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

Full Circuit (1996–2014)
Location	Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Time zone	UTC+09:00
Coordinates	38°17′14″N 140°37′27″E
Opened	21 September 1986; 38 years ago (1986-09-21)
Closed	September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09)
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 miles)
Turns	18
Race lap record	1:38.080 ( Hiroaki Ishiura, Dallara F307, 2007, F3)
Original Circuit (1986–1995)
Length	3.956 km (2.458 miles)
Turns	18
Race lap record	1:43.618 ( Michael Krumm, TOM'S 034F, 1994, F3)

Main course at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway

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

Category	Time	Driver	Vehicle	Event
Full Circuit: 4.030 km (1996–2014)[3]
Formula Three	1:38.080[4]	Hiroaki Ishiura	Dallara F307	2007 Sendai Japanese F3 round
Formula Toyota	1:46.551[5]	Takuto Iguchi	Tom's FT30	2007 1st Sendai Formula Toyota round
GT1	1:47.791[6]	Naoki Hattori	McLaren F1 GTR	1996 HiLand GT Championship
Super Touring	1:51.041[7]	Naoki Hattori	Honda Accord	1996 Sendai JTCC round
Original Circuit: 3.956 km (1986–1995)[3]
Formula Three	1:43.618[8]	Michael Krumm	TOM'S 034F	1994 Sendai Japanese F3 round
Group A	1:46.915[9]	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32	1991 Sendai JTCC round
GT1	1:49.074[10]	Michael Krumm	Toyota Supra	1995 HiLand GT&F3 Race
Super Touring	1:49.806[11]	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW 318i	1995 Sendai JTCC round