One of the newest and most challenging courses in the United States, Ozarks International Raceway will host the NASA Championships Sept. 4-7, 2025.
The track features 19 turns and 150 feet of elevation change, and 1,200 feet of elevation change during a single lap. Track owner and president JR Pesek and his crew took nearly three years to build the facility, consulting with everyone from the Army Corps of Engineers to global engineering, manufacturing and motorsports powerhouse Multimatic. Pesek’s in-house team moved about 3 million cubic yards of dirt, but left as many trees in place to create a park-like setting. The result is a track with corners that might seem familiar, but overall is like nothing else in the world.
“I wanted the best. I wanted to make it the most complex. I didn’t want to build something that you came in here today and walked out of here going, OK, I got it. It’s on my checklist. I’m done,” Pesek said. “I want you to come back here five or six times, and every time you come back here, I want you to figure out something different. And I think we’ve accomplished that.”
NASA held its first National Championships event in 2006, and was the first amateur racing sanctioning body to move its Championships to different tracks each year so more people from all over the country could participate and enjoy them. 2025 will mark the 19th year of the NASA Championships.
“Ozarks International Raceway is a track everyone has been raving about since it opened in 2022,” said NASA CEO Jeremy Croiset. “Its location in middle of the country should make it accessible to a vast majority of our members. It’s one of the most unique tracks in the country, and an ideal spot for NASA Championships competition. We look forward to a great turnout and, of course, fantastic racing.”
