Harris Hill Raceway (H2R) is a pavedroad racingtrack inSan Marcos, Texas used for bothauto andmotorcycle racing.[3][5]
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Location | San Marcos, Texas, United States |
Coordinates | 29°55′08″N97°52′24″W / 29.918892°N 97.873258°W /29.918892; -97.873258 |
Owner | Bo Rivers[1] |
Address | 2840 Harris Hill Road San Marcos, TX 78666 |
Broke ground | Summer 2007[2] |
Opened | June 2008; 16 years ago (2008-06)[3] |
Architect | David Donovan[4] |
Website | http://harrishillroad.com/ |
Surface | asphalt |
Length | 1.82 miles (2.93 km) |
Turns | 11 |
Race lap record | 1:10.348 (Oliver Millroy,McLaren 720S GT3, 2021) |
History
editHarris Hill Raceway was conceived as a local place to drive high-performance cars, responding to the lack of club-based tracks inCentral Texas.[5][6] The track was founded by Bo Rivers with his daughter Dacia and her spouse Eric Beverding.[3] The track was paved in December 2007[7] and officially opened in June 2008.[6] The track broadened its offerings to driver education, corporate events, and team programs in response to therecession,[3] and gained sponsorship fromAustin-area Mazda dealers.[8] The track had 200 members as of 2011[update].[1]
In summer 2020 the track re-paved the rough surface and brought the back section between turns 6 and 7 inward to allow construction ofFM 110.[9]
The track includes a sports car club and a motorcycle club that each hold regular hours for members. Harris Hill also hosts H2R Challenge (Miata,914, andMustang classes),[10][11] Longhorn Racing Academy (HPDE)[12][13] and other driver training courses,[8][1]SCCA's Track Night in America,[14]ChampCar Endurance Series,[15] and press events.[16][17]
Track description
editSituated in the hills of northeasternSan Marcos, Harris Hill was designed to feel like a drive through theTexas Hill Country.[18] The 11-turn track is 1.82 mi (2.93 km) long[14] and 36 ft (11 m) wide. It features positive and negativecamber turns, a sweeper, increasing and decreasing radius turns, and twoblind corners.[19] Turn 4, named for the patron saint of impossible tasksSanta Rita, has an 80 ft (24 m) change in elevation up and down. The overall track elevation change is 70 ft (21 m). The circuit is run clockwise (typical) or counter-clockwise directions. The longest straight is 962 ft (293 m).[4]
Built upon 150 acres (0.61 km2)[20] of clay soil of theTexas Blackland Prairies,[21] Harris Hill develops bumps that add to its character.[16]
The property contains a clubhouse with amenities, a garage with amechanic, a banked dirtoval track, and arally course just inside the paved track.[22]
References
edit- ^abcMashhood, Farzad (August 12, 2011)."Driving course gets real with teens".Austin American-Statesman.Archived from the original on 2022-09-26.
- ^"Silt Fence Construction".Harris Hill Road. June 25, 2007. Archived fromthe original on 2007-12-21.
- ^abcdMoran, Gwen (June 21, 2011)."From Paycheck to Pay Dirt".Entrepreneur. Vol. 39, no. 7. pp. 91–95.ISSN 0163-3341.Archived from the original on 2011-07-01.
- ^ab"About Us".Harris Hill Road. Archived fromthe original on 2009-12-15.
- ^abFreehill, Lynn (November 14, 2012)."Beyond Formula 1: Real people racing around Austin".CultureMap Austin.Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved2022-10-27.
- ^abRivers, Bo."About Us".Harris Hill Road. Archived fromthe original on 2008-07-25.
- ^"The track is paved!".Harris Hill Road. December 11, 2007. Archived fromthe original on 2007-12-21.
- ^abOgle, Lisa (February 4, 2012)."Roger Beasley Mazda partners with Harris Hill Road in San Marcos".Austin American-Statesman. p. D1.Archived from the original on 2023-01-02.
- ^"Two of Our Tracks Have Gotten Makeovers!".Track Night in America. SCCA. September 4, 2020.Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^Lyttle, Kevin (March 4, 2017)."COTA offers wider-ranging racing schedule this year".Austin American-Statesman. p. C2.Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved2023-01-02.
- ^"H2R Challenge".Harris Hill Road.Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^"Harris Hill Raceway".Longhorn Racing Academy.Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^Jones, Niki (January 2019)."Full Throttle".Austin Woman. Vol. 17, no. 5. Photo by Carrin Welch. pp. 36–37 – viaIssuu.
- ^ab"Locations - Harris Hill Raceway".Track Night in America. SCCA.Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^"Event Schedule".ChampCar Endurance Series. ChumpCar International.Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^abMorrison, Mac (2022-10-27)."2023 Honda Civic Type R Quick Drive: Signs Point to "Yes!"".MotorTrend.Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved2022-10-31.
...body-rattling track surface, the result of Harris Hill being built atop unstable clay ground just like what lies beneath theCircuit of the Americas tarmac F1 runs on. "It's quite bumpy,"Verstappen observed dryly halfway around lap one.
- ^George, Patrick (September 21, 2012)."F1 dreamers can get their zoom on now".Austin American-Statesman.Archived from the original on 2023-02-07.
- ^"Harris Hill Road Promo".YouTube. Lost Lens Cap Productions. July 1, 2010.Archived from the original on 2022-10-31.
- ^Vesel, Ricky."The Racing Line at Harris Hill Raceway".Race Optimal.Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved2022-10-29.
- ^Maher, John (March 13, 2013)."No age-old problem for Edwards".Austin American-Statesman. p. C1.Archived from the original on 2023-01-02.
- ^"Texas Conservation Action Plan Ecoregions"(PDF).Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. May 20, 2011.Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-10-31.
- ^"Harris Hill Raceway".YouTube. Rod Metz, Craig Gleason. OnTheThrottle.TV. May 16, 2013.Archived from the original on 2017-09-21.
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