WESTEL, Tenn. — Flatrock Motorsports Park and Motorclub broke ground on one of the country’s newest premium racing facilities one year ago today.
The Tilke-designed, 5.9-mile, 34-turn circuit situated in beautiful, rolling Tennessee countryside. The track will be a combination of both a 2.67-mile F.I.M and FIA Grade II certified competition Grand Prix track and a 3.50-mile private members Club circuit.
Construction on the facility has been progressing at a rapid pace since the first shovel went into ground last year. Most significantly, the paving process on the Club circuit has been underway since August with the first layer of the 3.5-mile course due to be completed by December, preceding the application of the final two layers in the first half of next year.
“The past year has been one of remarkable progress here at Flatrock. It is hard to fully appreciate the scale of the work done over the last 12 months,” said Rusty Bittle, developer and founding partner of Flatrock Motorsports Park. “I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone working on this monumental project. We have had to face heavy rains, extreme heat and many more obstacles in our path but the team never wavered in its desire to build what we believe will be one of the most spectacular circuits not only in the U.S. but the whole world.”
The numbers that illustrate just how much work has been carried out to reach this stage of the Flatrock project tell their own story: over the course of the last 12 months, construction teams have moved over 45,000 loads of dirt with off-road trucks and close to 8,000,000 cubic feet of rock.
Furthermore, nearly 19,000 feet of storm water pipe has been installed during the project thus far with another 1,000 feet set to be added to complete the major storm water piping for Phase 1 of the project.
Moreover, 3,500 truckloads of base stone have been laid on the track and run-off areas, followed by 1,600 loads of asphalt. Additionally, the roadways around the track have been laid with 1,050 truckloads of base stone and 600 of asphalt. 350 truckloads of surface mix will then complete the process on all track, run-offs and roadways.
Member applications and interest have soared as the state-of-the-art facility nears completion. To date, 50 percent of all trackside Motorclub Villas have been sold, while 23 of the 40 available garage lots are already off the market.
th a sense of pride and satisfaction, we also know that there is much more to be done. The next few months will see the completion of the Club track paving, taking us ever closer to the day when we will experience cars on track here at Flatrock. Until that day, we will keep driving forward together.”
Situated right off Interstate 40 and a mere two-hour drive from Nashville.