|| *Comments on Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course:* View the most recent comment <#19> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside of the village of Lexington. (Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to north of Columbus.) The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit run clockwise. The back portion of the track allows speeds approaching 180 mph (290 km/h). A separate starting line is located on the backstretch to allow for safer rolling starts. The regular start/finish line is located on the pit straight. In 1990, the track underwent a refurbishment. A new retaining wall was built, the entire track was resurfaced, widened, and concrete was paved in the apexes of the turns to prevent asphalt deterioration. In addition, a straightaway was paved through the chicane, allowing for two different track layouts, the original 2.4-mile (3.9 km) circuit, and a new 13-turn, 2.25 mile (3.62 km) circuit. In 1990, the CART series began utilizing the 2.25-mile (3.62 km) layout. In 2006, a second major refurbishment saw several improvements. The entire circuit was repaved, and the concrete patches in the turn apexes were removed. A new motorcycle "short course" was created by connecting turn one with the backstretch, and another motocross oval was created by connecting the chicane straight with the backstretch. The additional layouts allow simultaneous use of the multiple course, for instructional and competitive uses. The improvements also include a new motocross facility to be opened in the future. There is grandstand seating for 10,000 spectators, and three observation mounds alongside the track raise the capacity to over 75,000. 2. RaceFanX posted: 03.30.2011 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Odd for a professional-level course races at Mid-Ohio don't take the green flag at the Start/Finish line. Instead they start on the fast wide backstretch portion. 3. james-o-matic posted: 11.14.2012 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) nnationwide series is coming here in 2013. it is replacing the montreal race. should be interesting. 4. RaceFanX posted: 12.19.2015 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This track hosted the SCCA National Championship Runoffs from 1994 to 2005. The multi-race, multi-series event will return for another year in 2016. 5. Jimmie4life posted: 07.05.2019 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When I click on the Mid Ohio in the 2019 race results for Xfinity, it loads up Pocono instead. Best to fix that up. 6. Timothy_Eklund posted: 10.08.2019 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It was just announced that arca will be returning here in 2020. (The main arca, not east or west) 7. Anonymous posted: 06.25.2020 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Has Mid-Ohio officially been dropped from 2020 NASCAR plans? It seems to me that the Xfinity Series will be 1 race short of a full schedule (if they do an Iowa doubleheader). Rather than scheduling a double-header somewhere, I'd like to see them still come here. The schedule lines up for it to work in my opinion, as they could run Road America as scheduled, and then Mid-Ohio is basically on the way to Watkins Glen, which is the next scheduled race. This would allow the teams to load up their road racing equipment, go to Road America on August 8, hit up Mid-Ohio that Wednesday on the way to Watkins Glen for a race, and then run the Glen on the 15th. ARCA could join them as well. To me, this seems like the perfect final wrinkle to the 2020 schedule to get everything caught up prior to the playoffs, so they can run as scheduled. 8. Canadianfan posted: 06.25.2020 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 No it is just postponed it's possible it could run in August but not very likely. There's a rumour that there will be no standalone events this year and so far looking at the schedule that has rang true. 9. JSPorts43 posted: 06.25.2020 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While I guess I understand the logic that NASCAR wouldn't have to send people to as many tracks, it also seems like standalones would be better because you'd only have 1/3 or 1/2 the people at a track. 10. Anon posted: 06.25.2020 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 Getting a 3 road course in 7 days tour would be badass, and would work extremely well logistically, so you know it won't happen. 11. JSPorts43 posted: 06.25.2020 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The difficulty there would be, if a team tore up a car, they likely wouldn't have a backup (or 2) to use for the next races, since they probably wouldn't go back to the shop beforehand. 12. Canadianfan posted: 08.01.2020 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From IndyCar: The upcoming Honda Indy 200 at @Mid_Ohio has been postponed. (They say either September or October.) 13. Canadianfan posted: 08.26.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Marshall Pruett: IndyCar targets Sept 11-13 for Mid-Ohio double. 14. Canadianfan posted: 09.05.2020 - 3:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nathan Brown: It's official. @indycar has announced that the @Mid_Ohio doubleheader is back on for Sept. 12-13. Saturday broadcast on NBCSN at 4:30 pm, Sunday on NBC at 1pm. 15. joey2448 posted: 09.05.2020 - 3:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mid-Ohio is back on the 2020 IndyCar schedule! IndyCar doubleheader race weekend for Sept. 12 and 13, the Saturday race begins 4:30 ET on NBCSN, while the Sunday race begins 1 pm ET on NBC. 16. Jimmie4life posted: 09.05.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At 1 on Sunday? Indycar doesn't get many viewers per race anyway, and setting it up on Sunday Kickoff for most NFL games? 4:30 EST would make more sense because at least East Coast viewers might be watching the game. But, I don't make up the schedule. 17. Corey posted: 09.05.2020 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @16 4:30 is the point where CBS and Fox will be having their marquee matchups. In fairness to Indycar, they're usually finishing their season by now. 18. Canadianfan posted: 09.05.2020 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @17 That's true Portland would've been tomorrow and the finale at Laguna Seca on September 20th originally. 19. Danish_Pie posted: 12.01.2020 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will host an ARCA race in June 2021. It will be second race the series has run here, the first one being in 1965. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: