Sendai Hi-Land Raceway
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 Full Circuit (1996–2014) | |
| Location | Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°17′14″N 140°37′27″E / 38.28722°N 140.62417°E |
| Opened | 21 September 1986 |
| Closed | September 2014 |
| Major events | Super Taikyu (2010) Japanese F3 (1994–1998, 2000–2002, 2004, 2007) JGTC (1994–1998) JTCC (1986–1997) |
| Full Circuit (1996–2014) | |
| Length | 4.030 km (2.504 mi) |
| Turns | 18 |
| Race lap record | 1:38.080 ( Hiroaki Ishiura, Dallara F307, 2007, F3) |
| Original Circuit (1986–1995) | |
| Length | 3.956 km (2.458 mi) |
| Turns | 18 |
| Race lap record | 1:43.618 ( Michael Krumm, TOM'S 034F, 1994, F3) |
Sendai Hi-Land Raceway was a 4.030 mi (6.486 km) motor racing circuit in 12 Hayasaka, Shinkawa, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[1]
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.
