Pikes Peak International Raceway

Pikes Peak International Raceway

Address: 16650 Midway Ranch Road, Fountain, Colorado, 80817
Fountain , Colorado , USA
Route type:	permanent race track
Owner:	Pikes Peak International Raceway, LLC
Opening:	1997
Decommissioned:	2005 (reopened in 2008)
Speedway oval
Route data
Important events:	Indy Racing League Honda Indy 225 (1997-2005) NASCAR Busch Series ITT Industries & Goulds Pumps Salute to the Troops 250 (1998-2005) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (1998-2002)
Route length:	1,610  km (1  mi )
Curves:	4th
Curve superelevation:	10 °
http://www.ppir.com

Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′ 28.4 "  N , 104 ° 40 ′ 36.8"  W.

The Pikes Peak International Raceway is a permanent race track facility in Fountain , Colorado that opened in 1997. In addition to a one- mile long D-oval , there is a 2.09-  kilometer permanent road course.

Between 1997 and 2005 the oval races of the Indy Racing League were held, between 1998 and 2005 also races of the NASCAR Busch Series and until 2002 races of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series . Every year motorcycle races were held on the permanent circuit . In addition, the first two rallycross races ( Global Rallycross Championship ) were held here in 2011 , won by Tanner Foust (June 17th) and Marcus Grönholm (June 18th).

In 2005 the track was shut down and IndyCar and NASCAR races were ended. In 2008 the track was reopened with the focus now on local racing series and amateur motorsport. The oval, like Rockingham Speedway and Texas World Speedway , is becoming increasingly important as a test track for NASCAR, as NASCAR regulations prohibit test drives during the season on racetracks that are part of the current season calendar.

Previous winners

Indy Racing League

year	date	winner	race car	engine	team
1997	June 29th	Tony Stewart	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Team Menard
1998	August 16	Kenny Bräck	Dallara	Oldsmobile	AJ Foyt Enterprises
1999	June 27th	Greg Ray	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Team Menard
1999	29th August	Greg Ray	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Team Menard
2000	18th of June	Eddie Cheever	Dallara	Infiniti	Team Cheever
2001	17th of June	Buddy Lazier	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Hemelgarn Racing
2002	June 16	Gil de Ferran	Dallara	Chevrolet	Team Penske
2003	15th June	Scott Dixon	G-Force	Toyota	Chip Ganassi Racing
2004	August 22nd	Dario Franchitti	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing
2005	August 21	Dan Wheldon	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing

NASCAR Busch Series

year	winner	Manufacturer
1998	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet
1999	Andy Santerre	Chevrolet
2000	Jeff Green	Chevrolet
2001	Jeff Purvis	Chevrolet
2002	Hank parker jr.	Dodge
2003	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet
2004	Greg Biffle	ford
2005	David Green	ford

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

year	winner	Manufacturer
1998	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet
1999	Mike Wallace	ford
2000	Greg Biffle	ford
2001	Joe Ruttman	Dodge
2002	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet

NASCAR Camping World West Series

year	winner	Manufacturer
1997	Michael Waltrip	ford
1998	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet
1999	Mike Wallace	ford
2005	Steve Portenga	Chevrolet

AMA / MNBA Superbike Series: Wendy's Superbike Classic by Suzuki

year	winner	Manufacturer	series
1997	Miguel Duhamel	Honda	MNBA Superbike Final
1997	Rich Oliver	Yamaha	ELF Fuels and Lubricants 250 Grand Prix
1997	Jason Pridmore	Suzuki	Teamline 750 Supersport
1997	Nate Wait	Harley-Davidson	Progressive Insurance HD Supertwins Final
1997	Paul Harrell	Yamaha	Pirelli Formula XTreme Final

Web links

• Official Pikes Peak International Raceway website
• http://www.racing-reference.info/tracks/Pikes_Peak_International_Raceway

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pikes Peak raceway will close
2. ↑ Pikes Peak Raceway sale complete
3. ↑ Teams finding ways to get on track amid testing ban