Track Notes
Course Summary
Left-handed long-medium dirt course over Morioka’s wide, rolling layout. The race starts near the front straight, then uses a full loop with downhill backstretch movement and a 1m uphill final-stretch climb.
Fun Facts
• Hosts the Mercury Cup, a major summer Jpn3 dirt race.
• Morioka’s rolling terrain is unusual among mostly flat NAR dirt venues.
• The venue’s wide design was inspired by Churchill Downs.
• The final hill makes Power more important than on standard flat regional tracks.
• Morioka’s rolling terrain is unusual among mostly flat NAR dirt venues.
• The venue’s wide design was inspired by Churchill Downs.
• The final hill makes Power more important than on standard flat regional tracks.
