The Raceway at Belle Isle Park was a former street circuit opened in 1992, located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit. The circuit hosted the Detroit Grand Prix in various championships, such as Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), IndyCar Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series.
History
Before 1992, the Detroit Grand Prix races were held on the Detroit street circuit. However, the races were moved to Belle Isle for 30 years except 2002–2006, 2009–2011, and 2020. The races were not held in 2002–2006 due to the contract expiration with CART, not held in 2009–2011 due to the economic crisis in the automotive industry, and not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After 2022, the races returned again to the modified layout of Detroit street circuit.
Winners
CART
IndyCar
Lap records
The unofficial track record is 1:13.056, set by Juan Pablo Montoya in a Lola B2K/00, during qualifying for the 2000 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. The fastest official race lap records at the Detroit Belle Isle Street Circuit are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Grand Prix Circuit (1998–2001, 2013–2022): IndyCar 1:14.2062 Josef Newgarden Dallara DW12 2017 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix CART 1:15.701 Juan Pablo Montoya Reynard 99I 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix DPi 1:19.932 Filipe Albuquerque Acura ARX-05 2022 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic Indy Lights 1:21.4559 David Malukas Dallara IL-15 2021 Indy Lights Detroit Grand Prix DP 1:23.138 Dane Cameron Corvette Daytona Prototype 2016 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic LMPC 1:24.977 Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 2016 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic LM GTE 1:27.180 Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 2021 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic GT3 1:28.335 Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 2022 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic Barber Pro 1:31.740 Jeff Simmons Reynard 98E 1998 Detroit Barber Pro round TA1 1:32.612 Ernie Francis Jr. Ford Mustang Trans-Am 2017 Detroit Trans-Am round TA2 1:35.154 Tony Buffomante Ford Mustang Trans-Am 2019 Detroit Trans-Am round Original Grand Prix Circuit (1992–1997, 2007–2012): CART 1:11.461 Dario Franchitti Reynard 97I 1997 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix IndyCar 1:12.0651 Justin Wilson Dallara DW12 2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix LMP2 1:14.993 Ryan Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder Evo 2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge LMP1 1:17.091 Marco Werner Audi R10 TDI 2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge Indy Lights 1:17.6393 Gustavo Yacamán Dallara IPS 2012 Indy Lights Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix DP 1:21.552 João Barbosa Corvette Daytona Prototype 2012 Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200 GT1 (GTS) 1:21.906 Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge Trans-Am 1:24.381 Tommy Kendall Ford Mustang Trans-Am 1997 Detroit Trans-Am round GT2 1:25.082 Dirk Müller Ferrari F430 GTC 2008 Detroit Sports Car Challenge Super Touring 1:30.380 Neil Crompton Honda Accord 1997 Detroit NATCC round
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