Ozarks International Raceway is a multi-use

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that opened in 2022. The track has circuits for a paved road-course racing,

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, rally, and a dirt

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. The track hosts events on the

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and

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circuits. It is located in at 29211

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in the

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region.

Construction

The raceway was the idea of race driver J.R. Pesek. Pesek was quoted by

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, "This part of the country, I think, is kind of starving for the track." The race circuit was built in the early 2020s on the site of a closed farm named 4 J Farms. The circuit was designed to minimize its effect to the land. Pesek was quoted, "The trees and designing of the racetrack, we only took down what we had to. There wasn’t many we had to take down, we’re trying to respect the environment." A 58-bay garage was constructed from repurposed turkey barns. It has a control tower and media center. The construction utilized local labor, materials and primarily local companies.

History

The track was scheduled to be open for testing and rentals in late 2021. The track opened in April 2022. In its debut year, it hosted the

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Cayman cars and

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on April 22 to 24. The USF Juniors race was the series' debut; both events on the first features day (April 23) were won by

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. The second day (April 24) rained out. The track was planned to host

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championship and SRO's

championship as its first professional events on May 20 to 22. But on April 27, 2022, the SRO announced that Ozarks round in

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was replaced with

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on the same date due to the challenges related with infrastructure and supply chain.

Tracks

The main track is the 17-turn road course. The track has of elevation with eight rises and drops. The road course has a outer and inner circuits via connecting routes.

Lap records

As of April 2022, the fastest official race lap records at the Ozarks International Raceway are listed as:

References

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External links

Official Website
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