# Sportsland Sugo

Sportsland Sugo (スポーツランドSUGO, Supōtsurando Sugo) is a motorsports facility in the town of Murata, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1975 and is one of the largest motorsports facilities in Japan, with a total area of 2.1 million m². It offers four specialized race courses - a road racing course, a motocross course, a trials course, and a go-kart course. The track is owned by the Yamaha Motor Company.

## Course

The total length is 3.704 km (2.302 mi) with the longest straight of 704.5 m (2,311 ft). Width is 10–12.5 m (33–41 ft) and has a total elevation change of 69.83 m (229.1 ft) per lap.

## Access

* Tohoku Expressway
About 10 minutes from Murata IC It takes about 20 minutes from Sendai Minami IC via Miyagi Prefectural Road No. 31 Sendai Murata Line.

## Events

Annual racing events at the facility include:
* Super GT;
* Super Formula;
* MFJ Superbikes All Japan Road Race Championship; and
* Super Taikyu.
The facility also used to host a Superbike World Championship round from 1988 until 2003, and a D1 Grand Prix event.

### Current

* May: MFJ Superbikes All Japan Road Race Championship
* June: Japan Cup Series
* July: Super Taikyu
* August: Super Formula Championship, Super Formula Lights, Porsche Carrera Cup Japan, Formula Regional Japanese Championship
* September: Super GT, F4 Japanese Championship

### Former

* All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship (1990–1992)
* Asia Road Racing Championship (2022–2023)
* Ferrari Challenge Japan (2023–2024)
* Fuji Grand Champion Series (1988–1989)
* GT World Challenge Asia (2022)
* Japan Le Mans Challenge (2006–2007)
* Japanese Touring Car Championship (1985–1998)
* Motocross World Championship (2005–2007)
* Superbike World Championship (1988–2003)
* TCR Japan Touring Car Series (2019–2023)

## Lap records

As of November 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Sportsland Sugo are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
| International Car Circuit: 3.704 km (1987–present) |||||
| Super Formula | 1:06.350 | Nick Cassidy | Dallara SF19 | 2020 Sugo Super Formula round |
| Formula Nippon | 1:08.740 | Hiroaki Ishiura | Swift FN09 | 2011 Sugo Formula Nippon round |
| Group C | 1:10.629 | Mauro Martini | Jaguar XJR-14 | 1991 SUGO Inter 500 Miles |
| F3000 | 1:11.519 | Takuya Kurosawa | Lola T92/50 | 1992 Sugo Japanese F3000 round |
| Super Formula Lights | 1:12.571 | Ritomo Miyata | Dallara 320 | 2020 Super Formula Lights Sugo round |
| Super GT (GT500) | 1:12.580 | Tomoki Nojiri | Honda NSX-GT | 2023 Sugo GT 300km Race |
| LMP900 | 1:14.316 | Hideki Noda | Zytek 04S | 2006 Sugo JLMC round |
| Formula Three | 1:14.457 | Sacha Fenestraz | Dallara F314 | 2019 Sugo Japanese F3 round |
| LMP1 | 1:14.827 | Shinji Nakano | Courage LC70 | 2007 Sugo JLMC round |
| Prototype | 1:17.060 | Takao Wada | Mad House F4 | 1989 Sugo Grand Champion |
| Formula Regional | 1:18.534 | Yuga Furutani | Dome F111/3 | 2020 Sugo FRJC round |
| Super GT (GT300) | 1:20.053 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | Toyota 86 MC | 2016 Sugo GT 300km Race |
| GT3 | 1:20.721 | Kei Cozzolino | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 2022 Fanatec Japan Cup Series of SUGO |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 1:22.200 | Reimei Ito | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2024 Sugo Porsche Carrera Cup Japan round |
| GT1 | 1:23.862 | Ralf Schumacher | McLaren F1 GTR | 1996 SUGO GT Championship |
| Formula 4 | 1:23.913 | Yuki Tsunoda | Dome F110 | 2018 Sugo Japanese F4 round |
| Ferrari Challenge | 1:24.029 | Yudai Uchida | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | 2024 Sugo Ferrari Challenge Japan round |
| Formula Toyota | 1:24.486 | Kazuya Oshima | Tom's FT30 | 2005 2nd Sugo Formula Toyota round |
| TCR Touring Car | 1:26.777 | Tobio Otani | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2023 Sugo TCR Japan round |
| GT4 | 1:27.848 | Seita Nonaka | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo | 2024 Sugo Japan Cup Series round |
| Group A | 1:28.162 | Anders Olofsson | Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 | 1992 Sugo JTCC round |
| International Motorcycle Circuit: 3.737 km (1987–present) |||||
| Superbike | 1:28.121 | Markus Reiterberger | BMW M1000RR | 2023 Sugo ARRC round |
| World SBK | 1:29.108 | Makoto Tamada | Honda VTR 1000 SP2 | 2002 Sugo World SBK round |
| Supersport | 1:30.490 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda CBR600RR | 2023 Sugo ARRC round |
| World SSP | 1:33.015 | Fabien Foret | Honda CBR600F | 2002 Sugo World SSP round |
| Asia Productions 250 | 1:38.682 | Aldi Satya Mahendra | Kawasaki Ninja 250R | 2023 Sugo ARRC round |
| Asia Underbone 150 | 1:45.620 | Ahmad Fazrul Sham | Yamaha Y15 ZR | 2023 Sugo ARRC round |
| Original Circuit: 2.600 km (1975–1986) |||||
| Group C | 0:47.110 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Porsche 962 C | 1985 Super Sports Sugo |