Road Circuit Track Description
The track itself is a 3-mile (4.8 km) long banked road course with 21 total turns. The width of the track is 45 feet (14 m).
The track elevation change is 120 feet (37 m) with the highest point being at pit exit and the lowest point on the "backstretch" where the spring fed infield lakes drain into Spirit Creek just outside the track. Joe Weatherly called this part of the track "Alligator Hollow".
The track had a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) garage area (50' x 300') with two restrooms and showers.
There were seven main grandstands located along the pit lane.
The control tower was located between the fourth and fifth grandstand.
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