Heartland Motorsports Park (Topeka)
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
Also known as Heartland Park Topeka; Heartland Park
The IHRA bought Heartland at the end of 2025 and scheduled nitro races for October 2026, but it cancelled its remaining events in July 2026. The 622-acre property is now for sale, with bids due November 17, 2026, and has also been pitched as a data center site.
- Raced
- 1989-2023
- State
- Kansas
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- Raced on
- Built as a drag strip
- Track
- 1/4 mile
- Sanction
- NHRA
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft (329 m)
- Coordinates
- 38.92900, -95.67745
Heartland Park Topeka opened in 1989 as a multi-purpose motorsports facility with a quarter-mile drag strip. It hosted NHRA national events and later became Heartland Motorsports Park. Racing ended in 2023 after a prolonged property-tax dispute between owner Chris Payne and Shawnee County.
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