Miller Motorsports Park track facts
• Miller Motorsports Park has 3,637,000 cubic feet of asphalt surface. This is enough asphalt to cover 81 football fields.
• Miller Motorsports Park has 14,295 cubic yards of concrete. This is equivalent to the weight of 750 Boeing 737 passenger jets.
• 48,000 tires were used for safety barriers — 43,000 on the main track and 5,000 on the Kart track. This would be enough tires to equip 12,000 vehicles.
• Miller Motorsports Park is situated on 511 acres, which is 3.65 times larger than Disneyland.
• Construction started on April 26, 2005. Track will officially open June 10, 2006.
• Track is divided into two parts. The east track is 2.24 miles long and the west course is 2.2 miles long. The two can be joined for a road course that is 4.5 mile long, 40-50 feet wide and has a 24-turn layout that provides a variety of cornering speeds from 50 mph to well over 100 mph. The fastest cars and motorcycles will approach 200 mph on the 3.500-foot straight.
• Miller Motorsports Park is within 35 minutes of downtown Salt Lake, 25 minutes from Salt Lake City International Airport and about 10 minutes from Tooele or Grantsville.
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