Pittsburgh Superspeedway

Pittsburgh Superspeedway is a 2.2 mile tri-oval located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The track's most unique feature is the pit exit. After Tavis Verner's fatal crash in 1990, officials added a high banked, 2 lane road on the inside of turns 1 and 2. The pit exit ends after turn 2, and with 24 degrees of banking, cars return to the track at about 200mph, almost pack racing speed. The infield road course now utilizes the pit exit as turns 4 and 5. The Pittsburgh Superspeedway has hosted the season opener for the M1WRS (formerly ARCS) every year since 1990, excluding 2012 when the track was being repaved.

Track Construction and Layout
Construction started on January 2nd, 1989 and began with the backstretch. The speedway was completed on March 1st, 1990, and the ARCS opened it's season there a week later. After the race (see above) the pit exit was added and the turns banking was changed from 28 to 36 degrees. The seating capacity is 96,475 but expansions are being planned.