Circuit of The Americas
Road course
Type
2.4 mi (3.86 km)
Length
Road course
Banking
1
Cup races 2026
Outline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). It includes access roads and pit lanes wherever mappers have traced them.
You've seen this track on F1 coverage every year since 2012. Same tarmac, very different animals on it.
What makes it different Circuit of The Americas, the modern F1-grade facility in Austin. NASCAR runs a shortened layout; watching 1,500kg stock cars attack Turn 1's uphill hairpin is a genre of comedy all its own.
Road racing in a stock car is a wrestling match: 1,500kg, a 5-speed sequential box, and braking zones that punish understeer (The car won't turn. That's understeer. The nose pushes up the track towards the wall.)tightThe car won't turn. That's understeer. The nose pushes up the track towards the wall.More →. Rain is genuinely possible here, these layouts run wet.
2026 races here
| Race | Green flag (UK) | |
|---|---|---|
| DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne | Sun 1 Mar, 20:30 | Result → |