Sandia Motorsport Park
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Sandia Speedway is a multiple use racing facility located near Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

, New Mexico
New Mexico
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, USA. The complex provides two short ovals, a multiple configuration road course, karting
Kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...

 ovals, and a motocross
Motocross
Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

 area. No major racing series have included Sandia in their schedule to date.

Short Tracks

Both the 0.7 mile oval, and a smaller 3/8 mile oval are integrated with the main road course.

Roadcourses

Several possible configurations exist of the main racetrack, two of which are considered standard for roadracing use. The main racetrack is 1.7 miles in length, with 13 turns in total. All turns and straights on the course are flat. Some sanctioning bodies, such as the SCCA, use the shorter, 1.1 mile configuration for safety purposes. Any configuration may be used for drift racing.

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