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Australia is known the world over for some of the most exciting street circuits in auto racing, and Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, boasts one of the finest. Its first event, part of the 1985 World Driver’s Championship, earned the Race Promoters’ Trophy as the best-promoted event of the season, and its last event in that championship set an attendance record with 210,000 people. Racing through the streets of Adelaide returned in 1999 thanks to Supercars, and the event has been a staple of that calendar ever since.

The modern Adelaide layout clocks in at an even two miles (3.219 km), with 14 turns. The lap begins with the complex Senna Chicane, which produces some of the most compelling photography in motorsport as Supercars can quite literally fly through the kerbing. Lengthy straightaways on the back half of the lap lead into the Dequetteville Hairpin, Victoria Park section, and finally the Mistral Hairpin that sets drivers up for a charge to the finish line.

The city of Miami has a long and storied history of embracing open-wheel and sports car racing across numerous venues, both temporary and permanent. In 2022, that history finally culminated in a spot in the Driver’s World Championship, as the inaugural Miami Grand Prix joined the calendar that May on a multi-year deal to compete at the Miami International Autodrome, with support from the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America and W Series.

The 3.363-mile, 19-turn temporary circuit has been designed to run through parking lots around Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, without using any public roads. Unlike many other modern FIA Grade 1 circuit designs, its longest straightaway isn’t the start-finish and pit straight, but rather the stretch between turns 16 and 17 on the full layout. After the initial success of the Miami Grand Prix, multiple shorter layouts were constructed to give the circuit year-round viability in use for smaller series and private events.

Wheatland, Missouri’s Lucas Oil Speedway is a motorsport playground unlike almost any other in America; from drag boats to off-road racing, the complex has it all. But none of that would’ve been possible without the opening of Wheatland Raceway as a 3/8 mile dirt oval located in a former agricultural field in 2001. Three years later, Lucas Oil purchased the facility and rebuilt it, renovating both the track and its surrounding amenities to become one of the premier facilities in the country.

Wheatland’s off-road complex has long been viewed as one of the premier layouts for short course racing in America, and it’s easy to see why. Big jumps, challenging whoop sections, and even an over-under bridge make this one of the most memorable circuits most drivers will see. After an extended period of inactivity, the off-road track returned to the national calendar in 2025 as the season opener.

Opened in 1961, Winton Motor Raceway has earned the nickname of “Australia’s Action Track” for six decades of intense and exciting competition. What is now known as its Club Circuit, a 2.028-kilometer (1.260-mile), 10-turn layout, has been described as “like running a marathon around your clothesline” by Australian motorsport legend Dick Johnson. In 1985, the track first welcomed the Australian Touring Car Championship for the Winton Super Sprint, and has been a frequent stop for the country’s premier tin-top series in its various forms.

In 1997, the track received an extension to 1.864 miles, creating the National Circuit. The extension included a new paddock and features a relocated start-finish line to compensate. Many of the country’s top drivers have taken the checkered flag on the new layout in the Super Sprint, ranging from legends of the past like “Enforcer” Russell Ingall to modern stars like Scott McLaughlin. Winton also includes a rallycross configuration inspired by the layout used by the real-world Australian national championship in past seasons.