Summit Point Motorsports Park

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Summit Point Motorsports Park


Location	Summit Point, WV, USA
Broke ground	1969
Opened	1973
Owner	Bill Scott Racing, Inc.
Operator	Bill Scott Racing, Inc.
Construction cost
Architect
Former names

Major events
The 12 Hours at the Point - SCCA
Seating capacity
open seating without capacity limitation
Current dimensions
Track shape	road course
Track length	Main: 2.0 mi (3.22 km) Jefferson: 1.12 mi (1.80 km) Shenandoah: 2.2 mi (3.54 km)
Track banking

Summit Point Motorsports Park is a road racing and driver training facility located in Jefferson County, West Virginia about two hours west of Washington, D.C. in the state's Eastern Panhandle.

1 Current status
2 History
3 Circuits
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Current status

Owned and operated by Bill Scott Racing, Inc.^[1], Summit Point Motorsports Park features three road racing circuits that are currently used for amateur automobile, kart, and motorcycle racing, high performance driver education and emergency training for local and federal law enforcement, as well as foreign service officers who may be posted to dangerous locales.

[edit] History

Built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Summit Point Motorsports Park — then, simply "Summit Point Raceway" — opened in 1973 as a professional racing venue. Falling into dire financial straits, the track closed in the late 1970s and was purchased in the mid-1980s by 1970 Formula Vee World Champion Bill Scott, who added two additional road courses.

[edit] Circuits

Summit Point Main layout

[edit] Summit Point Main

Summit Point Main is a 10-turn, 2.0 mile road course that features a 2,900 foot main straight. The circuit first opened in 1973 and was host to a number of professional races organized by IMSA and the SCCA Trans-Am Series through the late 1970s.

No longer a professional track, it hosts many SCCA, BMWCCA and NASA club races and schools, in addition to amateur motorcycle races.

The Main Circuit is also the annual home of the Jefferson 500 vintage race and The 12 Hours at the Point endurance race.

Jefferson Circuit layout

[edit] Jefferson Circuit

The Jefferson Circuit is a seven-turn, 1.12 mile road course that was designed and built by Bill Scott as a dedicated course for high-performance, accident avoidance and emergency operation driver training.

The "Jeff" hosts a number of driver training schools, as well as a handful of motorcycle races each year.

[edit] Shenandoah Circuit

The Shenandoah Circuit is a 2.2 mile road course that first opened in 2004. With up to 22 turns over its relatively short length, it has been likened to an autocross course by some drivers. Widely considered one of the most technical circuits of the recent crop of race courses, the Shenandoah also boasts an exact replica of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife's famous banked Karussell turn.

Since opening in late 2004, the Shenandoah has played host to a number of high performance driver education clinics, a handful of road races and a number of motorcycle races. After a number of races and schools, minor changes were made to the track layout in late-2004/early-2005, including the addition of a straight between turns 5 and 7.