SAJ	San Jose, California 37°19′41″N 121°53′26″W	Street circuit	1.448 mi (2.330 km)	2005–2007	3
Sanair Super Speedway	SAN	Saint-Pie, Quebec 45°31′45″N 72°53′1″W	Oval	0.826 mi (1.329 km)	1984–1986	3
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	SRF	Surfers Paradise, Queensland 27°59′18″S 153°25′42″E	Street circuit	2.790 mi (4.490 km)	1991–2007	17
Texas Motor Speedway	TXS	Fort Worth, Texas 33°2′13″N 97°16′59″W	Oval	1.482 mi (2.385 km)	2001	08
Toronto street circuit	TOR	Toronto, Ontario 43°37′58″N 79°24′58″W	Street circuit	1.780 mi (2.865 km): 1986–1996	1986–2007	22
				1.721 mi (2.770 km): 1997–1999
				1.755 mi (2.824 km): 2000–2007
Trenton International Speedway	TRE	Trenton, New Jersey 40°14′21″N 74°43′16″W	Oval	1.500 mi (2.414 km)	1979	3
TT Circuit Assen	ASS	Assen, Drenthe 52°57′42″N 6°31′24″E	Road course	2.830 mi (4.554 km)	2007	1
Twin Ring Motegi	MOT	Motegi, Tochigi 36°32′1″N 140°13′39″E	Oval	1.549 mi (2.493 km)	1998–2002	5
Vancouver street circuit	VAN	Vancouver, British Columbia 49°16′35″N 123°6′25″W	Street circuit	1.648 mi (2.652 km): 1990–1993	1990–2004	15
				1.703 mi (2.741 km): 1994–1997
				1.781 mi (2.866 km): 1998–2004
Watkins Glen	WGL	Watkins Glen, New York 42°20′13″N 76°55′38″W	Road course	3.370 mi (5.423 km)	1979–1981	3
Circuit Zolder	ZOL	Heusden-Zolder, Limburg 50°59′20″N 5°15′20″E	Road course	2.622 mi (4.220 km)	2007	1

Timeline

1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ovals
Atlanta		Atlanta
																		California
																				Chicago
																	Rio
																						Lausitz		Lausitz
																		Gateway
																	Homestead–Miami
Indianapolis				Indianapolis
																									Las Vegas
Michigan
	Milwaukee
																			Motegi
								Nazareth
													New Hampshire
Ontario
Phoenix
	Pocono		Pocono
																						Rockingham
					Sanair
																						Texas8
Trenton
Road Courses
																												Assen
																								Brands Hatch
																							Montreal
	Mexico City																						Mexico City
				Laguna Seca
	Mid-Ohio			Mid-Ohio
																												Mont-Trem- blant
					Portland
		Riverside
			Road America																								Road America
Watkins Glen
																												Zolder
			Street Circuits
			Cleveland
											Denver (Civic Center)
																							Denver (Pepsi Center)
													Detroit (Belle Isle Park)
										Detroit (Downtown)
																										Edmonton
																			Houston (Downtown)
																											Houston (Reliant Park)
				Las Vegas (Caesars Palace)
																												Las Vegas (Down- town)
					Long Beach
					Meadowlands
																							Miami (Bayfront Park)
																Miami (Bicent- ennial Park)
						Miami (Tamiami Park)
																						Monterrey
																								St. Peters- burg
																										San Jose
												Surfers Paradise
							Toronto
											Vancouver

Notes

1.^ Only points-paying races are included. In case of two races being part of the same event (held on one weekend), each of them is counted separately.

2.^ ^ ^ These tracks at Miami were street circuits so use the same abbreviation.

3.^ ^ These tracks at Detroit were street circuits so use the same abbreviation.

4.^ ^ These tracks at Denver were street circuits so use the same abbreviation.

5.^ ^ These tracks at Houston were street circuits so use the same abbreviation.

6.^ ^ ^ Each of these circuits twice hosted the Marlboro Challenge, the only non-championship event staged by CART.

7.^ ^ These tracks at Las Vegas were street circuits so use the same abbreviation.

8.^ ^ The 2001 Firestone Firehawk 600 at Texas Motor Speedway was canceled after qualifying for driver safety concerns.

See also

• List of Champ Car drivers
• List of fatal Champ Car accidents
• List of Champ Car pole positions
• List of Champ Car teams
• List of Champ Car winners
• List of Champ Car drivers who never qualified for a race

• List of IndyCar Series racetracks