Track Length: 1 mile
Degree of banking: 11 degrees in turns 1-2; 9 degrees in turns 3-4
Degree of banking on straights: 3 degree, front; 9 degrees, back
Length of frontstretch: 2,179 feet
Length of backstretch: 1,551 feet

Track Records:

Indy Racing League (Lap Record - Outright)
Arie Luyendyk, Reynard/Ford 19.608 seconds, 183.599 mph 3/23/96

Indy Racing League (Lap Record - IRL IndyCar Series)
Helio Castroneves, Dallara/Chevy 20.124 seconds, 179.888 mph -- 3/16/02

Supermodifieds
Davey Hamilton, Hyder/Rodeck 22.721 seconds, 158.443 mph 2/5/94

USAC Sprint Car Series
Dave Steele, Beast/Gaerte 24.971 seconds, 144.167 mph 4/18/98

USAC Silver Crown Series
Dave Steele, Beast/Gaerte 25.449 seconds, 141.459 mph 3/16/02

USAC National Midget Series
Dave Steele, Beast/Mopar 26.436 seconds, 136.178 mph 3/15/02

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Rusty Wallace, Ford 26.830 seconds, 134.178 mph 11/3/00

NASCAR Busch Series
Greg Biffle, Ford, 27.233 seconds, 132.193 mph, 11/8/02

NASCAR Elite Division, Southwest Series
Dan Holz, Ford, 27.091 seconds, 132.885 mph 2/1/02

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Rick Crawford, Ford, 28.053 seconds, 128.329 mph, 11/7/02

NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series
Steve Portenga, Chevrolet 27.822 seconds, 129.394 mph 3/18/00

U.S. Formula 2000
Aaron Justus, Van Diemen 27.667 seconds, 130.11 mph 3/19/00

Grand Am Series (1.51 mile road course)

Lap Record (outright)
P.J. Jones, Eagle/Toyota IMSA GTP, 49.669 seconds, 109.444 mph

Lap Record (Sports Racing Prototype)
James Weaver, Riley & Scott Ford, 52.747 seconds, 4/20/01

Lap Record (Daytona Prototypes)
David Donohue, Fabcar/Porsche, 57.088 seconds, 5/2/03

Lap Record (SRP II)
Marino Franchitti, Lola/NISSAN, 56.339 seconds, 4/19/02

Lap Record (AGT)
Tommy Riggins, Ford Mustang, 59.635 seconds, 4/19/02

Lap Record (GT)
Tommy Riggns, Ford Mustang, 58.612 seconds, 5/2/03

Lap Record (GTS)
Chris Bingham, Saleen S7R, 58.643 seconds, 4/19/02

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