The Shannonville Motorsports Park is a racing complex in operation since 1974 in Belleville, Ontario. It sits on a two-hour ride northeast of Toronto, Canada, approximately midway between Toronto and Montreal. The park's location near Lake Ontario helps regulate the temperature extremes, easing down the snowfall in winter and cooling down the summer heat. That means excellent conditions for racing year-round, pleasant temperatures, and weather variability adding up to the excitement. Shannonville Motorsports Park is known as "The Birthplace of Champions," with famous racers like the Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve honing his racing skills in the multi-purpose motorsports complex.
There are four road course layouts at the Shannonville Motorsports Park: the 4.03-km (2.5-mile) Long Track, the 2.47 km (1.53-mile) Pro Track, the 2.23 km (1.38-mile) Fabi Circuit, and the 1.80 km (1.12-mile) Nelson Circuit. A quarter-mile Drag Strip completes the racing facilities of the complex. Some of the events held regularly at the park are the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship, the Canadian Touring Car Championship, and the CASCAR Super Series (now a part of NASCAR), to name a few.
The 2.5-mile (4.02-km) Long Track at Shannonville Motorsports Park starts/ends in the front straightaway, right before the long sweeping turn number one. Racers then snake at full speed through turns two, three, four, five, and six, maneuvering hard to remain in control. A pair of 90-degree turns seven and eight gives way to a sweeping turn nine and a tight-angle turn ten. The fastest sector of the track starts here, with the back straightaway and a pair of fast-paced sweepers (corners 11 and 12). The last two corners slow racers down, leaving the average speed at 75 mph (120 km/h).
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