Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park

Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park
Drag Strip

Location	Chandler, Arizona
Time zone	UTC−6
Address	20,000 South Maricopa Road Box 5023 Chandler, AZ 85226
Opened	1983
Surface	Concrete
Length	.402 km (.25 mi)

Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is a motorsports venue in Chandler, Arizona, near Phoenix. It features a quarter-mile dragstrip, road course and an off-road course.

History

The facility opened as Firebird International Raceway in 1983 and hosts the NHRA's Arizona Nationals. It held one IMSA GT race, in 1987. Due to its warm climate, it is a popular winter testing spot for NHRA and IndyCar teams.

The venue currently hosts an array of auto enthusiast events, such as the NHRA Nationals, Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series, Lucas Oil Regional Off-Road Racing Series, Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing, Red Bull Global Rally Cross, Bug-o-Rama, Formula Drift, Friday Night Drags, Drift & Drag Nights.

For 32 years, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park has been a true staple – and contributor to – Arizona sports history. The likes of such legends as Andretti, Garlits, Senna and Muldowney are only a handful of the countless internationally renowned names that have made the facility a true lexicon for speed and competition.

Year-round, motorsports fans flock to the 600 acre multi-use facility to witness unleashed and unbridled raw horsepower, from 300-mph nitro burning dragsters, to monster trucks, off-road races, drag boats and everything in between. Some of the biggest brands in motorsports, including Lucas Oil, Coca-Cola, CARQUEST and Ford find the park to be the ideal facility to springboard their regional marketing programs.

The park includes four race tracks: a 1/4 mile NHRA sanctioned drag strip; 1.6 mile road course; a 10-turn 1.25 mile road course; and a 1.1 mile road course, incorporating 11 tight turns and a 3/8 mile straight-away. It also features a 2.4 mile IHBA- and APBA-sanctioned oval lake.

References

External links

Official website

Circuits of the IMSA GT Championship (1971–1998)

Road courses	Brainerd Bridgehampton Bryar Firebird Hallett Heartland Park Mexico City IRP Laguna Seca Lime Rock Mid-America Mid-Ohio Mosport Portland Road America Road Atlanta Riverside Sears Point Sebring Summit Point Virginia Watkins Glen

Street circuits	Columbus Dallas Del Mar Halifax Long Beach Meadowlands Miami New Orleans San Antonio Tampa West Palm Beach

Rovals	Atlanta Charlotte Daytona Las Vegas Michigan Ontario Phoenix Pikes Peak Pocono Talladega Texas World

Pirelli World Challenge circuits

Current (2017)	Austin Laguna Seca Lime Rock Long Beach Mid-Ohio Mosport Road America Sonoma St. Petersburg Virginia Utah

Former	Barber Brainerd Charlotte Cleveland Dallas (Addison Airport) Dallas (Reunion Arena) Denver (Civic Center) Denver (Pepsi Center) Des Moines Detroit Firebird Grand Rapids Houston Joliet Las Vegas Miami Minneapolis New Jersey Phoenix Pikes Peak Portland Reno Road Atlanta Sainte-Croix Saltillo San Diego San Juan Sebring Texas Motor Texas World Topeka Toronto Trois-Rivières Vancouver Washington Watkins Glen

Current NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series dragstrips

Atlanta Brainerd Bristol Charlotte Chicago Dallas Denver Englishtown Epping Gainesville Houston Indianapolis Las Vegas Madison Norwalk Phoenix Pomona Reading Seattle Sonoma Topeka

Coordinates: 33°16′8″N 111°57′58″W / 33.26889°N 111.96611°W / 33.26889; -111.96611

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