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TRACK BASICS
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 2 mi./3.219 km. Paved Oval located in Brooklyn, MI
Formerly Known As: No Previous Names Of Facility Known
Former Configurations: Speedway (presumed) in Initial Configuration
Opened: 1968 Closed: STILL IN OPERATION
Banking: Unknown° Promoters: Dennis Worden
Track Website: NO WEBSITE AVAILABLE
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TRACK PROFILE
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, tri-oval 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 and high-level open wheel motor racing events.

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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RACE LISTING
Date Sanction Winner Laps
18 September 1976 IROC Series Buddy Baker 50
16 June 1979 IROC Series Neil Bonnett 50
15 September 1979 IROC Series Gordon Johncock 50
20 July 1980 ARCA Racing Series Joe Ruttman 100
20 September 1980 ARCA Racing Series Billie Harvey 75
20 September 1981 ASA National Tour Bob Senneker 75
26 September 1982 ASA National Tour Dick Trickle 75
18 September 1983 ASA National Tour Rusty Wallace 75
24 September 1984 ASA National Tour Mike Eddy 75
22 September 1985 ASA National Tour Butch Miller 100
28 September 1986 ASA National Tour Mark Martin (AR) 100
18 August 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Tracy Leslie 100
22 June 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Dave Mader, III 59
3 August 1991 IROC Series Rusty Wallace 50
17 August 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Stanley Smith 100
20 June 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Bob Keselowski 100
19 June 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Jeff Purvis 100
18 June 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Jeff Purvis 100
11 September 1994 ASA ACDelco Challenge Series Bob Senneker 150
17 June 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Jeff Purvis 100
17 August 1996 IROC Series Mark Martin (AR) 50
27 July 1997 IROC Series Randy LaJoie 50
22 July 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Greg Biffle 100
18 August 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Ryan Newman 125
27 July 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Robert Pressley 100
21 August 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Kyle Busch 125
19 August 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 128
17 June 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Ty Dillon 100
18 June 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Carl Edwards 125
19 June 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Denny Hamlin 200
20 August 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kevin Harvick 102
21 August 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kyle Busch 203
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