The Michigan International Speedway sits in the rolling Irish Hills country about 25 miles south of Jackson, at the village of Brooklyn. The track is a two-mile D-shaped oval with 18-degree banked turns and a wide racing surface that produces consistently high speeds.
NASCAR's Cup Series runs here twice a year, usually in June and August, drawing crowds of well over 100,000. Off the race weekends, the speedway offers ride-along laps in modified race cars, sells day passes for the infield road course, and runs the MIS Driving Experience for visitors who want time at the wheel of a stock car.