# How big is Richmond Raceway?

A lap of Richmond Raceway is 0.75 miles (1.207 km). The Cook Out 400 is 400 laps, 300 miles (483 km) in all.

- 0.75 miles a lap
- 1.207 km a lap
- 400 laps
- 300 miles race
- 4 turns
- 8,047 hamsters nose to tail

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/richmond-raceway/

## Drop the lap on your town

Move the track onto your own streets with the map above and see how far one lap would reach.

## Born at the state fair

It was first built in 1946 as part of what is now the State Fair of Virginia. Today it is a D-shaped three-quarter-mile oval.

## How it compares

- 3.00× a lap of [Bowman Gray Stadium](https://how-big-is.com/bowman-gray-stadium/), the shortest
- 1.41× a lap of [Bristol Motor Speedway](https://how-big-is.com/bristol-motor-speedway/)
- 86% of a lap of [Iowa Speedway](https://how-big-is.com/iowa-speedway/)
- 28% of a lap of [Talladega Superspeedway](https://how-big-is.com/talladega-superspeedway/), the longest

## Questions people ask

**How long is a lap of Richmond Raceway?**
0.75 miles (1.207 km).

**How many laps is the Cook Out 400?**
400 laps, 300 miles (483 km).

**What kind of track is Richmond Raceway?**
A short track, an oval under a mile long.

**How steep are the banks at Richmond Raceway?**
14 degrees in the turns.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 0.75 miles (NASCAR). Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: ODbL 1.0.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors.