Chicago Motor Speedway
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This article is about the former CART track and horse racing facility (known as Sportsman's Park) located in Cicero, Illinois. For the similarly named NASCAR track in Joliet, Illinois, see Chicagoland Speedway.
The Chicago Motor Speedway at Sportsman's Park was a motorsports race track, located in Cicero, Illinois, just outside Chicago. It was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2002 the 1.029-mile (1.656 km) oval shaped track suspended operations due to financial conditions in the motorsports industry. The track was also the site of horse races, for which the track was called "Sportsman's Park". The track was one of three racetracks that hosted both NASCAR auto races and horse races (the others are Dover International Speedway and the Syracuse Mile).
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Location | Cicero, Illinois |
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Capacity | 67,000 |
Owner | Charles W. Bidwill III, Chip Ganassi and Dwayne Mcarthur |
Broke ground | 1997 |
Opened | 1999 |
Closed | 2003 |
Construction cost | $70 million USD |
Former names | Sportsman's Park |
Major events | CART (1999–2002) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sears Craftsman 175 (2000–2001) American Speed Association (dates N/A) |
Oval (1999–2003) | |
Length | 1.029 miles (1.656 km) |
Race lap record | 0:23.687 (156.390 mph (251.685 km/h)) ( Roberto Moreno, Swift 010.c, 1999, CART) |
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