Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Arizona) | NASCAR, car racing track

USA / Arizona / Avondale / Avondale, Arizona / South Avondale Boulevard, 7602
 NASCAR, car racing track
7602 South Avondale Boulevard
Avondale, AZ 85353
(623) 772-2000
www.phoenixraceway.com/

Built in 1964 Phoenix International Raceway or "PIR" opened as a 1.0 mile oval and a 2.5 mile road course. PIR was primarily an Open Wheel facility until NASCAR ran its first Winston Cup race in November 1988. NASCAR added a second Cup weekend in April of 2005. PIR has been rated as one of the best races in NASCAR and is one of the most popular tracks among NASCAR drivers. It was renamed ISM Raceway in 2018, and then Phoenix Raceway in 2020.
-Annual Events-

(April Weekend)
Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150-----NASCAR West Series
iK9 Service Dog 200-----------------------------NASCAR Xfinity Series
FanShield 500--------------------Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
(November Weekend)
Copper World Classic--------------USAC Sprint Cars and Midgets
Lucas Oil 150----------------------NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
Desert Diamond West Valley Casino 200----------------NASCAR Xfinity Series
Bluegreen Vacations 500-------------------------Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Raceway
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Coordinates:   33°22'29"N   112°18'40"W

Comments

  • Indy Car races need to be held here again. ISC ruins racing.
  • The One thing ISC runied was eliminating the Copper World Classic.....Indy Cars were snoozer in Phoenix...well at least Indy Series.....before the IRL it was good
  • The new Phoenix is really fun to race in the Nascar video games. the dogleg really feels like a fifth turn. Very fast and sweeping. Definitely gives a roller coaster feel as it dips right at the apex of the dogleg then quickly rises up as the backstretch straightens up once again just before turn 3. Even then I cut the dogleg and run right where the old circuit/ dogleg used to be.
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