Sendai Hi-Land Raceway

Sendai Hi-Land Raceway was a 2.504 mi (4.030 km) motor racing circuit in 12 Hayasaka, Shinkawa, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Sendai Hi-Land Raceway
Main course at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway
LocationAoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Time zoneUTC+09:00
Coordinates38°17′14″N 140°37′27″E
Opened21 September 1986 (1986-09-21)
ClosedSeptember 2014
Major eventsSuper Taikyu (2010)
Japanese F3 (1994–1998, 2000–2002, 2004, 2007)
JGTC (1994–1998)
JTCC (1986–1997)
Full Circuit (1996–2014)
Length4.030 km (2.504 miles)
Turns18
Race lap record1:38.080 (Japan Hiroaki Ishiura, Dallara F307, 2007, F3)
Original Circuit (1986–1995)
Length3.956 km (2.458 miles)
Turns18
Race lap record1:43.618 (Germany Michael Krumm, TOM'S 034F, 1994, F3)

In the 1990s, Sendai hosted rounds of the Japanese Touring Car Championship and Japanese Grand Touring Championship. It also hosted All-Japan Formula Three Championship races until 2007.

On October 17, 2010, the Japanese mountain race track hosted the sixth race in the 2010 Super Taikyu Endurance Series.[2]

The raceway was damaged by earthquake in 2011 until it was closed in September 2014. As of today the former raceway is now a solar-power park.

1995 action film Thunderbolt has a car racing scene filmed at Sendai.

Lap records

The official fastest race lap records at the Sendai Hi-Land Raceway are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent
Full Circuit: 4.030 km (1996–2014)[3]
Formula Three1:38.080[4]Hiroaki IshiuraDallara F3072007 Sendai Japanese F3 round
Formula Toyota1:46.551[5]Takuto IguchiTom's FT302007 1st Sendai Formula Toyota round
GT11:47.791[6]Naoki HattoriMcLaren F1 GTR1996 HiLand GT Championship
Original Circuit: 3.956 km (1986–1995)[3]
Formula Three1:43.618[7]Michael KrummTOM'S 034F1994 Sendai Japanese F3 round
Group A1:46.915[8]Kazuyoshi HoshinoNissan Skyline GT-R BNR321991 Sendai JTCC round
GT11:49.074[9]Michael KrummToyota Supra1995 HiLand GT&F3 Race

References

  1. "Motor Racing Japan - Sendai Hi-Land Raceway". motoracing-japan.com. 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. "STES10: Rd 6 - Sendai Highland Raceway: Team triumphs with highland win, takes 2010 title". petmos.com.my. n.d. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  3. "Sendai - Racing Circuits". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. "2007 Sendai Japanese F3 - Round 18". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. "2007 Esso Formula Toyota Series Round 4 Sendai Hi-Land 1". Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. "Hi-Land GT Sendai 1996". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. "1994 Sendai Japanese F3". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. "1991 Highland Group A 300 Km race". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. "Hi-Land GT Sendai 1995". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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