List of motor racing venues by capacity

The following is a list of motor racing venues, ordered by capacity; i.e. the maximum number of spectators they can accommodate. Due to the length of motor racing courses, and the fact that the cars pass each point frequently, it is often not possible to see the entire track from any one seat. This makes it possible to seat larger numbers of people, and differentiates a race-track from other stadiums, in which the entire field of play usually is visible from every seat. Some race-tracks also contain sitting or standing areas in the form of grassy banks. Currently all venues with a standard capacity of 35,000 or more are included.

Italics indicate that the circuit formerly hosted a certain championship round.

Venue	Capacity	City	Country	Series
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	257,325[1][2]	Speedway	United States	Indy Car, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, FIM MotoGP, FIA Formula One
Circuit de la Sarthe	234, 800[1]	Le Mans	France	ACO 24 Hours of Le Mans
Adelaide Street Circuit	210,000[3]	Adelaide	Australia	FIA Formula One
Shanghai International Circuit	200,000[4]	Shanghai	China	FIA Formula One
Texas Motor Speedway	181,655	Fort Worth	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
Bristol Motor Speedway	162,000[4]	Bristol	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Suzuka Circuit	155,000[5]	Suzuka	Japan	FIA Formula One
Istanbul Park	155,000[4]	Istanbul	Turkey	FIA Formula One
Silverstone Circuit	150,000[6]	Silverstone	United Kingdom	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit	150,000	Aintree	United Kingdom	FIA Formula One
Nürburgring	150,000[4]	Nürburg	Germany	FIA Formula One, DTM
Las Vegas Motor Speedway	142,000[4]	Las Vegas	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	140,700[7]	Barcelona	Spain	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP
Fuji Speedway	140,000[8]	Oyama	Japan	FIA Formula One
Korea International Circuit	135,000[9]	Yeongam	Korea	FIA Formula One
Sepang International Circuit	130,000[10]	Sepang	Malaysia	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP, SuperGT
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	124,300[11]	Melbourne	Australia	FIA Formula One
Circuit of the Americas	120,000	Austin	United States	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP, FIA World Endurance Championship, United SportsCar Championship, Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, Summer X Games
Sentul International Circuit	120,000	Bogor	Indonesia	FIM MotoGP
Buddh International Circuit	120,000[12]	Noida	India	FIA Formula One
Hockenheimring	120,000[13]	Hockenheim	Germany	FIA Formula One, DTM
EuroSpeedway Lausitz	120,000[14]	Klettwitz	Germany	A1GP, DTM, SBK
Hungaroring	120,000[15]	Mogyoród	Hungary	FIA Formula One, FIA WTCC, DTM
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	120,000[16]	Magny-Cours	France	FIA Formula One
Autódromo José Carlos Pace	119,000[17]	Sao Paulo	Brazil	FIA Formula One
Autodromo Nazionale Monza	115,000[18]	Monza	Italy	FIA Formula One
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	110,000	Mexico City	Mexico	FIA Formula One, Gran Premio de México, A1 Grand Prix
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	108,110[19]	Surfers Paradise	Australia	CART
Kentucky Speedway	107,000[4]	Sparta	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
TT Circuit Assen	105,000[20]	Assen	Netherlands	FIM MotoGP, DTM
Daytona International Speedway	101,000[4]	Daytona Beach	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Grand-Am, ARCA, Rolex 24
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	100,000	Portimão	Portugal	Superleague Formula, GP2 Series, A1 Grand Prix
Goodwood Circuit	100,000	Chichester	United Kingdom	Goodwood Revival
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	100,000[21]	Montreal	Canada	FIA Formula One, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Circuit de la Sarthe – Bugatti Circuit	100,000[22]	Le Mans	France	FIM MotoGP, FIA Formula One
Atlanta Motor Speedway	99,000[4]	Hampton	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Richmond International Raceway	94,000[4]	Richmond	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway	94,000[4]	Concord	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
New Hampshire Motor Speedway	93,000[4]	Loudon	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona	91,000	Pomona	United States	NHRA
Auto Club Speedway	122,000[4]	Fontana	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	90,000[23]	Spa	Belgium	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP
Donington Park	90,000[24]	Castle Donington	United Kingdom	Superleague Formula, FIA Formula One
Portland International Raceway	86,000[4]	Portland, Oregon	United States	SCCA
Michigan International Speedway	85,000[4]	Brooklyn	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Talladega Superspeedway	80,000[4]	Talladega	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, ARCA
Pocono Raceway	77,000[4]	Long Pond	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
Kansas Speedway	74,000[4]	Kansas City	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Chicagoland Speedway	70,000[4]	Joliet	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	75,000[4]	Lexington	United States	NASCAR Xfinity Series, IndyCar
Twin Ring Motegi	68,156[4][lower-alpha 1]	Motegi	Japan	FIM MotoGP, IndyCar
Martinsville Speedway	65,000[4]	Ridgeway	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Gateway International Raceway	65,000[4]	Madison	United States	NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
Circuit Park Zandvoort	62,000	Zandvoort	Netherlands	DTM, Masters of Formula 3, FIA Formula One
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	60,000[25]	Imola	Italy	FIA Formula One
Darlington Raceway	60,000[4]	Darlington	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Circuito de Jerez	60,000	Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP
Circuit de Valencia	60,000[26]	Cheste	Spain	FIM MotoGP
Phakisa Freeway	60,000[27]	Welkom	South Africa	FIM MotoGP
Mount Panorama Circuit	57,939[28]	Bathurst	Australia	Supercars Championship
Homestead-Miami Speedway	55,000[4]	Homestead	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, IndyCar
Dover International Speedway	54,000[29]	Dover	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	53,100[30]	Phillip Island	Australia	FIM MotoGP
Rockingham Motor Speedway	52,000[4]	Corby	United Kingdom	British Touring Car Championship
Bahrain International Circuit	50,000[31]	Sakhir	Bahrain	FIA Formula One
Croft Circuit	50,000	Dalton-on-Tees	United Kingdom	British Touring Car Championship
Milwaukee Mile	50,000[4]	West Allis	United States	Indy Car
Mugello Circuit	50,000	Mugello	Italy	FIM MotoGP, A1GP, DTM, SBK, F3
Sanair Super Speedway	50,000	Saint-Pie	Canada	Grand Prix of Montreal, Truck racing, Drag racing
Yas Marina Circuit	50,000[32]	Yas Island	United Arab Emirates	FIA Formula One
Phoenix Raceway	50,000[4]	Avondale	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
Chang International Circuit	50,000[4]	Buriram	Thailand	Superbike World Championship
Sonoma Raceway	47,000[4]	Sonoma	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar
Autódromo do Estoril	45,000	Estoril	Portugal	FIM MotoGP, FIA Formula One, A1 Grand Prix, FIA WTCC, Superleague Formula
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	45,000[33]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	FIM MotoGP
Calder Park Raceway	44,000	Melbourne	Australia	ATCC, Australian NASCAR Championship, AUSCAR, Australian National Drag Championships, Australian Grand Prix, FIA WTCC
Cadwell Park	40,000	Tathwell	United Kingdom	British Superbike
Brands Hatch	40,000	West Kingsdown	United Kingdom	Formula Three, British Superbike, FIA Formula One
Circuito del Jarama	40,000	Madrid	Spain	FIA Formula One, FIM MotoGP, SBK
Oulton Park	40,000	Little Budworth	United Kingdom	British Touring Car Championship, British Superbike
Pikes Peak International Raceway	40,000	Fountain	United States	IndyCar,
Watkins Glen International	35,000[4]	Watkins Glen	United States	NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, IndyCar, FIA Formula One

Defunct venues

Venue	Capacity	City	Country	Closed	Series
Brooklands	287,000	Weybridge	United Kingdom	1939	Grandes Épreuves
Ontario Motor Speedway	140,000	Ontario	United States	1980	Motor racing
Crystal Palace	71,311	London	United Kingdom	1972	Motor racing
Maroubra Speedway	70,000	Maroubra	Australia	1947	Motor racing
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	60,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2008	CART, MotoGP
Harringay Stadium	50,000	London	United Kingdom	1987	Motor racing
Nazareth Speedway	45,000	Nazareth	United States	2004	IRL, NASCAR Busch Series
Hyde Road	40,000	Manchester	United Kingdom	1987	Speedway

See also

• List of motor racing tracks
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of horse racing venues by capacity
• List of sports venues by capacity

Notes

1. The Motegi complex has actual seating capacity for up to 100,000 for road races and 80,000 for oval races. However, the track operators have chosen to restrict ticket sales because the area's transport infrastructure cannot handle a full-capacity crowd.

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